Year: 2018
Passing several book shops this past few days I realized there were some covers on display that were familiar to me: Picasso’s Kitchen, Picasso Picabia, Picasso-Matisse, Les années Vallauris to name a few.
A new season is on its way and despite being a little wistful about the cooler breezes and first fallen leaves, we're excited about adding a few new classics to our beauty arsenal ...
In this instalment of TIG TV, we remember Aretha Franklin; take at look at the Monocle Quality of Life Survey 2018; wonder whether tourism has killed Dubrovnik; create feeling with Frank Gehry; take a look inside the Nicaraguan town resisting President Daniel Ortega; learn what a conductor actually does on stage; visit the real life ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and as always, much much more. –P
WE HAPPENED UPON ONE detail in this 16th-century family manor in the Cotswolds on Instagram and immediately had to find out what the rest of the home looked like. That one detail was in the drawing room, where a second walkway was converted into an ultra-chic bar area, with antique mirror was installed above and behind the shelves to reflect light (see below). As it turns out, there's a very interesting story to the place...
THIS WEEKEND was one of those lounging, hair up, no make-up and old films ones that are needed from time to time, when the to-do lists get too unruly and every email is a catastrophe to be solved. The city has been filling up again, mostly with tourists — French and German and other parts of Europe.
Premiered via Annie Mac’s legendary BBC Radio 1 show, the song encapsulates the panoramic nature of the bands second full-length.
Should one be so unlucky as to find oneself, as I did, lying awake in bed in the early hours of the morning in a hostel in La Paz, Bolivia, listening anxiously to the sound of someone trying to force their way into one’s room, one could do worse than to throw a chair under the doorknob as a first line of defence.
It’s the time of year where you’re still dreaming of days on the beach with sun-skissed and golden skin, but at the same time, are longing for crisp mornings and cosy sweaters.