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Bread winners

It is integral to French identity but sales of bread are falling and eating habits are changing. We meet the flour-flecked folk offering crumbs of comfort with an artisanal approach.

  • Issue #121
  • 14 min read
Bread winners
Culture

Top 20

Why France? Why not? It’s home to many of our favourite labels, haunts and titles; here are a few.

  • Issue #121
  • 9 min read
Top 20
Culture

Culture

A round-up of the best French television, film, music and media. Plus: art from New York and Ukraine.

  • Issue #121
  • 7 min read
Culture
Music

After the prize

What happens to writers, artists and film-makers who receive their craft’s most coveted gongs? We discover how plaudits can bring both success and challenges.

  • Issue #119
  • 9 min read
A woman in a red dress peers through a gap in golden curtains with a dramatic, theatrical expression.
Entertainment

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.

  • Issue #119
  • 12 min read
A pianist's hands turning sheet music pages at a candlelit upright piano in a dimly lit room.
Culture

Play with your food

Architect and caricaturist Gustav Peichl finds many similarities between what he does and what he eats – but the main one is pleasure.

  • Issue #119
  • 4 min read
An elderly man in round glasses and a red puffer vest sits at an outdoor café table with an orange cap beside him.
Culture

Talking point

Provoking the ire of authority, reversing a decade of nationalism, taking the sting out of the news and the evolution of a pop persona.

  • Issue #119
  • 23 min read
A short-haired person in a colourful printed shirt and black turtleneck reclines in a red chair against a warm wood-panelled wall.
Society

The opener

We get sociable with co-working spaces and consider two very different approaches to national pride. First up, a quick fix in Milan, Washington’s explosive exhibition and Portland puts opera on the menu.

  • Issue #116
  • 5 min read
People dining at outdoor tables outside Portineria14 bar in Milan's Navigli neighbourhood
Media

All together now…

A Swedish television show has struck a chord with viewers and audience members who, for almost 40 years, have been turning on, tuning in and belting out the ballads.

  • Issue #116
  • 3 min read
All together now…

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