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Friday, 13 January, 2017

Interiors
Wine cellars uncorked as status symbols
Bottle stores and tasting rooms are now often showpiece features of a home, rather than being hidden away
Friday, 11 November, 2016

At Home with the FT
Judith Neilson, one of Australia’s richest women
The arts patron has built ‘a sculpture to live in’ that is more monument than residence
Friday, 30 September, 2016

Expat Lives
Bottoms up for winemaker down under
Brad Hickey hopes to make a name for himself (using an alias) in Australia’s wine country
Friday, 9 September, 2016

Expats
US photojournalist on life in Bangkok
It may be ‘no longer the land of smiles’ but Paula Bronstein loves living in the Thai capital when she is not in the world’s trouble spots
Friday, 10 June, 2016

House & Home
Bamboo: the ‘green steel’ of Asia
Strong, cheap, flexible and sustainable, the material is a natural choice for architects across the continent
Friday, 29 April, 2016

House & Home
Australian who is a K-pop star in Seoul
Life in a popular boy band leaves Sydney-born Henry Prince Mak little time to enjoy South Korea
Friday, 18 March, 2016

Expats
South African sound artist in Suffolk
Sound artist Mira Calix says the sense of space in her adopted home reminds her of the savannah where she grew up
Friday, 18 March, 2016

House & Home
Is now a good time to buy in Vietnam?
The country wants to catch up with its richer Asian rivals but for now it still offers good value for international homebuyers
Friday, 19 February, 2016

House & Home
Bangkok’s divided property market
Thailand’s capital is split between prime areas where prices are rising and a lower end suffering from reduced local demand
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Friday, 19 February, 2016

Life & Arts
North Korean writer who fled to Seoul
Jang Jin-sung, once an official poet to Kim Jong-il, is preparing for the day he can return to Pyongyang
Friday, 12 February, 2016

Expats
Refugee who became a writer in Brisbane
After fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo as a child, Future D Fidel is now writing plays and films in Brisbane
Friday, 22 January, 2016

House & Home
Robotics expert in Australia
‘Robots are easy; humans are complex’: Sydney-based Mari Velonaki explores the interactions between man and machine
Friday, 22 January, 2016

Interiors
A chance to splash out on the home
Designers are responding to demand for room-sized aquariums, pirate caves and indoor waterfalls in high-end homes
Saturday, 14 November, 2015

Luxury goods
Opal fever and the dream of riches
Miners work alone and risk life and limb as they tunnel 60ft below the earth’s surface
Friday, 30 October, 2015

House & Home
Return to Sydney’s centre of attraction
People are being tempted back to homes in the inner city by a series of bold urban renewal schemes
Friday, 23 October, 2015

Life & Arts
Investors move in on Australia’s Canberra
The capital’s highly educated, transient workforce is helping to transform city-centre districts
Friday, 16 October, 2015

Family businesses
British businessman finds the ‘real Italy’
Michael Hobbs renovates and sells properties in Le Marche and is embracing the region’s quiet, laid-back lifestyle
Friday, 16 October, 2015

House & Home
The recovery of prime Spain?
A rallying market in some city areas could be a sign that the worst of the economic crisis is over
Friday, 4 September, 2015

Expats
English guesthouse manager in rural Japan
Yearning for the quiet life, Anna Thomson and her family moved to a remote mountain region an hour from Kyoto
Friday, 4 September, 2015

Life & Arts
Waterfront living: Bondi Beach buffs up
The area around Sydney’s famous beach has ditched its gritty image and gone upmarket
Friday, 24 July, 2015

Expats
English publishing veteran in Hong Kong
Barrie Goodridge describes how the territory has changed since he arrived in 1982
Friday, 17 July, 2015

Expats
Travelling circus clown in Toulouse
Barcelona-born Blaï Mateu Trias on working in war zones and refugee camps to offer comic relief
Friday, 19 June, 2015

Life & Arts
Claudia Roden: from Cairo to London
How the culinary writer’s exile in London brought tahini, falafels and hummus to the staid English dining table
Friday, 15 May, 2015

House & Home
Aussie musician finds his feet in Iceland
Ben Frost on riding out the financial crash and becoming more ‘Australian’ in Iceland
Friday, 8 May, 2015

House & Home
The ‘positive’ side to prefab homes
A house with high eco-credentials in Australia could be the next big thing for an underrated sector