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Editor’s letter
Our editor in chief discusses his options for the golden years, exploring unique living arrangements and how these thoughts have informed his new mansion mission in Thailand.
Defence
Why conflict is good for business in Ukraine, China looks back and we meet the UK’s defence attaché to Lithuania.
Politics
New Zealand makes it harder to get into the country, while Finland tries to get people back to work.
Cities
The mayor of Tbilisi moves from the football pitch to transport talk, and Australia opens up college towns.
Skate expectations
Lebanon’s national ice-hockey team is coached by a bus driver in Montréal. He’s encouraging them to take a slapshot at international sports stardom, despite being 9,000km from home.
The opener
From Seoul's "3.3.3" brushing rule to Oslo's icy pavements and London's impatient commuters, the world's cities reveal themselves through their smallest, strangest daily rituals.
Diplomacy
The former US ambassador to Denmark on how he used reality TV for diplomacy and the bbc’s expanding language services.
Politics
Cape Verde’s PM tells us why small states have it better, plus Honduran press freedom under threat.
Faith and devotion
Despite the global trials facing print media and pressures from religious hardliners, one Indonesian paper is remaining faithful to its founding principles.
Pressing ahead
From classroom to newsroom, Giovanni di Lorenzo has learned how to adapt. Now Die Zeit’s editor in chief is successfully adjusting to the many challenges facing the print industry.
