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People really hate change. Especially when they've just crawled out of their Christmas caves and propped themselves up in front of their work computer. No fucks given by The Beeb, though, who've today unveiled a new look for their soon-to-be...
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2015 was another big year for us here at We Heart Towers, not least a complete overhaul of this very website. We changed our look, but also tonnes of functionality to boot; debuting our London City Guide, giving you our culture-led events listings,...
Australia
The Streets of Barangaroo sounds like a song by Bruce Springsteen and Men at Work. It isn't. It is a lifestyle precinct that is part of the wider redevelopment of Barangaroo, Sydney; a redevelopment of considerable scale. Design big-hitters like...
Fashion
Watches have been big news this year. Sure, those folk in Cupertino stole the headlines; but its what's happened in the analogue world (very feasibly as a backlash) that has been most interesting — with so many designers eschewing the digital and...
Barcelona
Forgive me the hackneyed banality but: there's a real buzz about Barcelona at the moment. Not a humming drone, but the sort of audible crackling that electricity in its rawest form emits. Forgive me the hackneyed metaphors. Thing is, right now...
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As far as albatrosses around ones necks go, being an unglamorous ex-Premiership footballer is surely right up there with being posh in the world of street art. I can't help but feel if Eric Cantona was to be caught tagging a bridge over the Seine,...
The Edit
Papua New Guinea; Indonesia; Australia; New York. Art couple Yok & Sheryo have more fun than you. With influences rooted in '80s and '90s surfing and skating culture, Singaporean Sheryo and Australian Yok are back in their adopted home of Brooklyn...
Hong Kong
I'm not entirely abreast of cultural conventions in Hong Kong, but if someone asked me out to this new Causeway Bay restaurant, they might be in for a slap. Tom Aikens should know better. The reputed British chef, who trained alongside Pierre...
Journal
As synonymous with timepieces as remaining neutral at war, it was an easy mistake I'd made ... pinning the history of the cuckoo clock on the Swiss. I'm reminded that Germany's Black Forest doesn't just have a famous cake. Or ham. Bound by the Rhine...
Melbourne
Designed by local studio BrandWorks, Melbourne's Delhi Streets is a mini-riot of Indian pop culture referencing diversion — located (along with the likes of Hunters’ Roots) in The Archway; one of the city's famous laneways, dedicated to...
The Edit
Temporal Cities is a project that speaks to our historic yet totally personal sense of the urban spaces in which our lives unfold. The title could just as well have been reversed to Urban Moments: it’s about places and times in equal measure,...
Journal
Carousel was opened in August 2014 by Chef Ollie Templeton, his brother Ed, and cousins Anna and Will Templeton. The Marylebone restaurant and creative hub is one of the only places in the capital that showcases constantly revolving culinary talent....
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
Stand-up comedy has given several up-and-coming performers their way from the legends. Examples of famous stand-up comedians who honed in their craft for success at top comedy clubs are Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Taylor...
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The purpose of nursing homes is to provide older people at risk with the care and attention they require in a secure setting. For some residents, however, the truth is unsettling: abuse by doctors and other medical professionals. Nursing home...
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China, the United States of America, and Japan do it again, the three powerhouses ranking 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the fourth consecutive year in the A’ Design Awards' World Design Rankings. Using a slick methodology for ranking countries, the...
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It's important to pick the right company to clean your air ducts so that your home stays healthy and safe. When your air ducts are clean, the air quality inside your home is better, which is good for everyone's health. But how do you choose which...