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Happiness is...

22 June 2017

We like things orderly, safe and to run to time but this doesn’t have to mean sanitised, tightly cropped and lacking edge.

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Our latest issue of ‘The Forecast’ celebrates the elements of urban life that surpass the ordinary: from leaping headlong into a lake, getting a little competitive or bunking off work early, here are a few simple gratifying…

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Happi jacket

Inspired by a traditional Japanese coat, the happi jacket offers a stylish approach to practicality.

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The Urbanist - The Happy City

11 June 2015

We bring you a special episode from this year’s congress of the Academy of Urbanism. With a focus on happiness and wellbeing, we met with architects, designers and urbanists to discover how to make the most of our cities…

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Happy snappers

20 February 2016

Performing for the Camera is a vastly wide-ranging exhibition for the very broad church that is Tate Modern. This is no mere slim survey show; this is an elephant gun loaded with imagery and shot at the power station’s…

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Happy returns

10 May 2018

Buffets might seem a little passé but we celebrate three elevating the art in Lisbon, Hong Kong and San Francisco.

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Happy space

13 December 2018

City dwellers pine for attractive and usable spaces; city planners are beginning to take note. We visit the places where poetic verses are daubed on streets, statues of dogs add a dose of whimsy and ‘playable pavements’…

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The Stack - Happiness in magazines

17 February 2018

It’s the cruellest time of year: the nights are long and the willpower to maintain new year’s resolutions is in short supply – if not already exhausted. For the sake of moral support this week we’re speaking to three people…

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The Stack - Happy new year for print

5 January 2019

This week on 'The Stack' we speak to David Kipen, author of 'Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters 1542 to 2018', and Alistair Hanson from 'It's Nice That'. Plus, Monocle's Richard Spencer Powell talks about the…

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Happy snappers

23 July 2016

Those playful scamps at Hoxton Mini Press are at it again with a new trio of bright-hued photography books. The small-format books in the Mini Mini series (pink, peppermint and buttercup in colour) are a joyous jaunt thr…

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Happy campers

2 July 2020

Camper vans are, well, having a moment. And unlike the unwieldy motorhomes of the past, people are increasingly turning to their versatility for a short holiday or weekend break. We meet the brands leading the charge and…

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Happy landings

17 May 2019

All the latest news, hotel openings and hospitality happenings you need to hear about from around the world.

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Happy returns

21 March 2019

The directors of the Conde Duque Cultural Centre are among a wave of creatives returning to Madrid. They show us the city – and beyond.

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Happy medium

21 April 2022

As Beijing tightens its grip on Hong Kong, broadcaster ViuTV is offering its residents some much-needed escapism.

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The good life

17 January 2019

From communal evening strolls to languorous lunches with family and friends, Madrileños seem to hold the key to a long and happy life. We join Europe’s longest living citizens on the streets of Spain’s capital to find out…

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Fashion

16 November 2017

We ponder whether fashion brands can sell happiness, plus the best autumn/winter looks from Margaret Howell and New Zealand's Kowtow, among others/