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We need to talk

We are living through a new golden age of debate and salons. Talks and conversations are the new religion. We asked our senior correspondent to spend one week at the heart of her city’s…

  • The Forecast #9
  • 12 min read
We need to talk
Culture

Life in miniature

The bigger the better? Wrong, according to artists, directors and publishers reaching more engaged audiences with postage-stamp-sized paintings, smartphone TV shows and niche books with small print runs.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 11 min read
Life in miniature
Culture

Electric dreams

Japanese digital art collective TeamLab is using technology to remaster what it means to create and experience artworks. We took a stroll among the flowers in their brave new world.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 9 min read
Electric dreams
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.
Culture

Culture

A lease of new life in Kuala Lumpur’s venues, a concrete option for Irish cinema-lovers and the return of a German literary review.

  • Issue #119
  • 4 min read
Interior of an empty cinema with dramatic red draped ceiling, grey seating, and a blank white screen.
Culture

State of the art

As 2018 hits the run-out groove we praise its creative highs and cast an eye over what’s ahead.

  • Issue #119
  • 10 min read
A period drama scene of a red-haired noblewoman on horseback leading a group of riders in dark historical costumes across a misty landscape.
Media

Editor’s letter

Wrangling with deadlines in the run-up to Brexit leaves our editor in chief feeling sympathy for Santa. Luckily, he’s got our Christmas markets to look forward to. He’ll see you there.

  • Issue #119
  • 5 min read
two illustration on top men sitting in a booth bottom person skiing down a mountain at high speed
Culture

The opener

We decode people's desire for casual attire, lap up Korean food diplomacy and take a trip down memory lane in Canada.

  • Issue #119
  • 6 min read
Two people swimming in golden, sun-reflecting water at sunset.
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.

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