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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.
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

Inner vision

The artist’s studio overlooks a busy scrapyard but inside it’s a pared-down sanctuary.

  • Issue #119
  • 3 min read
A bearded man in a suit reclines on a bold floral-patterned sofa reading a magazine, shoes discarded on the floor beside him.
Culture

Off the wall

Would you trust a student with a masterpiece? Oberlin College in the US has been renting out its collection since 1940.

  • Issue #119
  • 3 min read
A group of students cheerfully display framed artworks on the lawn outside a classical stone building.
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.

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