Tomos Lewis
Diplomacy
Canada’s ambassador for women, peace and security talks progress and problems; plus who’s winning in the diplomatic stakes between Serbia and Kosovo.
Cities Briefing
Victoria’s mayor talks unpopular policies, Ghent transforms its cycling culture and Helsinki goes green.
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.
The big spoke
Toronto, against all the odds, is very much a cycling city. We meet the independent bike makers and painters who are keeping the town in the saddle.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
The 1960s singer-songwriter and passionate advocate of indigenous rights, gives us a lesson in eating lobster at her favourite restaurant in Vancouver.
Star turn
Abstract artist Frank Stella had his first Moma retrospective 50 years ago. We caught up with him as he prepared to show his latest colourful work, partly inspired by his smoking habit.
Diplomacy
The UK’s new ambassador to Brazil arrives just in time and Japan implements a new visa scheme.
Politics
Canada’s new ministerial position, Finland heads to the polls and campaigning in Indonesia.
Captive audience
Bruce Davidson, the Magnum photographer whose healthy curiosity led him to capture the civil-rights movement in the US, reveals his favourite French joint.
