Beautiful enough to be a coffee-table book, authoritative enough to satisfy scholars, and always a treat to read, for three decades CORNUCOPIA has been the magazine for connoisseurs of Turkey – and for anyone who wants to delve into its rich history, culture and cuisine. The Modern Archive puts a wealth of well-written stories, photographs and intelligence at your fingertips. The backbone of the magazine is its gorgeous articles on art, architecture and travel. Get off the beaten track with our correspondents. Ramble in Roman ruins. Marvel at Silk Road flowers. Spy on the Sultan’s seraglio..Learn to cook with roses. Savour Ottoman savoir-faire, from ceramics to kaftans, from sorbets to silks and sumptuous interiors, and let our critics introduce you to the vibrant energy of Istanbul’s current cultural scene.

AN INDIAN SUMMER An Ottoman princess in Hyderabad and the glories that awaited her

PEOPLE AND PLACES Beyoğlu: a bohemian rhapsody – a quarter still happy to be wayward • The ceramic secrets of a Turkish bath house • Istanbul’s island spirit

CONNOISSEUR Şakir Pasha’s madly creative children • The rocketeer of Mysore • How weird and wonderful art invaded a Caliph’s palace • Henry VIII’s lost dagger

BOOKS Remembering Briony Llewellyn • Ármin Vámbéry: the dervish unmasked • How the Nizam wooed the last Ottomans

COOKERY The wondrous cornelian cherry

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS Robert Capa in Turkey • Fatih Birol, a man on fire  • Vines, Women and Song: ehe Anatolian wine revival kicks up its heels • A young composer finds her muses in the land of the throat singers