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Journal
Most people probably don't, or won't, remember their 20th birthday. You'll have been having too much fun. You're young, up on the latest trends, determined to have a fucking good time, at all costs. Fast forward twenty years and you'll probably be...
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Having been regularly attending gigs in Manchester for 22 years (a mixture of showing my age and starting early), there's scant that can surprise in terms of the city's venues. I've encountered the great, the not-so-great and the down-right shoddy...
Journal
100 things you'll never hear a DJ shout during a set #69: "somebody call this party an ambulance"... Ambulances at raves typically mean all's not well, however, the one we stumbled across at this year's Sónar was more about dancing than...
The Edit
The Toulouse Art Festival is a festival with a difference: under the stewardship of a new director, trends are out, and artist and setting are back in. This is not a statement of the direction that art is going, but rather an exploration of the...
Journal
We may be risking a couple fewer Christmas cards this year by saying we're not massive fans of beaming images onto buildings as an art form, but it's only June so we're hoping people will forget our distaste for projection mapping by December. And...
Journal
For those of you who think the trailers are the best bit of a trip to the cinema, whatever you were going to do this lunchtime, forget it. Get your minion to pick up your fancy salad, hold all your calls and fix your eyes on the screen for a preview...
Journal
Joining a growing roll call of metropolitan festivals in 2007, celebrating the city's 800th birthday, we dropped in on Live at Leeds as it hosted its 7th annual session over the May bank holiday. The festival may be a mere puppy in festival years -...
Portmeirion
As we embark once again on our Mazda road trip, we're surprisingly only forty miles from our next destination - albeit through some mightily impressive twists and turns, as the journey from the contemporary spectacle of MOSTYN Gallery in Llandudno...
Journal
We love Derby here – not only is the city a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and once employed Brian Clough as its football club manager, but it's also home to We Heart's technical guru who could temporarily end our existence with a few angry...
Journal
Much unlike their sophisticated sibling, the gig poster, festival posters are - by and large - some of the most painfully designed pieces of marketing on the circuit. Cramming countless band names, logos, amenities and contractual obligations onto...
Zagreb
‘The Mediterranean as it once was’. Selling countries are the preserve of the tourist industry, and while I somehow doubt the veracity of the Croatian tourist board’s claim, the point is well made: Croatia’s recent history, its decades under...
Journal
Remember the awe when you first saw a bit of projection mapping - the 3D video projecting technique that brings architecture to life? Remember how shortly after, what seemed to be every single design and tech website on the entire planet had...
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...
Dispatches
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...
Dispatches
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...
Dispatches
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...