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Earlier this year the markets were a happy place: earnings strong, equities rising, the economy seemingly recovering. Then came August. We examine the debt-ceiling drama, the S&P downgrade and the global re-pricing of risk that followed.
Nestled in the heart of Jackson, Providence Hill Farm is a multi-acre retreat that redefines equine chic, a lavish country home where both muddy riding boots and old-school luxury find their place.
Rising twenty-seven storeys over crowded Mumbai, the billion-dollar Antilia is impossible to miss. It is home to Mukesh Ambani, head of Reliance Industries and, by Forbes's reckoning, among the richest men alive.
Nadine Khalil meets Younes Duret, the French-Moroccan designer whose work merges continents: a Casablanca childhood, design studies in Paris and a Marrakech agency founded amid what he calls the city's artistic effervescence.
A trading power since the ninth century, Venice founded its first Biennale in 1895 and turned itself into a vast public museum. What began as nightly gatherings at Caffe Florian became a world-class exhibition.
Nadine Khalil examines a rare act of philanthropy, as the world's wealthiest man opens the Soumaya to showcase his private collection, admission free, with the Carlos Slim Foundation underwriting every cost of maintenance and display.
Owned by developer Sun Hung Kai Properties, the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong is the brand's loftiest property yet. From its lounges to its infinity pool, everything here is superlatively elevated, and not for those wary of heights.
However compact the world now seems, some cities remain more distinctively exciting than others. We venture beyond the usual suspects to uncover less conspicuous yet equally must-do experiences across three of the world's most special cities.
At the western tip of Palm Island, the new One and Only resort can be reached by limousine from the airport. Yet the truer indulgence, our writer discovers, is to arrive by private launch from the sea.
Daisy Mohr explores the Aga Khan Development Network, which has restored cultural heritage from Mali and Egypt to old Sanaa and Aleppo. Led by the Ismaili spiritual leader, it ranks among the world's largest private development networks.
Emma Farah explores the contemporary trend for kitchens that flow seamlessly into living spaces, where domestic comfort depends not only on fine furnishing but on functionality and finesse, and cooking, eating and gathering happily coexist.
Few entertainments are as boisterous or as fun as burlesque, with its parody and extrovert exhibitionism. Bespoke joins the sequinned throng at the Burlesque Hall of Fame weekender to witness this centuries-old art in glorious revival.