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10 of the Raddest Vintage Rides Up For Sale this Season

The annual classic car sale at the historic Hershey Motor Lodge in Pennsylvania is coming up this October where you can be certain to find some rare old beauties emerging from their slumber. I had a poke through the auction lots to see what quirky barn finds and little-known restored classics will be making an appearance… 1. A 1961 Yellow Cab…

Last Train to the Eiffel Tower: The Station that Paris Forgot

On the outskirts of Paris proper, at the back of a parking lot down a side street in a quiet residential neighbourhood of Clichy, there sits an old forgotten train station; crumbling at the edges, blackened in the corners and scarred on its facade. But it wasn’t always sitting here, hidden away and withering in an inconspicuous…

The Ethiopian Fashion Tribe that turns Nature into Haute Couture

Remember when you tried to get creative and bejewel your jean shorts or decorate your new tennis shoes with a Sharpie pen? Well this is not that. In the Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia, the Surma and Mursi people don’t have glue guns, sewing machines, sequins or Sharpies to accessorise with. Inspired by the tools and textiles…

Take a Tour of Typographic Paris

My list of lust-worthy coffee table books seems to be getting a little out of control lately, and it looks like I have yet another one to add to my shopping trolley… When she was 20 years-old, Louise Fili took a trip to Paris where she was first inspired to become the celebrated graphic designer she is today. Armed…

A Billionaire’s Fairytale Replica Chateau Sitting Empty next to Versailles

Parisians would probably like to think they know of all the major Châteaux in their vicinity. There is of course Versailles, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Fontainebleau, and the hunting palace of Chantilly. But just a fifteen minute drive from the heart of Paris, nestled deep within thick forest walls, lies a jaw-dropping chateau, or a not-so-mini version of Versailles,…

The Last Globemaker

Ever wondered about the world behind those spinning globes that fascinated you so much as a kid?! No, me neither, but a mini documentary about Peter Bellerby and his London-based company that manufactures fine handcrafted globes is an unexpected delight. How does one get into the globe-making business? Bellerby, started out when he made one for his…

For Sale: The First Mid-Century Hollywood Hills Shag Pad

“Mid Century was Born HERE, ” says the property listing which prices the supposed birthplace of the quintessential hillside Hollywood bachelor pad at $1,125,000. And although I’ve always been weary of real-estate talk, this is one selling point that might actually be true… These groovy LA digs were built in 1948 by the well-known American innovators of modernist architecture,…

Banksy’s Twisted Version of Disneyland Opens this Weekend

Step right up and discover the curious wonders of Dismaland, “the happiest place on Earth”, turned sinister freak show. In the British seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare, a place that’s been described as the most “depressing dump” you could ever spend a night in, world-famous street artist Banksy has taken up his latest residency behind the walls of an…

And Now, the Andy Warhol of Home Baking

She will bake your favourite tv show, sugarcoat your best instagrams, ice your most popular emoticon and add sprinkles to your favourite street style look. Lindsey Gazel is baking’s answer to pop art; a modern Andy Warhol if you like, where cookies are her canvas. And here’s some of her best work… On a scale of 1…

No Tickets to Burning Man? Try Amsterdam’s Deserted Island Campsite for Space Cadets

Tickets to the Burning Man Festival sold out in under an hour this year. So if you couldn’t get your tickets, couldn’t get the end-of-summer time off, or just couldn’t get yourself to travel half way across the world, here’s an alternative that might be of interest. It doesn’t require the huge commitment that Burning Man does,…

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