Look young for your age? It’s your genes or wealth

Women are being exploited by the idea that a cure for everything is on the horizon

Fifteen years in the world of food

Observer Food Monthly, our award-winning magazine, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. We look back on the people, issues and moments that defined an era in which food became central to British culture

Five of the best tablets

The new generation of mobile computers are powerful, sleek and able to cope with the demands of both work and play

Female directors seize the limelight at Cannes film festival

As the inequality row rages on, three women, including the British director Andrea Arnold, are in the running for the Palme d’Or

Olafur Eliasson and the power of the sun

First Olafur Eliasson invented the Little Sun solar-powered lamp for parts of the world without electricity (and Glastonbury). Now the artist has come up with a solar-powered phone charger