There are few places in Rome where history, art, and nature fuse with such elegance as the Villa Borghese and its surrounding park. More than a green lung in the heart of the city, this is a cultivated landscape — a place where cardinals once entertained, where artists found inspiration, and where today, Romans andContinue reading “Villa Borghese: Rome’s Most Cultivated Escape”
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Claudia Cardinale: A Life in Light and Shadow
Claudia Cardinale, indomitable star of Italian and European cinema, has died at the age of 87. Born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale in 1938 in La Goulette, Tunisia, to Sicilian immigrants, she rose from modest beginnings to become one of the defining faces of post-war film, grace and grit entwined. Her death marks the closing ofContinue reading “Claudia Cardinale: A Life in Light and Shadow”
Bridget Riley: The Discipline of Vision
As an art student in the UK in the 1990s, Bridget Riley stood as the grande dame of abstraction to me. She has now spent six decades bending perception into form — distilling line, color, and rhythm until they transcend into something more elemental: pure visual sensation. Born in 1931 in Norwood, London, Riley emergedContinue reading “Bridget Riley: The Discipline of Vision”
Aix-en-Provence: A Provençal Symphony of Art, Elegance, and Sunlight
There are towns in France that charm, and then there is Aix-en-Provence — a golden city of fountains, elegant façades, and a cultural life as abundant as its markets. Once the haunt of Cézanne and still a beacon for artists, gourmets, and travelers, Aix feels like a living canvas where history, art, and art deContinue reading “Aix-en-Provence: A Provençal Symphony of Art, Elegance, and Sunlight”
Mouflon d’Or: Corsica’s Newest Secret in the Relais & Châteaux Collection
High in the granite spine of Corsica’s Alta Rocca, where chestnut groves meet peaks brushed with cloud, a grande dame has returned to life. Domaine Le Mouflon d’Or, once a faded early-20th-century retreat, has been restored with quiet grandeur — and has just been welcomed into the Relais & Châteaux family. A Revival with SoulContinue reading “Mouflon d’Or: Corsica’s Newest Secret in the Relais & Châteaux Collection”
Where to Find the Best Mexican Food in Los Angeles
Los Angeles has always been a city shaped by migration, culture, and cuisine, and nowhere is this more vivid than in its Mexican food. From century-old institutions to avant-garde kitchens pushing culinary boundaries, LA’s Mexican dining scene is a world unto itself. Here is a curated edit of the most iconic, innovative, and design-forward addresses—placesContinue reading “Where to Find the Best Mexican Food in Los Angeles”
Letter from the Editor #1
September has marked our return, and with it a renewed energy on the site. Over the past weeks we have travelled widely — both geographically and culturally — covering favourite hotels, artists, and even pausing to reflect on the loss of Hollywood’s most golden of golden boys, Robert Redford. We’ve revisited the sunlit glamour ofContinue reading “Letter from the Editor #1”
Monthly Pick: Pulp & Suede — Britpop Elders, Future Tense
Two 1990s powerhouses return with records that feel resolutely now. I am currently listening to both on repeat. Maybe because I came of age in the 1990s, but more so because they are that good. Pulp’s More is the first studio album in 24 years — Jarvis Cocker’s wry surveillance of middle age set toContinue reading “Monthly Pick: Pulp & Suede — Britpop Elders, Future Tense”
Ginori 1735: Porcelain as Poetry, From Florence to the World
Few brands embody the continuum of history and modernity as gracefully as Ginori 1735. Born in the hills outside Florence nearly three centuries ago, the porcelain house has transformed from Enlightenment-era experiment to contemporary design icon. Today, under the creative orbit of Gucci’s Alessandro Michele and now emerging in dialogue with the worlds of art,Continue reading “Ginori 1735: Porcelain as Poetry, From Florence to the World”
La Maison Bleue, El Gouna: An Elegy in Blue
On Egypt’s Red Sea Riviera, there is a place that feels less like a hotel and more like a dream distilled into architecture. La Maison Bleue in El Gouna is not just a retreat but a living anthology of antiques, frescoes, gardens, and sunlight—a sanctuary where design and atmosphere converge. A House of Stories andContinue reading “La Maison Bleue, El Gouna: An Elegy in Blue”
My World of Interiors 