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I currently work as a writer and sub editor at Monocle magazine. I'm interested in architecture and urbanism.
Volvo's CEO discusses shifting the brand's focus to the premium market and reveals its plans for electric and self-driving cars - all while maintaining its repu...
In Zug, a tiny Swiss town 20 miles south of Zürich with million-dollar Alpine views, a small machine is doing big things. One of the 10 bitcoin ATMs installed across Switzerland by Zug-based Bitcoin Suisse, the machine accepts Swiss francs and euros in exchange for a slip of paper with a code that represents the equivalent amount in bitcoin.
Eduard Neuenschwander's modernist colony is designed to nurture nature.
Two sisters from a town outside Damascus describe the horror of the civil war and how they are building a new life in the UK
An Austrian Holocaust survivor has recorded a heartfelt video message warning her fellow citizens not to vote for Norbert Hofer, the far-right candidate, in the re-run of the presidential election this Sunday. The video of the woman, known only as Gertrude, an 89-year-old from Vienna, has been watched more than three million times online.
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By Sonia Zhuravlyova, September 29, 2016 Amelia Craig can only walk short distances A fundraising campaign has been launched to help a little girl fulfil her dream. Amelia Craig wants to be a ballerina but simply walking or running is too painful for her.
The Czech town of Zlin was transformed by a visionary shoemaker who wanted to house his workers in a garden city - we put our best foot forward to explore his functionalist masterpiece.
This creative corner of Vilnius is more than just a neighbourhood - it's a state.
By Sonia Zhuravlyova, July 7, 2016 The Akiva team run through some moves with coach John Fleetwood "I won, yeah," grinned Alex Bentwood to a loud cheer from his teammates. Alex was one of six under-11s from the Akiva Junior School in Finchley, north London competing in the finals of the National Primary School Chess Championships this week.
In the summer of 1946, as the debris of the second world war was beginning to clear, two men found themselves on an estate of newly built prefabricated houses in Lewisham, south London.
London’s unique Honesty Shop bus conversion is bringing out the best in people and raising money for charity
Built across the UK as a quick fix to the post-World War II housing shortage, thousands of prefabricated homes are still going strong. Sonia Zhuravlyova reports on plans to demolish two prefab estates, and why some tenants are desperate to stay put
The people's palaces: 70 years on Britain's prefabricated houses are still home to many
The fight against homophobia is a global one.
Combining traditional Russian treatments in an deluxe setting, west London's K Spa has a treatment to suit everyone.
What good deed would you do with a gift of £1,000? Sonia Zhuravlyova meets the mystery man making strangers’ dreams come true
This friendly and unpretentious Japanese spa is a real find in the heart of London’s busiest shopping district
Duck down an alleyway to beat the crowds of Cambridge at this upbeat Conran-designed spa based in a former glassworks
Discover Argentina’s best traditions - horse riding across the pampas and armadillo spotting
The puppetry behind a moving theatrical spectacle
Jack Roberts sets his own agenda with literary magazine Bad Idea and gives us his tips for DIY publishers.
