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Furniture, colour, style, architecture — they all prime the mind to feel and act in certain ways
You can be anxious about big tech having access to your data, but home surveillance means your family is now watching your every move
The problem with Britain’s high-speed rail project is that we’re looking at it all wrong
Amid reports of San Francisco’s demise, the cable cars keep running and the tech industry keeps the money flowing
A Scottish redevelopment of a spendthrift’s seat raises the question of what to do with the stranded trappings of privilege
A recent London High Court ruling supports the view that freedom of expression is to be upheld even in the most mundane matters
Elon Musk’s rebranding of Twitter is a linguistic land-grab
Received wisdom is that people’s politics drift to the right after buying a property. But that may no longer be true — if it ever was
A recent felling in Plymouth resulted in vote losses for the Conservatives in local elections
This is a challenge to small-time gardeners like me. How can you commune with nature when the queen of artifice has entered the fray?
Some people, it seems, would gladly spend three years on a cruise ship
‘The idea that high-end properties in Belgravia are going to be transformed into social housing is for the birds’
The change of policy signals another shift in how we share our viewing experiences with family and friends
The company’s brazen adverts for a prize draw for houses reinforce the idea that life is a lottery
The closure of the much-loved Italian institution in London tells us about our own choices
The epithet ‘citizen of nowhere’ was meant to be an insult but they are now increasingly sought after around the world
The Netflix thriller must strike a chord with city dwellers who’ve moved to the ’burbs — only to worry they paid far too much
‘So prolific were London apples that there are varieties named after its suburbs: Hounslow Wonder and the Merton Joy’
I have to learn how to be an autonomous adult again
‘Soho House is moving its linens and knick-knacks into our interiors. Where does the boundary lie?’
Many photographs are doomed to an online memory bank that we rarely look at and increasingly must pay for
Driving has been sold to us as freedom. It really isn’t
Both landlords and tenants take on risk but only one side has to reveal all in the application process
‘There are moments in history when the story changes, caused by war, a pandemic or a deep recession. We are there now’
As energy costs spiral, history shows how humans and animals paid dearly for electricity — and the progress it allowed
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