City Notes
Perched atop the highest four floors of Sin City's Park MGM hotel—a social hub that brings a boutique, city feel to resort scale—NoMad Las Vegas offers the refinement of a European home, its 293 rooms and suites residential in style with bespoke...
Stuff Crush
Dedicated to rediscovering the best photographs taken in Britain during the late 20th century, the Vintage Britain series by indie publisher Hoxton Mini Press has released its third instalment: Dog Show 1961-1978. Documenting a time when...
City Notes
The design elements of Little Green on Chapel Street, South Yarra—all lively and popping with vibrancy—feel every bit as natural and fresh as the healthy food on offer at this cute little Melbourne vegetarian café. Benjamin...
City Notes
Located among the hustle and bustle of Linz's creative hood, in the former workers’ quarters of the tobacco factory known locally as 'Tschickbude' (ciggy hut), etagerie—a brand that stands for authentic, temporary living—have opened the doors...
City Notes
A self proclaimed 'shrine to pasta', Melbourne eatery Pentolina—meaning little saucepan—serves honest and authentic grub, unpretentious food that goes back to basics and champions simple flavours that speak for themselves. Run by head...
Journal
Juliet Kinsman revisits Sri Lanka in search of a fresh, more sensitive approach to hospitality, a world away from international chain hotels and traditional five-star luxury… Sri Lanka has done a lot of growing up in the last decade. It’s...
City Notes
The Carpenter Hotel Austin is the latest offering from hospitality group The Mighty Union. Housed in a concrete and terracotta block building a mere five minutes walk from Zilker Park, home to Barton Springs Pool, the hotel features 93 guest rooms...
Stuff Crush
Dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, this is a collection of Soviet-era postcards showcasing brutalist concrete hotels, statues, monuments, and striking tower blocks—each giving viewers a peek into the former Eastern Bloc at a time when its...
City Notes
Let's get this out of the way first: Hamburg's Broscheks Sea to Table isn't the most stylish looking dining room. Occupying a space on the ground floor of the Renaissance Hamburg Hotel, this is a formal, businesslike affair. But that's before you...
City Notes
Airy and urban, the loft style spaces at SACO Manchester are a fine alternative to the city's hotels, providing guests a home-from-home experience combined with convenience and thoughtful design. And at the price point of a no-frills chain, with the...
Stuff Crush
"I'm not a real person. I'm a legend," Jean-Michel Basquiat once proclaimed. A showy exhibit of self-confidence from the famously outgoing artist at the time, 30 years since his untimely death, his quip would prove prophetic. Basquiat is a legend,...
City Notes
Inspired by the neon signage and hanging lanterns of kitsch 1970s Chinese-American restaurants, with a few days spying the modern day Chinatowns of San Francisco and Vancouver thrown in (side note: this podcast on the birth of the modern Chinatown...
City Notes
Opened in September 2025, HYLL brings a new interpretation of country hospitality to the Cotswolds, a hotel rooted in its landscape, designed to slow the pace and dim the noise. Set within a restored 16th century manor house, the 26 room property...
City Notes
Sircle Collection, the international hospitality group behind a growing portfolio of hotels and restaurants, introduces The Cover Vienna this November, a private members’ club in the city’s 7th District. Set within the Max Brown Hotel, the club...
City Notes
In the centre of Bergen, a new chapter has opened for a concrete landmark designed by Egill Reimers in 1920. Once home to bakeries, offices, shops and social services, the building has been reimagined by architecture studio LOCAL as Bergen Camping,...
City Notes
On Barcelona’s recently beautified Avinguda Diagonal, a new kind of café experience has arrived, one that has already piqued the curiosity of both locals and visitors. Jaç Hi-Fi Café, designed by Isern Serra Studio for owners Ligia and Arnau,...
Dispatches
Joint pain from arthritis can make even simple movements feel like a challenge. Many people face a tough choice between using a cream that targets pain at the surface or taking a pill that works throughout the body. Each method provides benefits,...
Dispatches
Ever notice how some people seem to effortlessly achieve gorgeous hairstyles while others struggle for hours to recreate the same look? The secret often comes down to understanding hair texture, a fundamental aspect of hair care that many overlook....
Dispatches
People often hope that once they decide to end a marriage, the finish line comes quickly. But divorce has its own calendar, built on paperwork, negotiations, and legal requirements. Some timelines shrink when couples agree easily. Others stretch...
Dispatches
South African cities chime with energy, its coastlines stretch for miles, and pockets of wilderness feel almost otherworldly. It’s a place where history is still close to the surface, yet the day-to-day rhythm is relaxed, creative, and rightly...