My friend Gordon Millan, who died at the age of 74, was a specialist in French literature of the Belle Epoque and an authority on the great French poet Stephane Mallarme. Gordon was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, to Isobel (née Hamilton) and Frederick, a baker. After Frederick’s death, Isobel movedRead More →
France are ending their Fall International program – also known as the Fall Nations Series – with a tantalizing clash against the All Blacks at the Stade de France. This is arguably the shock of the entire November test run. When is it? Saturday, November 20. What time is theRead More →
The initiative features world-renowned thought leaders including Anglo-American fashion designer and philanthropist Tan France, Gitanjali Rao, 2020 TIME Kid of the Year, and British robotics scientist Dr Peter Scott-Morgan . RESEARCH PARK TRIANGLE, North Carolina, October 27, 2021– (COMMERCIAL THREAD)–Today, Lenovo™ (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) launches the Kind City Project—ARead More →
On Monday, the Google home page paid tribute to Claude Cahun, born that day in 1894. Until recently, Cahun was considered a secondary figure in the surrealist movement. Born under Lucy Schwob, Cahun rejected gender constructions and imploded the division between male and female in her photographs. A Jewish refugee,Read More →
My German mother was a highly superstitious soul, especially when it came to the natural world. For example, one day a “fairy ring” of mushrooms appeared in our garden. My mother became agitated and told me not to disturb the ring, as it was a “hexenringe” – a place, sheRead More →
In 1947, Paris was still in difficulty after World War II and the city lacked beauty. And a 41-year-old designer named Christian Dior provided it with his first fashion collection. As the elegant Dior models strolled through her living room dressed in extravagant skirts and impossible wasp-waisted jackets, they leftRead More →
Tan France goes beyond the French tuck. Fashion expert “Queer Eye”, 38, launched was him, a new genderless outerwear line on October 19 with a mission to help everyone look their best during the colder months. “Coats are THE thing I buy more than anything else besides shoes,” France toldRead More →
Best known for her transformational wardrobe and confident makeovers on the hit Netflix show strange eye, and guide young designers as a judge on Next in fashion, fashion guru Tan France returns to the design arena with the launch of his genderless outerwear brand WAS HIM. Created in partnership withRead More →
LONDON – Grace Wales Bonner edited the latest edition of A magazine organized by. Entitled “Rhapsody in the Street”, the magazine’s 22nd edition is an “academic and visual survey” of Wales Bonner’s interests and research spanning 200 pages. The issue showcases the tradition of 20th century black poetry, literature andRead More →
One of the world’s best-known pieces of furniture, Salvador Dalí’s Mae West lip sofa, began life as a sketch on the back of an envelope, a house archive search revealed countryside of Sussex. The sketch was unearthed in West Dean near Chichester, the former home of Dalí’s boss Edward James,Read More →