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Liam Aldous

Hospitality

Club rules

After surviving the financial blow of the pandemic, the night-time economy is finally swinging back to life. We visit three venues that are leading the charge and meet the entrepreneurs behind them.

  • The Entrepreneurs #5
  • 1 min read
DJ's hands on turntables under red stage lighting at Nåpoleon Komplex nightclub.
Food & Drink

Anything but ordinary

Girona's celebrated Roca brothers strip back fine dining's formality with Normal, a new restaurant built on proximity, seasonal produce and the intuition inherited from their grandmother's kitchen.

  • Issue #147
  • 1 min read
Interior view of Normal restaurant showing one of two dining rooms with wooden tables and exposed brick walls
Art

Top billing

From box-office draws to books and beats, we highlight the main attractions on the cultural calendar.

  • Issue #147
  • 1 min read
Modern gallery interior with white walls displaying framed paintings and natural lighting from glass ceiling
Culture

Back to life

New galleries, foundations and museums worldwide emerge from pandemic delays, with striking architecture housing impressive collections from German collector Helga de Alvear's Spanish outpost to international cultural debuts.

  • Issue #144
  • 1 min read
Back to life
Travel and restaurants

The opener

Rev your engines and wind down the windows as we begin our whistle-stop tour of global transport with dispatches from the first cycle to the last mile. Plus: football and dogs.

  • Issue #144
  • 8 min read
The opener
Culture

Safe in the knowledge

How can media sustain us? Keep conversations simple, challenge untruths, fix neighbourhoods? We visit three projects that are good for their environments.

  • Issue #141
  • 10 min read
Safe in the knowledge
Culture

New waves

The sun on your back and the slower pace of life is often best accompanied by the strains of summer tunes. But how to find them? Radio can take us to atmospheric destinations and…

  • Issue #135
  • 9 min read
New waves
Culture

Let’s make it a good one

It's a new year and time for a list. Ours is a rundown of things set to make life better in 2020, from clever new businesses to cultural openings. Here's to a hopeful year.

  • The Forecast #10
  • 8 min read
Let’s make it  a good one

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