Yogi Berra’s baseball bat and a $17,500 typewriter: a visit to the auction of Philip Roth’s estate

The great American novelist died last year – and a huge stash of personal effects went on sale last week. J Oliver Conroy went along

Museum of underwater art to open on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Submerged sculptures and others that appear at low tide to be installed at several Queensland sites, as part of a project that also aims to rehabilitate sections of the reef

Bankruptcy for Barneys? Symbol of New York luxe faces uncertain future

Management ‘actively evaluating opportunities’ as collapse of the store would be a significant, symbolic blow to retail

Are artificial islands the answer to Hong Kong’s housing crisis?

Will a $60bn development to house 1.1 million people help to ease the world’s most unaffordable property market or is it simply ‘pouring money into the sea’?

Dior designer wins fans by putting feminism above femininity

Maria Grazia Chiuri collects Légion d’honneur hours after her latest haute couture show