The last surviving member of the 1953 Everest team ...

Today, down jackets built for K2 are worn on the school run and premium waterproofs pop up in pubs. In their photo book, Max Leonard and Henry Iddon track down hard-as-nails but unheralded mountaineers and the fabric innovators who put them safely – and sometimes even stylishly – on summits to ask how we got here

The soundtrack to Japanese politics was once “quiet, calm, ambient”, says The Economist. No longer. New prime minister Sanae Takaichi, a one-time heavy-metal drummer, is setting a new beat that is “br

PHOTOGRAPHS BY FLORIAN LEDOUX; SELAR Aged 26, Sophie ...

Rachael Blackmore inspired a new generation by smashing glass ceilings in a male-dominated, physically punishing sport. So where are jump racing’s next female superstars? Jennifer Donald explores

Lily Canter was keen to try this women-only ultra and to take some of the women she coaches along too as ultramarathon guinea pigs… On a sunny August morning hundreds of women lounged on beanbags in a