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What works?

We were told that workplaces would become less relevant but the opposite is true. Here’s how to improve your lot.

  • Issue #120
  • 2 min read
What works?
Urbanism

The good life

From communal evening strolls to languorous lunches with family and friends, Madrileños seem to hold the key to a long and happy life in Europe's capital.

  • Issue #120
  • 11 min read
The good life
Society

Fat of the land

Qatar has an obesity epidemic; we meet the people working to change this, then explore initiatives around the world.

  • Issue #120
  • 12 min read
Fat of the land
Urbanism

Southern belle

In the first of a new series looking at US cities and the people fixing them, we stop off at Albuquerque to find out why New Mexico’s most populous city is on the up.

  • Issue #120
  • 10 min read
Southern belle
Culture

The happiness formula

Our latest issue of ‘The Forecast’ celebrates the elements of urban life that surpass the ordinary: from leaping headlong into a lake, getting a little competitive or bunking off work early, here are a…

  • Film
  • 3 min watch
The happiness formula
Affairs

Shifting sands

From advertising to the transformations of Tokyo, Beijing and Madrid, we lift the curtain on the issues and events shaping the world, set to resonate in 2019 and beyond.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 18 min read
Madrid skyline with glass skyscrapers, construction cranes, and concrete building foundations under development.
Culture

We need to talk

We are living through a new golden age of debate and salons. Talks and conversations are the new religion. We asked our senior correspondent to spend one week at the heart of her city’s…

  • The Forecast #9
  • 12 min read
We need to talk
Business

Worthy investment

Making a profit and a positive contribution to society needn’t be mutually exclusive. We meet five investors funding businesses that make a difference, from envelope-pushing art to greening-up city life.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 9 min read
Laura Callanan stands inside a large wooden circular structure at Upstart Co-Lab gallery.
Affairs

Happiness lab

According to the UN, Finns live in the world’s happiest nation. Decades of government-led tweaks to Finnish life have conjured a surprising level of contentment, making the country a social experiment.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 11 min read
Happiness lab

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