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Transport

Missing links

As the world gets moving once again, we highlight the grand-scale transit projects that would give cities and nations new momentum.

  • Issue #144
  • 13 min read
Stylized illustration of coastal landscape with green mountains, water, and colorful geometric shapes
Travel and restaurants

Open invitation

After years of conflict and instability, Iraq is opening up to tourism. Thanks to a new visa scheme, citizens of almost 40 countries can gain access quickly and easily – but will they come?

  • Issue #144
  • 10 min read
Umm al-Tabul Mosque with its distinctive minarets and dome structure in Baghdad
Sport

High tides

There’s a swell time to be had in the Swiss Alps. Visitors are ditching crampons and taking to the waves at a pool hundreds of metres above sea level. Surf’s up!

  • Issue #144
  • 4 min read
Surfer riding a wave in an inland surf pool with mountains behind.
Travel and restaurants

The opener

Rev your engines and wind down the windows as we begin our whistle-stop tour of global transport with dispatches from the first cycle to the last mile. Plus: football and dogs.

  • Issue #144
  • 8 min read
The opener
Urbanism

Come together

Pandemic travel restrictions offered the Uruguayan resort of José Ignacio time for a rethink. Now local firms are working in tandem to overcome obstacles and elevate the town's offering for visitors.

  • The Entrepreneurs #4
  • 10 min read
Come together
Environment

Kitted out

Equip your workplace with inspiring, functional furniture and accessories designed to impress clients, win deals and help employees work with brio. It's time to have your staff love their office.

  • The Entrepreneurs #4
  • 6 min read
String Furniture's Works shelving system with yellow metal frame, wooden shelves, and integrated storage cabinet.
Entrepreneurialism

Working principles

As the world of work reboots, opportunities for reappraising business are manifold. Six writers and CEOs address key issues, from flexible hours and physical workplaces to retaining a global outlook.

  • The Entrepreneurs #4
  • 23 min read
Illustration of two people at a counter with food and drinks, and a storefront with an X marking closed business.
Urbanism

Boom towns

With old capitals in decline and new hotspots on the up, we asked leading figures from creative and financial industries where they would base a new venture. Here are their top 10 cities.

  • The Entrepreneurs #4
  • 7 min read
Boom towns

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