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Architect, urban planner and Harvard Aga Khan Programme director Hashim Sarkis has spent his life thinking about cities. Lebanese by origin, he hails from a small country home to five of the world's oldest.
Superyachts promise freedom and adventure, floating islands from which to explore the natural world. Yet as these vessels grow ever larger and more complex, their dependence on fuel and intricate onboard systems grows too.
Four decades after the first 911 Turbo made its debut, Porsche introduces its eighth-generation iteration. It may not be a looker, but once you get behind the wheel, we doubt you will much care.
Hard, handsome and remote, with shocks of white in his well-groomed dark hair, Marko is a man few know intimately. As his assistant takes notes, a rare flicker of unease betrays his composure.
In Beirut our writer met a man eight months into walking from England to Jerusalem, pausing after the length of Turkey and Lebanon. No fair-weather traveller, he had worn the journey remarkably well.
A decade ago Macau had a single casino; now it has dozens, a testament to rising Chinese purchasing power. At its summit sit the Paiza Mansions, palatial suites that cannot be booked, only earned.
Since the revolution, Egyptian artists have claimed the streets as well as the studios. Nowhere is this clearer than Mohammed Mahmoud street near Tahrir Square, where once-bare walls are now scarcely left unpainted.
Decamping to the mountains, our writer relished finding the International Herald Tribune at the Librairie Michel in Bikfaya, its yellow weekend strip promising hours of mind-twisting joy. Then, one week later, a grey cloud descended.
It’s hard to imagine that Bottega Veneta was on the brink of bankruptcy when Tomas Maier took over as creative director but during his thirteen years in charge, he hasn’t just created riches, he’s brought much needed respect back to the luxury goods label. Bottega Veneta might mean ‘sma…
Banksy's Flower Girl, in which a child eyes an emerging security camera, heads to auction. We trace urban art's rise to the saleroom, a trend Bonhams helped ignite with its dedicated sale in 2008.
With the Sartorial Touch, Tod's introduces a customisable handmade shoe in exclusive leathers that lets you leave your mark, or at least your initials, on your own pair. A devotee since 1998 investigates the venerable house's latest venture.
Confronted by a milk-fed baby goat of barely a few months, our cook marvels at its beautiful pink flesh, and questions the old butcher's prejudice that female animals yield meat too smelly to eat.