Azerbaijan has partnered with The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), one of Germany’s oldest environmental associations to establish eight national parks and work with the Azerbaijan Ornithological Society to...
Reflecting upon the launch issue of Baku magazine, we look back to our first ever fashion story. Imagine the scene: dawn breaks over the Caspian Sea. An artist embarks on...
On 1 April famed Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's solo exhibition, Do It, will open at Yarat Contemporary Art Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, the non-profit organization founded by artists and established in...
With her newest exhibition, Non Imagined Perspectives, launching today at YARAT Contemporary Art Space in Baku, Sophie Breitsameter talks to artist and founder of YARAT, Aida Mahmudova, about the inspiration...
With the advent of the Kindle, it seemed there was no turning back from e-book world domination. A decade on, however, and traditional book stores are seeing a surge in...
Stephanie Wehner is the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor in quantum information at the Technical University of Delft. A former hacker and security consultant, she now describes her job as “hacking...
This month we explore Baku’s ‘Fire Temple’, a religious hub which has been revered by Zoroastrians, Hindus and tourists alike For time immemorial, Azerbaijan has been known as the ‘land...
Words by Sophie Breitsameter Images courtesy of @grisanticussen, @micky_hurley, @katherinerahal, @enriqueconcha_co and @urban_chic_stgo
One of Formula 1’s best known and longest running rivalries was to shape the destinies of two of its most talented drivers Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna – but, asks Mark Hughes, just...
Białowieza is Europe’s oldest and largest forest – part of it a protected wilderness, teeming with wildlife; part of it facing ongoing destruction. Leyla Aliyeva takes a trip to Belarus...