Travel & Food
What Instagram Doesn’t Tell You About Egypt
The pyramids are real. So is the hustle.
Daria Konovalenko
Culture
Emily in Paris: a marketing recap nobody asked for.
but everybody needs.
Travel & Food
Britishisation: part 1. Sweets.
A cultural study conducted in Tesco aisles.
Culture
The Gastronomical Me: How M.F.K. Fisher Turns Eating into Experience
I have a particular respect for authors who write about food not as a list of ingredients but as a cultural state of being.
Culture
The Many Lives of Lee Miller: Beauty, Surrealism, and the Horror of War
I spent two months trying to write about the Lee Miller exhibition at Tate Britain. Only now do I understand why it was so difficult.
Travel & Food
Eating My Way Through Mexico, Accidentally Finding Culture
From Anahuacalli’s volcanic modernism to the Estela de Luz fiasco: a brief field report from a city that resists simplification.
Culture
Two Men, One Art: The Obsessive World of Gilbert & George
At Hayward Gallery, the legendary British duo turn their daily lives into a monumental portrait of faith, filth, and devotion.
Travel & Food
Shanghai: Chaos, Glitter, and Ten Million Neighbors
Lost in translation.
Fashion & Beauty
Why Ruined Dresses and Faux Stains Rule the Barbican Right Now
And yes — if I had a pound for every Margiela in a show, I’d be funding the Barbican myself by now.
Travel & Food
London on a plate: 11 places I ate (and why you should too)
Food radar: London edition
Culture
How And Just Like That almost buried the legacy of Sex and the City
Bidding farewell to the worst sequel in television history
Culture
Tart: a book about culinary through the female gaze
I’ve never in my life pre-ordered a book, but this time my hand instinctively reached for Tart.