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• EDITORS LETTER: the importance of being Earnest
• CHAT SHOW: Kutlug Ataman introduces the world to the other Cuba
• MR BEANS: Beans, super-reflexive MC, tells all to Tank
• TOM VEK: how the solitary sound of Tom Vek will soon seduce the masses
• CUBAN ORIGINALS: an exhibition at Pittsburgh’s mattress factory highlights the thorny relationship between the US and Cuba, and particularly its artists
• BRITISH LION: Belstaff out in the open
• SHORT AND SWEET: brief as the case may be, shorts are it
• BANDS OF GOLD: Wolves and the Far Cries meet Tank
• SLEEP WITH ME: by Jamie Ellie, photography by Jenana Pekusic
• THAT’S RUBBISH: Tomoko Takahashi makes a right old mess
• PUPPET MASTER: Petar Petrov is no muppet
• HIP TO BE SQUARE: boxy suits are back
• MAGIC GWAND: art and commerce come together beautifully at Switzerland’s gwand awards
• IN THE NAVY: photography by James Mountford
• AUSSIE RULES: Tina Kalivas makes clothes with sci-fi, gypsies and deserts in mind
• TWIST THAT SHOUTS: the Chinese city of Guangzhou commissions a very tall vision of the future
• LAND AND HOPE AND GLORY: in the realms of the unreal world of Owen Land
• DANCER IN THE DARK: by Xerxes Cook
• MU MU: the Sheffield pioneer who is an animal on the dance floor
• HAPPY AS LARRY: Larry Clark gets a retrospective at the International Centre of Photography in New York
• THE BIG MAC: mac pays homage to the other Diana
• PRET A MANGER: Dries Van Noten provides a feast and a spectacle, all in one
• AGE OF INNOCENCE: American Apparel storms the planet, quietly and simply
• BLAZING TO GLORY: the 2004 Lancôme Colour Design Awards brings fashion talents out of the shadows
• DAVID SZETO: why some of the world’s most influential buyers are making the pilgrimage
• SQUARE DEAL: the Canadian twins behind DSquared2 talk Wonder Woman and workaholism
• BRAND NEW CHINA: Shanghai’s young consumer army tells all about their brand loves and hates