São paulo

A country defined by beauty, celebration and incredible food, cook Ixta Belfrage takes us on a mouth-watering journey through a few of her favourite regions

Once a quiet fishing village west of Lisbon, Cascais became an unlikely hive of activity during the Second World War, attracting regal refugees and intelligence operatives in equal measure. Russell Higham investigates its enduring glamour–and its connection to Casino Royale

‘We’re met by the full cacophony of life’

The style set is returning to the very neighbourhoods it once made a habit of spurning, finds Will Hosie

Is a ring of 36 cherubs excessive? Perhaps, but those are only the ones around the southern Italian city of Lecce’s Basilica of Santa Croce’s rose window; I count dozens of additional cheeky winged ba

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...