Rama Knight
Art of noise
The global electronics brand Bang & Olufsen has kept its HQ in the unassuming Danish town where it all started.
Best in class: Borough Kitchen
Where to go for pots, pans and the best kitchen kit and the cooking classes to help you brush up your skills.
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.
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.
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’?
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.
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.
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.
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.
