The Edit
When you need to improve wheelchair access to a building, or build a ski jump in your back garden, it might be worth giving Claude Parent a call. As a ground-breaking architect of several decades' note the Frenchman will probably be too busy, but...
The Edit
Abstract artist Remi Rough is kicking off a new era for Soze Gallery in Los Angeles; the Londoner's latest collection Further Adventures in Abstraction has been chosen as the inaugural exhibition at the gallery's new premises in West Hollywood. The...
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Oh to be young again. I'm pretty sure it used to be summer all year round, except two weeks of snow at Christmas. No two-day hangovers, things were cheap, and waistlines weren't so much as a fleeting consideration, never mind an unending battle....
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George the dog saved John Dolan's life. Not by dragging him from a burning building, dialling 999, or sniffing out an undiagnosed tumour. No Lassie heroics. Rather it was George's constant presence and faithful companionship that dragged his owner...
Journal
Getting a virus is no fun at all. Especially the kind that gives you genital warts. Ahem. But computer viruses can be just as painful, at the very least causing great inconvenience to you and the folks in your email contacts list, and at worst...
The Edit
When you do most of your main work on aluminium sheeting, you need to be sure everything is properly planned out beforehand, and that's one way in which Natasha Law uses paper in her practice. In addition to this experimentation and fine-tuning, the...
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As another academic year comes to a close, photographic students around the country are preparing to pack up and head out into the world, looking forward to varied careers filled with pictures of awe-inspiring landscapes, gritty reportage or even...
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You almost certainly won't need me to tell you which country kangaroos and boomerangs are associated with (it's Australia, just in case), but some of the other symbolism in the work of Reko Rennie may need a little extra explanation - especially for...
The Edit
Proving that nothing good happens in a hurry, Bert Teunissen's travelogue collection Slow Happiness was over 20 years in the making. Shot as a side project to his other more focused series such as Domestic Landscapes, the images built up as the...
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A press photograph is defined by its function, which is to add a visual illustration to the contents of the story copy. But if the link is severed between text and image, what happens to that image? What does it become? Murray Moss has been...
Art & Culture
It all started with a Louisiana man called Earnest Beaumont-Gannt. Earnest was an intrepid young fellow and sailed the south Pacific in the early 20th Century, absorbing the culture of the Polynesian islands he visited on the way. What he saw fired...
The Edit
You may remember Canadian artist Stan Douglas from his film Luanda Kinshasa that we featured earlier in the year. In it, Douglas faithfully recreated a 1970s recording studio from the former Columbia Records building, aka The Church, in a look at...
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
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...
Dispatches
Looking for a Japanese tutor in Chicago without breaking the bank? You’re not alone. Whether you’re aiming to order ramen with confidence, ace a language exam, or shape your skills for business or travel, one thing’s clear: good private...
Dispatches
If you’ve ever looked at your balcony and thought, “What a wasted space,” you’re not alone. Many of us live in homes where every square foot counts, yet balconies often remain underutilized. Whether it’s too small, too plain, or simply...