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Fancy that
There are those for whom the lure of the dressing-up box goes way beyond the odd outfit hire. For these pleasure-seekers, life really is a dress rehearsal…
A novel approach
A thing of extraordinary symmetry and beauty, this modernist property takes inspiration from Simon Mawer’s The Glass Room, a fictional tale about art, architecture, and desire
Desert island bliss
Ellie Fazan joins a new safari boat tour of The Philippines' 'last frontier', an archipelago of hidden coves, coral reefs and empty white beaches.
Life below zero
Wildlife photographer Ginny Scholes fulfilled a lifelong dream when she took her camera on an Antarctic expedition
Horse power
Voluntourism in Malawi: can horse power make a better world?
Barefoot paradise
Welcome to Gili Lankanfushi, where luxury, privacy, and exclusivity truly take on new meaning.
Boat trip
THE ROUTE: island-hopping in the Philippines. THE VESSEL: a native bangka boat.
Inverting the female form
Meet Polly. She’s the artist who bends herself into weird shapes in abandoned houses in a quest to invert traditional perceptions of the female form.
Picturing the end of the world
Lying face-down in penguin poo during a blizzard, surrounded by the overwhelming sight, smell and sound of 80,000 pairs of king penguins and their chicks
Antarctica: The women breaking barriers on Earth’s last frontier
Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, the American and British Antarctic surveys barred women from working on the white continent.
Peace, privacy, and prestige
Enjoy quintessential English charm in Virginia Water, Surrey.
Jan de Villeneuve
From being a model in the ‘60s to being a model in one’s 70s, Jan de Villeneuve knows a thing or two about fashion.
Shutterspeed
Think life moves too fast? Ellie Fazan meets the Londoner who’s developed a technique to slow down time
Egg heads
In suburban Brentford, Ellie Fazan discovers Hen Corner – the back garden that Sara Ward has turned into a mini organic paradise
Come over here!
Donald Marshall, his alter ego Ginger Johnson, and partner Ben live in a small live-work space. From the street it doesn’t look magic but stuffed with props, it’s an inspiring hub for a performer/writer/singer.
Ananda in the Himalayas
Visitors will need to forget the idea that yoga should be hot or fast or dynamic to get the most from Ananda.
No ordinary Joe
We’re being dripped on by rain in a studio hidden away on a north London industrial estate. The Hawaiian shirts belie the miserable, and frankly quite British, weather outside.
Gaze on Istanbul
So wrote 19th-century French author Alphonse de Lamartine, in his brilliant and bold account, Voyage En Orient.
Grand central
Freelance travel writer Ellie Fazan visits Uzbekistan. Set at the heart of the ancient Silk Road in central Asia, the country is full of surprises
A realm of one’s own
Ever dreamed of waking up in your very own castle? Located on the banks of the River Shannon, this Irish estate has belonged to the Knights of Glin for seven centuries, and could make your dream more than just a romantic notion