Who said that jelly had to be the messy watery tasting dessert your Grandma used to force feed you? (more…)
June 14th, 2010
Thanks to the Coachella festival, the environs of Palm Springs in California have become a little more young and hip of late — but back in 1960 it was the destination for Hollywood’s wealthy retirees to congregate and convalesce. It was also where, in that same year, French photographer Robert Doisneau, more famous for his Parisian scenes, was sent by Fortune magazine. (more…)
June 4th, 2010
The Hay Festival is now in full swing, but if you like your lit-fests a little less, well, literary, you might want to consider booking in for the Port Eliot Festival in July. Of course there are some renowned authors attending (Jez Butterworth, Geoff Dyer, Margaret Drabble), but there’s also a whole heap of other stuff to do — heck, you probably don’t have to get within an inch of a book if you don’t fancy. (more…)
June 1st, 2010
Though we realise “Viz: Top Of The Tips” has been on the shelves for a full six days now, it’s taken us that long to overcome our laughter-induced stomach cramps and teary eyes. So, long overdue thought it is, here’s our selection from the 30 year-old comic’s hilarious collection of tips. (more…)
May 28th, 2010
With the iPad finally going on sale in a little over 24 hours, you might be wondering if there’s enough worthwhile content at launch to justify dipping your toe into early-adopter territory. If the Marvel Comics iPad app is anything to go by, the answer is yes. (more…)
May 26th, 2010
To celebrate a new partnership with (RED), the global campaign to eliminate Aids from Africa, Penguin’s design team has commissioned eye-catching new artwork for eight titles in the Penguin Classics series. (more…)
May 24th, 2010
Books, Competitions, Entertainment
Two well-dressed men riding a trout, three hussars astride an elongated horse, a pipe-smoking sailor in a one-man cycle-powered submarine… In illustrator Paul Slater’s world nothing is as it seems — which, if you win the signed copy of his book that we’re giving away, you’ll soon discover. (more…)
May 13th, 2010
(L-R) Lord Bragg; Esquire editor Jeremy Langmead; author Andrew O’Hagan.
It’s not often that you find the country’s leading literati sipping Polynesian cocktails in Mayfair nightclubs, but last Wednesday, when Esquire threw a party to celebrate the launch of our editor at large, Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel The Life and Opinions of Maf the dog & his friend Marilyn Monroe, that’s exactly what happened. (more…)
May 7th, 2010
