It was early summer, and I was on the verge of turning 40. I found myself entertaining a recurring daydream of escaping from time. I would be hustling my son out the door to get him to school, or walking briskly to work on the day of a deadline, or castigating myself for being online …

Filipa de Abreu is a design consultant and brand ambassador for Tory Burch in New York. When she is not there, she spends her time in Lisbon, in this century-old four-bedroom rental with an ocean view in the city’s Lapa neigh­bourhood …

Last year I talked a lot about my favourite products here. I am happy to have finalised the list of products that really make a difference in my routine. I’ve already mentioned a few of them before, but there are few other areas in my life that I invest in, and so I am bringing a few more items to your attention, things that have really changed my self-care routine and my life …

EVER SINCE Athleisure arrived on the scene about six years ago, we didn’t exactly welcome this emerging trend with open arms. That is because at the time, it seemed to be all yoga pants at first, and then ugly trainers with everything …

For decades, whole regions, nations even, have tried to model themselves on a particular ideal of innovation, the lifeblood of the modern economy. From Apple to Facebook, Silicon Valley’s freewheeling ecosystem of new, nimble corporations created massive wealth and retilted the world’s economic axis …

EVEN THOUGH WINTER comes every year, always forget what an ordeal it actually is. How early the days get dark. How overcast and blustery and how much all of this makes me never want to leave the house until spring. It feels like we’re on the 174th day of January and there’s still February …