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Ken Kessler likens A. Lange & Söhne's comeback to Sinatra's or Presley's. Centred in Glashütte before the war and lost behind the Iron Curtain for half a century, the marque now embodies the pinnacle of German watchmaking.
Our round-up of the world's most desirable coach-built motoring opens with Castagna of Milan, founded in 1849. From its one-off Fiats to the doorless, canopy-roofed Capri, these are artisan creations we simply cannot get enough of.
As the plane dropped through the clouds, the Moroccan coast appeared. The deep blue sky and the orange-and-red Atlas Mountains made a majestic contrast to the grey central Europe our writer had left behind hours before.
Barely thirty-two and only a year into his first restaurant, Ollie Dabbous is already turning heads. He serves simple, refined meals at remarkably low prices; the only difficulty at Dabbous is getting through the front door.
It began with garbled Arabic signs at Westfield welcoming visitors to the Games in gibberish. Yet the hundreds of arriving Arab athletes paid the omen no heed, proceeding instead to compete in a year of historic firsts.
Taking design and performance cues from the early Vanquish and the stunning seven-figure One-77, the 2013 Vanquish is the new king of Aston Martin's line-up and our Ultimate Vehicle of the Year.
Handwriting is deeply personal, so bound to individuality that graphologists claim to read character from mere scraps. Believe them or not, it remains beautifully idiosyncratic, breathing life into static notes through every correction, crossing-out and hesitant doodle.
French-Algerian photographer Michel Haddi made his name shooting fashion and celebrities before founding his own publishing house. Based between London and New York, he has become a considerable celebrity in his own right, his subjects forever beguiling.
A decade in the making and backed by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Azerbaijan, the Louvre's 125-million-dollar Islamic arts department brought the world's boldest architects together to honour a civilisation's enduring artistic treasures.
Palestinian-Lebanese, raised in Germany and now based in London, Husam El-Odeh could almost be the poster child for cosmopolitanism. From everywhere and nowhere, his present incarnation as jeweller suits a talent as versatile as his.
Founded in 1922 as a haven for archaeological discovery, Kabul's National Museum once held more than 100,000 objects spanning millennia. Housed in the Darulaman palace, it bears as many traces of recent conflict as ancient history.
Runner-up at Miss Lebanon 2010, winner of Miss Australia 2012 and third at Miss World, Jessica Kahawaty speaks four languages, is completing a double degree in law and finance, and is passionately involved in charitable work.