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Snow joke

29 February 2016

With its stunning landscapes, thriving music scene and charming capital city, Iceland is an increasingly popular holiday destination. Now the country wants to ensure it’s a safe one as well. Following a series of incidents…

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Meet the Writers - Lalage Snow

8 September 2019

Georgina Godwin talks to Lalage Snow, a freelance war correspondent, photographer and film-maker. Her first book, ‘War Gardens: A Journey Through Conflict in Search of Calm’, is a surprising, tragic and beautiful journey…

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Best in snow

28 November 2024

At Sapporo’s annual snow-sculpting event, amateurs compete to melt the hearts of the voting public before the thaw sets in.

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Snow houses

17 March 2009

Since 2007, the Colombian government has made over €50m from the sale of property confiscated from busted drug barons. And there are currently an estimated 1,200 buildings waiting to be sold. Plus a large collection of…

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Snow patrol

30 January 2025

In a city nudging the Arctic Circle, volunteers manage top-class skiing trails that residents access for free.

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Snow business

21 January 2016

Once again it’s time for Hollywood to dust off its designer snow fleeces and boots and head to the mountains of Utah: the 2016 edition of the Sundance Film Festival returns to the slopes of Park City today. Renowned for its…

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The Entrepreneurs - Eureka 177: Snow Peak

6 December 2019

Lisa Yamai is the executive vice-president of Snow Peak, the Japanese outdoor apparel and gear firm, and granddaughter of the company’s founder. Yukio Yamai was an accomplished mountaineer who started the brand in 1958 to…

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Monocle on Design - Anodising with Snow Peak

8 February 2024

The Japanese camping brand showcases the electrochemical process of anodising at Copenhagen International Fashion Fair.

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Snow place like home

8 January 2010

It was the perfect powdery snow blown in from Siberia that attracted the Aussie skiers. And when they decided to stay put and open hotels and cafés they kickstarted a small business and development boom in Niseko, a once…

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Snow let up in China’s ski lift

29 December 2015

Chinese skiing statistics grow with each season. One hundred new ski resorts will open this year alone, catering to 10 million domestic skiers and counting – whizzing past the US. The newest addition, the Thaiwoo Four…

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Class work

21 November 2013

Making a workplace an enjoyable, productive environment doesn’t have to involve table football and thinkpods. These industrial spaces have got it right through the simple use of light, good architecture and a commitment to…

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Pack leader

19 November 2019

The great outdoors is having a moment and Snow Peak hopes its fashionable pitch can turn this into a movement.

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Tent revival

18 August 2022

Outdoors firm Snow Peak is enticing reluctant campers into nature – with a Kengo Kuma-designed spa.

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 375: Pietracamela

18 September 2023

Bella Jewell explores Pietracamela, an Italian mountain town whose economy has been shaken by global warming and a lack of snow.

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The Entrepreneurs - Christmas money-makers

20 December 2017

We talk about how to get the most out of the holiday season. We go to meet Erwin Perzy III of Original Viennese Snow Globes, the first snow-globe maker in the world; Chantal Coady, the founder of Rococo Chocolates in London…

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Plante life

22 March 2018

Montréal’s first woman mayor is using the city’s economic upswing to drive socially minded change. But only months into the job she’s found herself in storms of protest – and deep snow.