London’s Walkie Talkie building sold for record-breaking £1.3bn
Sum paid for City skyscraper by Hong Kong food conglomerate Lee Kum Kee is highest ever for a single UK building
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Apple’s next iPhone: facial-recognition and all-screen design, leaks suggest
Details discovered by developers in firmware for Apple’s HomePod speaker show in-development iPhone with IR face unlocking and bezel-less design
Banksy stencil soars past Hay Wain as UK’s favourite work of art
Bristol street artist’s Girl with Balloon, originally stencil on side of bridge, beats Constable idyll in poll of nation’s best-loved art
V&A exhibition sets sail for glory days of luxury ocean liners
On show will be luggage belonging to the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson as well as wooden panels from the Titanic
Jimmy Choo auctioned off to US fashion brand Michael Kors for £900m
American firm fends off rival bids for fabled British luxury shoes and bag firm
Christie’s reports soaring sales of £10m-plus art
Auction house is boosted by Asian demand as well as lots including £44m Brancusi and £36m Beckmann in first half of year