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North Korean theatre

Public spaces, North Korean style

Quite a while ago we did a post here about the decor style of North Korean homes. I had my curiosity sparked by something or other, and posted what little I could find via Google. In the few years since that post it seems that North Korea is becoming the most photographed totally-closed-to-journalists country in […]

Hip-Hopopotamus

That title is a bit misleading for this is not about the brilliant Flight of The Conchords song. However, today’s post is about hip hop – and art. London-born, New York-based artist Zoe Buckman is a longtime fan of the music genre and since I was mentioning Yeezy a few weeks ago, I thought her work […]

Restoring Britain's Landmarks

TV catch-up: property porn with a sting

Maybe it’s having been away from TV for a while, or maybe autumn television is always this good – for interiors nerds there’s loads to enjoy on the box at the moment. There’s the new series of Salvage Hunters on Quest, Wednesday evenings (catch-up here). Last episode saw Drew moved almost to tears by finding […]

Trend or travesty: Being inspired by mega stars?

Please find below a blog post that reveals the mind set of a 16 year old fan girl. For I seem to have developed a fixation with Kanye West. It started innocently enough with a rekindled obsession with Chris Rock and the discovery that they were friends. Then Showstudio announced that Lou Stoppard was to […]

Exhibition: Artists in their studios

There’s an exhibition on at the London Sofitel hotel, Revealed, which has been curated by Picasso’s grandson Olivier Widmaier Picasso. It shows legendary artists at work either in their studios or in unusual locations. We’ve long run a Pinterest board on this topic and have been aware that the obsession with the subject is widely […]