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Culture

Safe in the knowledge

How can media sustain us? Keep conversations simple, challenge untruths, fix neighbourhoods? We visit three projects that are good for their environments.

  • Issue #141
  • 10 min read
Safe in the knowledge
Culture

Call of the wild

Natural-history programmes are kings of the televisual jungle. But are they telling the whole story?

  • Issue #141
  • 10 min read
Call of the wild
Books

Open books

Make this the year that you write that novel – or at least a good letter.

  • Issue #140
  • 18 min read
Portrait illustration of writer Nadia Terranova with brown hair wearing polka dot top
Hospitality

Go clubbing

Hong Kong’s newest private club, Carlyle & Co, is making a splash on Kowloon waterfront.

  • Issue #140
  • 4 min read
Go clubbing
Architecture

Book your ticket

A children’s library housing 18,000 books has been gifted to Osaka by an architect who calls the city home.

  • Issue #140
  • 4 min read
Book your ticket
Art

Own it

Commissioning an artwork gives you a chance to be part of the creative process, as well as the thrill of not quite knowing what the result will be.

  • Issue #140
  • 13 min read
Own it
Affairs

Travel to the globe

Olafur Eliasson’s Alpine installation forces viewers out of their comfort zones, offering an immersive perspective on our relationship with the planet and its place among the stars. It’s time to find new inspiration.

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  • 4 min read
Travel to the globe
Architecture

Call the tune

Whether you have a song up your sleeve or ambitions to host a podcast, time in a recording studio is a sound investment.

  • Issue #140
  • 4 min read
Three people posing with vintage wooden speakers in a studio setting.
Culture

Set the scene

Melbourne’s Sun Theatre is a prime example of how the magic of cinema can boost an area long after the credits roll.

  • Issue #140
  • 5 min read
Set the scene
Retail

Balance the books

Independent bookshops often prompt a lifelong love of reading. Now it’s time to support them, in person or through sensible online marketplaces.

  • Issue #140
  • 5 min read
Balance the books

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