The Truth About Keats… Romantic or Cockney?
Since he was born in Moorgate ‘within a mile of Bow Bells’, John Keats was technically the truest of East End Cockneys...
Judy Garland: From London to Stonewall, and Back Again
Despite all her hopes, London wasn’t able to save her. But little spectres of those hopes, as well as her glittering triumphs, still linger over the
The Life and Times of George Formby, Britain’s First Pop Star
Twenty years before Elvis, Formby was an old hand at the gruelling treadmill of hit records and that became Presley’s life...
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...
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 leave
Luxury Markets: Trends in Asia & the UK
Hosted in the Rosewood London, Editor Nina-Sophia Miralles chaired a conversation on Asian consumers in London and their relationship to British lu
A Rocky Question: Are Synthetic Gems Sustainable?
Sustainability is the word on everybody’s lips, but is it making it to other parts of the body? Though this sounds like the start of a juicy innuend
Chocolate: A Story Both Bitter & Sweet
Today the global value of chocolate consumption is an estimated $140 billion worldwide. One third of that is consumed in Western Europe...
Nonsense: Listen Carefully
Babies in the womb have shown increased brain activity when exposed to music, which is one of the reasons the Beethoven hypothesis began to receive at
Photographer in Residence: Andreea-Otilia Suiu
Photos have the ability to snap you back to a fixed moment in time. They place you squarely in the past, leaving you to reminisce on how things used t