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As a veteran of both the American Civil War and the Indian Wars, the great American General William Sherman knew more than most about the realities of the battlefield. “War is Hell,” the commander famously declared, and though the intervening...
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Flâneur, (noun): A man who saunters around observing society. So says the Oxford English Dictionary, but in the case of Rik Moran, it's less about aimless, leisurely loafing as it is about rigorous exploration, documentary photography and...
The Edit
It is 38 years since Danish photographer Jacob Holdt first published his searing American Pictures series examining the socio-political landscape of the world's centre of capitalism. The book, now on its 14th edition, remains a powerful indictment....
Journal
In one shot, barricades are scattered across a deserted downtown Manhattan street; in the background a policeman appears from behind a neoclassical pillar, hardly there but sinisterly there all the same. Turn the page and somebody — a threat? we,...
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Go forth and invest in the sunglasses industry. This is the future of Europe. And the future is bright. The Europe that Hugh Frost and Leon Sadler are theorising over is, anyway — but it's not a metaphor ... the duo's latest edition of Mould Map...
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The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) recently revoked Breathe Architecture's brilliant sustainable and affordable living scheme Nightingale, at the behest of one solitary senior member. A passion project for Jeremy McLeod, we sent...
Dispatches
"A blonde, white Red Riding Hood lost in a forest of faceless Muslim wolves: This is how “Homeland’s” creators have chosen to represent their show as it begins its fourth season". That's what Laura Durkay has to say on Homeland's promo poster...
Pittsburgh
Are America's relations with the rest of the world at an all-time low? There's certainly no shortage of countries who have an ongoing beef with the USA, and while at the governmental level diplomats do their best to calm the international waters,...
Dispatches
If you rather a side of polonium-210 over wasabi with your uramaki, piss off Putin. Allegedly. Swedish 'comedy hip-hop' duo Far & Son must've really had it to the back teeth with wasabi nose — they might not be on Litvinenko levels of raising the...
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Was Sunday school still a thing when you were growing up? If not you may need some help with the mythology surrounding the Tower of Babel — a yarn from the Old Testament, when God was an angry and vengeful old grump. The story goes that after God...
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Fox hunting in the city. The city of London. Tarquin will be overjoyed ... TALLY-HO! That's right folks, the same city inhabited by soulless billionaires enabled by Parliament's toffs, the same toffs with literal blood on their hands thanks to an...
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Everyone loves to have a pop at America, and Norwegian artist Gardar Eide Einarsson is no exception. He's better qualified than most foreigners to weigh in on the shortcomings of the self-styled “Greatest Country on Earth”, however, having...
The Edit
A beautiful country house built in 1855 is the site for several modernist annexes that began at the end of the 1950s. Looking over the sea to Sweden on the coast of North Zeeland, Denmark, it sits amid fancy housing estates 30 kilometres north of...
Stuff Crush
It's almost 20 years since I walked toward the huge glowing orb of Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project at the Tate Modern. That massive sun in a cavernous industrial setting was a remarkable sight for a young art fan, but more so a turning point...
City Notes
In a picturesque and quintessentially British village of South Petherton in Somerset lives a rather special restaurant. On a pretty high street, Holm is housed in a former bank built in honey-coloured hamstone (a coarse-grained limestone) with...
City Notes
Located in a small Hindu village on Bali's west coast, in an area largely untouched by tourism, LOST LINDENBERG is a new guest collective with eight elevated tower rooms in the middle of the jungle. A hidden retreat surrounded by temples, ruled by...
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Housing styles across the globe are as diverse as the nations they reflect. In the United States, there are a number of classic styles that have contributed to the popularity of American home design. Browse through the handful of the most famous...
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