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View ArticleTaormina and the Grand Hotel Timeo
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View ArticleFive Good Things: Artful Rugs to Candy-Hued Climbing Frames
"If your floor is in need of a party, look no further than GUR. They weave cliffs, lakes, giraffes (we think) and various fruity themed rugs. Beautifully made and plenty of fun!"read more »
View ArticleRadclyffe Hall: Androgyny's Original Pioneer
In what is a perfect example of the double standards rife during the post-Victorian era, a prudish establishment banned pretty much any graphic depiction of sex in art and literature, but the academic...
View ArticleTaormina and the Grand Hotel Timeo
Since the 18th century, the small Sicilian town of Taormina has been exerting its pull on some of the biggest names in art, literature and film – Goethe, Picasso, Greta Garbo, DH Lawrence, Truman...
View ArticleBotanique: Bondage Meets Horticulture
On a bright weekend morning in London’s Shoreditch House, Botanique founder Alyson Mowat, is showing a group of aspiring indoor gardeners how to nestle the roots of a baby fern into a tightly packed...
View ArticleThe Artful Rebellion of Kathy Acker
Author Kathy Acker (née Karen Lehman) is the epitome of punk philosophy made corporeal. With a powerfully visceral style of writing and an appropriation of the 'cut-up' technique of William S....
View ArticleLessons We Can Learn from Argento's Suspiria
Dario Argento's Suspiria [1977] is the epitome of cinematic visual frenzy. Centred around Suzy Bannion, an American ballerina who moves to Germany to study dance at a prestigious academy (which turns...
View ArticleLobster Loving
Not just anyone can get away with wearing a large lobster on their head and still look chic, but a fresh-faced Kyle MacLachlan remains a picture of composed elegance in Steven Meisel’s witty 1992...
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