The renegade

From ballets to the Boat Race, Chanel has an enduring legacy of nurturing excellence in Britain. Today, the French maison is finding new ways to put art and culture in the spotlight

There’s nothing expected or dull about this Parisian apartment, whose design takes risks by mixing references with studied panache

Exhibition of the week William Kentridge: The Pull ...

The piece I’d never part with

Animated by two profound love affairs, Gabrielle Chanel established a symbiotic connection with Britain that remains a source of inspiration for the maison a century on

High up in the lush Cévennes mountains of the Gard in the South of France, British-born couple Lou and Dan Sayers have painstakingly restored a 17th-century farmhouse that is full of unexpected surpri