Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Arabic news network has enjoyed as rocky a relationship with the US as the region from which it hails. Abderrahim Foukara, the station’s New York and Washington bureau chief and managing editor, is the…
Bonn served as Germany’s provisional capital for 50 years during the Cold War while Berlin was split in two. With government affairs still divided between these two cities, being a civil servant who links the two is all…
We bring you some of the best places to stay in Italy, including a 16th-century former monastery and a 500-hectare estate in the Tuscan hills. We also introduce you to some fine boatyards.
We round up the sharpest and most forward-looking architects busy turning heads with their innovative retail designs, lush tropical dwellings and nature-inspired and welcoming commercial spaces.
When it comes to cultural clout, the UAE is a big hitter. Here are some of the galleries, exhibits, studios, shops – and artists themselves – that should be on everyone’s watch list.
The West End has had a great month as November has seen three highly praised British productions successfully transfer from London to New York City: Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III for an open run; Ivo van Hove’s produc…
We sample the three bars vying for your attention at a Parisian opening that’s become the talk of the town before hopping up to Helsinki for succulent seafood and down to Sydney for a delectable dining experience that…
Unwilling to miss out on Japan’s extraordinary tourism boom, the operator of Tokyo’s network of toll expressways – known in Japanese as Shutoko – has announced that it too is making a pitch for overseas visitors. In a…
The substantial motorcade of the 'humble' Ugandan president, Norway looks to turn Quatar's desert green and a new bridge betwen Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
In Japan seeing the sunrise on 1 January is an auspicious kick-off to the New Year. But finding the best viewing spot will cost you. Consider two Japan Airlines flights from Tokyo’s closest airports, Narita and Haneda. Both…
From traffic lights at shop entrances to ‘microforests’ bookending Brooklyn Bridge, this
year’s design ideas are solving very particular problems. And how are retailers coping with
the downturn? Whether it’s a visit from…