The Edit
Keith Haring's artistic practice was synonymous with New York and America's East Coast, but the Pennsylvania-born artist was also highly active in San Francisco, and works such as his untitled sculpture of three instantly-identifiable dancing...
City Notes
You've got to love a nice egg. Packed with protein, scientifically proven to shift a hangover, and as of five minutes ago, good for us. And what's more, eggs are one of the most versatile foods, and if you don't believe us, just have a look at the...
The Edit
Born and raised on the Scottish borders and now living in East London, Lynnie Zulu's maternal heritage explains how this tigress got her stripes. The illustrator's mother was born in Tanzania, and the continent's influence on her style is there in...
The Edit
London galleries Osborne Samuel and Beetles + Huxley have joined forces for a combined exhibition looking at photography through the ages. Beginning with 19th Century images and continuing through to the present day, over 150 important photographs...
City Notes
At 9,000 square feet, Berg'n is a beer hall truly worthy of the name. The enormous venue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, belongs to the same group as insanely popular 'burg outings Smorgasburg and Brooklyn Flea - and is the result of some major work by...
Journal
A hop, skip and a jump through the confines of Brixton Prison. None too typical a habitat for an internationally recognised fashion design studio. An aged wooden door with a delicately printed name, is this all that globally-respected brand Eley...
City Notes
Last month, Silo, the UK’s first zero waste restaurant opened in Brighton. Housed in an old warehouse in the North Lanes, Silo is a restaurant, bakery and coffee house that adopts a pre-industrial food system that generates zero waste. The...
The Edit
London and Pittsburgh – two very different cities in historical terms but places which nonetheless share a common contemporary malady: class divide. In 2012, British photographer Mark Neville was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for a New York...
The Edit
At first glance, it seems to be a bad time to be launching a London newspaper – after all circulations and ad revenues are circling the drain in print media. But this is an alternative London we are looking at here, and MIRRORCITY is its...
The Edit
Drugs are bad m'kay? Especially psychedelic ones that can permanently crack your brain and leave you with a lifelong dependence on tin-foil hats and lithium. Better to leave that stuff to the artists, who are usually a bit cracked anyway. Spaced...
City Notes
In a shipping container pitched on Netil Market, East London, Egle Rutkausk and Tigana Sari are running an unisex ethical lifestyle shop. By way of a mission statement, Suwun was born, they say, “out of a passion and need to... cross borders...
The Edit
Sex sells, as the saying goes, and in a new exhibition of “para-photographer” Robert Heinecken we are treated to a satirical breakdown of the mechanics of the process. Lessons in Posing Subjects takes a wry look at how models are manipulated...
City Notes
Salon Volta is a new barbershop in Laval, Quebec, that rethinks the familiar codes of grooming through a concept centred on craft and community. Moving away from the traditional model, the project positions itself as a space where barbering unfolds...
City Notes
Interior design studio and creative consultancy Ste Marie has completed Olia Ristorante and Mimi Bar, a pair of hospitality venues conceived as a day-to-night sequence at the base of new residential tower Citizen on Jasper. Commissioned by Corso 32...
City Notes
On a private estate in central Ukraine, YOD Group has reimagined the traditional mazanka — the archetypal rural home — for the contemporary era. These 50 square metre guesthouses reinterpret the vernacular, translating thick whitewashed walls...
City Notes
Situated at the edge of Montmartre, where Pigalle’s energy meets Parisian rooftops, Hôtel Rochechouart is a 1929 Art Deco landmark given a contemporary pulse. Design duo Festen has restored the building’s historic details while threading a...
Dispatches
Hospitals and medical staff are held accountable for anesthesia errors through medical malpractice laws, internal reviews, and professional standards. When a mistake happens, the key question is whether the provider failed to meet the accepted...
Dispatches
A lawyer can help after a concert injury by protecting your rights, gathering evidence, and fighting for fair compensation while you focus on healing. When things go wrong in a crowded, high-energy setting like a music concert, it’s easy to feel...
Dispatches
Some people discover mixology behind a bar on a busy Friday night. Others come to it through years of hosting dinner parties, obsessing over flavor combinations, or spending too much money on bitters collections they absolutely did not need. However...
Dispatches
There was a time when wedding bar service meant a single bartender, a few bottles of wine, and maybe a keg if the couple was feeling casual. Those days are long gone. Today's couples are rethinking the bar as one of the most meaningful parts of the...