City Notes
The Hotel De Paris, St Tropez, has a life story worthy of its cinematic heritage. Built in the Roaring Twenties, this Mediterranean glamour palace was a landmark on the map of high society - movers and shakers of the French New Wave movement of the...
Stuff Crush
On the move or on the run? Travelling or fleeing? These are the questions that pass through the mind when watching the tales of Bojka, aka Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri, who unveiled their new Migration Stories collection at Spazio Rossana Orlandi...
Stuff Crush
Toshio Saeki is billed as 'The Master of Japanese Erotica', and who are we to argue? Well to be honest there's not much in the way of eroticism that I can see, but it might just be me. Horses for courses and all that. Where others see the erotic,...
Journal
Free: the most distrusted word in the dictionary. Similarly, gratis or kostenlos are equally likely to be treated with scepticism by even the most naïve of Spaniards or Germans respectively. It doesn't take a hardened cynic to know that...
City Notes
The Sir Albert, Amsterdam – not an imaginative and painful new kind of body piercing, but a classy and restful new place to lay your head in the centre of Europe's capital of hedonism. Stag groups be warned, one look at the classy black and white...
City Notes
There's a sense of earthy honesty to Hammer & Tong 412 that sits well with its socialist branding and should strike a chord with the workers of Melbourne's Fitzroy district. Throwing off the shackles of lunchtime limitation, customers can now enjoy...
Journal
We managed to catch up with London-based, globe-trotting graphic artist Will Sweeney during a rather hectic weekend at Pictoplasma, Berlin. Acclaimed for his flamboyant comic book Tales from Greenfuzz and his Birdy Nam Nam music videos, we had to...
The Edit
Occupying an art gallery with photographs, scrapbooks, letters and memorabilia is a feat capable by only those of a certain gravity, to be sure. And they don't come with much more weight than Kenneth Wilbur Anglemeyer, aka Kenneth Anger, aka...
Journal
Children of the seventies. Listen: Mazda. I’ll say it again: Ma-z-da. Tell me, child of the petro-plastic, of Kodak, the Chopper, of Pong and, um, the Erector Set... What do you see? I’ll tell you. A Japanese saloon car called the Mazda 616. The...
City Notes
Another day, another 'trendy' shop interior with stripped back, bare-bones aesthetic - sure, it's a well-worn trend, and in many cases is a little like the bubblegum that's lost its flavour; you're just waiting for the opportune moment to spit it...
The Edit
Intrinsically linked to New York, Martin Scorsese's movies are as ingrained on the Big Apple and the wider world's contemporary culture as Italian American life and crime is on his works, a number of which are quite rightly regarded as some of the...
Journal
What first sucked us into Welsh artist Osian Efnisien’s world was his ability to create ridiculously cute characters, from just the simplest of swipes of his felt-tip pens. Somewhat new to the character, illustration and art scene, Efnisien was...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
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...
Dispatches
Dogs are more than just pets; they are part of the family. Keeping them healthy and active requires attention to their diet and gut health. Many dog owners are turning to digestive probiotic chews for dogs as a practical solution to support their...
Dispatches
If you’re planning a trip to Berlin and wondering what to wear for the capital’s nightlife, here’s everything you need to know. Berlin’s nightlife is fragmented across neighbourhoods and scenes. What works for a club in Friedrichshain...