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Matt Alagiah

Transport

Gearing up

City planners plotting new routes should look to these three cities for hints on how to get people moving.

  • Issue #114
  • 10 min read
Gearing up
Business

Breaking new ground

From Europe to Asia and the US, large-scale urban-regeneration projects promise to transform entire city neighbourhoods. We plot the progress of five favourites.

  • Issue #113
  • 6 min read
Illustration of Palisades Village shopping precinct in Los Angeles with storefronts, landscaping and pedestrian plaza.
Business

On the case

One of the world’s youngest CEOs has set about refreshing the culture at luggage label Rimowa, bringing in new working practices, new talent and new business ideas.

  • Issue #113
  • 6 min read
On the case
Business

Editor’s letter

Ever the globetrotter, our editor in chief is at it again – but where is he this month? Well, he’s surrounded by sun, surgery and more than a few cacti, so it shouldn’t take…

  • Issue #113
  • 4 min read
Editor’s letter
Affairs

The opener

We fork out for a fantastically big bento, then walk it off with the help of Karl Marx. Jane Goodall, meanwhile, gets down to (monkey) business and shares cheeky anecdotes.

  • Issue #113
  • 5 min read
Red pedestrian traffic light showing a figure with arms outstretched in Karl Marx commemoration in Trier, Germany.
Fashion

Fashion

An Armani fashion-and-furniture flagship, monogrammed French sandals and national style stereotypes.

  • Issue #113
  • 5 min read
Fashion
Food & Drink

Adam Gopnik

The esteemed writer and essayist on the importance of cooking, going head to head with his galley’s labour union and the practical pleasures of chopping onions.

  • Issue #113
  • 4 min read
Adam Gopnik
Business

All together now

Are co-living spaces the answer to loneliness? Reza Merchant’s Collective in London proved a hit and now he’s primed to make his social experiment a global endeavour.

  • Issue #113
  • 3 min read
All together now
Business

Core strength

Apple's retail chief on swapping fashion for tech, rebuilding a demoralised global workforce and why leadership, not gadgets, defines her tenure at the world's most valuable brand.

  • Issue #112
  • 10 min read
Core strength
Business

Going up

Rome finally gets its own grand department store: a €250m gamble by Thailand’s Central Group that turns archaeology, ambition and 800 brands into the city’s newest must-visit address.

  • Issue #112
  • 27 min read
Going up

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