London prime shop rents leap 9% in last quarter of 2015

Luxury retailers battle for prime central sites in trend towards operating fewer but more high-profile stores

Annie Leibovitz ‘trying hard’ for photo session with Angela Merkel

Photographer’s new exhibition Women opens at London’s Hydraulic Power Station

Saatchi Gallery to show its first all-female art exhibition

Champagne Life, which will showcase work of 14 artists, attempts to redress gender disparity in contemporary art

Will 2016 be the year virtual reality gaming takes off?

The first wave of VR headsets flopped, but soon the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR will go on sale – and they’re going to be much, much better

Rio Olympics set the pace for spring/summer 2016 fashion

As labels limber up their athletic designs on the catwalks, style watchers tip Olympic-themed looks to be next year’s big winners

On tiny Fair Isle, a cottage industry enjoys the sweet smell of success

The Shetland island’s knitwear designers are quietly pleased at the attention they won when Chanel was obliged to say sorry for copying their designs