My World of Interiors

Frieze London 2026: What Deserves Our Attention

Frieze returns to Regent’s Park from 14–18 October. This year’s programme offers a rewarding route through contemporary painting, the politics of materials, domestic architecture and the changing interpretation of modern art. Every October, Frieze concentrates a substantial part of the international art world into a few days in London. Galleries arrive with new work andContinue reading “Frieze London 2026: What Deserves Our Attention”

Copenhagen Now – October to December 2026

Art, design, fashion, literature, film, music, food and hospitality as the city moves from autumn into winter. Copenhagen changes character when the evenings draw in. The harbour ceases to be the centre of everybody’s social life, dinner moves indoors, and the city’s museums, cinemas and theatres begin to feel less like occasional destinations than placesContinue reading “Copenhagen Now – October to December 2026”

A Sky Full of Wishes

The Passenger is a weekly dispatch on travel — places, hotels, restaurants, the strange logistics of being elsewhere. It is written by Bergotte. Chiang Mai in November, the ancient city of the Lanna kingdom, and the night the sky catches fire Last week this column made the case for Bangkok — overwhelming, oceanic, inexhaustible. ThisContinue reading “A Sky Full of Wishes”

Late Fame Review

Late Fame (2026): The Poet and His Public Director: Kent Jones Screenplay: Samy Burch, based on Arthur Schnitzler’s novella Cast: Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, Edmund Donovan Running time: 97 minutes Country: United States Rating: ★★★★½ — 4.5/5 Willem Dafoe makes the experience of being flattered look wonderfully complicated. As Ed Saxberger, a New York postalContinue reading “Late Fame Review”

The Reel Argument: Chris Marker

By Bergotte Chris Marker made films about memory the way a philosopher makes arguments — with total rigour and total freedom simultaneously, following thought wherever it led without the obligation to arrive anywhere comfortable. He is the most intellectually radical filmmaker in the history of the medium and also, paradoxically, one of the most personal,Continue reading “The Reel Argument: Chris Marker”

A Name on Paper: The World’s Best Personalised Stationery

Correspondence cards, visiting cards and writing paper: what to buy, how to personalise it, and why handwritten letters deserve a return. Thanking someone for dinner, returning a kindness or introducing a business should not require a fresh act of graphic design. A small collection of personalised stationery makes these gestures easier, giving everyday correspondence aContinue reading “A Name on Paper: The World’s Best Personalised Stationery”

Eva Marie Saint, 1924–2026: The Intelligence of Grace

Eva Marie Saint belonged to that rare category of actor whose place in cinema history could have been secured by two performances alone. As Edie Doyle in Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront in 1954, she brought moral clarity and emotional delicacy to one of the defining films of post-war American cinema. Five years later, asContinue reading “Eva Marie Saint, 1924–2026: The Intelligence of Grace”

The Human Condition According to Ernest Hemingway

By Bergotte Where Fitzgerald reached for the green light, Hemingway turned away from it. His response to the same historical moment — the same lost generation, the same aftermath of a war that had destroyed the language of heroism and left nothing official in its place — was the opposite of enchantment: a radical strippingContinue reading “The Human Condition According to Ernest Hemingway”

The Sculptor Who Made Cars Move

Makers & Rooms — Essay VIII Flaminio Bertoni gave the world the DS and the 2CV — the most beautiful car ever made and the most useful, two objects of genius separated by a decade and united by a single Italian hand working in a Paris suburb. He died almost unknown. The cars are immortal.Continue reading “The Sculptor Who Made Cars Move”