London
Hoxton may not be as edgy as it once was, but that may not be such a bad thing if a more mature crowd means the emergence of grown-up restaurants such as 8 Hoxton Square. Don't come here if craft beer and gourmet fast food is your...
Barcelona
Take a tour with us around Ocaña, where five different spaces co-exist at one venue, united by a central principle: creativity. This cafe, club, restaurant, cocktail bar and terrace can be found on the historical Plaça Reial in Barcelona, and has...
London
Soho was quick to embrace the original Flat Iron steakhouse on Beak Street, and with lunch crowds becoming overwhelming, a second restaurant nearby was the obvious next move. Over on Denmark Street we find Flat Iron mark II, named after the same cut...
Melbourne
I've always wondered what sort of daydreams accountants use to get themselves through the drudgery of the working day, and now – in the case of Jean Thamthanakorn at least - I know. Baking tarts, of course. Jean is a self-taught baker, and honed...
New York
* Iconic Café is permanently closed. When architect Selim Vural visited the building site in New York that he had been commissioned to transform, an object found lying in the rubble was to shape the entire project. What caught his eye was, he...
London
Are you a closet Made in Chelsea fan? Does posh totty, male and female, float your boat? Do you like gourmet hot dogs? If you answered yes to any of those questions then by all accounts you need to have your chauffeur step on the gas to Kensington...
London
No, the initials of Wine & Charcuterie aren't an unfortunate oversight by owners Andy Bell and Jayke Mangion. First we had espresso bar Attendant, and now this new London venue - situated in what was formerly “London's most infamous toilet”. WC...
Barcelona
If a neighbourhood is good enough for Pablo Picasso then it's good enough for us, although Barcelona's Passeig de Colom has probably changed quite a bit since the artist was here; Picasso painted his early piece Ciencia y Caridad at his first studio...
London
Tanya Maher is living proof of the amazing power of vegetables. Following a near-fatal car crash at the age of 14, Tanya was left with a broken spine and a badly damaged pancreas. Although doctors recommended that the organ be removed, her parents...
Melbourne
One of the challenges faced by restaurateurs these days is catering to an increasingly well-travelled clientèle. The truth of the matter is that in the past, restaurant's serving up international cuisine were able to trade on the unknown, offering...
Melbourne
“Hello Sailor” beckons the sign outside this café in Hawthorn, Melbourne, designed with the billowing flags and diving swallows normally seen decorating the arms of salty seadogs. That's about as kitsch as it gets at Wade Nicholson-Doyle's new...
New York
Melbourne and New York are both cities that have thrived through their cosmopolitan attitudes, and here we have two Melburnians opening a restaurant in NYC's East Village, with Modern Australian food influenced by the Greek and Italian immigrants in...
Stuff Crush
Weirdness is a notion long entwined with the concept of creativity. Mocked by the strait-laced confined to their boxes of conformism, celebrated by the bold and the brave who pursue the outré as a means of pushing beyond the banal. In Weird...
City Notes
In Montreal’s Little Italy, a new arrival is making waves with a fresh take on Italian dining. Pasta Pooks, which opened in March 2025, is a compact five-seat takeout counter serving pasta and natural wine in a space that marries Old World charm...
City Notes
A once-forgotten 19th-century residence in Savannah’s historic district has been brought spectacularly back to life, reincarnated as The Douglas; a refined 16-room boutique hotel at 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue, where design meets old-world...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
Moving is one of those life events that sits somewhere between chaos and reinvention. It’s stressful, yes — but it’s also a rare opportunity to start over. To touch every object you own, question its purpose, and decide what kind of person...
Dispatches
The way we, as a society, work has transformed drastically in the past decade. Remote work, which was once seen as a temporary option or a sought after perk, has now become a favoured strategy helping small businesses operate and grow. Across the...
Dispatches
Many parents worry that their child may struggle to keep up at a private school. The idea of tougher classes, higher expectations, and competitive environments can feel intimidating; both for parents and students alike. I understand these concerns....
Dispatches
There's a paradox about self-care, which is that those who need it most are probably the least likely to practice it. If you're one of those people, you might even be put off by the term self-care. Maybe it sounds too self-indulgent to you. If...