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Business

Art of noise

The global electronics brand Bang & Olufsen has kept its HQ in the unassuming Danish town where it all started.

  • Issue #118
  • 10 min read
Art of noise
Hospitality

Dished up

We spread the news about a Parisian bakery, a café in Istanbul turning tea-drinkers onto coffee, and reveal Dorset’s only gin distillery. A global guide to the latest food and drink openings.

  • Issue #88
  • 10 min read
Dished up
Affairs

Faith healer

Creating contemporary art in a fiercely traditional country is hard enough; layering it with political and religious messages is brave. But Abdulnasser Gharem isn’t backwards in coming forwards.

  • Issue #83
  • 5 min read
Faith healer
Travel and restaurants

Hidden depths

In northeastern Turkey, Trabzon meets the Black Sea. Its fiercely patriotic population is a study in contrasts. So what does it mean to be one of the ‘Trabzonlular’?

  • Issue #82
  • 7 min read
Hidden depths
Affairs

Hidden depths: Trabzon

The people of Trabzon in Turkey are tough, patriotic and proud of their culture, be it guns or folk dancing. We look at the region's tourism industry and find out what's holding it back.

  • Film
  • 3 min watch
Gun lying on the table with cups of tea.
Urbanism

Desert bloom

Located geographically and aesthetically far from famed Emirati excess, the €12bn Masdar City project is trying to plot out a new urban vision.

  • The Forecast #5
  • 1 min read
Desert bloom
Urbanism

Start again

New statues, museums and buildings are appearing across Macedonia’s capital in a bid to instill civic pride – but not everyone is persuaded by the less than subtle approach.

  • Issue #75
  • 5 min read
Start again
Affairs

Special relations

The African Union’s gleaming new HQ in Addis Ababa, a gift from China, is proof of the Asian giant’s growing clout. But the Germans are in on the act too.

  • Issue #52
  • 1 min read
The AUCC’s 2,500-capacity plenary hall

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