Is donating 100 sculptures to Oslo a wonderful gift or just a way of imposing bad taste on the public? Wealthy Norwegian Christian Ringnes, 53, is causing controversy in the city with his plans to create a €30m park filled…
Fiji's dictator is this issue's style leader, Australia makes friends to handle cuts to military spending, and why new boats are part of New Zealand's defence forces' shake up.
One of Tokyo’s leafiest neighbourhoods is the setting for a charming house that’s been carefully renovated and kitted out by the furniture maker and designer who owns it.
Hayley Curnow reporting from Melbourne: A crop of talented graphic-design firms are winning commissions across Melbourne’s property and hospitality industries, providing their clients with elegant branding and the city with…
The fluorescent signs lining Hong Kong’s streets are a huge part of its identity. Heritage group TNX is working to stop these lights from burning out by restoring them with a new mission to illuminate the next generation…
Toronto is trumpeted as a city of diversity so it’s no surprise to see that variety carried over into its shopping too. Our third Retail Safari takes you on a tour of the small businesses that take on the big brands, from…
Tasmania has become a powerhouse of Aussie cooking, growing and brewing. Now it’s out to dominate the gin market by using its unique ingredients and a resourcefulness that their remote island home imbues.
The Bronner Brothers’ first hair show attracted 300 people at a local YMCA. Now one of the largest producers of African American haircare products, their legendary trade shows are part circus, part religious meeting.
As 2008 draws to a close and many of our long-term wishes have already come true, there is still the diplomatic issue of gift giving to consider. What do you give family, friends and colleagues who expect high standards…
Ed Stocker reporting from Córdoba: It may be Argentina’s second city but that hasn’t stopped it creating a new science centre and investing in cutting-edge architecture. And one thing that won’t change: its love of a salty…
As their cutesy, cartoon profiles – and fanbases – continue to soar, Japan’s cuddly collection of corporate mascots has come to inhabit a central part of the nation’s identity. We meet these celebrated creations and the…
Nothing epitomised the golden age of travel like the Orient Express. But with the venerable service now existing only as an upscale tourist attraction, anyone wanting to savour its classic itinerary has to catch a hotchp…
For most of the last century, Italy’s population flowed outwards. But as the country grew richer, the outside began to trickle in, from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Asia. Today, the country’s roughly three million…