Undressing The Mistress: On Other Women & Etymology
Humans are fallible, sometimes they cheat.
And though they do a fair amount of cheating the mundane – taxes, say, or maths tests – they also cheat their partners…
Reviving Lost Arts: Natalia Cola
Despite what they tell you, it’s surprisingly hard to pass a pleasant evening. You have to be in the mood to go out for theatre and fireworks. You have to be overworked to always stay at home…
Modern Masterpieces: Exploring Emotion & Nature in Jewellery
Jewellery, in its most transcendent form, can be sculpture, art object, pure fashion accessory or good luck charm. It’s a miniature, a tiny but potent piece of the planet which we can keep on us. For unlike a lot of what we see around us today, jewellery still uses real stones, mined gems, metals and minerals…
A Calling and a Career: The Handbags of Ethan K
To hear Ethan Koh describe his youth in Singapore is to be swept off in a fantasy. One sees hot rainwater trickling glassily from the wide, flat leaves of palms. Lush plants in forest green, moss green, spring green, yellow green garland the skyscrapers. Fat fruits lie lazing by tree roots…
Sisterhood and Solidarity: On Female Friendships
Graduation, years abroad, masters programmes, first jobs, the format of your life gently emerges. The closest people to you, the ones who had front row seats, as well as your back, are those best friends. Your careers might take radically different turns, but they are still the ones who give long nights with red wine a certain sparkle…
Will Sorrell: Fun & Games
Although it still rains with grim regularity in the UK, I’m delighted to note there have been several pleasant changes in our social landscape. For one, remarkable inventors such as William Sorrell, founder of Clarendon Games, are ensuring a redoubled interest in board games amongst adults…
Valery Demure: Forever Golden
Jewels. Some picture them in portraits of royalty, woven into wigs of French kings, strewn on the skirts of Medici duchesses…
Designer Feature: Bora Aksu
In his quiet, composed way, Bora has grown his brand in the hottest, most desirable market of the 21st century…
London’s Burning: Our Red-Hot Tradition
For a city so often associated with grey skies and rain, London sure burns easy. You don’t know just how easy until you start looking at the facts…
Discover London: City Lit
Based in Holborn, they teach everything from astronomy, to Arabic, to photo etching. I challenge you to think of a hobby you’ve always longed to try that they don’t have on their programme!