An ardent enquiry into the world’s most obsessed-over carb
Highlights to catch at the celebrated horticultural event, planting inspiration from show gardens, and the RHS’s peat ban under the spotlight. Plus, how to roll a games lawn, and a look at ‘peak bloom’ for the property market
Britain is seeking to decarbonise its power system by 2030. But the overhaul will require significant investment, as well as changes to electricity markets and consumer habits.
After months of bitter debate, Ed Miliband is under pressure to decide on ‘zonal pricing’ policy
In this series we look at how wellbeing priorities are impacting our homes and how we live — from switching up the home gym for a “longevity room” with life-lengthening tech, to the second-home resorts upping their offerings for teens. Is the pivot to a wellness agenda a canny move for country estates hoping to entrench a new revenue model? Should we all be installing water filters, and painting our rooms white? And we step inside the home of the biotech investor behind the Enhanced Games.
To mark the fair’s first decade, we invited four artists to show us the capital through their eyes. Plus, Eileen Perrier’s portraits of Black Britain and modern anxiety in Mexico as pictured by Tania Franco Klein
Here’s what readers have loved this week
The fashion designer curates a special issue, featuring Andrea Fraser, Mati Diop, Deyan Sudjic, Koyo Kouoh, Michael Swaine, Mónica Manzutto and Tuesday Greenidge
A style odyssey of homes, furniture, bathhouses, food and fashion from Seoul to Chongqing
To kick off, we’re asking if rewilding can pay — and how new planning legislation will affect the rural dream. Then it’s escape to the Dordogne for properties on the market — and to California for gardening with purpose. Architectural inspiration can be gleaned from a quasi-lunar lander in Suffolk, interiors ideas from Highgrove and pastoral hosting from Ireland’s Lismore Castle
A palazzo in Puglia, a Jean Prouvé paradise in the Marais and off-grid living for the jet set
Introducing the FT Magazine’s new all-star line-up: Jay Rayner, Marina O’Loughlin, Tim Hayward and Jancis Robinson
Venture into the rarefied echelons of the real estate market, where under-the-radar agents ensure utmost discretion for £10mn-plus transactions, and where homeowners hire elite crime prevention specialists to shore up their security. Travel from New Zealand, where forward-looking architecture connects with the landscape, to the UAE, where Dubai’s thriving market is inspiring neighbouring cities. And discover design ideas along the way
Your comprehensive menswear guide
We asked carnival queens, make-up masters, directors, dancers and a Swedish psych-rock band called Goat to examine the person, the performance and the persona
Fashion vanguards, with Selena Forrest, Linder, Ellen Hodakova Larsson, Joanna Hogg and more
Step inside the homes of some of the world’s most illustrious writers, artists and other historical personalities — and see how interiors can reveal interior lives
There’s no such thing as bad conditions - only the wrong kit
HTSI’s philanthropy special focuses on fresh ideas to help familiar causes
Ties, cigars and perfect shirts for the dandy in your life
Three initiatives at the heart of a British revival
We go off piste in this festive edition, celebrating trees that are a gloriously gaudy mix of irony and nostalgia; table settings that are otherworldly; and natural decorations that are more moss than mistletoe. Our gift ideas include gadgets for nature lovers, visually sumptuous books and elegant house ‘portraits’
Praise be! It’s our holiday special
From economics, politics and history to science, art, food and, of course, fiction — our annual round-up brings you top titles picked by FT writers and critics
In our seasonal special, we travel from property hotspots in Switzerland to those in British Columbia, weigh up the appeal of contemporary chalets and traditional turf cabins, shine a light on art and design rooted in Alpine culture — and explore how to embrace year-round living in the mountains
