Still modern after all these years … Marlene Dietrich’s ageless charisma
In a 1960 interview with the Observer, the German star dismissed fashion as ‘a bore’. Yet she remains a style icon, as borne out by two new exhibitions
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The 40 best gadgets of 2017
From smart-speakers and virtual bikes to robot vacuums and indestructible cables, here is the year’s most covetable technology
Loving Blue Planet? Go one better and take a real submarine trip to the deep
The new must-have accessory for cruise liners and luxury yachts is a bubble-shaped submersible
Frida Kahlo: feminist, selfie queen, queer icon and style muse of 2017
It’s the artist’s attitude as much as her work that inspires today’s designers (not to mention Theresa May)
Banjas and Banksy oust the gentlemen as millennials reinvent the private club
Once the sanctuary of the establishment, the latest generation of member hangouts cater for a new elite
Record number of big-spending tourists expected in UK this summer
Despite recent terror attacks, Britain can expect a huge influx of foreign visitors, especially from the US and China