Get ready for Betty Davis
L isten to any of Betty Davis’ songs and you will say she’s a different kind of star. Not the kind fabricated by smart managers and profit driven record [...]
Who is your Mother of the Year?
I n his song Papaoutai, Belgian artist Stromae sings (in French): ‘Everybody knows how to make babies, but nobody knows how to make fathers.’ The same goes for mothers. Nobody [...]
The man with an eye for icons
H is archive consisted of more than 300.000 pictures. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, every celebrity that mattered was photographed by Oscar Abolafia (1935-2020). The amazing book Icons by Oscar captures them [...]
In memoriam: Douglas Ankrah
N o cocktail menu would be complete if it wasn’t for Douglas Ankrah, inventor of the Pornstar Martini. Last month, the Ghanaian-born bartender and entrepreneur unexpectedly died aged 51. His family shared the sad news [...]
The man who transformed surfing
Y ou can wake us up for a surf trip to Hawaii, anytime. Home to waves that are both tempting and terrifying, the island paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the birthplace of surfing [...]
Cheers to the men who inspire us
I n most countries, the third Sunday in June is dedicated to fathers in all shapes and sizes. For this year’s Father’s Day, we propose a slightly different approach: let’s celebrate not just the dads out there, however awesome they may be, [...]
A boy, a brilliant idea and the birth of Bourbon vanilla
E xactly 180 years ago, on the island of Réunion, a 12 year-old boy changed the course of vanilla history — and of his own life. This is the remarkable story of Edmond Albius. Some stories are too special to be washed [...]
The wonderful world of Jimmy Nelson
His breathtaking portraits of indigenous and tribal peoples set Jimmy Nelson apart from his fellow photographers. The Englishman travelled to every corner of the world, outrunning his demons while capturing idealised realities along the way. Seeing a Jimmy Nelson portrait is like [...]
The other side of Orson Welles
When Mr West dared us to ‘name one genius that ain’t crazy’ in his song Feedback, he was, of course, first and foremost alluding to his himself. But chances are that, apart from icons like Pablo Picasso and Steve Jobs, Ye would [...]
Shapeshifting with Mr Christian Bale
There are plenty of actors with the ability to transform into a totally different character from one movie to the next, but none do it so hauntingly convincing as Mr Christian Bale. Serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, insomniac Trevor Reznik [...]