GLUSH/ – Astroturf handbags by Grace – Hong Kong Fashion
GLUSH/ is an indie handbag brand, selling across Hong Kong, China and in 3939 on London’s Kingsland Road. Founder and Hong Kong fashion designer, Grace Chan, asserts her left of centre self through peculiar materials and fun colours for her handbag range. They have...
Jay Z’s Made in America film – One Extraordinary Music Festival
Rewind to 2012 when Jay Z and business associate Steve Stoute launched the Made in America Music Festival. Devised to not be a one dimensional celebration of music, rather the guiding light for its evolution from its inception was to merge music and culture by...
Jupe by Jackie – Interview with Jackie Villevoye on her lovely, joyful label
words Catherine Harris It’s within a skilled hand embroidery atelier in Delhi where you’re first introduced to Jackie Villevoye’s beautifully intricate designs. Finding myself on her label’s website, I am engrossed in a short Vimeo film that seems to encapsulate...
Art Basel Hong Kong
words JIM MORRALL Comparing Art Basel in Basel to Art Basel Hong Kong is like, well, comparing Basel to Hong Kong. The fittingly short, sharp tenure of this second year in Hong Kong lasted just five days. Hosted in the city’s central exhibition centre over two floors,...
Beyond the Edge film review – An epic confrontation with nature
Following on from her 2012 television movie Shackleton’s Captain, Kiwi documentary filmmaker Leanne Pooley keeps her gaze transfixed on the inhospitable frozen landscape to this time tell the story behind Sir Edmund Hillary’s famous words, “We knocked the bastard...
The Rosebery Aparthotel – A real home from home in central London
London can be a bewildering as well as a beguiling place. This is true for Londoners themselves but as a visitor it can cause palpations especially if you’re travelling with kids in tow. Getting...
We Outgrow Love, Like Other Things: Fashion Photography by Schall & Schnabel
Featuring some fantastic Berlin style from Louise Friedlander, Glaw, Julia Heuse, Soulland and Ivan Man, we bring you this terrific fashion photography series by German photographers Schall & Schnabel, 'We Outgrow Love, Like Other Things'. Schall & Schnabel,...
Art in a Box – Chris Martin, Joanna Lumley & Keith Lemon create art for charity
What do you get when you cross a Kaiser Chief with a bottle of Pinot Noir, Joanna Lumley with classical music and Coldplay with abstract, minimalist art? Art in a Box, of course! Unleashing their considerable creative talents in support of London-based charity Upbeat...
Ping Pong Wembley – Is it time to put aside your chain restaurant prejudices?
I’ve never been overly enamoured with chain restaurants. The predictability of the experience bores me, and the inevitable uniformity of the menu leaves me cold. Whilst the idea that you can depend upon the well-oiled nature of the corporate hospitality machine might...
Tribeca Film Festival 2014: Championing British Short Films
As another Tribeca film festival has drawn to a close, and Tribeca ‘14 takes its place in our memories, it seems fitting to take a moment to celebrate the often overshadowed short film that the festival has proudly championed since its inception. At this year’s...
Cartizze Bar – Mayfair’s uncensored luxury Bellini and Cocktail destination
If you’re one of those people who feel guilty in the lap of luxury, look away now. A visit to Mayfair’s preposterously swanky Cartizze Bar, a “luxury Bellini and cocktail destination”, feels like an uncensored behind-the-scenes insight into the top 1%. [gallery...
Horst A. Friedrichs ‘Denim Style’
words Charly Suggett Horst A. Friedrichs has quite the knack for shooting a diverse range of people partaking in their hobbies or work whilst still looking great. His latest book Denim Style offers just that. We see people dressed in their selected denim attire...
The War on Culture – Leuven exhibition ‘Ravaged: Arts and Culture in Times of War’
Located 25km east of Brussels, Leuven lies at the centre of the flatlands of Flanders, synonymous with the battle for the western front of the First World War, trench warfare and of a profound loss of life. In this year of centenary in memoriam, the haunting presence...
Calvary film review – A dark and hypnotic spectacular
In John Michael McDonagh's latest, Calvary (which I have called 'Calgary', 'Cavalry' and 'What film are we going to see again?', and I apologise to Mr. McDonagh for my ineptitude in this matter), he proves he's just as capable a writer as his brother (Martin, In...
Thus Owls album ‘Turning Rocks’ – an exploration in tone, colour and dynamics
Husband and wife Erika and Simon Angell make up the transatlantic duo, Thus Owls. ‘Turning Rocks’ is the band’s second album, a record that is an exploration in tone, colour and dynamics. The...