Granada, some say named by invading Arabs in the 8th century, is a university town in Andalusia. It is also the birthplace of the beautiful Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was shot here by the Nationalist Militia in 1936.
Perched above the old town, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, stands the Alhambra. 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 [...]

I am the kind of person who has to know what is going on EVERYWHERE. From London to Tokyo to Sri Lanka I want to be informed. So to keep up with what is going on in New Zealand, I check in with my homie www.isaaclikes.com (ok we aren’t really homies and I [...]

Earn Chen is about as local as you get in Singapore. He grew up along the city’s Bukit Timah Rd and is now co-owns the city’s best high-end streetwear store with DJ and record producer James Lavelle. Located in a two storey house on Devonshire Road, Surrender stocks limited edition goods from [...]

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 [...]

Gas masks. Ex-American Army clothes. Life jackets. Tutus. Helmets. Victorian corsetry and bonnets. Dominatrix gear. All this and more can be found at Dog in Harajuku, and they encourage wearing it all together.
Harajuku remains the favourite playground for cool kids in Tokyo. Everyone there is about seeing and being seen and this culture of voyeurism [...]

Moleskine by Lou Reed
Being an editor of an online travel magazine, I am very particular about travel blogs and sites that I check in with. Moleskinecity.com is just the thing that arouses my interest in traveling. It’s a well-organized travel blog that takes the reader from anywhere from London to Paris to New [...]

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Who says that space equals luxury? Yo! Sushi mogul Simon Woodroffe is challenging this idea with his new compact hotel rooms that gives you everything you would like in a lavish suite in the comfort of your airport. Woodroffe was inspired by the idea while traveling, “I was lucky enough to [...]

Photo by Geoff Mason
What have Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Vice President Dick Cheeny, Bill Gates, Michael Douglas, Burt Reynolds, Joan Crawford and myself all got in common? We’ve all stayed at Huka Lodge in New Zealand’s central North Island. Her Majesty can’t get enough. She’s stayed there three times!
As you might have figured out [...]

At the risk of exposing my inner geek, I’d like to list Google Earth as one of my favourite travel tools.
For the few remaining people who haven’t experienced this amazing piece of software, Google Earth is an interactive 3D model of the planet we inhabit. Google have mapped satellite imagery obtained from NASA onto a [...]