The Guardian

Bored with the gym? Why jousting is the ultimate workout

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Modern-day jousters are as fit as professional footballers and tennis champions, a study has found. So what does it take to master the oldest equestrian sport?

Handbags at dawn with Farfetch, the latest thing in upmarket online fashion

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It has a Chinese deal, a Condé Nast tie-up and has lured the founder of its biggest rival – but can it really change the luxury market?

Balenciaga reveals its golden touch with surprising takes on men’s style

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The label’s spring/summer 2018 menswear show demonstrated how even coach-tour style can be made to look cool

The V&A’s £55m new courtyard: ‘Like a Marbella beach bar airlifted to South Ken’

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Amanda Levete’s dazzling new porcelain piazza brilliantly reunites the museum with the Kensington streets. But the giant new jewellery box of a gallery lurking below ground is the real star of the show

Former Paris stock exchange to be reborn as major new art museum

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François Pinault, the billionaire luxury brand owner, will convert the 19th century Bourse de commerce into art museum with architect Tadao Ando