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EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS • WE ASK OUR WANDERERS TO TELL US ABOUT A CRAFT OBJECT THEY ACQUIRED ON THEIR TRAVELS

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Soulful cycle • STORIES OF RENEWAL, REVIVAL AND REBIRTH AT THE HANDS OF CRAFTSPEOPLE AND CREATORS AROUND THE WORLD

PATTERN FORMING • THE FIRST BUKHARA BIENNIAL IS HELPING FORGE A NEW ARTS-AND-CRAFTS MOVEMENT

Jimme Shetter • THE EUROPEAN ISLAND ESCAPES EMBRACING THEIR INSULARITY

Millennial hobby energy • A GENERATION IS TURNING EVER MORE OBSESSIVELY TO CREATIVE PASTIMES TO FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE

DYE ANOTHER DAY • ACROSS THAILAND, YOUNG DESIGNERS ARE REVIVING HERITAGE TEXTILE CRAFTS

BRIGHT OLD THINGS

ARTHUR GUÉRIN-BÖERI • THE FIVE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION FREEDIVER HIGHLIGHTS SPOTS IN AND AROUND HIS HOMETOWN

SPIRIT IN THE SKY • AN ANCIENT PILGRIMAGE ROUTE IN THE HIMALAYAS UNSPOOLS TO REVEAL A HIDDEN RETREAT

PAST PERFECT • THE FIRST ALL-SUITE, AMBITIOUS HOTEL IN ROMANIA’S CAPITAL IS A WITTY REVIVAL OF THE BUILDING’S BELLE ÉPOQUE SPIRIT

JOIE DE VIVRE • ATLANTIC RETREATS, BIJOU MEDINA HIDEAWAYS AND DESERT OASES: THE BEST NEW MOROCCAN STAYS

THE WEEKENDER OSIP, BRUTON, SOMERSET

SAVAGE beauty • A LESSER-EXPLORED ROUTE THROUGH PERU’S SACRED VALLEY ASKS INTREPID TRAVELLERS TO CONFRONT THEIR OWN LIMITATIONS

LIFE IN ADAGIO • IN THE HAZE OF THE TUSCAN HILLS, A BAND OF SOUL SEEKERS FIND SOLACE AND COMMUNITY AT A GO-SLOW LIFE COACHING RETREAT

Omani exchange • TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HER ROOTS, DINA MACKI EXPLORES THE COMPLEX, COLOURFUL AND VARIED CUISINE OF MUSCAT AND BEYOND

HORSE POWER DRESSING

ALMATY • WITH ITS MIX OF NOMADIC CULTURE AND SOVIET INGENUITY, KAZAKHSTAN’S FORMER CAPITAL IS A HOTBED OF CENTRAL ASIAN DESIGN

COMMON THREADS • DANA ALIKHANI AND TATIANA SANTO DOMINGO ON THE TRAVELS THAT BUILT THEIR ONE-OF-A-KIND

DRESS CIRCLE • FROM DEADSTOCK SUITS TO MARIGOLD-DYED TOTES, UNLOVED GARMS ARE GETTING A SECOND LIFE AS UPCYCLED ICONS

PETAL POWER • BOUCHERON CARTE BLANCHE FINDS INSPIRATION IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE FLORAL DISPLAYS

SMALL WORLD • WATCHMAKERS’ IMAGINATIONS JOURNEY FAR AND WIDE ON NEW GLOBETROTTING CREATIONS

ROSAMUND PIKE • THE ACTOR AND ACTIVIST ON MEANINGFUL TRIPS, WELLNESS RITUALS AND STAYING GROUNDED ON THE MOVE

FRENCH FANCIES • FEMININE FLOURISHES AND BALLETCORE TONES ADD ROMANCE TO A BOTANICAL BOLTHOLE

URBAN RIVER SWIMMING

STEPPING STONE • EXPLORING CORSICA ON FOOT REVEALS THAT THE FRENCH ISLAND’S INDEPENDENT STREAK IS BLAZING BRIGHTER THAN EVER

GREEN GROW THE RUSHES • The Pantanal, the world’s largest flooded grassland, is the domain of the jaguar. In Brazil, pioneering lodges and NGOs are doggedly nurturing ecotourism to future-proof their paradise against climate change

Unbridled ambition • THE DRAMATIC LANDSCAPE OF EXTREMADURA SETS THE SCENE FOR THIS SEASON’S TAKE ON SPANISH AND EQUESTRIAN DRESSING

MADE IN • CAIRO’S ANCIENT PAST IS SPARKING A LIVING CRAFT AND DESIGN CULTURE THAT’S FAR FROM ANTIQUATED

Walk like an Egyptian

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA • THE ACTOR KNOWN FOR FACE/OFF, THE BRUTALIST AND NOW DOWNTON ABBEY ON GOING BACK TO HIS SARDINIAN ROOTS AND SPENDING LOCKDOWN WITH A ROCK ’N’ ROLL DUKE

PIER PRESSURE • A FRIENDLY RIVALRY IS BREWING BETWEEN MARGATE AND FELLOW KENTISH HOTSPOT FOLKESTONE, WITH BACKUP FROM THEIR NEIGHBOURING SEASIDE TOWNS. SO HOW DO THEIR CULTURAL...