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Custard tarts and casino sharks in Macau

Custard tarts and casino sharks in Macau

by Rob Crossan

"This is the only place on earth where Portuguese and Chinese culture clash head on. It’s incongruous, like Mick Hucknell doing a duet with Kanye West, but not nearly as nauseating"

David Lynch’s guide to life

David Lynch’s guide to life

by David Lynch

"You reach the ocean of pure consciousness and you transcend. Boom! You got it Jack…"

The Jamaica that time forgot

The Jamaica that time forgot

by Ruby Warrington

"The truth is I’ve wanted to visit Jamaica since, aged 12, I watched Tom Cruise woo Elizabeth Shue beneath the Dunn’s River Falls in Cocktail"

Roja Dove: from Claridges to the Kremlin via Mecca

Roja Dove: from Claridges to the Kremlin via Mecca

by Civilian London

"There’s nothing wrong with gold taps, but it’s not my taste"

Alain Ducasse: Le Louis XV at 25

Alain Ducasse: Le Louis XV at 25

by Sudi Pigott

The first chef to run three restaurants, in three cities, with three Michelin stars

Tori Amos on tour

Tori Amos on tour

by Civilian London

"Let me tell you, there are some really rotten people in schmoozy class"

To live and nearly die in L.A

To live and nearly die in L.A

by Deborah Charles

Screenwriter Deborah Charles can't leave Hollywood, because the flight will kill her

Not leaving Las Vegas

Not leaving Las Vegas

by Ruby Warrington

“It’s just like Ibiza. But bigger." When Hurricane Sandy hit her home in New York, Ruby Warrington found that her particular cloud had a neon lining

No place like <em>Homeland</em>

No place like Homeland

by Michael Karam

"London lived with bombings in the 1970s and early 80s. So why does Beirut always get it in the neck 20 years after the civil war, the original leitmotif for chaos and mayhem, ended?"

A royal affair

A royal affair

by Monisha Rajesh

Reactionary high jinks and high style aboard the Indian Maharaja