Usually the flight from London to Milan and then Milan to London is the easiest part of my route to the Furniture Fair which begins in New Zealand.  This year, however, the volcano in Iceland with the unpronouceable name changed that.  Initially we were all a little bit blase about the impact of the ‘dust cloud’ on [...]

In London, the National Gallery does a range of great artists as finger puppets! Collect van Gogh, Monet and Michelangelo!

Next to each other these two little spots are my new favourites in London. I would recommend a large milk coffee and the fried eggs with sage from the cafe and to order a weekly box of organic local vegetables from the shop.
Leila’s Cafe & Shop, 17 Calvert Avenue , Bethnal Green, Lodnon [...]

Ok, you can download a city guide on your iPod, pick up one in a swanky colour by Wallpaper* or one of those (rather fab and so handy) pocket sized fold-up Luxe guides. But nothing beats a real, human guide.
Guided tours used to be judged the opposite of stylish; a long hangover perhaps from the [...]

Co-founder and former director of fashion brandSilas and Maria, Russell Waterman is London born, brought up in the East London suburbs. He is now a director and co-founder of Amos Toys and is currently working with illustrator James Jarvis on numerous projects, as well as one or two projects of his own.
He still lives in [...]

Words by Dan Jones

Sunshine picnics, art car boot sales, boozy avant-garde parties and a newfound optimism: this jumbled, iconic and ancient capital is completely unique. After 2000 years of gory history, the unimaginable has finally happened. London is cool again.
London is a dirty old beast. A confusing, illogical metropolis of jellied eels, Waterloo sunsets, [...]

I usually go to London and end up only seeing London, but this time a friend invited me to go with her to see the Ipswich Museum , the traditional Victorian Natural History Gallery and then on to Pinmill, a small seaside community of house boats and huts on stilts. Absolutely worth a visit. [...]

Everything that’s old is new again. The eighties are back, and back with a Pat
Batemanesque vengeance. It’s only a matter of time until its Hammertime pants
and cool girls everywhere are rocking leather jackets and bicycle shorts.
Recently in London, I had the chance to witness an antique form of entertainment
that’s made a sweeping return across the [...]

Photos by Louise Cuckow (Sweetpea Home) & Dan Kircher
While living in London my good friend Nicola and I made it our mission to visit as many ‘classic caffs’ or ‘greasy spoons’ as possible. In a way it was our little protest against all the big chain cafes that fill every corner of London. These cafes [...]