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Jun 21 2016

Angela Lindvall, Harper’s Bazaar

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Architects and interior designers are at last following in the footsteps of green fashion and beauty in their realisation that ecology is hip - and 27-year old eco-stylist to the stars Danny Seo is leading the way. 'You don't have to give up looking fabulous or living well to do some good,' says Seo, an animal-rights activist who reinvented environmentalism after writing several bestselling books on organic living. Download: PDF...

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Jun 16 2016

London’s Carnaby Street, Voyager

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THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SWINGING ’60S IN LONDON, Carnaby Street became an enduring symbol of youth culture. It was where the good, the great and the rebels gathered: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix hung out and shopped among the artists, hipsters and models who made the street what it was. Once home to a Dickensian pest house for plague victims and a burial ground, Carnaby Street has had a long and varied history of more than 500 years. But until 1960, this undistinguished alley consisted of little more...

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Jun 16 2016

Patrick Grant, T&G Magazine

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On days like this, I like standing here, watching the mudlarkers digging around,’ says menswear designer Patrick Grant, looking at the water that runs alongside his Wapping studio. ‘Too many people fail to see the natural beauty that is everywhere. There’s something about being in London that revives the soul.’ The gritty, industrial setting seems an unlikely place to find one of the most style-savvy men in the business. Grant is the man behind Savile Row’s Norton & Sons and its offshoot E. Tautz, which has become one of the finest...

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Jun 16 2016

Books, T&G Magazine

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The seductive debut novel by the great-great-great-granddaughter of Herman Melville takes us on a tour of the glamorous lives of a rich East Coast family plagued by secrets and lies. Set at the family summerhouse – a scene of jazz, martinis and moonlit conspiracies – it’s an epic thriller sweeping across 50s and 60s America. A labyrinthine story told from five points of view, it sizzles with suspense, passion, betrayal and murder. Destined to be a blockbuster, it’s already buzzing with interest from the Hollywood film studios. Download: PDF...

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Jun 16 2016

Gary Clarke Jr, Condé Nast Traveller Mustang Monument, Travel + Leisure

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The man the New York Times says ‘may be the next Hendrix’ has made plenty of noise since appearing on Rolling Stone’s Best Albums of list with Blak and Blu The year-old blues star Gary Clark Jr is suddenly everywhere posing with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page in a recent campaign for designer John Varvatos getting praise from Paul McCartney performing for Obama at the White House and playing with The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton ‘It’s kinda weird’ he says of the whirlwindaround his smooth style and surging R&B sound...

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Jun 16 2016

Music, T&G Magazine

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Theophilus London isn’t Greek or even British, he hails from Brooklyn but – true to his name – he’s not your stereotypical US hip-hop artist. ‘It’s not only about the rap lyric,’ he says. ‘Today people are buying you as a person.’ So he created his brand The Lovers LVRS back in 2009, after the release of his first mixtape. Unlike most musicians who snag endorsements off hit records, his have come from his sense of style – so far collaborations include Del Toro velvet slippers, Cole Haan suede shoes...

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Jun 16 2016

Jay McInerney, The Independent Sunday

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Jay McInerney has had his hits of drama, divorces and celebrity hell. He’s scraped the depths of depravity, done an anaesthetising amount of class-A drugs and been out with supermodels as well as some real shockers — one of them, a woman he spent half the night chatting up and taking home, even died beside him. Download: PDF...

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Jun 16 2016

JP Donleavy, Harper’s Bazaar

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It isn’t often that a book provokes not just one, but three legal battles. But then The Ginger Man isn’t your average novel. When Irish-American writer JP Donleavy penned his scandalous debut in 1955, the world (Ireland especially), wasn’t ready for it or its lusty, violent anti-hero Sebastian Dangerfield. Not that the book was without its plaudits: Dorothy Parker called it a ‘work of rare genius’; and it became essential reading for generations of young rebels, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide – it hasn’t ever been out...

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Jun 16 2016

The best of Los Angeles cover story, Sawsadee magazine

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Los Angeles is a multicultural mosaic of a city with a vibrant nightlife, culinary innovations and style to spare. If you take time to explore the patchwork sprawl of neighbourhoods – from the buzzing and revitalised Arts District to Eastside’s hip Silver Lake or the breezy beach culture of Venice’s Abbot Kinney – LA is full of hidden gems and plenty of homegrown charms. As the stars descend on Hollywood for the awards show shuffle in the lead up to the 86th Academy Awards, this is one of the most...

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Jun 16 2016

Great Barrier Reef, Billionaire magazine

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FLYING OVER THE GREAT BARRIER REEF FOR A seabird’s-eye view is as surreal as it is thrilling. As a green speck appears hazily along the aquamarine surf, I wonder out loud if it is Heron Island. “I hope so,” says our pilot with a wide smile, zooming towards it, “otherwise we’re lost.” Download: PDF...

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