Sustainability is an overused word in architecture but as building techniques improve and waste is considered more carefully, it’s important to remember that we needn’t build everything from scratch. After all, not everyone…
This year’s US presidential election has featured baffling twists and bewildering turns. We meet the correspondents tasked with explaining the inexplicable and translating the debate for their audiences at home.
From vital but sobering screen documentaries to a captivatingly introspective US instrumentalist and the story of a besotted auteur, the premier cultural offerings of early 2021 seem to reflect
a meditative mood. But…
Italy’s book market is finally turning over a new leaf. Figures released by the Italian Association of Editors show that growth (calculated across chains and independent retailers, online shops and big distributors) reached…
A New York artist has spent the past year stacking books across the city and urging passers-by to take from the pile. The elaborate book share, known as The Reading Project, has seen piles of books left in lifts or on…
Cutting-edge cutlery, playful glassware (and a bottle of bourbon to fill it with), classic scents, the latest music and tasteful souvenirs to remind you of sunnier climes.
In the US, Germany, the UK, Indonesia, Hong Kong and China, a renewed interest in the printed word means more books are being dusted off and fewer e-readers are being turned on. Is this a new chapter?