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Resembling a J-class spinnaker driven into its own artificial island, the Burj Al Arab was the world's most talked-about hotel when it opened in 1999, swiftly becoming Dubai's landmark and the tallest hotel on earth.
Riding the rails between Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa's rich tapestry of landscapes, gourmet cuisine and a single quirky village stop make the Blue Train the ultimate escape, a cocktail of history and decadence.
Lebanese painter, sculptor and architect Nadim Karam dissolves the barriers between his trades. Rather than build within the space allotted, he builds around it, seeking, he says, to create a relationship, a story and a feeling of festivity.
The latest groundbreaking project by award-winning author Hassan Blasim is ‘Iraq+100’, for which he edited the work of ten Iraqi writers asked to imagine their country in the year 2103. Citing a lack of contemporary sci-fi and contemporary genres in Iraqi literature, Hassan Blasim and B…
Alila Jabal Akhdar opened last spring on the Al Hajar mountains range, which is one of Oman’s most magnificent, untouched landscapes. Perched over 2000 metres above sea level, the hotel overlooks a dramatic gorge and is perfectly positioned to explore the region’s rugged landscape, maki…
Beirut's name is thought to derive from be'erot, meaning wells, a nod to the fertility of its water table. Fittingly, a sunken well lies at the heart of the winning design for the Beirut Museum of Art.
Known as the King of Vintage to devotees like Victoria Beckham, Rihanna and Amal Clooney, William Banks-Blaney has turned William Vintage into a global reference, now selling his rarefied couture finds worldwide online.
Ahmad Aweidah commutes more than an hour past Israeli checkpoints to reach PEX headquarters in Nablus. Movement restrictions can be punishing; one delay stretched to seven hours, another forced him to abandon his car entirely.
She’s got 26 million Instagram fans following her every move and desperate to buy whatever she eats, drinks and wears. We meet with the 21-year old social media phenomenon and her latest accomplice, Tommy Hilfiger. Gigi Hadid is catnip to the young, and famous in all the ways this gener…
Bespoke sponsors the first Haute Grandeur Global Hotel Awards in Abu Dhabi, where a data-driven rating system crowns the world's finest retreats, from Empty Quarter dunes to a Maldivian atoll.
Eschewing simplicity for spectacular complexity, Hussein Bazaza is a rapidly rising star in the fashion industry who’s of the opinion local designers are wary of taking risks. That’s why this imaginative 26-year-old maverick approaches his own designs without fear, creating narratives r…
The billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX is not one to shy away from outlandish goals. His latest, unveiled to a rapt crowd in Guadalajara, involves colonising Mars through manned missions intended to begin as soon as 2022.