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Fiona Wilson

Travel and restaurants

Holiday snaps

We focus on a selection of the planet’s finest new hotels and drop in on the shop that sells everything you’ll need to capture the moment once you get to them.

  • Issue #136
  • 1 min read
Holiday snaps
Fashion

Fashion Briefing

From Japan to Spain, we uncover fashion’s top moments and discover why bricks and mortar done well will always bring in the crowds.

  • Issue #136
  • 7 min read
Fashion Briefing
Travel and restaurants

Modern history

Facing demolition, the Dai-ichi Bank building had seen better days. But at the 11th hour, and with a nod to its illustrious past, the site has been rejuvenated as K5 hotel.

  • Issue #132
  • 9 min read
Three men standing in a modern hotel corridor with geometric patterned flooring and warm lighting
Urbanism

Letters from the city

While staying put, we asked our bureau chiefs and editors to reflect on what they most value about their respective cities.

  • Issue #133
  • 1 min read
Children play on a grass oval in a waterfront park with One World Trade Center visible in the background.
Retail

Looks to love

We’ve found the formula to greet sunny days: the perfect T-shirt, breezy cottons and light tailoring cut to fit just so. And don’t forget springy new kicks to ground your feelgood summer wardrobe.

  • Issue #135
  • 26 min read
Looks to love
Hospitality

Group dynamics

The expansion of a storied Kyoto building into Ace Hotel’s first Japanese venture called for a dizzying collaboration of creatives.

  • Issue #135
  • 7 min read
Group dynamics
Travel and restaurants

Sense of calm

Kagoshima's unassuming ramen joints serve up liquid perfection in quiet counter-side rituals, where solo diners find solace in steaming bowls and the city's understated culinary excellence.

  • Issue #135
  • 6 min read
Sense of calm
Media

Armchair travel

Who better to guide us through our downtime than Kunichi Nomura, the host of weekly Tokyo radio programme ‘Travelling Without Moving’?

  • Issue #134
  • 4 min read
Armchair travel

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