War & Alchemy: The Story of Prussian Blue
The blue shade was synthesized accidentally in German scientist Johann Dippel’s laboratory, after he failed to alchemize gold…
Arts & Culture
Photographer in Residence: Rio Blake
I don’t expect to bump into my new Photographer in Residence at a party in a law office. Especially when neither of us are lawyers. But London is like that; it belies expectation…
Japanese Folklore to Anne Frank: A Brief History of Diaries
You see, fellow reader, I too was a diary writer. And what images that conjures up! The lone man, tweed, tobacco-stained fingertips, driving rain outside, crackling fire inside, using his pen to funnel his unrequited love from heart, to crisp white page…
What Makes Us Love Ghost Stories?
That was my only ghost or, at least, my only ghost story. Like all narrators of stories like this, I’ll start by saying that I don’t believe in ghosts…
Hitchcock’s London: From Suspense to Cynicism
Whilst not being the first place we may associate him with, the city of London is nonetheless a consistent and intriguing element throughout Hitch’s canon of films…
London Gods: They Walk Among Us
Would we even notice if the big cheeses of myth and legend were amongst us? Looking around London, the answer is… They’re already here!
‘Heart-Space Grown Out Beyond Us’: on Music and Sharing
While recorded music is now more accessible than ever, and while computers and even robots can churn out tunes, the attraction of a live performance has not withered…
Entangled Minds: When Science & Art Collide
CERN in Switzerland, is the home of nuclear research in Europe. Creators of Internet. Commanders of the Hadron Collider. Consumers of Swiss Cheese. In all, the big daddy of particle physics…
Beneath the Barnet: The Cultural Significance of Hair
We associate others with their hair. Just try to imagine Anna Wintour with anything other than that bob, or Boris Johnson with a mousey side-parting. What about Samson or Rapunzel?
Owning Art: LUMAS Galleries & The New Collector
A trot down South Molton street will bring you to the London store. Distilled, the LUMAS concept is simple enough; they offer high quality art photography with beautiful finishes and frames, for exhilaratingly affordable prices…
