Rich overseas parents buy £2bn of property to get top school places

Wealthy parents see London properties as route to private schools for their children

In China, Valentine’s Day is all about designer handbags, not true love

The Qixi festival stems from a simple romantic tale, but luxury brands have made it their own

Helsinki fashion week to ban leather as vegan fabrics catch on

Vegan collections feature materials such as synthetic suede and B-mesh made from recycled bottles

‘Five years ago there was nothing’: inside Duqm, the city rising from the sand

Oman’s sparsely inhabited coast of fishing villages and Bedouin camps is being transformed into industrial city with port, luxury hotels and housing for 111,000

Cold is the new hot: how cooling down became summer’s hottest trend

For a long time the world of wellness was obsessed with heat. But now, ​with the rise of​ cold yoga ​and cryochambers​, it’s cool to be ice cold​

Tesla to open Shanghai electric car factory, doubling its production

Elon Musk says first facility outside the US will build 500,000 cars a year