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Bedazzling four-poster beds

Humble, grand or fanciful — these designs have serious bed cred




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The chandelier made from recycled nitrous-oxide canisters

How discarded laughing-gas cylinders were used to create glitter from litter




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The lilac in literature

The flower is a motif found in writers from Eliot to Proust to Turgenev




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Properties with literary connections

From an 18th-century farmhouse in the US to a traditional Deià-style home in Mallorca




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Villa Majorelle: inside an Art Nouveau restoration

This cornucopia of vegetation in ceramic and bronze is the apotheosis of the style




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Let’s stop turning our homes into boutique hotels

Coronavirus puts into perspective the cult of perfection in interior design




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Five of the world’s best homes for sale for children

Running downstairs is b-o-r-i-n-g when you can slide or use a fireman’s pole instead




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New zen — why interior design is looking to Japan

This season’s hottest trend takes in all things Japanese - from Macaque to Japandi




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Traditional design ideas that give a contemporary bathroom a Moroccan feel

Style options distilled from a confluence of African, Arab and Mediterranean cultures




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How vintage Ikea became a hit for fans of flat-pack chic

There’s more to the Swedish interiors giant than Billy bookcases




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How to create a stylish reading sanctuary in lockdown

Nooks for books can be created anywhere in the home




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Bob Dylan adopts various guises in surprise track I Contain Multitudes

Warmly burnished and gently cryptic, this is easy listening at its most enjoyable




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Lucinda Williams swaps reflection for action in Good Souls Better Angels

New album channels protest music and social comment through Delta blues mythology and psych-rock




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Layla — Derek and the Dominos’ 1971 epic started out as a self-pitying ballad

Eric Clapton’s collaborator Duane Allman helped transform the song into a bravura rock showpiece




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The Metropolitan Opera’s online gala was the most ambitious event of its kind

A star-studded cast sang from their own homes in the New York opera house’s four-hour show




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BC Camplight: Shortly After Takeoff

Brian Christinzio’s vocals have the singsong flow of Brian Wilson




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Car Seat Headrest: Making a Door Less Open

An alt-rock concept album whose concept is never clearly defined




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Ghostpoet: I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep

Brooding subject matter meets richly detailed music in the British rapper’s fifth album




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Soft harmonies and a steely core in JoJo’s Good to Know

The American singer’s album is sexually frank, with harmonies reminiscent of Mariah Carey




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Natalya Romaniw: Arion: Voyage of a Slavic Soul

The opera singer gets to the heart of the music in tender performances




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Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity

The trumpeter captures his compatriot’s mischievous sense of humour and serious intent




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The Dolphins — Fred Neil’s song is as fathomless as the ocean

Singers down the years have been drawn to a mysterious track written by a man who turned his back on music




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The future of festivals: arts organisations look towards 2021

With summer events cancelled, the focus is on how to recoup funding and audiences




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How online games are becoming a new arena for live music

Artists such as Travis Scott and Charli XCX are appearing in digital form, watched by audiences of avatars




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Kehlani: It Was Good Until It Wasn’t

The Californian brings a melodious voice and an enticing sense of groove to her second album




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Hayley Williams: Petals for Armor

Paramore frontwoman broadens her sonic palette with solo debut




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Drake: Dark Lane Demo Tapes

The Canadian rapper’s surprise mixtape flunks out with ill-advised guest-star choices




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Transglobal Underground: Walls Have Ears

With swaggering reggae beats to modern Maghrebi, the near-original line-up reunites for a new studio album




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Thomas Adès: Janáček: Solo Piano

The British composer interprets the Czech’s piano works with an unsentimental, sharply focused immediacy




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Mark Lanegan: Straight Songs of Sorrow

The singer’s sandblasted baritone relates his dark autobiography with irresistible swagger




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Lucian Ban: Transylvanian Folk Songs — The Béla Bartók Field Recordings

Jazz, folk and classical influences merge as the pianist revisits traditional music collected by the Hungarian composer




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Black Britons four times more likely to die of virus than white peers, says ONS

Analysis shows Bame groups exposed to greater socio-economic and work risks




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Fresh help for care homes as infection rate rises

Leaked Whitehall plan reveals concerns 3 years ago over extra support for sector




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Boris Johnson urges ‘maximum caution’ over easing lockdown

Downing Street says any changes will be ‘very limited’ to avoid second peak of infections




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Astronomy boom as UK stargazers look to sky for solace

Less pollution and fine weather create ideal conditions for studying constellations




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China offers to build HS2 in five years

UK government in talks with China Railway Construction Corporation




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Trudeau faces pressure to end Canada gas pipeline blockade

Indigenous protests over gas project are snarling rail traffic and hurting businesses




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Alstom to buy Bombardier train unit in €7.5bn deal

French high-speed rail maker looks to bulk up in face of Chinese competition




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Alstom/Bombardier: keeping track

Alstom will have its work cut out to get the Canadian group’s margins back on track, but greater scale would help it compete with industry leader CRRC




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Reopening of Beeching rail lines faces long delays

Tory manifesto pledge aimed at ‘levelling up’ the regions of Britain faces uphill struggle




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Can £5bn revitalise England’s bus services?

The ability of local authorities to plan their own networks will be key to success




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Doubt cast over future of HS2 extension to Leeds

Minister omits eastern leg to Yorkshire in statement on high-speed rail project




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All change as rail franchises reach end of the line

Termination of Northern contract signals wider problems with privatised system




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Chris Packham launches legal action against HS2

Naturalist and broadcaster says £106bn rail scheme will destroy 700 wildlife sites




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Coronavirus hits US rail volumes

The ripples from slowing Chinese production are felt down the supply chain




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FirstGroup launches formal sale of North American businesses

UK transport company has come under pressure from US activist to sell school bus and transit divisions




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Mayor abandons London fares freeze as virus hits TfL finances

Move comes after Moody’s predicts £400m blow to transport network’s income




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Sadiq Khan seeks extra £650m to fund Crossrail overruns

London mayor wants to renegotiate £2bn of existing loans with government to ease cash flow




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UK to discuss help for aviation industry hit by coronavirus

Transport secretary weighs support for airlines and rail operators as passenger numbers drop




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UK train services to be halved in revised schedules

Operators warn they will struggle to meet franchise agreements as passenger numbers plunge