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Diplomacy Briefing
We talk to Taiwan’s man in London about diplomatic tussles with China, the Swiss build their second-largest embassy and Russia’s backfire in the Baltics.
Directors’ cut
The more incendiary the conversation around cultural topics becomes, the more museum directors take on the role of mouthpieces for how society should deal with thorny issues.
Privacy alerts
From social media to mass surveillance, we know that we are losing the ability to be private, to have lives for us and our children that are off-grid. But we can regain some control.…
Americas
Housing in Boston gets dense, Bogotá transport takes to the skies and a book reconsiders the suburbs.
Street smarts
After a 36-year absence, the New York Public Library's Bookmobile returns to the Bronx in a gleaming red Sprinter — holding its own against Mister Softee and proving books still draw a crowd.
Africa/Middle East
Regeneration in Tehran, Swiss-sponsored bike lanes in Beirut and a park transformation in Johannesburg.
Puppy power
Inside Hong Kong's Police Dog Unit, where golden labradors swim laps, springer spaniels earn public-voted names, and a 20 per cent expansion prepares the force for busier borders ahead.
The opener
Why frazzled American tourists order fries to go, plus a very Australian political grilling.
Europe
Food markets in Turin, green (and sleek) transit infrastructure in Tilburg and Oslo’s public art biennial.
City secrets
Beneath Hamburg's waterfront, a 1911 art deco tunnel still ferries pedestrians under the Elbe; in Los Angeles, a concrete building designed for those who cannot fully see it challenges every assumption about architecture.
