A Spicy Love Affair with India: Colonel Saab at Trafalgar Square
I wanted to move away from the usual British-adapted butter chicken and seek out a menu that embraced bolder spicing.…
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Were Our Grandmothers Ahead of Their Time?
Remember how your grandmother would remake an old coat, or how your mother’s dress could become a completely new outfit…
Tears of Chilli and Joy: Dinner at Toba
If you ask me which flavours take me straight back to my three years in Southeast Asia, the answer is…
Forty Brands, Future-Ready Technology and Rising Stars: The SEPHORiA Festival
SEPHORiA Europe will take place in London for the first time on 16–17 October 2026, bringing together some of the…
Modern Nomads
I’m on my way back from Kyrgyzstan and the World Nomad Games. Like the Olympics, they brought together thousands of…
When Everything Is in Fashion
London Fashion Week took place from 17 to 21 September this year, and its programme offered a clear picture of…
‘Nowhere to Wear This’ and other Goldsmiths’ Hall classics during the traditional annual Fair
The Goldsmiths’ Company, one of Britain’s oldest livery companies, holds its traditional exhibition at Goldsmiths’ Hall in late September each…
Learning to See: Paul Smith’s World at Selfridges
On 7 September, a Paul Smith corner opened at Selfridges, where it will remain until 19 September. Although “corner” is…
Seoul: Where Fashion Lives Today
When we brought our When Earth Breathes collection to the Seoul Runway Show at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), I expected…
The Emptiness in Which Form Is Born: Notes from Japan
This is my third journey to Japan. And for the third time, what impresses me most is not the temples,…
Freedom Means Becoming Part of History: The First Gundam Base Store Opens in London
The United Kingdom’s first official The Gundam Base store opened in London’s Camden Market – a space dedicated to one…
«Hot» Conversations About Climate and Materials
Last week in London will be remembered by many for its record-breaking heat. It seemed as though the entire city…
An Artist of Line and Thought: Daniel Brush exhibition in École Van Cleef & Arpels in Paris
Some seven or eight years ago, at TEFAF in Maastricht, a colleague drew my attention to a group of steel-and-gold…
Istanbul: Changing Faces and Meanings
Istanbul has always been a city of transformation: from Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium, to a modern metropolis, its identity…