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    • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
      Style
      Embrace the summer of retro

      Crochet bags, terry towelling and jelly shoes, among other nostalgic touchstones, are making a comeback

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    • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
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      Photography fair cancelled in New York, launches in Hong Kong; tributes pour in for dealer Barbara Gladstone; new head at Artsy

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    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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      The FT’s guide to the best books to read this summer

      From politics, economics and history to art, food and, of course, fiction — FT writers and critics choose their favourite reads of the year so far

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    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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      Counting, entries and a crucial finesse all required for success

      Pre-empt, and early play, reveals opponents’ hand patterns

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      The galleries and museums where the Milanese local finds inspiration for her own work — and the restaurants that fuel her on her quest

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    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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      Turn your house into a temple of reflection

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    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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      FT Crossword: Number 17,766
    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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      From prosthetic facial features to trompe l’œil-fused designs, brands toyed with trickery

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      A spotlight on the sentimental importance that stones can bring, from the rise of welded jewellery to personalised lockets

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      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the Jewellery issue
      The allure of a ‘welded’ bracelet you can’t take off

      With this new category of experiential jewellery, the commitment is part of the appeal

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    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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      Why is there a fashion boutique on the Tibetan Plateau?

      It’s a trek to get to Norlha’s flagship store – but its yak down collections are worth it

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    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the Jewellery issue
      The family behind Chopard

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    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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      A ‘treehouse adventure for grown-ups’ in the Loire Valley

      Key notes | Deep in private woodland, yet only two hours from Paris, the hotel offers fine food, forest baths and ‘le slow-living’

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    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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      To our writer, a teenager in the late 1990s, the seemingly effortless comfort of the characters’ lives included their London apartments

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    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
      FT Globetrotter
      Tokyo’s new wave of luxury hotels

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      A living room in a corner of a suite at the Bulgari Hotel Tokyo, with a grey marble table surrounded by orange velvet chairs, and behind them a large grey corner sofa. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows can be seen Tokyo at night
    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
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      Wow-factor futurism or quiet contemporary luxe? Experience both aspects of the Japanese capital’s aesthetic

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    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
      FT GlobetrotterTokyo’s new wave of luxury hotels
      Designer destination: The Tokyo Edition, Ginza

      A cool Kengo Kuma and Ian Schrager production in the heart of the capital’s upscale shopping and dining district

      Brightly coloured cushions around a large white sofa in front of rattan chairs and a wooden table on the rooftop terrace at The Tokyo Edition, Ginza, which is dotted with shrubs and overlooks the city skyline
    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
      Crossword
      FT Crossword: Number 17,765
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