Sarah Grainger

Food & Drink

Food & drink

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

Urbanism

Quality of Life Survey: Metropolis now

You want a city that’s well run, delivers on life’s essentials and is fun too? This is our ranking of the top 25 in the world.

Politics

Diplomacy

The EU's new foreign-affairs chief rings the changes and Ukraine's ambassador to Poland waxes lyrical on his warm Warsaw welcome.

Business

Fly buys

As the global retail map widens, where do less talked about big spenders such as Kazakhs, Indonesians or Mexicans get their shopping fix? We catch up with the new consumers to find out.