The Malian city couldn’t be further away from the myth, finds Will Brown
Benjamin Hubert on a modular hi-fi system designed by Dieter Rams, the father of modern product design
Zoe Adjonyoh, the chef who introduced London to the flavours of Ghana, returns to her roots in Accra
When the bicycle first appeared it was seen as an agent of radical social change
Snapshots of nightlife in Lebanon
Tim Ecott dives into a predator’s territory
Human history is horribly hairy, accepts Adrian Wooldridge, a committed pogonophobe
Women have been written out of the history of the Bauhaus. As the influential German design school turns 100, Naomi Wood puts them back in
Which wireless speakers or headphones should you buy? Tim Martin takes his pick
Her playful, cheeky clothes were the perfect fit for newly liberated women
How women through the ages have dressed for success
Heuksujeo used to be a snobbish insult. Now younger generations are reclaiming the term
Tomi Adeyemi’s mythical version of Africa is changing the way young Americans think about race. She talks to Jasmine Sanders about what comes next
Nothing that goes into it needs to be fresh, and it takes just minutes to prepare
It seems so boring and joyless. How did rowing become the latest fitness phenomenon?
Pamela Druckerman had always planned to age the old-fashioned way, but then she turned 48
Austria’s trademark dessert was the subject of a seven-year legal battle
He grew up on video games and anime. Matt Alt meets Oki Sato in Tokyo to talk about the funny side of Japanese design
Emma Goldberg finds her power at a self-defence class in Manhattan
For more than a century we’ve counted on calories to tell us what will make us fat. Peter Wilson says it’s time to bury the world’s most misleading measure
She used drawing as a way to predict the future
The techies who figured out how not to pay for an Uber, or a mattress, ever again
Why stars make your water sparkle
Designer Dmitry Reutov was inspired by the colours of the Chihuahan desert in Mexico
Demis Hassabis founded a company to build the world’s most powerful AI. Then Google bought him out. Hal Hodson asks who is in charge
Is the most congested city in America ready for two-wheeled travel? Arthur House breaks the law to find out
