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Journal
By now, you’ll have seen it. The young ball boy who ends up inside football’s most famous body after a clash of heads, the £80 million superstar who wakes up on a working class estate in the north of England. The Switch is Nike’s most epic...
Dispatches
Ever sat down and thought about the journey your online orders take? The hands; the depots; the planes, trains and automobiles; the shipping containers; the signatures, documentation and international bureaucracy? The voyage from click to...
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As far as albatrosses around ones necks go, being an unglamorous ex-Premiership footballer is surely right up there with being posh in the world of street art. I can't help but feel if Eric Cantona was to be caught tagging a bridge over the Seine,...
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As the saying goes “age is just a number”; something Watford dweller Geof Bax — an 83 year-old Veterans Doubles World Champion of Ping Pong — personifies with amplitude. Paddle master Geof knows a thing or two about pinging and ponging:...
The Edit
I know you all play table tennis. Sorry, ping pong. We've got to call it ping pong these days, haven't we? I know you all play PING PONG in your trendy creative studios. Lunchtime leagues. Backhands. Topspins. But ima gonna come clean kids, I can't...
Dispatches
How many times have you read FIFA and mob in the same sentence? My reckoning is — if you read about these sorts of things at all — a blooming lot. The metaphor goes: the crooks behind international football's governing body are the Mafia, and...
The Edit
When girls first start rollerskating, they naturally spend quite a bit of time falling over and hurting themselves. Those with the fortitude to persevere get better and stop falling over and hurting themselves. Then, if they get really good, they...
The Edit
The folk at Nike have revamped the community tennis courts in Tanner Park, Bermondsey London to celebrate everybody's favourite British institution, Wimbledon. The court stands courageously in hot fuchsia pink and complimentary blue — a bespoke...
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A footy match wouldn't be a footy match without a cuddly mascot cavorting on the sidelines, delighting the young children with its slapstick antics and whipping the hungover adults into a frenzy of vocal support. Lions, tigers and dragons are among...
Bordeaux
“Oh! You have to say that's magnificent!” Barry Davies wouldn't need a Maradona worldie to get excited about when visiting Bordeaux's new 42,000 stadium. Even empty — perhaps especially empty — the ground has a dazzling finish to make even...
Journal
Happy accidents. Throughout history, right royal cock-ups have written an inadvertently positive epilogue for their serendipitous instigators: Penicillin; fireworks; x-rays; microwave ovens; chocolate-bloody-chip cookies — the lot of them, united...
Publications
Love your football? Tired of reading stories about backseat blow-jobs and hotel romps in red-top newspapers? Want to know more about what a footballer's life is really like, and grab a bit of that lifestyle for yourself? Yeah sure, there are games...
City Notes
Opened in September 2025, HYLL brings a new interpretation of country hospitality to the Cotswolds, a hotel rooted in its landscape, designed to slow the pace and dim the noise. Set within a restored 16th century manor house, the 26 room property...
City Notes
Sircle Collection, the international hospitality group behind a growing portfolio of hotels and restaurants, introduces The Cover Vienna this November, a private members’ club in the city’s 7th District. Set within the Max Brown Hotel, the club...
City Notes
In the centre of Bergen, a new chapter has opened for a concrete landmark designed by Egill Reimers in 1920. Once home to bakeries, offices, shops and social services, the building has been reimagined by architecture studio LOCAL as Bergen Camping,...
City Notes
On Barcelona’s recently beautified Avinguda Diagonal, a new kind of café experience has arrived, one that has already piqued the curiosity of both locals and visitors. Jaç Hi-Fi Café, designed by Isern Serra Studio for owners Ligia and Arnau,...
Dispatches
Picture this: you’ve just landed in Paris for the holidays after a 10 hour flight. You’re exhausted, carrying luggage, and just want to check in with your Airbnb host. But your phone? Completely dead in the water; no service, no Wi-Fi, nothing....
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Key Takeaways - Implementing flexible work arrangements can significantly enhance employee well-being and reduce burnout. - Providing comprehensive support systems, including mental health resources and career development opportunities, fosters...
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For many travelers, a hotel stay is no longer just about having a clean room and a comfortable bed. By 2026, expectations have shifted in subtle but meaningful ways. Guests still value good design, location, and service, but the definition of a...
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One of the first things you may be wondering as a new parent is: What temperature is a fever for a baby? It can be tricky to tell what your baby’s temperature is, particularly since infants and older babies can have different symptoms. An...