Children's room decor Jun 14, 2013

Barometer: kids

Transform your children’s bedrooms – plus stylish solutions for birthday parties

Tom Holland plays cricket ©Ngayu Thairu Jun 7, 2013

The reluctant cricketer

For historian and hopeless sportsman Tom Holland, cricket meant ‘tedium, interspersed with the odd moment of raw terror’. Until the day he watched Botham’s Ashes heroics and was utterly converted

The Bell Inn Jun 7, 2013

Barometer: Travel

Esther Bintliff is charmed by a thoughtfully refurbished coaching inn in East Sussex

Playtime: gadgets at the cutting edge of fun and games May 31, 2013

Barometer: tech

Playtime: gadgets at the cutting edge of fun and games – plus an algorithm to match psychotherapists with clients

Frankie Dettori ©Benjamin McMahon May 31, 2013

The Pursuits Interview: Frankie Dettori

The king of the ‘flying dismount’, banned from racing after failing a drugs test, talks about coming back from the brink – and back in the saddle

From left to right: Bright Things, Loppa paper pendant, BB1 Pendant, Ash Ribbon Pendant, Pressed Glass Bowl, and Coco May 24, 2013

Barometer: design

Light fantastic: the pendant lamp works in many playful forms; plus the latest tents for festival-goers

Dortmund with the Champions League trophy in 1997 ©Getty May 24, 2013

Champions League final – heart v head

Dortmund and Bayern meet for a battle royal between two styles of German football

Track to Ashmore ©Michael Marten May 17, 2013

A walk with the FT: Ashmore Wood & Stubhampton Bottom

Anna Chancellor, star of ‘The Hour’ and immortalised as Duckface in ‘Four Weddings’, guides Jeremy Taylor through the West Country landscapes of her childhood

Products for kids during summer May 17, 2013

Barometer: Kids

Sunny styles for bright young things – plus antique replica tubs and bathroom accessories

The Salutation May 10, 2013

Barometer: Travel

The Salutation: Is this Lutyens-designed house in Sandwich Britain’s smartest bed and breakfast?

May 10, 2013

FT Masterclass: Batting with Mike Gatting

Ahead of next week’s Test match at Lord’s, the former England captain provides some tips for a lapsed FT batsman

May 3, 2013

Barometer: Tech

Clever devices for sanity and safety; plus the internet café that has traded computer connectivity for face-to-face connections

Simon Kuper May 3, 2013

Everton: how the Blues made good

Why do Everton football club keep beating their richer and starrier rivals?

Apr 26, 2013

FT Masterclass: Dressage with Pippa Funnell

The British eventing champion helps Jeremy Taylor grapple with Billy Beware, ‘the Formula One of equestrian’

Apr 26, 2013

Barometer: sitting pretty

Look out for these new launches at next month’s Clerkenwell Design Week

Apr 19, 2013

Barometer: kids

Straw hats, shorts, sandals - and even wallpaper with a French flavour

Apr 19, 2013

A walk with the FT: The Chatsworth route

Auctioneer Henry Wyndham of Sotheby’s has swung the gavel on a $104m Giacometti and appeared in a Lara Croft movie. Here he tackles the snowy Derbyshire moors

Apr 12, 2013

Barometer: The Lion Inn, Winchcombe

An ancient hostelry in the Cotswolds blends the cosy and the stylish in perfect proportions

Apr 12, 2013

FT Masterclass: build a bamboo bicycle

Using a cheap component that nature provides ready-made, Rob Penn finds an affordable way to create the kudos of a bespoke frame

From FT MAGAZINE Apr 12, 2013

FT masterclass: Building a bamboo bicycle

Rob Penn finds an affordable way to attain the kudos of a bespoke frame