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Villa Santo Sospir, where Jean Cocteau stayed and painted murals throughout. Photograph: Marina Melia/Villa Santo Sospir DACS/Comit Cocteau
Genius in the house: Inspired interiors of world's most famous creatives

A new book exploring the houses of the world’s great artists is both fascinating and disappointing “For artists we’re never going to get to meet(...)

The Girli Concrete artwork in the entrance hall to the Playhouse theatre in Derry, which was created by Ruth Morrow and Trish Belford. Photograph: Martin McKeown
Prof Ruth Morrow and Trish Belford: combining the rough with the smooth

Imagine concrete wall with a velvet finish or a floor made of concrete but with the feel and texture of moss. “Concrete is usually perceived as being (...)

From left, Miriam Gonzáles Durántez’s red Zara dress (2013); white Vivienne Westwood dress belonging to Shami Chakrabarti; Anne Hidalgo’s black wool Rech Paris suit with white silk blouse and wool scarf, worn the night she was elected mayor of Paris; Camila Batmanghelidjh’s Magbule Mulla cotton dress; Princess Charlene of Monaco’s racing car dress and dove-grey evening dress, both designed by Akris
Power dressing is dead – long live powerful dressing

What do the world’s most powerful women have in common? It’s not necessarily their acumen or intelligence. Often, it’s a distinct physical signifie(...)

Daniel Day-Lewis is to be awarded a knighthood after being named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Photograph: Ian West/PA Wire
Daniel Day-Lewis to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth

Multi-award-winning actor, and Wicklow resident, Daniel Day-Lewis is to be knighted.He is one of more than 1,100 people from the UK and beyond to be r(...)