Issue: December 2014

The area of Glasgow – once the second city of the British Empire – every visitor should stay in is the West End. Centred on the much applauded Byres Road, where many of the area’s most feted restaurants, bars, cafés and shops can be found, the West End has long been home to both the affluent, who occupy its striking sandstone townhouses, and students and staff from Glasgow University

The Street

Miami Heat’s Chicago-born guard has won three NBA Championships and is one of the best-known and loved players in the National Basketball Association. But off the court, he likes to keep life simple. He says: “I’ve been living in Miami for 11 years, so I’ve been to so many places – too many. But you know what, I still try the restaurants out"

Column

Chef Daniel Boulud, who recently opened DBGB Kitchen And Bar in Washington, DC, reveals his favourite places to eat in the city. He names Bread Furst Bakery, Daikaya and Rose’s Luxury

BLD

Emirati photographer Mohammed Ahmed Ahli bought his first digital camera in 2010. Just three years later he set off into Rub’ al Khali (known as the Empty Quarter) to indulge his passion for nature photography and returned with a collection of striking images that capture the majesty of the largest sand desert in the world

Place

Adrian Mourby recalls a solitary Moroccan road trip from Casablanca through the Atlas Mountains to Fez. He starts his journey in Essaouira, which means “the beautifully designed small fortress” in Arabic, and indeed it is lovely. Orson Welles filmed his version of Othello in this town, with its whitewashed walls, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. Cat Stevens hung out on the beach in the 1960s

Place

Maddie Dolan, 18, is an Agricultural Business Student photographed at Pamona, The Grove. She says: "I live in Los Angles because I go to school here at Cal Poly Pomona, but I love the fashion, the culture and learning new things about the city. I’m here at [outdoor mall and entertainment complex] The Grove today shopping with one of my girlfriends"

Place