Directors of some of the Britain’s biggest companies were busy buying shares yesterday, even as the market was climbing towards a fresh record high. Two independent directors at Burberry, for example, were either taking an opening position in the luxury brands retailer or adding to their holding. Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of Sky and Burberry’s senior Read More →

Cheap, Chinese-made nylon burkas are flooding Afghanistan’s north as consumers turn to affordable, mass-produced fabrics — but in Kabul a small, determined fashion house is fighting to preserve the traditional textiles once integral to Afghan culture. Launched in 2006, “Zarif” — “precious” in Persian — commissions traditional cotton and silk from artisanal weavers, then employs Read More →