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

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

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

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

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

Coronavirus puts into perspective the cult of perfection in interior design

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

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

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

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

Nooks for books can be created anywhere in the home

Despite good musicianship from both principals, their songs make little impression

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

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

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

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

Subscriber numbers surge to 130m as listeners turn to tunes in a crisis

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

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

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

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

A reissue of the group’s 1981 debut recalls a fecund period in Accra’s musical history

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

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

The ENO is adapting a gimmick to attract new audiences now the pandemic has hit

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

The annual parade of work by living composers went online, performed from living rooms

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

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

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

Paramore frontwoman broadens her sonic palette with solo debut

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

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

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

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

Nintendo super smashes it, Peloton powers ahead, Sonos Arc

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

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

UK government in talks with China Railway Construction Corporation

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

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

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

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

Political sensitivities could be outweighed by workers’ construction expertise

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

First time in five years that rail groups have not paid into state coffers

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

Termination of Northern contract signals wider problems with privatised system

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

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