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Team culture

After decades dodging the issue of art looted by the Nazis, France has set up a new mission to find the heirs to thousands of works that have lain unclaimed.

  • Issue #127
  • 3 min read
Team culture
Residences

Hunt for a home

Built as a hunting lodge in the 1930s and seized by the SS during the war, Villa St Martin in Alsace has a colourful history. It is now an idyllic family home.

  • Issue #77
  • 6 min read
Hunt for a home
Affairs

Asia

The image-savvy Dalai Lama is this month's style Leader, and we report on Russia's celebration of its Second World War victory over Japan.

  • Issue #36
  • 4 min read
Asia
Urbanism

Charm offensive

Tokyo may be peaceful, but its governor is certainly not. In a candid interview, Shintaro Ishihara explains his views on his city’s traffic, its modern appearance and Japan's kamikaze pilots.

  • Issue #6
  • 9 min read
Charm offensive

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