The Edit
There ain't no party like an Inge Morath party! The late photographer (and wife of playwright Arthur Miller) had an unusual request to make of guests to her soirées in the period from 1959 to 1963. During this time she collaborated on a project...
The Edit
Ryan McGinley, born in 1977, was a child of his time. He came of age in the late '90s in New York's Lower East Side, back when it was still grimy and the twin cultures of skateboarding and graffiti were all the rage, and first picked up a camera as...
Amsterdam
The days of the city centre newspaper office, with grizzled old hacks in a fug of roll-up smoke above and a printing press cranking out the editions below, are long gone. The modern newspaper is run from shiny new glass and steel towers in urban...
Bordeaux
“Oh! You have to say that's magnificent!” Barry Davies wouldn't need a Maradona worldie to get excited about when visiting Bordeaux's new 42,000 stadium. Even empty — perhaps especially empty — the ground has a dazzling finish to make even...
Manchester
Manchester's First Street development is turning around 20 acres of city centre land into a pioneering mixed-use centre for synergistic art and business, and at the heart of the project sits the hugely impressive HOME — a £25 million cultural hub...
London
Unless my literary career takes off, or I make a surprise mid-life career change and become an award-winning actor, director, artist or musician, it's unlikely they'll ever let me into The Groucho. Although significantly less stuffy than the...
The Edit
East meets West at V1 Contemporary Art Centre in Copenhagen this month as New York-based artist Todd James and San Francisco colleague Barry McGee join forces for a collaborative installation show going by the name of FUD. The pair, who both started...
Publications
Last summer the suits were sharp and the hats were round at Somerset House as the institution celebrated the Return of the Rudeboy. The exhibition — looking at the cultural impact of the Rudeboy look, its origins in Jamaican youth culture and its...
The Edit
Visiting the laundrette is, from my memory of student days, usually a pretty dull experience. Despite what the TV might tell you, models don't walk in off the street and strip down to their undies in front of you. Groups of strangers don't...
The Edit
Move over Madame Tussaud, there's a new artist in town with an eye for eerily lifelike sculpture, and he doesn't even need celebrity faces to make his creations worth gawping at. Kensington Gardens may be just the sort of place you'd see the rich...
Melbourne
There's been no resting on any laurels for the crew at Operator 25 in Melbourne. Despite rave reviews and lines stretching out of the door on a regular basis, the young and dynamic owners have decided the only way to stay ahead of the game is to...
Journal
Happy accidents. Throughout history, right royal cock-ups have written an inadvertently positive epilogue for their serendipitous instigators: Penicillin; fireworks; x-rays; microwave ovens; chocolate-bloody-chip cookies — the lot of them, united...
City Notes
Located within London's Westfield Stratford City, decidedly decadent diner Super Club Roma serves up Roman-style pizzas (complete with their crispy and charred crusts) and fritti including lasagne, spaghetti and nduja bombs; the simple menu allowing...
City Notes
Lifestyle brand Miiro continues its expansion with the opening of Borneta, a breathtaking new hotel for Barcelona's charismatic El Born neighbourhood. Located among the iconic Porxos de Fontseré arches, the design tells a story of local tradition...
City Notes
With a striking 1970s Brutalism-meets-botany aesthetic, a Peruvian-inspired restaurant, and a rooftop bar and taqueria with extensive views over this vast city, The Hoxton Brussels offers a stylish and eclectic stay in the Belgian...
City Notes
Holloway Li has completed the remodelling of Club Quarters Hotel St Paul’s, the 265-room property embracing the architectural integrity of the original mid-century structure, nodding to post-war modernism along the way. Club Quarters called...
Dispatches
If you want to compete effectively in the market, you’ll need to get a website. This is important for both online-based businesses and traditional brick-and-mortar businesses. You should remember that most people nowadays use the internet to find...
Dispatches
Can you get free real estate classes online in Georgia? Absolutely. Online platforms offer a wide range of free learning materials across various industries; including real estate education. If you are just starting out and looking for free or...
Dispatches
Whether you want to start sewing for the first time or you want to upgrade your current sewing machine, you might be wondering what’s on the market. Wouldn’t it be great if sewing machines were a one-type-fits-all kind of thing? However, the...
Dispatches
Getting the perfect hair color can be tricky, especially when using hair dye shampoos. Uneven color results are a common issue, but there are strategies to avoid them. To minimize color unevenness, it's important to prep the hair beforehand, ideally...