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Apart from the pool, perhaps there are other aspects of furnishing your garden to deal with first. It's vital to plan the layout and make sure you don't end up with a 'soup' haphazard design, especially if you're expecting a crowd. Before you start...
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You know what's wrong with that wilting fern you've been trying to resurrect? Not enough water, or too much water, that's the usual response when Googling what's happening to your dying garden. So, how does one fix this? You should irrigate the...
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Gardening has come a long way. Back in the 1970s it was unheard of that a petal was out of place or a blade of grass untrimmed; a garden was taken very seriously and really was left for the professional gardeners. Every inch of the garden would be...
Publications
Once largely abandoned and populated solely by maintenance workers — occasionally the odd Hollywood action hero leaping from one to another — city rooftops have enjoyed a renaissance period of late; as outdoor space becomes more difficult to...
New York City
When an über-cool hospitality venue starts gaining the mass that comes with a growing reputation, it's usually the prelude to a stellar collapse. Scenesters will always be on the lookout for the next undiscovered gem, and when they start moving on...
London
The Royal Academy of Arts has recently reopened The Keeper's House in London's Mayfair; the Academy's social hub underwent a £6.5 million renovation to bring back the glory days, and rising to the challenge (under a fair bit of pressure) were...
Interiors
Smoke machines are rarely used to good effect. Wedding DJ; no. School disco; no. Nestled in the corner of a small room at New Dutch Design, during Milan Design Week; surprisingly, yes. Eindhoven Design Academy graduate Frederik Roijé had a...
Publications
My, how tree houses have grown up. Once the preserve of middle-class children (well mostly, you need a garden and a tree, for a start), now the quirky hotel alternative for the middle-class adventure traveller. You wouldn't have thought there...
New York
In the words of Rupert Brooke “...there's some corner of a foreign field that is forever England”, and while the quote is a gross misappropriation, taken out of context it does seem to sum up Crosby Street Hotel in New York, the first in what...
Amsterdam
Here's a place to warm the cockles of your heart on a cold November morning – Restaurant De Kas, Amsterdam, a re-purposed greenhouse that takes the concept of locally-sourced ingredients to another level. Originally part of the city's municipal...
Amsterdam
Whether you're being dragged around a seemingly endless mall by your better half, or you are doing the dragging, there comes a time on the spree of even the most devoted shopper when you have had enough, and the thought of the drive home sends you...
Chester
A lovely little city, Chester. The Romans founded it when they built a fort here, and the city walls that remain are some of the finest surviving examples in Britain. After that, a succession of important historical dynasties left their...
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Art and fashion, intrinsically linked and more so than ever. From clothing design to catwalk show art direction, major labels to boutique houses, the word of fashion is falling over itself to involve important names from a diverse range of the...
City Notes
Arriving in Palm Springs in 1916, Harriet Cody started a movement of pioneering women who created a community, Harriet herself——an accomplished horsewoman in both the English and Western traditions——opening a livery stable before building a...
City Notes
Four friends and entrepreneurs——Irina Chesnokova, Yulia Ilatovskaya, Misha Kim and Steven Sharma——collaborate to create Meow Bar, a venue where guests can enjoy craft cocktails, and where its founders can film their YouTube series, Bar in...
City Notes
Some four years after opening their first hotel in Amsterdam, Zoku——the triumphant concept that facilitates global living and working for the travelling professional——open their doors in Copenhagen; choosing the city's Amager island as home...
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Moving to Abu Dhabi is a great opportunity to experience and immerse yourself in the rich culture and environment of the UAE capital. This is a hub where both technology and traditions connect with one another to aim for continuous economic growth....
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When one mentions house remodelling and renovating, half of you may feel excited. The other perhaps lacks the energy for such a challenging move. However, no matter your feelings on this topic, your house will require at least one renovation during...
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Plant-Based Protein: Top Foods for Protein Sources on a Plant-Based Diet There are many reasons for people to move towards a plant-based diet. One of the top reasons is growing concerns over climate change. In recent years, we have come to...
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Art and fashion, intrinsically linked and more so than ever. From clothing design to catwalk show art direction, major labels to boutique houses, the word of fashion is falling over itself to involve important names from a diverse range of the...