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What to stream, visit and read this month: October 2025 cultural releases
A Guinness family drama, a bold look at American exceptionalism, and a surprising exhibition on unicorns — here are the culture picks worth your time this month.
Why Asia still prefers emojis over email: A lesson in cross-border communication
In Southeast Asia, emails gather dust while Line buzzes with cute emojis and updates. Global business hinges on tapping into cultural quirks, while apology emails often raise eyebrows.
No politics at the table: The Russian restaurants taking over Dubai
Dubai Hills could easily pass for a suburb of St Petersburg these days. Drive through and you’ll find Russian cafés, Slavic bakeries and restaurants that wouldn’t look out of place on Nevsky Prospect. My…
Why Italy’s beaches became a battleground this summer
Italian beachgoers are experiencing spiralling fees and shrinking free sand. As debate rages, the question is whether the coastline is for the people – or for profit?
What €74,000 a year will buy you at Switzerland’s most remote boarding school
Children are often kept indoors as cold weather bites – but do they learn better by braving the chill? At Préfleuri, we discover why a nature-based education offers a true breath of fresh air.
Frieze Seoul director Patrick Lee on the galleries not to miss at the 2025 fair
Looking to experience Frieze Seoul like a local? Patrick Lee has shared his expert guide to the fair’s top galleries, museum shows and even the city’s most talked-about Korean barbecue.
From Paris to Amsterdam, art restoration is becoming a win for museum footfall
Watching paint dry is suddenly en vogue. Paris’s Musée d’Orsay’s surprise hit this season is a look at the ongoing restoration of Gustave Courbet’s “Un Enterrement à Ornans” (A Burial at Ornans). It is…
Vienna’s most naked secret lives in the open on the Danube
The Austrian capital’s artificial island hosts a community of nudists keeping the 19th-century tradition of “free bodies” alive. Here’s what one writer learned from those with nothing to hide.
The Battle of Denny Blaine: Nudists vs prudists on Seattle’s lakefront
A nudist beach. A children’s playground. An embattled mayor. And a chain-link fence. The common thread is a sordid and silly episode that has roiled Seattle’s politics – and its summer by the lake.…
How the Faroe Islands reversed the brain drain of an ageing population
The small community found a big answer to an ageing population crisis
