features

• BEIRUT, MON AMOUR: a return to the city of lanterns. Poet and writer Fatima Bhutto goes back to her mother’s home town. Photography by Ayla Hibri
• A PUZZLING BEAUTY: the publisher of what Jacqueline Onassis called “the most beautiful magazine in the world”, Franco Maria Ricci, has built a bamboo labyrinth in the Po Valley. Tank gets lost in his life and work
• NOT SO NICE: travel writing & vengeance on the Côte d’Azur, by Tod Wodicka, with photos by Yulia Rudenko
• SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS: Yerevan’s unparalleled Parajanov Museum is home to the sumptuous, kaleidoscopic collages of film director and mythic artist Sergei Parajanov
• POINT AND SHOOT: Tiffany’s Out of Retirement collection among the other wonders of the world. Photography by Paolo Barbi
• THE ROAD TO CAPPADOCIA: lovers adrift in Turkey, a final strike of the match. Original fiction by Nadifa Mohamed, with photos by Kate Stanworth
• NETHESCURIAL: the discovery of a mysterious manuscript leads its reader on a journey into insanity. Short story by Thomas Ligotti, with illustrations by Stathis Tsemberlidis
• THIS DEMI-PARADISE: welcome to Mustique, the Caribbean’s most exclusive and glamorous private island. Mary Wellesley goes in search of its ignored history. Photography by Alice Zoo
• AN EXTRAHUMAN TOURIST: on the strange life and curious travels of Raymond Roussel, avant-garde writer and voyager of the imagination. By Thomas Roueché
• BY THE DEEP BLUE SEA: on the shores of Dalmatia. Words by Neda Neynska, photography by Estelle Hanania, styling by Nobuko Tannawa
• A RED-LETTER DAY IN MYANMAR: the Southeast Asian dictatorship’s gradual opening to the world means that its long-awaited elections have come under increased scrutiny. Words by Eleanor Loudon
• TO INFINITY AND BEYOND: enter the Dark Universe, a profound voyage through the pivotal discoveries and captivating mysteries of the cosmos
• SLIDING DOORS: looking for a face in the crowd on London’s Underground. Photography by Sohrab Golsorkhi-Ainslie, styling by Bobby Hook
• EXPEDITION SVALBARD: a team of scientists, artists and writers investigate the impact of climate change on the Norwegian archipelago. By Tyrone Martinsson and Hans Hedberg
• PARKS AND RECREATION: Nairobi local Elsie Njeri is our guide around the streets and museums of Kenya’s capital. Photography by Sohrab Golsorkhi-Ainslie, styling by Nobuko Tannawa