Liam Aldous
Food & drink
We visit a jamón joint in Madrid, Norwegian café-cum-hotel in Tokyo and Parisian grocer par excellence.
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.
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.
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.
Waste not
The founder and president of Ecoalf has created a sustainable fashion brand using other people’s rubbish.
Politics
Spain’s minister in charge of smoothing domestic relations, plus a look at the fight brewing among Bosnia’s presidents.
Ivory hours
From Sydney to New York, the piano bar is the final stop on many a glorious night out. Whether you're after a singalong or a quiet cocktail, we survey the world's best ivory-tinkling venues.
Business
A new fashion retail school in Hong Kong and a Spanish trucking company adding colour to the roads.
The lowdown
In a world that’s now too brightly and badly lit, we look to industry luminaries who fully understand the positive impact of subtle lighting.
