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Strolling through the glass-roofed atrium of Coutts' Strand headquarters, Mohammad Kamal Syed offers an impromptu history of philanthropy, pausing beside a portrait of Angela Burdett-Coutts, the Victorian heiress and friend of Dickens who gave her fortune away.
Over four decades, the World Economic Forum has grown into the annual gathering of the world's leading chief executives and politicians. At over 1,500 metres, the Alpine town of Davos lends them rare perspective.
The most widely read Japanese novelist of his generation in the West, Murakami also introduced Carver and Fitzgerald to Japanese readers. We trace a writer shaped more by the Western canon than home.
Chopard is a family-run business in the midst of a generational handover. Despite this evolutionary yet also potentially disruptive transition, things are much the same with a steadfast commitment to a long-term vision rather than short-term gains. And with sales hitting an all-time hig…
Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian may hail from an Armenian family from Aleppo but everything else about him is resolutely French. Paris is where he started in the business, creating some of the most successful perfumes for major designers, it’s also where he co-founded the esteemed Maison Fra…
With Israel controlling the fuel that enters Gaza through the Abu Salim crossing, a shortage almost a decade old endures. Once eased by smuggling tunnels from Sinai, the territory now confronts an unrelenting energy squeeze.
With this issue bridging 2014 and 2015, we adopt a more forward-angled view, looking not only back but ahead. Among the year's preoccupations: the carbon footprint of our ever more far-flung travels.
Moda Operandi gave women everywhere catwalk-direct access to designer trunk shows. Now its game-changing founder, Lauren Santo Domingo, is expanding offline, opening physical boutiques in New York and London for the very first time.
As a child, Yasmin Agha spurned dolls and toy cars for receipt books and branding, casting her parents as customers. Years later, poised to begin a PhD in England, her plans took an unexpected turn.
Though many countries deem Lebanon unsafe, the global art world disagrees. Last September's Beirut Art Fair was its biggest and best yet, whether measured by participants, visitors or sales, with foot traffic soaring.
In tempestuous times, a rare breed of trader still posts incredible returns. Meet Philippe Jabre, the Franco-Lebanese star and founder of one of Europe's best-performing hedge funds, born in Beirut to a brewing dynasty.
Surrounded by NGO representatives from around the world, our writer feels distinctly out of place. The format of the press trip is familiar, a sponsored flight to Bali, yet the sector could hardly be more different.