That place is Alphonse Island in the Seychelles. The island is located on the Indian Ocean, around 250 miles southwest of Mahé - the largest island of the Seychelles. It is often compared to the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alphonse Mucha won overnight fame in Belle Époque Paris on New Year’s Day 1895, when one of his sinuous ...