Rob Reiner, Celebrated Filmmaker and Actor, and Wife Michele Singer Reiner Die; Police Investigating Possible Homicide. Rob Reiner, the acclaimed American actor, director, producer and writer whose work helped shape modern film and television, has died alongside his wife, Michele Singer Reiner. The couple were found dead at their Los Angeles home on December 14,Continue reading “Rob Reiner (1947-2025)”
Category Archives: Aesthetics
Festive Fragrance: Scents of the Season
Scent is memory’s most powerful key, and at Christmas, it is the invisible architecture of atmosphere. The sharp resin of pine, the spiced warmth of clove, the sweetness of orange peel studded with star anise — these are the notes that summon the season before a single decoration is hung. Ancient Aromas Frankincense and myrrh,Continue reading “Festive Fragrance: Scents of the Season”
The Christmas Tree Through Time
Few symbols of the season are as instantly recognisable as the Christmas tree. Whether crowned with an angel, dripping in glass baubles, or pared back with candles and citrus, the tree has become a universal emblem of winter celebration. Yet its story is as layered as its branches — a tale of pagan ritual, royalContinue reading “The Christmas Tree Through Time”
Christmas in Literature: The Season on the Page
Some of our strongest images of Christmas do not come from memory or ritual, but from books. From the glowing hearths of Dickensian London to the snowy Welsh villages of Dylan Thomas, writers have long used Christmas as both backdrop and metaphor. On the page, the season becomes not just a holiday, but a prismContinue reading “Christmas in Literature: The Season on the Page”
Ernst Barlach: The Sculptor Who Carved the Soul
In an art world often obsessed with surface, Ernst Barlach stands apart as a sculptor of interiors — not of rooms, but of human beings. His figures are bent, weighty, contemplative; their silence is the first thing you notice. Then their gravity. Then, slowly, the emotional truth they carry. To encounter Barlach is not toContinue reading “Ernst Barlach: The Sculptor Who Carved the Soul”
Güstrow: Ernst Barlach Territory
On the map, Güstrow looks like a gentle pause — a modest Mecklenburg town tucked between lakes and flat winter fields, an hour south of the Baltic coast. But anyone who walks its crooked lanes or slips into the cool hush of its churches discovers a place vibrating with an unexpected intensity. Güstrow is notContinue reading “Güstrow: Ernst Barlach Territory”
The Golden Age of Christmas Cards
Before Instagram posts and glossy adverts, the Christmas card was the medium through which the season’s spirit was captured and shared. Sent across continents and tucked into mantelpieces, these small works of art carried not only festive greetings but also the design sensibilities of their age. Today, they remain symbols of both tradition and creativityContinue reading “The Golden Age of Christmas Cards”
The Art of the Christmas Table
Every December, the table becomes more than a place to dine — it becomes a stage. It is where families gather, where traditions converge, and where the season’s beauty is distilled into linens, glassware, and candlelight. The art of the Christmas table is timeless: part ritual, part design, and part theatre. From Banquet to IntimacyContinue reading “The Art of the Christmas Table”
Marlene Dietrich: The Art of the Impossible
There are movie stars, and then there is Marlene Dietrich—a figure so luminously strange, so disciplined in her myth-making, that she remains less a screen persona than a cultural temperature. To watch Dietrich today is to witness a kind of controlled detonation: the narrowed gaze, the sculptural cheekbones, the drawling wit that lands like aContinue reading “Marlene Dietrich: The Art of the Impossible”
The Soundtrack of the Season – Santa Claus is Back in Town
Every December, as fairy lights twinkle across frosted windows and champagne glasses clink at candlelit parties, the same question arises: what is the definitive Christmas soundtrack? Music, after all, is the invisible garland that binds together the rituals of the season — from midnight masses to after-dinner slow dances. Some songs are frothy, sequined confectionsContinue reading “The Soundtrack of the Season – Santa Claus is Back in Town”
My World of Interiors 