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The Edit
There's nothing like a near death experience to make one throw off the shackles of convention and embrace one's true self, and the Second World War was that catalyst for a generation of artists. Elmer Batters and Eric Stanton were two such figures...
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The career of Robert Doisneau, the French photographer celebrated for his work in the photographie humaniste style which rose to prominence in the 1950s, enjoys its most comprehensive review to date in a new book from friend and author Jean Claude...
Art & Culture
It all started with a Louisiana man called Earnest Beaumont-Gannt. Earnest was an intrepid young fellow and sailed the south Pacific in the early 20th Century, absorbing the culture of the Polynesian islands he visited on the way. What he saw fired...
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....
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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...
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You wouldn't guess Robert Crumb spends too long worrying about the Political Correctness brigade, and this collection of the American's early drawings, reflecting rigorous questioning of almost every aspect of society at the time, certainly bear...
Art & Culture
What looks more painful: covering your entire back with a colourful Japanese folk art tattoo, or wearing nothing but a twisted towel up your bum crack in order to show it off? You can mull over that conundrum to your heart's content with a copy of...
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Some might say a silk-robed octogenarian pottering around a harem of 20-something glamour models is a bit naff, we say good on you Hugh Hefner. That's the kind of retirement plan most men would happily settle for. If it's true that nothing brings...
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The three Godfather films produced some of the most famous cinematic moments, and the visual element of trilogy ranks alongside the eminently quotable dialogue and landmark performances of Coppola's epic series. As official on-set photographer for...
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Art Now! Vol 4 has arrived from publishers Taschen. This weighty tome is the latest in an ongoing series which is a bit like the art equivalent of the Now! music releases – if it's hot in the galleries of the world at the moment, it will be in...
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It's all very well letting the architects go nuts with their crayons to create mind-blowing and visionary home design statements, but what's it like when the tradesmen have packed up their Thermos flasks and you get down to the business of living in...
Fashion
At a time when moving a fashion shoot from a photography studio to the street outside was considered a startling and dangerous break with convention, Helmut Newton pushed the boundaries like few of his contemporaries; not only did he use urban...
City Notes
The former Berol Yard Pencil Factory in Tottenham Hale is now home to The Gessner, a luxury development comprising 164 studios and apartments; the project by interior design studio, Fettle, and property developers, Way of Life, demonstrating a new...
The Edit
Strange Magic a solo exhibition from Queensland-born, Sydney-based Gerwyn Davies, is now on show at Brisbane's Jan Murphy Gallery, the photographic artist and costume maker having conjured up a set of vivid and varnished self-representations each...
City Notes
A member's club for a new world of work, Bureau provides the creative community of London with a place to work, network and mingle, turning its back on the stuffy tradition of such clubs and creating a modern workplace for the city's freelancers,...
City Notes
A number of hamlets have been transformed into luxury holiday residences in Vaucluse, southeast France. Part of the 16th-century Les Davids estate Les Hameaux des Davids is a 100-hectare estate in Viens, a medieval village between Avignon and...
Dispatches
There are admin tasks that every business owner is going to have to ensure that they take care of. While not exclusively related to your finances, a lot of them are going to be about your money, where it comes from, how you manage it, and any...
Dispatches
Life can be complicated, and sometimes, complications can be interesting ... even fun. But they can also be exhausting, siphoning energy, that you need for other pursuits. At its best, simplicity allows you to reduce the distractions in your life so...
Dispatches
Casino gaming is everywhere in the 21st century. From slot machines in bars, clubs and casinos to the multitude of mobile casino games available at your fingertips, it’s never been easier to roll the dice. However, it hasn’t always been like...
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The design psychology Casinos have been skillfully built in such a manner. It has been argued that they play on the flaws of human nature to ensure that you spend as much of your time in there as possible. While casinos were built using Bill...