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Former deputy head of New Scotland Yard's Forensic Firearms laboratory, Brian Heard, warns most people are poorly prepared to defend themselves against even an amateur mugger, let alone a determined kidnapper, and shares essential survival strategies.
Nassim Taleb, the controversial thinker who predicted the 2008 financial crisis hates bankers, academics and journalists. He also eats like a caveman and goes to bed each day at 8pm. Intrigued, we took the risk of meeting him. How much does Nassim Taleb dislike journalists? Let me count…
Sebastião Salgado’s journeys have taken him to the farthest reaches and most remote communities of the planet and the photographs he’s brought back tell tales of humanity in all its wonder. With his latest book ‘Genesis’, the Brazilian photographer presents an intimate portrait of our w…
The International Energy Agency dropped several bombshells: America has overtaken Russia in gas, will surpass Saudi Arabia in oil by 2020, and become a net energy exporter by 2030. We examine what made it possible.
Classically trained in Damascus and now based in Atlanta, Syrian composer and pianist Malek Jandali draws on his country's storied past. Raya Jalabi finds an artist forever determined to teach, touch and move his audience.
From Socotra, the surreal Yemeni archipelago adrift off the Horn of Africa amid pirate-haunted seas, we chart the remote, untamed destinations that reward only the boldest and most curious of modern explorers.
From Kenya's pioneering Ushahidi platform, built to trace post-election violence, to tracking oil spills and earthquakes, crowdsourced reporting maps are transforming how communities gather, share and act upon information in real time.
Like guests trading horror tales in an old black-and-white film, our companions spoke only of food. Across an unexpected dinner, a student and two IT experts reveal how cuisine has become this generation's abiding obsession.
The department-store pilgrimage for spring/summer collections is over. From Burberry's reimagined Regent Street flagship to inventive campaigns, fashion houses are dissolving the boundary between reality and technology to enter the twenty-first century.
Half-Kuwaiti, half-Indian and at home across three continents, Tahir Sultan brings an architect's training to a fashion career. Govind Dhar meets a rising designer in his New Delhi home, marked for success and household fame.
Behind the glitter lies a quieter tale of ambition. From Bahrain's Investcorp steering Tiffany towards global expansion, Arab investment houses are increasingly acquiring famous names and helping carry them triumphantly across the world.
We invoke Bordeaux and Bourgogne as though born to them, scouring shelves for something suitably foreign before dinner. A wry meditation on wine snobbery, anxious hospitality and the theatre that surrounds the simple act of drinking well.