Griffin’s Horse Archery sits amid the rolling hills of the Agulhas Strandveld outside the quaint town of Wolvengat, on the far tip of the Western Cape province of South Africa. A coastal ecosystem within the greater fynbos biome, it is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth.
Arielle Domb and Carl van der Linde visits the founder of Subculture—an Indian fashion brand normalizing kinks, fetishes, and the free sexual exploration that existed in pre-colonial India.
Some coffee origins are still in the making. Malawi is one of them—a country where potential feels tangible, even if it has yet to be fully realised. Across its coffee-growing regions, farmers are steadily shaping a distinctive future, working within constraints while building an industry rooted in quality, resilience, and place.
How do you regrow a stagnant coffee economy? Zambia isn't a coffee origin on many people's radars, and with good reason—its coffee production has dwindled to almost nothing in recent decades. Yet across the country, a new generation of farmers, producers, and entrepreneurs is working to reverse that decline. Join us as we explore the political, ecological, and economic forces shaping Zambia's coffee industry, and the growing potential for its revival.
The salt marshes of Croatia feed a rich culinary offering, with “white gold” seasoning everything from the soil in ancient olive groves to the area's award-winning cheeses.
I caught wind of a martial arts group in Ukraine based mainly in the city of Lviv, close to the Polish border in the West of the country. There is a school called the Saber-tooth School of Combat Hopak, which is a Cossack martial art originally from Ukraine. The practice includes techniques of traditional Ukrainian folk fist fighting, folk wrestling, Cossack saber fencing, and Cossack war dances like the Hopak and the Metelytsia.
Cape Town photographer Carl van der Linde keeps returning to South Africa’s vast semi-arid interior. Most South Africans know the Karoo as somewhere you pass through. The semi-arid interior of the country, stretching from the Cape winelands north towards Johannesburg, is the country’s connective tissue. Crossing it means a couple of days’ driving through scrubland, dust and grazing sheep, punctuated by pit stops at farm guesthouses and for padkos, the Afrikaans ritual of food for the road. You don’t go to the Karoo. You go through it.
In the region's rural villages, ceremonial competitions have birthed an ear-splitting sub-genre of bass-heavy music. Arielle Domb and Carl van der Linde visited the operators behind the vibrant scene.
In his latest series ‘A day is short in Africa’, South African photographer Carl van der Linde chronicles his time in Zanzibar, capturing the infectious energy of the island and the young Zanzibari men that inhabit it, with a visual language that brims with poetry and emotion.
Photographer Carl van der Linde's award-winning series follows the students of Punjabi wrestling legend The Great Khali. “I remember The Great Khali as a villainous anti-hero,” says South African photographer Carl van der Linde, recalling the WWE fandom that permeated his youth, and his introduction to the seven-foot wrestler. For him, wrestling was “a significant part of my life growing up in the 90s and early 00s,” he says. “The characters were heroes to my friends and I.”
Channa, one of Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent contemporary architects and a disciple of Geoffrey Bawa, is almost disarmingly generous with his time and his stories, and immediately launches into friendly conversation.
Whether they inherited hundred-year-old family farms or are just getting started, many South African farmers are undertaking the laborious process of raising angora goats in a way that prioritizes both their welfare and the health of the land.
Visitors flock to India’s Meghalaya region to see its unique root bridges. But in the age of climate disruption and mass tourism, can the tradition survive?
Arielle Domb and Carl van der Linde visits the founder of Subculture—an Indian fashion brand normalizing kinks, fetishes, and the free sexual exploration that existed in pre-colonial India.
The young South African technologist, author and environmentalist Kiara Nirghin attends the Earthshot Prize Awards and reflects on chasing curiosity into solutions.
Photographer Carl van der Linde captures the dramatic beauty of the remote Indian Ocean island of Socotra – a place steeped in biblical history and home to a profusion of flora and fauna found nowhere else on Earth
Spotlighting the work of 11 designers who are fashioning separates that reflect a deep connection with their environments, Verve frames evocative tableaux set against the changing face of nat
SboNdaba dance is a community-based dance company working out of an old Methodist church in Cape Town. We explore how founder and award-winning dancer and choreographer Sbonakaliso Ndaba’s enthusiasm, dedication, and talent have created a much-needed space for creative expression for youth in townships in a time of high unemployment and low opportunity.
Zimbabwean coffee is defined by quiet complexity and remarkable resilience. Once driven to the brink by political and economic upheaval, the crop carries the legacy of colonialism, survival, and reinvention. Today, a new generation of growers is helping revive one of Africa's most distinctive coffee traditions.
A photo essay exploring Istanbul's historic Grand Bazaar through the lens of contemporary Turkish fashion, celebrating the intersection of heritage, craftsmanship, and everyday life.
Olympic hopefuls and casual gliders: Black Girls Surf’s new South African arm are riding the waves and championing a new generation of surfers
A birdwatching trip to South Africa takes AI to the skies. Most guests are here for the big game, but an impressive 436 bird species also makes the reserve a popular birding destination, so andBeyond’s specialist itinerary allows me to indulge a lifelong hobby.
South African wool farmer James Brodie is regenerating his Karoo farm through locally adapted livestock and land management, building a resilient farming system that works with the region's unique ecology.
Before spending a week shooting in Kottakarai, Tamil Nadu, photographer Carl van de Linde thought £365 a bit steep for a pair of jeans. Not so after experiencing first-hand what goes into the production of naturally dyed fabric. "You can't compare it to, say, a Levi's factory," says van der Linde, "where you make the same thing over and over and it's easy to calculate overheads. Here, it's different colours… different patterns… working with a substance that's organic and alive…"