Interviews
A Conversation With the World's Last Globe Maker
Hand-painted globes take months to make and now fetch thousands. Their maker explains the appeal.
Issue 214
Reading the week closely: culture, food, ideas and the wider world.
Senior Writer, Ideas
Clara writes long essays in short sittings, usually in a library, usually about attention and time.
13 stories
Hand-painted globes take months to make and now fetch thousands. Their maker explains the appeal.
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For thirty-one years, Edmund Vale has been deliberately misleading people before breakfast.
2 min read
The Long Way Round · Ep. 86 · 55 minA master luthier on patience, wood and why the instruments often know more than the players do.
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The Long Way Round · Ep. 88 · 52 minHand-painted globes take months to make and now fetch thousands. Their maker explains the appeal.
1 min read