“The ability to merge fashion and hospitality is such an exciting thing”
Inspired by a long editorial career, most recently as Editor-in-Chief at Elle Décor, Whitney Robinson is now working with the brightest minds in fashion, design and architecture to develop hospitality and café venues straight out of a magazine spread Whitney Robinson (left)…
Opinion | My Country Shows What Europe Has Become
He could have been anywhere. Delivering a speech to a group of Belgian businessmen this year, Barack Obama warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence, climate change and geopolitical conflict. More local matters were close at hand: Belgium was entering…
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Woman divides opinion with ‘barbaric’ barbecue offering but insists it is ‘no different’ to chicken or beef
Published 10:59 30 May 2024 GMT+1 This X user made a good point about our meat eating habits As the summer months roll around its time to wheel out our barbecues and head into the garden to enjoy some well-earned…
Electric cars are about to get a lot more expensive
The trouble is, there are serious problems with every alternative on offer. First, and most obviously, every additional charge is going to discourage drivers from making the switch. If people are required to pay an extra registration fee, or some…
Opinion | South Africa Is Becoming Something New, and It’s Not Good
The ceremony went virtually unnoticed. On an overcast April day in South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a lackluster speech commemorating the end of white-minority rule in South Africa. When Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the country’s…
Our Japanese-born reporter eats burrito for first time in his life, changes opinion on McDonald’s
Somehow Seiji ate a beetle before he ate a burrito. Our Japanese-language reporter Seiji Nakazawa doesn’t have an unadventurous palate. He enjoys a good kebab, and a while back I taught the guy how to make Lebanese hushwee, which he…
Nature to nurture: how to get more plants in your life and home
“Plants and interior design have always gone hand in hand for me. Houseplants can provide so many benefits – like their air purifying properties, flexible styling and sustainability, and the connection we have to plants goes back centuries,” says American…
Opinion | Marjorie Taylor Greene Has a Decision to Make
Marjorie Taylor Greene seems even thirstier for attention than usual. The Georgia congresswoman recently caused a rumpus in a House Oversight Committee meeting by mocking the eyelashes of a Democratic colleague, Jasmine Crockett. (The episode went viral. Of course.) Days…
Opinion | Luckin Coffee’s rise over Starbucks reflects changes brewing in China
Luckin Coffee, which doubled its stores last year to 18,590 – including 30 in Singapore, its only other market – added 2,342 more in the first quarter, all but two of which were in China. This rapid expansion hit Luckin…
Schedule a Gamer Night — it’s life-changing
These days, anybody who talks to me about video games hears a key phrase in my lexicon. “Oh, I watched my friend playing that at Gamer Night.” “I have to install it in time for Gamer Night!” “I finally finished…