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Harry Mitchell

Fashion

Mass movement

Uniqlo’s president of global creative explains why the brand is eschewing conventional marketing to create a luxury aura around products that are available to all.

  • Issue #128
  • 4 min read
Mass movement
Urbanism

Dream on

When Milton Keynes – the UK’s biggest New Town – was built, it aspired to perfection. Nic Monisse stays the night.

  • Issue #128
  • 4 min read
Pauline Ikin and a young man stand in the doorway of her Milton Keynes home.
Food & Drink

Pull up a chair

A Kiwi chef, a restaurant owner in Monaco and a design-shop duo in Ontario invite you into their abodes for some home-cooked goodness – with a liberal sprinkling of hospitality advice.

  • Issue #128
  • 13 min read
Pull up a chair
Culture

The opener

Before toasting a cup craze and scouting the best penknife, we appraise Finnish fondness for fraternities and Russia’s yen for national pride.

  • Issue #123
  • 6 min read
The opener
Media

Nothing but the truth

From skateboarding in Illinois to covert filming in the suburbs of Damascus, documentary films are enjoying mass-market appeal – and cashing in at the box office too. We meet the genre’s talents.

  • Issue #122
  • 11 min read
Nothing but the truth
Urbanism

Sating an appetite

A new venture in London has gone back to basics: launch a market, fill it with tasty food purveyors and watch as hungry customers get in line.

  • Issue #115
  • 6 min read
Sating an appetite
Culture

Armed response

Ah, Brexit. After the tense build-up and dramatic result, the aftermath has been drawn-out. How do you tell the story of the UK versus the EU? We went to the frontline to find out.

  • Issue #114
  • 17 min read
Armed response
Entrepreneurialism

It’s tea at the top

Pioneering agency Abbott Mead Vickers remade advertising. Co-founder Peter Mead, in business for over 45 years, proves to be more nice guy than Mad Man in this exclusive profile.

  • Issue #82
  • 5 min read
It’s tea at the top

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