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Paradise cities - part 1

This year’s survey of the best places to enjoy all that life offers finds a world grappling with new urban challenges.

Global

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Soft Power Survey: Part one

With the international order shaken by the war in Ukraine, we celebrate the gentler art of global persuasion.

Global

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Is the way we work really changing?

The nature of work is constantly evolving and what labour will look like in the future is one of the biggest questions facing architects, employers and educators today. Here, our learned panel unpicks some of the issues…

Global

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Heard the one about...?

In the age of media training and social-media outrage, humour has seemingly taken a back seat. But are people in positions of power and prestige really as po-faced as we expect them to be in public? We think not. And to…

Global

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Under the umbrella

As cultural industries faltered in a time of pandemic, two entrepreneurs identified an opportunity. With their new holding company, Cultureworks, they plan to offer a new global platform for creativity – and reshape the…

Global

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World in reach

Our annual survey of the nations that have mastered the gentle art of making friends and influencing people.

Global

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Flake news

Baker Ciro Scognamillo has created a new classic Neapolitan cake, the ‘fiocco di neve’. We take a bite.

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