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It's not unusual to enjoy a tipple or two when visiting a new exhibition – in fact it's one of the main reasons we go – but in our experience it's not often that the artist in question also brews the opening night drinks themselves. Karl Grandin...
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> “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” J Robert Oppenheimer, quoting a Hindu religious text to summarise his feelings after seeing the first successful test of the Atomic Bomb in New Mexico, 1945. The physicist was in awe of what...
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Here in Britain we're blessed with some amazing native animals, but it's not always easy to spot the elusive little blighters. While some species have crossed over into urban living – the fox for example – the majority of the most interesting...
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The endless hotels, the sleep warping time zones – it's no wonder so many musicians end up getting into mischief while out on the road. While some of Stevie Nicks' Fleetwood Mac bandmates did fall foul of the money + boredom equation, Nicks...
City Notes
I don't know why you would, but if you had to break down your last great night out into its constituent parts and rank them on a pleasure scale, we reckon cocktails and dessert would come out pretty near the top. Sorry all you famous executive...
Journal
What better way to ready yourself for the headiness of a music festival than racing headfirst into a Welsh slate mine at 100mph? In the spirit of adventure and insanity, we warmed up for this year's Festival No. 6 by popping over to Snowdonia to...
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“What the fuck is Heimat?” is Stefan Strumbel's rhetorical question that serves as the title for the artist's latest exhibition being shown at Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin. The gallery tries to help by explaining that “ can be considered as...
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Remote areas of rural Finland are pretty sparsely populated to begin with, but when a large proportion of the people who do live there move to larger urban centres for work, things get really desolate. Martina Lindqvist has been out into the...
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How many people from your life can you remember? Just to write them all down would be a monumental task, but to paint them all would be something else entirely. Los Angeles artist Rob Sato has taken that challenge on in his Five Movements for Little...
City Notes
Never in one place for too long, foodie fanatics Shuttlecock Inc have settled on Marylebone as their base of operations for the next five years, opening the doors on shared events space Carousel. The three-storey venue isn't limited to food however...
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This one's for all our readers who woke up full of joie de vivre this morning. A spring in the step, a song on the lips, and a disposition so sunny it's melting the polar ice caps. Well cool your jets there Smiley Cyrus, for as Czech artist Hynek...
Stuff Crush
Sheila Rock's essential punk-era photography is currently tearing things up in Asia on a touring exhibition championed by fashion designer Agnès B. It's a natural meeting of genres for Agnès, as the 1970s movement was hugely influential in...
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...