A visit to the winery and guesthouse designed by French architect and interior designer Pierre Yovanovitch, set in Portugal’s port wine region, the Douro Valley.

A drive from East to West Los Angeles with Oliver Peoples, passing some of the city’s most architecturally significant buildings, and in appreciation of the surrounding natural landscapes.

For Cereal Volume 18, we delve into the archives of photographer Fan Ho, whose unique street photography offers a glimpse of life in Hong Kong during the 1950s.

The experimental eco-city in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, designed by the late Italian architect Paolo Soleri.

Exploring the van Cronenburg foundry in Ghent, Belgium, with Peter van Cronenburg - maker and collector of meticulously hand-crafted door handles, hinges, bolts and other pieces of architectural hardware.

Francis Gallery’s inaugural show at its new permanent location in the city of Bath, UK, in the ground floor of a restored Grade II listed Georgian townhouse. Featuring works by multidisciplinary artist Romy Northover, studio potter Yoon-Young Hur, and photographer Matthew Johnson.

Exploring Rwanda's Nyungwe National Park, encompassing one of East Africa's oldest rainforests. "Low hoots murmur from the foliage, rising to an outburst of screeches, conjuring an image of lips curled back over enormous jaws, fangs bared."

An essay on the subject of improvising, in response to Volume 17's theme of process.

Exploring the mid-century London residence of Faye Toogood and Matt Gibberd, as the pair begin their process of moving home, and leaving the property behind. Faye Toogood is a furniture, fashion and interiors designer, and Matt Gibberd is co-founder of the aesthetically-minded estate agency The Modern House, specialising in the UK's most architecturally significant homes.

A visit to Dojima, the United Kingdom’s first sake brewery, founded by Yoshihide Hashimoto, and situated around the Fordham Abbey estate in Cambridgeshire.

A train journey with Master & Dynamic through New York’s Lower Hudson Valley, from Rhinecliff to Grand Central Terminal. "Instantly the carriage cacophony shrinks to a distance, as if separated by a body of water...the low groans and murmurs disappear. I sit in this way, in silence; my eyes shut, my mind quiet."

Exploring Rwanda's One&Only Nyungwe House for Cereal Volume 17, set on a tea farm at the edge of Nyungwe National Park, one of the oldest rainforests in East Africa. "Knotted Ebonies and stately mahoganies strain in a centuries-long race for the light. Moss encrusted vines dangle to earth, thich as gymnasts' ropes."

A stay at Cambridge's University Arms Hotel, a former Regency-era coaching inn. "I sit at the desk and imagine writing here, in some quiet hour of the night; the page illuminated only by the amber glow of the desk lamp, the dark mass of Parker’s Piece an unintelligible void beyond the windows."

A visit to the remote, desert fort hotel Mihir Garh, in the Thar desert of Rajasthan.

A conversation with Gabriel Hendifar of Apparatus, to discuss the design of their new Los Angeles space. "You experience light and sound differently in a volume of [this] size; there is something serene, and almost monastic about it."

A rural retreat in Portugal’s Alentejo region, among a collection of art and Jugendstil furniture — a Scandinavian variant of Art Nouveau — and Dornach design, a vernacular style based on the philosophies of Rudolph Steiner. “To set up a gallery in the middle of nowhere, like this, is almost utopic. Especially with the pieces placed throughout the hotel, to be experienced amidst daily life."

A visit to the Castello Di Reschio estate, set around a tenth century castle on the border of Umbria and Tuscany, where Count Benedikt Bolza and his team are renovating its ancient farmhouses into secluded heritage properties.

A conversation with Ko Kado of Kamisoe, a traditional karakami printer based in the Nishijin district of Kyoto, Japan, who uses the centuries-old technique of woodblock printing onto washi paper to create postcards, screens, wallpaper and fusuma sliding door panels.

An exploration of Japan House London, a cultural initiative of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It hosts a programme of profound encounters with Japanese culture, design and tradition, curated by its creative director Kenya Hara.

Exploring the Western Isles of Scotland, with Connolly. Surrounding the towering Stac an Armin, small skerries of granite appear to lie scattered across the grey sea. Behind it, the island of Hirta rises starkly from the waves. Atlantic winds roll across the empty horizon, whipping salt into the air. Damp moss clings to the crags before meeting the low, unbroken mist that veils the clifftops.