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The Art Basel survival guide: where to go in Miami Beach when you need a break

As more than 75,000 people descend on the island during Art Week alone, a Miamian shares the restaurants, beaches and bars that locals prefer

The best cheesecake in the world... probably contains sake

Skye Gyngell, pioneering chef, 1962-2025

Germany’s Schumpeterian pains

Free Lunch readers diagnose the country’s industrial problems

New York and California are losing their shine

Economist Philippe Aghion: ‘Macron’s legacy will be better than people think’

Why Immigration Policy Is Hard — a guide to breaking out of the ‘infernal circle’

Economist Alan Manning takes a balanced, sometimes uncomfortable look at the costs, benefits and trade-offs of migration

The bruises that bleed through generations — Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen

In this fictionalised account of her unloving and violent mother’s life, the author’s compassion is as voluminous as her hurt