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The Edit
It seems like every week a new civil uprising hits the headlines, another massacre is condemned, another despot is being overthrown. Readers might mutter “it was ever thus” with some justification; The People versus The State is an ongoing...
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In the digital age, communication and exchange between cultures has never been easier, or perhaps more strained; the technology is there, but is the understanding? At Hauser & Wirth's London gallery, a number of multi-disciplinary artists take...
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A Hispanic cross between vaudeville and a travelling circus, carpas were tent theatres which grew in popularity during the hard times of the 1920s and 30s in Mexico and southwest America. The governments liked it as it was a good way to keep the...
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Walking through the solo show by Californian artist and illustrator Deth P. Sun is like walking through a 1980s fantasy adventure video game. There are cloud-peaked mountains, mysterious crystals, dimension portals and unwieldy swords, forbidding...
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Belgrade-born artist Djordje Ozbolt has been doing some travelling - into the jungle, across the savannah, and down a long path of imagination and discovery that has led him to produce his latest collection Who Say Jah No Dread. This menagerie of...
Journal
Japanese people are mad about Western classical music. They love it. Love it almost as much as torturing people on TV game shows. Which is only a surprise until you hear their traditional music, as heard being played on flutes during the mesmeric...
Portmeirion
As we embark once again on our Mazda road trip, we're surprisingly only forty miles from our next destination - albeit through some mightily impressive twists and turns, as the journey from the contemporary spectacle of MOSTYN Gallery in Llandudno...
Journal
We probably don't need to tell you that as far as mantras go, Think Differently is about as close to encapsulating the We Heart ethos as you can possibly get. Ergo, it's with honour and utmost pleasure that we can introduce a partnership and series...
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There's something wrong with the photography of Joachim Brohm, and we mean that in the nicest, or at least most interesting, way; each image contains at least one small element that suggests a somewhat distressed undercurrent in even the most...
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If the nukes start flying and our civilization is lost, what might the archaeologists of the future make of their discovery if they dug up one of Erik Parker's Upswing Dub Project pieces, we wonder? Why do we wonder? Because his latest project was...
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Michael Jackson, even in death, can still hold claim to being not only the King of Pop but also the King of Pop Videos, but it would be wrong to think that his MTV-friendly mini-dramas were the beginning of music videos, as this exhibition at FACT...
Journal
Occupying a peculiar space somewhere between the crappy band logos you used to scribble on your 3rd year maths text books and a pop-art genius suffering the after effects of a heavy night drinking JD and listening to Eddie Van Halen solos -...
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
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,...
Dispatches
Hard water. It's one of those household nuisances everyone talks about, but what exactly is it, and why is it such a big deal? Essentially, hard water is water that contains high levels of dissolved minerals, primarily calcium and magnesium. These...
Dispatches
For those designing the future, few accolades carry the weight of the A’ Design Award & Competition. With the submission period for the 2025—2026 edition well under way, this international juried competition calls on designers, innovators and...
Dispatches
Running a business in Frisco means keeping your property clean and inviting, which includes tackling the risk of pests before they can cause problems. Frisco businesses stay bug‑free by partnering with local experts in Frisco pest control,...