The Edit
As the temperatures begin to soar and the streets come alive with traditional neighbourhood festivals, the middle of June is when the summer firmly locks in here in Barcelona. ‘Sónar Week’ is when fans become a fixture in the hands of the...
The Edit
A lot has changed over the last 30 years, with technology spiralling upwards at an oft unfathomable rate. But then a lot remains the same. As in Nietzsche's concept of eternal recurrence, time is a ‘flat circle.’ Those who can remember the woes...
The Edit
We Heart first met Emma Howell back in 2018, having lost her father a couple of years earlier and confiding how that painting had been her saviour. "I lived in a world that I can only describe as a Salvador Dali painting," she told us. "Fortunately,...
Publications
In the winter of 1954, the northeast of the United States — specifically New Jersey — experienced extreme weather conditions in which, on 27 occasions, temperatures dropped dramatically in a matter of minutes. Forty or more degrees instantly....
The Edit
Opened as the restaurant Sketch by Mourad Mazouz and three Michelin-starred French chef Pierre Gagnaire in 2003, the Mayfair Grade ll* listed building once home to the Royal Institute of British Architects and the London atelier of Christian Dior...
Publications
It started as a 1992 photoshoot for Spin magazine in which husband-and-wife photography duo, Guzman, had planned to spoof the outdated notions of family life that the most famous celebrity couple of the moment had so outspokenly refuted — Courtney...
Barcelona
Having recently checked into the Pérez-Sala family’s exquisite ‘home from home,’ Primero Primera, next on the We Heart agenda was to witness what the family have done to another prestigious home in the city; this time applying their...
Journal
It doesn’t seem two minutes since Primavera Sound’s 12 day post-pandemic extravaganza shook us out of our suspended animation, but two years later it is time once more to shake off the cold month’s cobwebs and get excited about Barcelona’s...
Barcelona
In the world of hotels, the term ‘home from home’ is one bandied about at alarming rates. Whether a cosy boutique hotel with books to read and board games to play, or an awkward breakfast over the table from an uncomfortable Airbnb host, at...
The Edit
In the heart of a concrete jungle lies a cave that exists on the faint line between fiction and reality. Tripping the light fantastic between pop culture fantasy and art and design, harnessing inspirations from American action figures of the 1980s...
The Edit
Steady yourself to embark on an odyssey through the annals of British culture at JG Contemporary, as the gallery presents its latest exhibition, #MadeBritainGreat, featuring the work of illustrious portrait photographer Derrick Santini. In a...
Publications
“When you’re walking around a building, you build up a relationship with it. You learn about its personality and the way it interacts with the light at different times of the day. It becomes less of an inanimate object and more something almost...
City Notes
“A masterclass in conceptuality,” a hotel that “takes you on a fuzzy trip of vague recollection,” and “a paradise of inimitable escapism.” That’s what we said about Port de Sóller’s impressive Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel three...
City Notes
Hidden in the quiet heart of rural Spain, La Torre del Visco Hotel offers unrivalled luxury and adventures walking in a shepherd’s footsteps across the ancient Aragonese landscape that once inspired Picasso… In the early 20th century,...
City Notes
The world’s first StandardX hotel has opened in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the offshoot of the renowned global The Standard hotels, officially touted as the brand’s “rebellious younger sibling” with an offering of “intuitive hospitality without...
Stuff Crush
See captivating, never-before-published photographs of 1970s and '80s USA cultural hotspots including New York City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami Beach and more in Street Walker, a new publication from revered street photographer and...
Dispatches
Owning a three-wheeler, regardless of whether it is owned for personal or business usage, involves many responsibilities, one of the most fundamental being having valid three-wheeler insurance. It's not a legal mandate, but being smart enough to...
Dispatches
In this particular era of swift life, it has been more and more crucial to be able to dispatch flowers quickly and in a convenient manner. The essay here presents some of the options open to those in the need of prompt flower delivery, making sure...
Dispatches
Architecture firms LOCAL and PIR2 have completed works on a sustainable activity park for clients Vestland County Council and Etne Municipality. Named Skakkeringen, the park is part of Vestland County’s endeavour to transform "innovative...
Dispatches
Milan, Italy’s fashion and financial capital, is a city that effortlessly combines history, culture, and modern luxury. From its world-renowned fashion scene and architectural marvels to exquisite cuisine and vibrant nightlife, Milan is a...