Barcelona art guide: top museums and galleries for art lovers
From Picasso to Miró, Gaudí to graffiti: uncover Barcelona’s best art museums and galleries. In Barcelona, art is not just something you observe — it’s something you walk through, dine beside, and sometimes stumble upon while ordering coffee. The Catalan capital has long nurtured the avant-garde, from Antoni Gaudí’s impossible curves and structures to Joan […]
Max Mackee: adventure and mindfulness off Japan’s beaten path
When Max Mackee swapped corporate law and fintech spreadsheets for snowboards and sacred trails, eyebrows were raised. The British-Japanese entrepreneur, raised in Japan but educated in England, is now the founder of Kammui: a sleek, next-gen travel platform making Japan’s backcountry cool again. Based in Tokyo when he’s not off DJing in Seoul or deep […]
The exquisite joys of the slow lane
How the jet set rediscovered the joys of unrushed travel. ‘Time-poor’ has become the standard lament of the professional classes. And a counter-movement has re-emerged among the travel elite: the deliberate embrace of slowness. Like gourmets who spurn fast food, today’s sophisticated travellers are oft rejecting the airport sprint for journeys where the getting-there as […]
When whisky wears couture: Johnnie Walker Vault taps Olivier Rousteing
Priced at US$20,000 per bottle and limited to just 25 per season, Couture Expression is a wake up for the senses. Whisky and haute couture. Not the most obvious of pairings, yet when Johnnie Walker –the world’s most famous Scotch brand — opens its illustrious Vault in Edinburgh to a fashion designer like Olivier Rousteing, […]
Patrick McDowell: sustainable London luxuries and a Venetian love story
Liverpool-born, East London-based fashion designer Patrick McDowell is redefining luxury fashion through a sustainable lens. Since launching his eponymous label in 2018 at London Fashion Week, the Central Saint Martins graduate has garnered acclaim for innovative use of reclaimed materials and commitment to circular design. His couture creations, worn by Lady Gaga, Keira Knightley and […]
