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Saturday, 2 May, 2026

Life & Arts
It’s over. Net-a-Porter has sent me packing
The fashion etailer is banning customers who return too many items. But who is to blame for the rise of the serial-returner?
Lauren Indvik
Friday, 10 April, 2026

Gardens
Why is The Newt estate’s owner launching a garden festival?
Koos Bekker’s Somerset country-house hotel was the Chelsea Flower Show’s headline sponsor. Now he is taking matters into his own hands
Saturday, 4 April, 2026

House & Home Country Living Special 2026
‘It costs £250,000 a year to run Iford Manor gardens. We’re nearly there’
The Wiltshire estate’s custodians are carving out a model for how to make the estate ecologically and financially sustainable — and horticulturally engaging
Thursday, 26 March, 2026

Design
Discovering ‘decalcomania’, the Victorian vogue for DIY decoration
Replicating chinoiserie porcelain at home was a popular hobby of the era — and surviving pieces have a curious charm
Friday, 6 March, 2026

Gardens
Bloom and bust: can Sarah Raven regrow her garden business?
The plantswoman who single-handedly brought dahlias back into fashion and nurtured the UK through Covid had become a perennial in the horticultural firmament. Then it all went wrong
Thursday, 19 February, 2026

UK prime property
Marylebone property prices are ‘defying gravity’
W1U saw prices rise more than 9 per cent in 2025, as those in broader prime central London fell more than 3 per cent. What is it doing right?
Saturday, 31 January, 2026

Interiors
How much do you really need to spend on curtains?
The most elegant, characterful and economical choices don’t always hang together. But they can do . . .
Thursday, 22 January, 2026

Gardens
How to fill your winter garden with scent
Daphne, camellia and mahonia can perfume the colder days
Friday, 21 November, 2025

The best books of the year 2025
The best gardening books to read this year
Lauren Indvik selects her must-read titles
Friday, 14 November, 2025

House & Home Ski Living Special 2025
Rustic folk furniture for chic urban homes
Hand-hewn, painted and fantastical antique pieces look striking in contrastingly modern interiors. It’s counterintuitive, but it works
Saturday, 18 October, 2025

Gardens
Beyond the tulip — what else to plant for spring colour
Disease, sustainability and cost are pushing gardeners to embrace a kaleidoscopic medley of alternatives
Tuesday, 16 September, 2025

Hot Property
Five New England homes for fall splendour
From a log cabin in the woods of Connecticut to a house with panoramic views near the slopes of Stowe, Vermont
Thursday, 11 September, 2025

Gardens
How to help your garden cope with drought and flood
The resilience of many gardens — and gardeners — was tested after the UK’s driest spring and hottest summer in more than a century. What lessons can we take into next year?
Monday, 18 August, 2025

Art of Fashion: the autumn/winter 2025 issue
Can we learn to love the fashion we hate?
Six FT writers share the style items they have long disliked — and try to overcome their garment grievances
Monday, 18 August, 2025

Art of Fashion: the autumn/winter 2025 issue
Calvin Klein’s designer is picking up where its founder left off
Veronica Leoni has been tasked with putting Calvin Klein back in the fashion conversation — and on the red carpet
Sunday, 17 August, 2025

Cult Shop
Could Burford be the chicest garden centre in the world?
The family business started trading 50 years ago in a Cotswolds field. Now, it’s turning over nearly £20mn a year
Friday, 11 July, 2025

Biography and memoir
Make it Ours — how Virgil Abloh gatecrashed fashion’s elite
A soft-focus biography of the late Louis Vuitton designer comes into its own as a document on the evolution of luxury
Tuesday, 1 July, 2025

The wonder of Wimbledon
Top seeds: a Q&A with Wimbledon’s head gardener, Martyn Falconer
A perennial champion at the tournament is the floral extravaganza that fills its grounds. Here’s how they do it every year without fail — and keep those courts so green
Friday, 27 June, 2025

Style
Interview. Coach designer Stuart Vevers: ‘The idea of status has shifted’
As he returns to London to accept his OBE, the British creative director reflects on three decades in fashion, what makes a good handbag and how the brand became a hit with Gen Z
Monday, 23 June, 2025

The Art of Fashion: the Jewellery issue 2025
How to wear a brooch with aplomb
Brooches are having a moment — especially for men
Monday, 19 May, 2025

Balenciaga SA
Balenciaga appoints ex-Valentino designer as creative director
Pierpaolo Piccioli succeeds Demna Gvasalia as owner Kering seeks to combat luxury downturn
Friday, 16 May, 2025

House & Home Chelsea Flower Show 2025 Special
Why the Chelsea Flower Show can’t quit peat
Preserving peatland is essential to the UK’s strategy to reach net zero emissions by 2050. But the RHS, the organisation behind the internationally celebrated garden show, has back-pedalled on its peat-free pledge. What will push horticulture to end its dirty habit?
Thursday, 1 May, 2025

Menswear
Clothes fit for an Edwardian
In the Sussex countryside, one company makes historical menswear for film, television — and modern customers
Monday, 21 April, 2025

FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
How tariffs are affecting luxury goods
Luxury goods were supposed to be making a comeback this year.
Saturday, 19 April, 2025

Fashion
An ode to an elegant age
A royal exhibition paints a more fabulous picture of the Edwardian era than any TV series could muster

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