The Edit
A beautiful country house built in 1855 is the site for several modernist annexes that began at the end of the 1950s. Looking over the sea to Sweden on the coast of North Zeeland, Denmark, it sits amid fancy housing estates 30 kilometres north of...
Publications
It's almost 20 years since I walked toward the huge glowing orb of Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project at the Tate Modern. That massive sun in a cavernous industrial setting was a remarkable sight for a young art fan, but more so a turning point...
Journal
By just after 10pm on the first evening of the first day, you know that everything is alright again. It’s been two long years of hope and no hope, false starts and new restrictions, but at last we’re back on the fake green grass of home. Sónar...
Dispatches
When the 19th edition of Barcelona’s Primavera Sound shut its gates on 1 June 2019, the world was a very different place. The next two summers would pass with hopes raised and then hopes dashed; tumultuous ups and downs and world had quickly grown...
Dispatches
For almost 30 years, Barcelona’s Sónar festival has been at the bleeding edge of experimentation in music and technology. Riding on the coattails of an event that regularly commands the very biggest names in electronic music, Sónar+D has grown...
The Edit
What do an 1886 mansion designed by Antoni Gaudí, a cultural centre dedicated to the work of painter Antoni Tàpies, a posh new hotel, and British-Canadian techno icon Richie Hawtin all have in common? They’re all part of the programme for this...
The Edit
In 2018, with visitors from 126 different countries attending events through the entirety of the city, we declared that for Barcelona’s Primavera Sound, Bigger was Better. After just 18 editions, they had rocketed from 8,000 visitors to up to...
Mallorca
Nostalgia is hot right now. Perhaps a consequence of necessary escapism in the face of troubled times, consumers have been soaking up VHS-tinted memories from Stranger Things to sportswear since way before the bug we shall not mention. And when...
Publications
As a young gay man growing up in 1980s India, Hormazd Narielwalla had little stimuli from Western culture. "It would seep in very gently, drop by drop," he explains. And then MTV happened, the popular culture channel giving India a breathtaking bolt...
Art & Culture
According to his Instagram handle: Gabo draws. The truth is, he does so very well. Mexico-born and Barcelona-based, the artist-only-known-as Gabo has a signature style that conveys a warmth and humanity much needed in these dark days; his...
The Edit
Bar perhaps the odd Amazonian tribe, everyone of us on the third planet from the Sun knows how terrible 2020 has been. However, for all the mire we've collectively trudged through, there have been recent glimpses of hope. Adding onto that slim pile...
The Edit
As we teeter precariously on the edge of dissolving democracy, as Silicon Valley's technocratic ambitions tear through late stage capitalism and a virus that the west are incapable of successfully handling continues to cause an upheaval to society...
City Notes
A former Diamond Exchange has been given a new lease of life; style icon and artist, Maarten Spruyt, given a free rein in the curation of Capital C, a creative hub with offices, event spaces, pop-up art galleries, co-working spaces and a newly...
City Notes
With 123 guest rooms, food and beverage offerings from chef-partner, Patrick Kriss, and a rooftop bar and lounge slated to open later this year, Ace Hotel Toronto marks the design hotel brand's first foray into Canada; the "ground-up project" having...
City Notes
You know the Mediterranean. It’s long lingering lunches in an Italian fishing village; sunset parties on the white sands of Ibiza; yachts and the highlife in Sardinia; olive trees and mezze in Greece. It’s pink salt ponds, flamingos and shabby...
Journal
By just after 10pm on the first evening of the first day, you know that everything is alright again. It’s been two long years of hope and no hope, false starts and new restrictions, but at last we’re back on the fake green grass of home. Sónar...
Dispatches
Realistic drawing and painting can be confusing when you’re a beginner. The entire journey to realism is at times difficult and disappointing for many – but it doesn’t have to be. Realistic art looks the most true-to-life. It looks...
Dispatches
Mattress in a box is the latest concept in the world of mattresses. It has moved away from the troublesome task of transporting heavy and bulky mattresses rather it makes one deliver the mattress right to your doorstep as it is. The mattresses are...
Dispatches
At the end of the work week it’s nice to put down some money on an online slot machine or classic casino game - but for your safety it should be at the best English casino sites. After all, it’s not much fun sweating it out at casino sites...
Dispatches
Some of the best adverts are the ones that stick in our mind. When it comes to creating effective marketing strategies, it’s important to consider memorability. Not everyone is going to buy your product there and then. Some of us prefer to shop...