Every Friday, Lada leaves her small apartment to take tourists around Prague’s underworld. “I pass on my cautionary tale,” says the 54-year-old sex worker as she chain-smokes her way through Wenceslas Square in the Czech capital. “At least my ruined life can be useful. I can make a clean breast of it. It’s a relief.” … Read more
Draped in a blue-and-white checkered cloth and laden with pink roses, dahlias and daisies, the table at Hong Kong bakery The Good Cake looks like something one might find in a cafe in the south of France. A banquet of baked goods ignites the senses: gooey chocolate brownies, rice crispy cakes and a six-inch chocolate … Read more
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