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Rare and beautiful woods are common in the world of handmade guitars, many fetching eye-watering prices. Michael Watts asks why

In a world dominated by mass production, digital life and, increasingly, artificial intelligence, our collective yearning for the unique and the tangible is spearheading a craft renaissance, as Corinne Julius discovers

In the 1500s, Japan was fought over by hundreds of rival warlords. They battled for territory and power, resulting in a century of near-constant war, until the Tokugawa shoguns won a decisive victory

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