The journey to the long-lost city of Petra is truly a flight of fancy. As we drive along the deserted, dizzyingly steep mountain roads of the Desert Highway, it feels eerily apocalyptic, like we’ve reached the world’s end. There isn’t a living soul for miles – aside from a scattering of goats, lone shepherds and swooping vultures. Download: PDF...
Tinseltown trio Los Angeles is for film lovers, food fans and families. Here’s how to love it… By Britt Collins Download: PDF...
The stark beauty of the desert is what inspired Los Angeles architect Robert Stone to build the Rosa Muerta, a unique all-black retreat on the edge of California's Joshua Tree nature reserve. A shaven-headed, tattooed former punk rocker, he lives here part of the year with his artist wife, Amy Wheeler, and their three-year-old son, Ford; the rest of the time the house is rented out for fashion shoots or to adventurous travellers. Here, Robert explains the idea behind his extraordinary home...
She's graced the cover of every glossy fashion and culture magazine going, but by supermodel standards, Angela Lindvall leads a very quiet, low-key and refreshingly grounded existence. She lives with her husband William Edwards, and their three-year-old son, Dakota, on the fabulously beautiful 18-meter tugboat, Lakota, moored on New York's Hudson River. Download: PDF...
Even among the ranks of the supermodel elite, Tatjana Patitz is a class apart. Now 42, she looks virtually unchanged since photographer Peter Lindbergh shot her for the cover of British Vogue back in 1990, flanked by fellow supers Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford. Download: PDF...
High up, amid the pines of the Colorado Rockies, lies actress Daryl Hannah's ranch. The secluded road that leads there winds through wild flower meadows with tangled strawberry patches, where azaleas flame against the sky. At the end of the path, you find a magnificent combination of rustic buildings, fruit groves and mountain views. Download: PDF...
There was only one thing on Michael Mountain's mind as he trudged through the apocalyptic, waterlogged streets of New Orleans: to rescue as many animal as possible. Most of the residents had already fled the devasted city, but their pets - many lost or left behind in the confusion and panic - were clinging to the trees, rooftops and cars, or stranded inside empty houses. Download: PDF...
One of the original supermodels, Tatjana Patitz has swapped jet-set style for a hip home full of salvaged finds and treasures from around the globe. Download: PDF...
Four years ago ethical trailblazer Isobel Davies started a very unusual eco fashion label, Izzy Lane: beautiful clothes made from wool from a flock of long-haired Wensleydale and Shetland sheep she rescued from the abattoir. It all began after Isobel discovered British farmers were destroying fleeces from sheep slaughtered for being male, lame, ophaned or too old, while at the same time wool was being imported from Australia and New Zealand....
Freaks, dreamers, poets, posers - the rooms and apartments of 222 West 23rd Street have seen 'em all. A New York landmark of the mind, the Hotel Chelsea will soon celebrate its centenary. Britt Collins follows Bob Dylan, Bette Davis, Salvador Dali and the ghosts of 1,000 parties along its atmospheric corridors. Download: PDF...