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Look Closer

The nanny with a secret hobby

The nanny with a secret hobby: photography

The colour pictures Vivian Maier took on the streets of New York and Chicago show how she found beauty in the everyday
North Korea

The art of diplomacy

The art of diplomacy

One of the world’s largest art studios is in an unexpected location: North Korea. Lena Schipper explores how it mixes propaganda with profit

One of the world’s largest art studios is in an unexpected location: North Korea. Lena Schipper explores how it mixes propaganda with profit
What to listen to

Anna Netrebko: A diva to die for

A diva to die for

Plus, a pop debut to make Pharrell swoon, and other musical notes
What the world is listening to

The perils of girl power

The perils of girl power in Kyrgyzstan

Plus, an album that resurrects the long-lost songs of the Wolastoqiyik people of Canada
What the numbers say

How long is the perfect book?

How long is the perfect book?

Bigger really is better
What the world is reading

The mean boys of Willow High

The mean boys of Willow High

Plus, an Australian novelist with an uncanny sense of timing
Theatre

Robert Icke’s mission to make theatre less boring

If you think theatre is boring, you haven’t seen a Robert Icke play

The radical young director talks to Laura Barton about reinventing the classics for a new age
What to watch

Confessions of an American psycho

Confessions of an American psycho

Plus, the year’s finest punchline and other notes from the screen

Plus, the year’s finest punchline and other notes from the screen
What to read

A literary juggernaut skewers contemporary China

A literary juggernaut skewers contemporary China

Plus, blood and banditry in Trinidad, refugee terror and other literary notes

Plus, blood and banditry in Trinidad, refugee terror and other literary notes
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