Royal Mint sends David Bowie coin into space and back
Commemorative coin ascended to 35,656 metres and will be offered as competition prize
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UK house prices see strongest five-monthly gain since 2004
Values are up 6.5% since June, with cost of average home rising by £3,000, says Halifax
An MDF bookcase for £12,000? The jolting genius of design superstudio Memphis
The high-voltage style, comic-strip colours and eye-watering price tags of this Italian collective changed the world of design – what better place for an exhibition than modernist Milton Keynes?
Bitcoin price hits all-time high of almost $20,000
Demand for the cryptocurrency surges during November
Launch of celebrity candles lights up – and cashes in – on lockdown gloom
It started with Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina candle; now Alicia Keys, Anthony Hopkins and Drake have joined the trend
‘Let’s bring joy into the house as early as possible’ – why Britain is already celebrating Christmas
At the end of a truly difficult year, Christmas lights, trees and decorations are springing up, and even the shuttered shops haven’t slowed the present buying. What’s behind this race to begin the festive season?