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CONTRIBUTORS • WE ASK OUR WANDERERS TO NAME A PLACE THEY KEEP RETURNING TO

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Unhidden FIGURES • A GLOBAL MOMENT FOR NIGERIAN ART AT HOME AND IN THE DIASPORA

CREATIVE CROWDS • URBAN LEGENDS IN THE MAKING

WHAT’STOUCHING DOWN AND WHAT’S PACKING UP

NICOLAS TRAVIS • THE FOUNDER OF SKINCARE BRAND ALLIES OF SKIN SHARES HIS FAVOURITE HANG-OUTS ON THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN ISLAND

HAMMOCK TIME • THE FOUNDERS OF BRAZIL’S FAMED UXUA CASA HOTEL HAVE UNVEILED ITS LAID-BACK SEQUEL

BACK FOR GOOD • OVERLOOKED MOZAMBIQUE IS ON THE CUSP OF A BOUTIQUE TOURISM BOOM

ISLAND HOPPER • SEVEN OF THE BUZZIEST LAUNCHES ACROSS SRI LANKA’S FORESTS, CAPES AND COASTLINE

THE WEEKENDER THE FORTINGALL, PERTHSHIRE

Roots manoeuvre • PUERTO RICO’S FARM-TO-FORK MOVEMENT IS REIGNITING PRIDE IN ANCESTRAL RECIPES THAT REFLECT THE ISLAND’S MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY

SIGRID • THE NORWEGIAN QUEEN OF POP REVEALS HER HOME COUNTRY’S MUST-VISIT HIGHLIGHTS

SUNSHINE READY • CLASSIC RIVIERA LOOKS FOR TURKEY’S DISCREETLY CHIC TURQUOISE COAST

NAGALAND • THE NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE’S CENTURIES-OLD CRAFT HERITAGE AND TRIBAL TRADITIONS ARE AN INSPIRATION FOR CLOTHING, TEXTILE AND JEWELLERY ARTISANS

SAVING FACE • THIS YEAR’S MINIMISED WATCH DIALS ARE SHY ABOUT REVEALING THEIR HANDS

TO THE MAX • THIS YEAR’S COLLECTIONS MARK A RETURN TO UNABASHED OPULENCE

VENETIAN REVIVAL • ONCE THE PERFUME CAPITAL OF EUROPE, THE FLOATING CITY IS REBOTTLING ITS FRAGRANT HISTORY FOR A NEW ERA

CURIO CABINET ICONS

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ISLANDS

RESORTS

MOST WALKABLE CITY • NORWAY’S FOOT-FIRST CAPITAL IS ONE OF YOUR FAVOURITE PLACES FOR AN URBAN STROLL

MOST SUSTAINABLE ISLAND • THIS CARIBBEAN DESTINATION IS SHORING UP ITS NATURAL ASSETS

TOUR OPERATORS

SPAS

CITIES

COUNTRIES

VILLAS & HOUSES

AIRLINES & AIRPORTS

TRAINS

CRUISE LINES

THE LAST EDEN • AN ISOLATED WILDERNESS WITH A PRISTINE CULTURE, COMPLEX GABON IS CENTRAL AFRICA BEYOND COMPARE

FOLK TALE • TANGLED UP WITH MYTH AND TRADITION, GERMANY’S BLACK FOREST HAD A REPUTATION FOR BEING AS CREAKY AS ITS CUCKOO CLOCKS – BUT NOW NEW WOODLAND DWELLERS ARE CUTTING FRESH TRACKS

Bake off • DRY IS THE LAND AND WILD IS THE WIND ON FUERTEVENTURA, BUT THIS CANARY ISLAND IS PROVING SURPRISINGLY FERTILE GROUND FOR A NEW WAVE OF CREATIVE ARRIVALS

THE FUERTE FILE

SPIKE LEE • THE DO THE RIGHT THING DIRECTOR TALKS ABOUT GETTING HIS AFRO SHAVED OFF IN THE ’60S SOUTH, SUNRISES OVER THE PYRAMIDS AND WORKING WITH NELSON MANDELA IN SOWETO

NORTH STAR • NORTHUMBERLAND’S CINEMATIC COUNTRYSIDE, CRASHING COASTLINE AND COSY MARKET TOWNS HARBOUR A BURGEONING FOOD SCENE OF SMART DISTILLERIES, MICRO-PUBS AND BISTROS

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ENDS OF THE EARTH • A JOURNEY TO THE OUTER SEYCHELLES, THE GALÁPAGOS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

THE VIEW FROM HERE • A PROMISE OF STILLNESS IN THE JUNGLED HEART OF BALI