Thomas Heatherwick plans $170m hovering miracle island for New York

The designer has dreamed up a Disneyfied island on stilts that boasts woodland, performance spaces and places to ‘wander and wonder’. But is this fairytale of urban planning too good to be true?

Savile Row tailor fears overseas threat to rich tapestry of tradition

Shirtmaker believes buyouts detract from street’s fashion cachet, with only two family-owned tailoring houses left on Savile Row

One of world’s best private collections gets public airing in Madrid gallery

The Abelló Collection on display at CentroCentro Cibeles includes pieces by Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Miro

Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns

Report says logging and burning of Amazon might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one plaguing São Paulo

New York, Paris … Dubai. Why the desert mall is the height of couture

It attracts 80 million shoppers spending £3bn a year – but it’s never been seen as cool. Until last week, when Vogue went to the Gulf …

‘Silent revolution’ in biotech farming is overtaking GM, says Greenpeace

Pressure group accused of hypocrisy by geneticists who say the same science is behind genetic modification and Greenpeace-approved Marker Assisted Selection