City Notes
Despite being full to the brim with a massive load of bankers, the City of London does at least have one good thing going for it: José Pizarro. The Spanish chef has ventured into the Square Mile for his new restaurant after finding success with two...
City Notes
In The Old Man and the Sea, the protagonist struggles for days to land a giant marlin that pushes him to the brink of madness. At Benjamin's Kitchen — a Melbourne restaurant inspired by Hemingway's tale — things are thankfully much less fraught....
City Notes
We've been licking our lips in anticipation of the opening of PLY since last summer, when the front window of the then-unfinished pizzeria hosted an exhibition of pizza-themed films by seven international creatives. Fast forward a few months and...
Journal
AnimalitoLand is the creature-populated world living inside Argentinean artist Graciela Goncalves's head. Goncalves explores ways to bring her visions into our reality — paper, walls and screen the most oft-used mediums by which to build those...
City Notes
In a former taxi rank underneath the railway arches of London's Haggerston 'hood, a new restaurant is ready to transport its diners on a tour of the Middle East and North Africa. Berber & Q grill house is the result of chef Josh Katz's extensive...
The Edit
How do posters work? You put bit of blu-tack at each corner and stick them on the wall, right? But hang on a minute, there's more to it than that. A new exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York is explaining the finer...
The Edit
The Magna Carta is one of the cornerstones of English history, and if you want to know why, chances are you'd head over to Wikipedia to refresh your memory. To mark the approaching 800th anniversary of the drafting of the Magna Carta by the...
City Notes
Well then, how about the façade of Backstay Hostel for an opening statement? The property in the Flemish city of Ghent owes its splendid facial features to a chap called Maxime Brunfaut, who was the original architect of the 1930s building. The...
City Notes
While most of the Commonwealth is celebrating Boxing Day on 26 December — when householders traditionally left gift boxes out for the postie, the milkman and the like — in rural Ireland a different custom is observed. Wren Day sees young men...
The Edit
Thanks to the internet, if one has an event to promote — say a gallery exhibition or a music gig — it's the work of a few moments to spam the shit out of everyone you know (and plenty you didn't) through emails, ads and social media posts. But...
Journal
Based in Nagano, Japan, Hikari Shimoda first studied illustration at the prestigious Kyoto Saga University of Art, and Aoyama Juku School, before she began her career as a contemporary artist in 2008. Shimoda’s artwork paints a world where...
City Notes
The stained glass windows that front The Duck and Rice in Soho are a head-turning introduction to a very polished venue, yet the attractive leaded glazing is by no means the star of the show here. That honour goes instead to the four enormous...
City Notes
Bringing understated Scandinavian elegance to the edge of Warsaw’s historic Old Town, PURO Warszawa Stare Miasto is the latest addition to the design-led hotel group’s growing Polish portfolio, and possibly their most considered space...
City Notes
In Milan’s ever-evolving Isola district, MOGO has arrived on the scene, offering a destination where music, mixology, and modern Japanese cuisine come together in a high-design setting that will have aesthetics addicts frothing at the mouth. A...
City Notes
Opening its doors in February 2025, Ned’s Club Washington, DC marks the second collaboration between Soho House’s luxury brand and the design and architecture experts at Stonehill Taylor. Set across the 9th to 12th floors of two historic...
City Notes
After a century spent as apartment residences, and following a meticulous two-year transformation, Hotel Granada reopened its Spanish Colonial archways to guests in August 2024. Located at 1302 West Peachtree Street NW, this 120-room property now...
Dispatches
Everyone loves the feeling of arriving at a charming vacation retreat. What if you could bring that travel vibe into your own home? With thoughtful design choices, your living room can feel like a curated destination. From tactile fabrics...
Dispatches
Picture this: you unlock the door to your new home. The sofa’s already waiting in its perfect spot, your favorite artwork hangs where you imagined, and not a single box blocks your view. That’s not magic—it’s the difference the right movers...
Dispatches
The first impression of your home isn't simply a matter of architectural design or interior decor. Curb appeal, the undeniable charm and allure of a property as viewed from the street, has an inexplicably powerful influence on property value....
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,...