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The Edit
VFRESH, the graffiti artist formerly (and maybe currently) known as Veefer and VFR, has ventured north of the border from his native New York City to Toronto for his first Canadian exhibition. Like the devil of street art, the enigmatic writer has...
Riga
A café named after Salvador Dalí will never turn out to be your run-of-the-mill establishment, and so it has proved in the Latvian capital Riga. Someone once asked the extravagantly-moustachioed surrealist what his favourite colour was, and the...
Berlin
**Till The Cows Come Home has permanently closed** Strange animals, cows. As long as there's a sturdy fence keeping them at arm's length, they look the most docile creatures imaginable, grazing away, not capable of hurting a fly, and judging by the...
Art & Culture
The 1940s was was quite a decade for the Western world. Beginning with unimaginable suffering and loss, it emerged from the darkness of World War Two to into a brighter place full of hope, freedom, and a new-found enthusiasm for consumerism....
Amsterdam
If anyone is wondering where all the OSB went, it's here at MASH, Amsterdam. The bar may only be a modest 32 m2 – one of the smallest in the city - but it manages to pack in plenty of the stuff nonetheless. Jeroen Vester, formerly of Dutch monster...
New York City
The next time you find yourselves roaming the not-so-wide open plains of Brooklyn looking for shelter, consider hitching your trusty steed outside Urban Cowboy Bed and Breakfast in Williamsburg. You'll find more than a rolled up blanket and a...
Melbourne
Have you got an important meeting later? Kid's sports day? Trip to the dentist? Funeral? Forget it, cancel everything, because all you will be doing for the rest of the day is singing the Jean Knight classic Mr Big Stuff to yourself. It's the name...
Publications
What's the best way to get people through the door to view an exhibition? Is it a good ploy to intrigue your potential audience with a mysterious flyer? Should you plead and implore, shout, order, amuse, coax or just sell it straight? Engaging with...
London
Fancy a sprinkle of dust on your dinner? What about a smattering of nothing? These are not your average condiment shakers – but then this isn’t your average restaurant. London fine-dining establishment Sketch has been totally transformed by the...
Journal
Italy, the home of the Renaissance. The names of the cities alone are enough to send the imagination off on a journey through antiquated art history. The canal-side palazzos of Venice, slowly crumbling into the water, and the throng of tourists...
Publications
The 1970s was the decade when football really burst into life, the time it went from drab black and white to full colour, and when personalities really began to shine through in a way they hadn't before TV really took hold of the game. Where once...
The Edit
At most art galleries, if you picked up the sculptures and started wearing them, you’d be escorted from the building pretty sharpish and possibly sent for some kind of psychological evaluation. But in Where is my Eight?, a new exhibition...
Stuff Crush
“I am not sure whether my father totally understood my fascination with his photographs of package holidays,” explains artist Jake Clark, whose obsession with seaside resort architecture has been informed by his childhood growing up in the...
City Notes
Opening today, 28 February, Hôtel Hana Paris is the latest addition to the Adresses Hotels Collection, a fancy group of decadent boutique hotels that includes Monsieur George and Saint Tropez's La Ponche; the five-star luxury property set to...
City Notes
Passing away at the age of 60 in May 2021, Michelangelo Lovelace was a Cleveland-based artist renowned for his vibrant paintings depicting quotidian scenes of urban life, policing, poverty, war, and personal investigations of Black Identity....
City Notes
An urban sanctuary so laid back it's horizontal, Pátio do Tijolo is a truly beautiful 24-room boutique hotel that offers its guests a fusion of authentic Lisbon tradition with soothing contemporary aesthetics. Drawing on the 'slow life' concept,...
Dispatches
Flying in your own private jet can be a dream come true for many. The allure of luxury, convenience, and flexibility is undeniable. However, before you take the plunge into aircraft ownership, there are several important factors to consider. Let’s...
Dispatches
When it comes to safeguarding your home, the roof stands as the ultimate line of defence against nature's onslaught. Whether it's protecting you from summer's blistering sun, drenching rains, or heavy snowfall in the colder months, your roof is a...
Dispatches
Acknowledging the sobering truth that countless tourists face unfortunate accidents abroad each year underscores the critical need for heightened travel safety measures. Nobody wishes for such mishaps to occur, as they can swiftly disrupt vacation...
Dispatches
Gaming has a long and rich history in the UK. While the market and the media narratives around gaming may be dominated by larger countries like the US and Japan, the UK punches above its weight as a games industry force. Indeed the country even...