An ordinary bicycle’s epic journey

The Italian leather handbag has been a style icon for decades, and shows no signs of going away.

The insatiable hunger for spices across the world was the spark needed for globalisation to begin.

A shift towards the equator has reinvigorated the global flower trade and local economies alike.

As the world goes digital, paper might seem increasingly obsolete – but it is anything but.

In just a few centuries, the world has developed a two-billion-cups-a-day habit.