Cowboy culture has been riding a wave that recently crested with – in quick succession – Pharrell Williams’s western collection for Louis Vuitton, Lana Del Rey’s upcoming country album, and Beyoncé’s long tease of her new album Act II: Cowboy Carter: on.ft.com/4bdnZnx

What do you plant for a poet? The novelist describes creating her garden against time on.ft.com/3y2dViA

A charity auction by luxury reseller ReSee will include pieces from Kim Kardashian, Cindy Sherman, Oprah Winfrey – and the doyenne of French cinema on.ft.com/49Neydn

Meet the women expertly challenging convention in a male-dominated profession on.ft.com/49X8E9j

Reality TV is proving rich source material for podcasters in the market for wild stories and retrospective outrage: on.ft.com/3JtWolZ

Indigenous artists are challenging assumptions that it is a rural genre: on.ft.com/3xVlTKm

The possibilities have multiplied recently for gardens in tight spaces, from pots to patios, buckets to balconies, says Robin Lane Fox: on.ft.com/3QeoC84

'A textured dream of limewashed and micro-cemented walls, exposed brick, beam ceilings, parquet flooring, Berber rugs and wood panelling' on.ft.com/3w4FnvA

Colour is used by architects and designers for many reasons – but can the psychology behind it help you sort out your own interior dilemmas? on.ft.com/4dkkT2W

With immersive storylines and powerful, emotive writing, some of the most thrilling fiction out there is being created in game form: on.ft.com/3QgJV93

Doris Kearns Goodwin has written award-winning studies of four former American presidents. Her latest book focuses on her own coming of age: on.ft.com/4balRgh

‘No longer can you wander into a tasting room and see whether you like the wines. Slots are booked and paid for in advance, and you have to choose your “experience”.’ Jancis Robinson reports from California on.ft.com/3xLwTKz

It seems that the very environments that are least conducive to health are the places where people with claims to astonishing longevity pop up. on.ft.com/4aX5IdY

India’s Gukesh Dommaraju became, at 17, the youngest ever Candidates winner and world championship challenger on Sunday night after a marathon six-hour final round in Toronto: on.ft.com/4aMRgFD

For non-Americans, it isn’t healthy, or becoming, to live vicariously through another place, says Janan Ganesh: on.ft.com/4aS1hla

This week’s responses to the Israel-Hamas war remind us that art is rarely apolitical, says Jan Dalley: on.ft.com/3U8tVaw

Visitor books from Scotland’s mountain bothies reveal their century-old role as refuges for both body and soul… on.ft.com/449si0y

Using old, abandoned objects to mourn the plight of his native Syria, Kourbaj creates works that speak with particular power to exiled author Hisham Matar: on.ft.com/3Uc4G73

‘Though much has been written about the hidden paladares of Havana, the seven-course cenone of Italy, I doubt there are many cities in the world with a dinner scene as thriving and vital as that in Longyearbyen.’ on.ft.com/49JQsjr

The search is on for 2024’s most compelling and enjoyable business book – in the 20th edition of the Financial Times and Schroders award.

But what brilliant new business read would past winners pick? Tap here to find out: on.ft.com/3Jt6ROC