Catherine Balston
Travel and restaurants
Wherever next? Four beautiful hotels that should be on your radar
Whether breathing new life into a run-down building or starting afresh, a cannily run hotel can help to boost a community, as well as those running it. Here are four that have caught our…
Society
Carnival is serious business as Brazilian cities battle to be the biggest and the best
Brazil’s biggest party is just days away. Right now, revellers across the country are stocking up on glitter, body paint and fishnet tights. They’re putting the final touches on new costumes or shaking out…
Culture
Why the Academy Awards should get rid of its foreign-language category
Film’s gilded night is drawing ever closer and today The Academy will shortlist the titles up for winning an Oscar come March. Brazilians, who have already been in party mode celebrating the double Golden…
Design
São Paulo, South America’s rising design capital
A new pool of young talent is lifting the city’s creative ambitions. We speak to a few creatives leading the way.
