Our most-read stories of 2025

The most-read stories of 2025

From quilters in Alabama to Fashion Week debuts, here were the stories you enjoyed the most

01. The quilters of Gee's Bend want you to visit them

For generations, the women of Gee's Bend, Alabama have created intricate quilts. Can tourism help preserve their traditions?

02. Inside The Grand Egyptian Museum, a monumental tribute to one of humanity’s most captivating civilisations

Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, the museum stands as an architectural link between past and present on the timeless sands of Giza

03. The Mercedes-Benz Vision Iconic is automotive haute couture, a concept with cinematic style

The Vision Iconic concept makes a play for a new approach to future luxury, blending art-deco excess with neo-gothic trimmings and monumental scale

04. ‘I just wanted to have fun’: Matthieu Blazy's joyful Chanel debut

Transforming the Grand Palais into a glowing solar system, Matthieu Blazy’s much-anticipated first collection was rooted in ideas of modernity and freedom, marking a bold new chapter

05. Inside Albania’s (figurative and literal) rise

The country’s glow-up includes a new look, as a who’s who of international architects mould it into a future-facing, ‘verticalising’ nation

06. Where writers write. This year's Booker Prize nominees share their writing spaces

From kitchen tables to bare desks (and even a cemetery bench): 12 writers from the Booker Prize 2025 longlist on their favourite writing set-ups

looking out from contemporary living space to courtyard garden

07. Deep dive into landscape architecture with Bas Smets

The landscape architect speaks with us on the art, philosophy and science of his pioneering approach: ‘a site is not in a state of “being”, but in a constant state of “becoming”’

08. Robert De Niro is creating an island paradise. We eavesdropped on a design meeting

With The Beach Club, a private community on the Caribbean island of Barbuda, the actor is steering away from 'chandeliers and endless marble'

09. Inside David Lynch's house as it hits the market

Following his passing, David Lynch's LA estate went up for sale at $15m, and the listing offered a glimpse into the late filmmaker's aesthetic and creative universe

10. The Trip to Hong Kong

A resilient desire to shift perceptions yet preserve heritage is driving a new energy in Hong Kong as the next generation creates a bold new capital of culture

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