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Lives of the makers, travellers, artists and builders who shaped how we live.

Desert plants flowering on sandy ground after rain

Aseel AlYaqoub and the desert herbarium that won the Ithra Prize

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Bright coloured garments on a fashion runway

Drew Henry at Courrèges: a designer steps out of the studio

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Edmond Capt, the designer behind the Valjoux 7750 chronograph

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A dry-stone wall winding across green hills

Andy Goldsworthy, who builds with the land and lets it take back

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Wind-carved sandstone rock formations in AlUla

Aseel Alamoudi, the Saudi designer who turns AlUla rock into seats

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Venice at dusk with the lagoon and historic buildings

May el-Toukhy, the Danish-Egyptian director with a Golden Lion

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Sahel Alhiyari, the Amman architect who builds in carved stone

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Salima Naji, the architect who builds the future from earth

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A symphony orchestra on a concert hall stage

Herbert Blomstedt, 99: the conductor who still leads from memory

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A Formula 1 car at speed on a sunlit circuit

Kimi Antonelli: from karts in Bologna to a win at Monza

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