Veganism is fast moving beyond a fad towards becoming a global ecological necessity. and in the uae, meat-based traditions are being turned on their head
The new, New York
Below Chambers Street, at Manhattan’s tip, financial powerhouses are making way for techies, creatives, families and a new night-time economy. This is the rebirth of Downtown New York.
England, Life, London, UK, Uncategorized
After hours
4am in Fabric, a cavernous nightclub in London’s Clerkenwell district and the resident DJ, Terry Francis, has just dropped a twisted slab of techno which sends the packed dance floor wild. This is a moment repeated around the world: clubbers losing it to underground dance music, driven by – as the old house classic goes – a basement, a red light and a feeling. It’s a scene that’s been played out in basements around the world for the past forty years. However in recent years, something’s changed. More and more clubs are closing down and less and less young people...
It’s spring, and culture is in the air
From a Creekside ode to the contemporary to monumental sculptures at the Louvre, this is the season of culture in Dubai. Laura Egerton, local cultural commentator and curator, makes a case for why art around the region has never been so vibrant.
When the falang struck milk in Laos
Tapping into a lucrative demand for dairy in Southeast Asia
Money for nothing
Conor Purcell speaks to a presidential candidate who aims to use Universal Basic Income to combat the coming AI upheaval
To share and share alike
Inside the quaint German city where counter-cultural ideas became commonplace for its eco-minded citizens
Can food bring about real, inedible good?
Down on Norway’s southernmost tip is a restaurant like no other in Europe. Partially submerged beneath the North Sea off the coast of Lindesnes, ‘Under’ will soon become the continent’s first subaquatic dining space. From a distance it looks as though a concrete monolith has toppled from the shore into the ocean. But by the time Under opens in April next year, tourists and intrepid epicures alike will be able to dine while observing the marine environment from its giant panoramic window onto the seabed. The design team behind Under, Snøhetta, call it a ‘sunken periscope’...
Rocked in the cradle of scent
Timeless Oman has a long connection with fragrance – but its most beguiling scent is found in a surprising place
More than a postcode
Can the global address system be revolutionised?