For example, Pachyphytum with its rounded leaves that look like gems, and Echeveria elegans, or “hens and chicks” succulents. Bamboo plants, too, are considered to be lucky. It is a symbol of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Walking briskly over the Pont Neuf towards the Louvre, as night fell over Paris, I began to see other ...