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Liam Aldous

Food & Drink

Crunch time

Easter and Christmas may be the time for sugary treats but one Spanish town has hit a year-round sweet spot.

  • Issue #122
  • 7 min read
Crunch time
Travel and restaurants

Happy returns

The directors of the Conde Duque Cultural Centre are among a wave of creatives returning to Madrid. They show us the city – and beyond.

  • Issue #122
  • 7 min read
Happy returns
Urbanism

The good life

From communal evening strolls to languorous lunches with family and friends, Madrileños seem to hold the key to a long and happy life in Europe's capital.

  • Issue #120
  • 11 min read
The good life
Food & Drink

Food & drink

We visit a jamón joint in Madrid, Norwegian café-cum-hotel in Tokyo and Parisian grocer par excellence.

  • Issue #120
  • 6 min read
Food & drink
Food & Drink

Taste of success

Ever thought of starting a food-focused business? We seek counsel from the lawyers, marketeers and managers turned tea vendors, grocers and restaurateurs who are finding fresh ways to uphold culinary traditions.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 9 min read
Man in white apron stirring salt production using geothermal energy in Icelandic facility.
Affairs

Shifting sands

From advertising to the transformations of Tokyo, Beijing and Madrid, we lift the curtain on the issues and events shaping the world, set to resonate in 2019 and beyond.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 18 min read
Madrid skyline with glass skyscrapers, construction cranes, and concrete building foundations under development.
Affairs

Happy space

City dwellers pine for attractive and usable public spaces and city planners are taking note. We visit places where poetic verses are daubed on streets and ‘playable pavements’ allow children to let off steam.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 10 min read
Happy space
Entrepreneurialism

Waste not

The founder and president of Ecoalf has created a sustainable fashion brand using other people’s rubbish.

  • Issue #119
  • 5 min read
A smiling middle-aged man in a white shirt and jeans stands with arms crossed in a lush garden.
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Sweden’s ambassador to Finland, soft power in Spain and Taiwan is tuning in.

  • Issue #119
  • 4 min read
An older man in a suit gestures while speaking from an armchair in an elegant, art-filled sitting room with a fireplace and bookshelves.

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