City Notes
Dishoom Kensington flings open its doors in earnest this Friday after a month-long soft opening that included an immersive theatrical production. The beloved eatery, that pays homage to Irani cafés and boasts five London venues as well as one in...
London
Koya, who broke many a heart with the closure of its Soho restaurant (leaving Londoners with only the Koya Bar to get their traditionally-prepared udon noodle fix), has finally opened a second site; in the spangly new Bloomberg Arcade...
Hong Kong
Located within Hong Kong’s urban boutique hotel The Fleming, Osteria Marzia is an intimate 50 cover bistro-style bar and restaurant inspired by the colours of the Mediterranean and flavours of southern Italy. A nautical theme ensues...
Publications
Describing himself as an 'energetic traveller', French photographer Christian Maillard has journeyed to some 75 countries since 1996; managing to archive an impressive 57,600 photos in that time, each bearing his classic analogue black-and-white...
London
Having started life as a pop-up, attracting queues of aficionados who've dubbed theirs "the best fried chicken in London", Butchies have finally opened their first permanent space on Rivington Street in Shoreditch. Featuring tones of...
Publications
Listening to tales of his grandmother's life in rural Spain, before his family emigrated to the States in the 1930s, photographer Mark Parascandola found himself travelling to the Andalusian city of Almería often; taking photos of the barren...
Hong Kong
Located in Wan Chai, the heart of Hong Kong’s nightlife district, The Fleming is a hotel that combines an urban edge with all the comforts you need to make it a home-from-home when visiting the Pearl of the Orient. A seriously sleek...
Marlow
The Butcher’s Tap is the latest venture from Michelin-starred chef and telly favourite Tom Kerridge, a butchers shop cum pub cum eatery selling produce and dishes in partnership with longterm collaborator Andy Cook; with whom Kerridge sourced the...
The Edit
A new exhibition by Laura Berger explores ideas of inclusion, interconnectedness, and self-understanding, the Chicago-based artist telling us: “I’m interested in our search for a...
California
A mere 90 minutes drive from San Francisco, in the Napa Valley town of Calistoga, a charming 1940s roadside motel has been reimagined and renovated into a 50-room property; an ode to the great American road trip. Surrounded by the intense...
Antwerp
Among the renovated warehouses of PAKT, a creative and entrepreneurial site in Antwerp’s dynamic Berchem neighbourhood, a new pizza restaurant is raising the Standard in good eating; feeding the hungry masses with delicious sourdough pizzas and...
Fashion
Antwerp-based designers Jeroen Depuydt and Nicolas Faes have created a fine collection of unisex timepieces together; combining strong lines, quality build, and some top-notch craftsmanship alongside an innovative...
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
No matter what type of business you run, a clear and comprehensive digital marketing strategy should be at the heart of it. Companies are continuing to invest more and more into getting themselves noticed online, and if you aren’t up to date with...
Dispatches
Moving, renovating, or downsizing in a fast-growing city like Dallas can quickly become overwhelming. Between tight housing transitions, unpredictable weather, and the sheer logistics of packing up a home or office, it’s easy to feel buried under...
Dispatches
Drivers race the yellow light constantly. It's become normal behavior. Someone sees the light turn yellow and accelerates to beat it rather than slowing down. Another driver is already committed to going through. They collide in the middle of the...
Dispatches
Once upon a time, hotels were where we went to escape real life, and homes were where we returned to it. Today, that separation is disappearing. The warmth, comfort, and design sophistication that once defined boutique hotels are now finding their...