Tag: news
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Thomas Heatherwick plans $170m hovering miracle island for New York
The designer has dreamed up a Disneyfied island on stilts that boasts woodland, performance spaces and places to ‘wander and wonder’. But is this fairytale of urban planning too good to be true?
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Savile Row tailor fears overseas threat to rich tapestry of tradition
Shirtmaker believes buyouts detract from street’s fashion cachet, with only two family-owned tailoring houses left on Savile Row
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One of world’s best private collections gets public airing in Madrid gallery
The Abelló Collection on display at CentroCentro Cibeles includes pieces by Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Miro
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Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns
Report says logging and burning of Amazon might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one plaguing São Paulo
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New York, Paris … Dubai. Why the desert mall is the height of couture
It attracts 80 million shoppers spending £3bn a year – but it’s never been seen as cool. Until last week, when Vogue went to the Gulf …
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‘Silent revolution’ in biotech farming is overtaking GM, says Greenpeace
Pressure group accused of hypocrisy by geneticists who say the same science is behind genetic modification and Greenpeace-approved Marker Assisted Selection