The smuggler’s daughter and other tales from the Gulf of Aden
Known as tahriib, they are clandestine travellers seeking to escape conflict, poverty and the effects of climate change. Over ...
New towns are back. But can we still build them?
To solve its housing crisis, Britain needs to start planning again — and rekindle the urban idealism of the postwar decades ...
What happens when art and science collide? PST Art in Los Angeles has the answer
More than 70 galleries and 800 artists offer new insights on an age-old question in the city’s dizzying array of exhibitions ...
Collector Luca Bombassei on his love of the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass
The architect, collector and art patron Luca Bombassei is sitting comfortably on a long, pale sofa in the 15th-century ...
Chungking Mansions, the chaos and glory at the heart of Hong Kong
In 2010, Mukthar walked through the doors of Chungking Mansions hoping to turn his life around. He had just arrived in Hong ...
Designer Michael Marriott: ‘I don’t really like the word “designer”’
An inspirational maker and teacher in London for 30 years, his designs often employ found objects or adapt existing items ...
Feathers, bones and human hair — the new materials for design
Luxury has often turned to unusual organic materials. In Renaissance Europe artisans created wonders for princely kunstkammer ...
How a kitchen porter’s zen was ruined by the group chat
It seems someone has decided that employers, managers and colleagues need to keep a portal of communication open at all times ...
Artist Slawn: ‘You’re buying not just a physical work but a little part of me’
His graffiti-style work has been sold at Sotheby’s and he was asked last year to design the trophy for the Brit music awards, putting him in the company of artists such as Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin ...
Karla Osorio: ‘I have a young gallery, but one that was started when I was 55’
Karla Osorio’s art gallery is not normal for Brazil. First, it is in the capital Brasília, which despite Oscar Niemeyer’s renowned architecture, has only a modest arts scene. Secondly, the gallery is ...
Swamp Notes: Harris and Trump pitch their economic visions
Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks ...
Many happy returns: 60 years of the shinkansen
Six decades after the first bullet train left Tokyo Station, Leo Lewis celebrates an icon of speed, style and national identity ...