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The Kneeling Boutiques of Bulgaria

Blink –or hold your head high– and you’ll miss it. Hiding below your eye-level on the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria, these secret little window shops called ‘klek‘ (kneel) are as common as the average newsagent. The name itself derives quite simply from the fact that customers are brought to their knees in order to shop there. The concept arrived…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXLV)

1. The Mansion where the Psychedelic ’60s took off Owned by one of America’s richest families, Millbrook in Upstate New York hosted Timothy Leary (and his followers), the infamous psychologist best known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. Along with the residents came a rotating cast of celebrities, thinkers…

Inside Ernest Hemingway’s Private Photo Album & Scrapbook

If I’m ever asked to choose a character from the past to have a dinner with, my answer is always going to be Papa Hemingway. Not just because I’d want to talk endlessly with him about his Paris years, but also because for me (and surely I’m not alone), Ernest Hemingway is simply the paradigm of…

Wes Anderson could Probably Make his Next Movie in Singapore

When I put out my article “Location Scouting for Wes Anderson” a few weeks ago, I really didn’t expect it to echo across the internet like it did. And you know what? It’s kinda fantastic. For one, it gives more notoriety to an amazing filmmaker (you’ be surprised how many youngsters these days have never seen his movies). And two, I…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXLIV)

1. Turn-of-the-Century Women in Autochrome Cowgirl 1910 Dancer wearing Egyptian-look costume with wings reaching to the floor, 1915 Woman in pink cape and bonnet, 1915 Woman in Oriental inspired gown, sitting in wooden throne, 1915 Woman posed as sphinx, 1910 Girl with a Collection of Dolls, 1910 Woman in…

Stop Everything and Check Out this Homemade Bespoke Library

There are many questions to be answered about this library– namely: why does one need a prison in their custom-built home office? Yes, take another look– can you see it there under the ladder? This is the incredible work of Jim Cardon Customs, a Colorado based woodworker– but I say artist– with a very inspiring story……

Trade Frozen in Time at the Old Antwerp Stock Exchange

When you’re looking for an abandoned adventure, you don’t typically expect to find them right in the middle of a major European city, much less inside what one of the most important and official buildings of the last five centuries. But for the past 20 years, urban explorers in Antwerp have had the very surreal opportunity of…

Is this the Real-Life Tintin?

Do you know many fifteen year olds who would circumnavigate the globe in 44 days, dressed as dapperly as a the Prince of Wales? Probably not, because, well … kids these days. In 1928, to mark the centennial of the author Jules Verne, the Danish newspaper Politiken held a competition challenging teenage boys to travel the globe unaccompanied in under…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXLIII)

1. The Transformation of a 19th Century French Castle Artist Okuda San Miguel recently transformed a 19th-century castle in Château, France in a work titled Skull in the Mirror. After stints as a school and holiday center for children, the castle was abandoned for nearly 30 years. Five years ago it was acquired by the local Town Hall. Recently it…

The Strangely Underrated Artistry of Japanese Playgrounds

I don’t know about you, but the playgrounds where I pottered around in my day, eating too much sand and earning my first set of stitches on the jungle gym, did not look like this. Surreal nocturnal scenes of colossal, if not slightly traumatising cement playground equipment in Japan, that looks better suited for a contemporary art sculpture…

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