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Environment

The wool pack

It’s a tough, lonely job and your co-workers are always bleating. So why are students flocking to Andalusia’s shepherd school?

  • Issue #166
  • 4 min read
Shepherding instructor Covadonga Miralles standing with students in a barn filled with sheep running in circles
Craft

Object lessons

A creative refuge for its students as much as its faculty and staff, the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts has its own nourishing natural rhythm.

  • Issue #164
  • 4 min read
Team members of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts standing together on wooden deck surrounded by cedar buildings
Fashion

On its own terms

Far from the mainstream fashion hubs, students in coastal Spain are forging their own creative paths.

  • Issue #162
  • 10 min read
Behind-the-scenes photo shoot with two models in green and purple outfits against green screen backdrop
Education

Culture

Why you have to be quick on the draw to book a place on this graphic-novel course.

  • Issue #162
  • 8 min read
Culture
Culture

Collision course

A school of hard knocks in France is sending stunt performers tripping and flipping to the silver screen.

  • Issue #162
  • 4 min read
Students practice combat choreography in a training studio with exposed brick walls and modern lighting
Architecture

Streets ahead

Learning the rules of the road can be fun. This traffic school helps kids to move in the right direction.

  • Issue #160
  • 3 min read
Child wearing orange helmet riding yellow go-kart vehicle on miniature road in Basel traffic garden
Hospitality

Be our guest

As the hospitality industry bounces back, the Les Roches school in the Swiss Alps is training the next generation of industry stars. We check in for a stay.

  • Issue #159
  • 8 min read
Students walking across the snow-covered campus of Les Roches International School of Hotel Management
Books

Never stop learning

The folk who are perfecting new skills, from surfing to ceramics, no matter their age – and helping others to do so too.

  • Issue #157
  • 11 min read
Three women seated at table during creative writing class discussion in Florence villa
Society

Trying hard or hardly trying?

From the fate of Europe's disappearing villages to the modern dress codes of America's southern states, this issue celebrates the transformative effects of smartening up and making an extra effort.

  • Issue #157
  • 4 min read
Businessman in suit and glasses adjusting his tie in front of organized wardrobe with hanging clothes

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