Burning bright
A new members’ club in the West End has eclipsed the strobe lights, street lights, and twinkling taxi signs to earn the distinction of its name – Lights of Soho (LoS). LoS runs on a principle of inclusivity ra...
Hotel Chantelle travels across the pond
Hotel Chantelle, New York’s famed restaurant and late-night spot, has opened its first international outpost: Hotel Chantelle London. Tucked away on unassuming Orchard St, hidden behind Selfridges, the sky-...
Mixing business with pleasure
According to surveys, between 55 per cent and 63 per cent of people want to set up their own business. But with 50 per cent of small companies failing in the first year, how do you guarantee your business’s sur...
Tea-infused cocktails available now at Opium, Chinatown
Opium, the dimly lit, speakeasy-like enclave that sits decadently atop the chatter of China Town has its own answer to Afternoon Tea Week this year. For the event, which is running all this week, it has teame...
A lively library experience
Near to the Trafalgar Square end of the St Martin’s Lane in Central London, one will happen upon an enigmatic shop window. With leather satchels on display, it is not immediately apparent that this frontage...
I Think Therefore I #: Celina Teague responds to the dialogues of social media
It would be easy to read painter Celina Teague’s new show at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in London, I think therefore I #, as a cynic’s dense iteration of the ephemerality and frivolity of social media and its...
Spirit of Summer at Aqua Nueva
Created by the reigning global winner of World Class Bartender of the Year, Charles Joly, and Aqua London’s fabled house mixologist, Luca Missaglia, Aqua Nueva’s limited-edition Spirit Of Summer cocktail menu ...
A close call with Jack the Clipper, courtesy of Penhaligon’s
Penhaligon’s latest launch, the No.33 Eau de Cologne, launches this week, and to celebrate the fragrance house is opening the doors of its Wellington Street home to traditional barbering master Jack the Clipper...
The Toxic Sublime at White Cube, London
It’s complicated, our relationship with the natural world. And Marc Quinn has found inspiration in that complexity for his latest exhibition with White Cube, The Toxic Sublime.
The first of the two bodies of...
Blow Up at Parafin Gallery, London
Throughout July and August, Parafin gallery are holding the aptly named exhibition, Blow Up. In its exploration of the landscape of contemporary painting, the show identifies the relationship between painting, ...
New Model Army – Glass meets Agne Laumenyte
Name: Agne Laumenyte
Agency: Profile Model Management
Home town: Mansfield, England
Age: 16
How did you become a model?
I sent an online application to Profile Models and was immediately asked to co...
London Collections Men SS16: Chester Barrie
To make their mark at LCM this season, esteemed gentlemen’s tailor Chester Barrie took over the Private Room at The Ivy for an altogether exquisite showcase of their latest collection. Dashing models played the...
London Collections Men SS16: Alexander McQueen
When it comes to McQueen’s menswear, it is always a good option to establish a strong narrative. And for SS16 that’s just what Sarah Burton has done. Pushing the boat out well and truly, the team went nautical ...
London Collections Men SS16: Sibling
Sibling was on steroids this season and in Americano super-jock galore in what was another suitably iconoclastic exercise in subversion. Playing hard ball, the acclaimed trio looked to the all-American juicehea...
London Collections Men SS16: James Long
London’s menswear style-shaper James Long approached this season with the intention of putting together an uber-cool uniform for the art student with a penchant for the wilder side of life. Layering a cacophony...
London Collections Men SS16: Richard James
Richard James’ Toby Lamb answered the call of the tropics this season in what was probably one of the most vividly summery collections across the board in London. Drawing on the Savile Row frontrunner’s links w...
London Collections Men SS16: Gieves & Hawkes
This season at No 1 Savile Row the well-suited stuff of legends, Gieves & Hawkes, have attempted to stage a transition that corresponds with the increasingly fashionable preference for dressing “casually” o...
London Collections Men SS16: Jermyn Street St James
In a stylishly executed first for the heritage-laden menswear hotspot Jerymn Street St James, a live-and-kicking catwalk showcase was held right in the heart of Jermyn Street, featuring elegant ensembles of a v...
London Collections Men SS16: Astrid Andersen
For SS16 Astrid Andersen, the unassuming thus rather unlikely eyes, ears and outfitter of the ultimate in uber-luxe high octane sportswear, got herself into some big trouble in Little China. John Carpenter’s wh...
London Collections Men SS16: Hardy Amies
Savile Row icon Hardy Amies staged a utilitarian spectacular at London Collections Men this season, introducing tailoring with a more innovative direction and relocating its catwalk show to the imposing St Panc...
London Collections Men SS16: Christopher Shannon
This season a curiously inspired Christopher Shannon put together the ultimate rave-cation wardrobe and did it all in the best comic sense. All the while the firmly London-centric design streamlined some of his...