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Granny’s Old China Just got Really Cool

I realise that with this post about granny’s upcycled old china, some of you might think I’ve lost my sense of style entirely. Kitsch is not for everyone, but surely David Bowie for everyone?! Dirty Lola is one of those happy Etsy discoveries, a shop created by Miss Scarlett, a full-time professional illustrator, who has…

Architecture on Steroids in a Post-Soviet World

We wrote about Frank Herfort and his Russian Fairytales photo series earlier this month, but we just can’t get enough of his stuff and wanted to share another one of his visual stories called “Imperial Pomp”. Essentially an ode to architecture on steroids, whilst Frank was on his travels in some of the most remote areas in Russia, he…

Postcards from Hobbiton

Fans of The Lord of the Rings: unite! Non-fans who just like film sets and may or may not have Elvish tattoos anyway: unite! Oh, just me? Weird. Today we’re tumbling down the wildly intriguing rabbit hole and landing in some Hobbit Holes! In 1998, when Peter Jackson was scouting for the perfect location to…

Forgotten Splendour of Victorian Spa Shuttered for Decades

“We all stink. No one smells,” were the alleged words of patron Saint Bernard when speaking of Europe’s general hygiene in the Middle Ages. For about four or five centuries, the Western world suffered a hiatus in cleanliness following the great plagues, when people believed that it was actually dangerous to bathe. Water was thought to carry…

How a Lost English Castle is Coming Back from its Hopeless Ruin

How to save a ruin? It’s a question that’s been on my mind lately since I discovered a derelict 17th century château just outside of Paris, which could soon be beyond saving. So when I came across the story of another 17th century historic ruin across the channel in England, arguably found in much worse shape than…

Take Home a Piece of the Paris Love-Locked Bridges

When the decision was made last year in Paris to remove all those thousands of love locks attached to the city’s bridges, I wondered what would become of them, assuming the worst; a swift disposal, perhaps sent straight to the foundry to be melted down for a pretty penny. Once again however, the city of Paris has surprised…

Did Jayne Mansfield Fake her Own Shipwreck?

One of Hollywood’s favourite sex symbols of the 20th century, Jayne Mansfield was as notorious for her publicity stunts as she was for her provocative presence on-screen. But in 1962, things got a little more dramatic when the actress was reported lost at sea, feared drowned after her boat capsized in the Bahamas. The ordeal quickly reached…

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

1. Cinderella City Mall: Before & After Cinderella City Mall was a large shopping center located in Englewood, Colorado, United States. The mall was officially opened for business on March 7, 1968 and through the early 1970s, business was spectacular at Cinderella City. It was said that over 15,000 people visited the mall daily… During a…

How to Crash a Party at the Communist HQ in Paris

In my ongoing effort to prove that us Parisians aren’t forever sitting around red-chequered table cloths wearing berets and drinking red wine in our leisure time, here’s just about the strangest thing you can do in Paris this weekend: Dress up like a Soviet Cosmonaut and crash a party at the Communist Headquarters in Paris. First of all,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today Vol. CCXXXII)

1. Inside Bangkok’s First Ever Department Store, Frozen in Time Built in the 1960s, Bangkok’s Nightingale-Olympic store remains unchanged today, preserved in its retro state In Bangkok’s lustrous, tech-fluent cityscape…it remains – madly and somewhat mightily – untouched, refusing to modernize its distinctive Brutalist façade, sun-bleached signage and novel interiors. Full photostory by Phil Dunlop…

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