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The Christmas parties are in full swing, shops are stocked with festive treats and our bellies are preparing for an onslaught of turkey, mince pies, cheese, and whatever else our long-lost relatives throw our way. Yuletide, the time of year when we...
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With no subscription fee, CHILI Cinema gives you access to a fine catalogue of cinema and television titles around; all viewable via Smart TV, PC, tablet, or smartphone. Founded in Italy in 2012, the Video-On-Demand platform—available...
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Everyone imagined the alien invasion would look like Independence Day, or Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but when it really came, it was much more subtle. You didn't realise they'd taken over until it was too late. The emojis are among us, and...
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What’s your password? I’m not asking. If I were, likeliness is I’d be looking for the back of your hand; at least. Folk are increasingly wary of online security, that Snowden chap a nagging reminder that we all could, and should, do more. But,...
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Doesn't it make it all worth while when someone says thanks? Cheers mate, appreciate it. Or when the people you rely on come up with the goods, just when it matters. Well, all at We Heart HQ are revelling in that fuzzy feeling of gratitude and...
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Stop reading this. You are wasting your time. Go outside. Talk to someone. Poke them. They're fucking real. This screen is not real. Stop reading this. You wake up. You pick up your phone. Your iPad. Sit on the loo? Social checkup. What...
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You know when you're sitting on one of those bits of news that you'd need a machete-swinging militia to keep at bay? When you meet your pals in the pub and you find yourself almost physically encouraging them to ask you how your day was? Just so you...
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Published in 1940, Carson McCuller's novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter pre-dates the internet by half a century, but its treatment of the issues surrounding identity and societal acceptance remain acutely relevant. Lu Yang. Poster for Uterus...
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First off it was something I'd seen on newsgroups (ask your dad) for literally decades, then it was something that kids started doing — obsessively — on text messages, before it filtered onto the newly born social networks, soon it was...
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London-based artist Celina Teague clearly has a love/hate relationship with social media. In fact, don't we all? It consumes Teague, though; her latest body of work a critical look at 'hashtag activism'. I think therefore I # opened this week at...
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"Books are the final resting place for good photography. As more information was going online and people were worrying that print was over, it was the perfect time to get into making beautiful books that were physical objects." Martin Usborne,...
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You know the new We Heart has an ever-expanding London City Guide as part of its new City Notes section, right? Yeah, architectural gems; bars; shops; restaurants; coffee shops; galleries and all manner in between — it's all there, and like the...
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,...
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If you can imagine putting wheels on your favourite luxury resort you'll get an idea of what your vacation can be when you use RVshare to rent an RV in San Diego. With RV vacationing, you can combine an adventurous road trip with luxury living on...
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The world is your oyster and the streets of many foreign cities are waiting for you to walk them, but are your feet ready for it? If you do not have the proper walking shoes, then the answer is no. Some choices in walking shoes offer little to no...
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As a single adult male in my forties, I was exploring various adult hookup apps first. My limited offline presence and introverted nature objected to my interest in finding ladies for meetup and casual encounters. But then a good friend of mine told...
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Recently, the broad implementation of new technologies has dramatically reshaped traditional practices across multiple sectors, increasing operational efficiency and elevating service quality. The restaurant industry is a prominent example of this...