American Gods

The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the world’s most popular and influential rock and pop acts got their names. By turns fascinating, funny, and bizarre, the pages offer insight into the peculiar choices and idiosyncratic psychologies of hundreds of top musicians from the 1960s to the present. Originally […]

Daphne du Mauriers obestridda mästerverk Rebecca har allt en gotisk romance ska ha: en hemsökt herrgård, hypnotiska landskap, våldsam passion, sex, mord. Berättaren är en ung, fattig kvinna som gifter sig med

Lips the colour of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like ‘guilt, and guilt, and guilt’: these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom. ‘But what is the ninth kingdom?’ she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. ‘It is […]

Sommaren 1888 anländer Knut Hamsun till Köpenhamn, dåtidens kulturcentrum i Norden. Desillusionerad – euforisk – river han manuskriptet som skulle göra hans litterära karriär. Han stannar i staden, för nu vet han: Hamsun ska skriva sig fram till »det som ingen ännu känner«, till något litteraturen aldrig sett. »Nerverna« är på modet detta sekelskifte, men […]

Have you ever heard of Suri tribe? They reside in south Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia, and have been dubbed as the most fashionable tribe in the world. Japanese photographer Nagi Yoshida has been taking their photos since 2009, gaining their trust by getting naked as they do to capture these stunning shots of their hidden […]

The raw charm of rustic farmhouses, the inviting ease of country homes: New Romance presents romantic interiors inspired by modernity. From country house to chalet, New Romance highlights the charm and grace of interiors. Soft classic tones and unfinished woods provide the look and feel of dreamy antiquity. Mudrooms and breezeways bring the bright airiness […]

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider’s checklist of all you need to know about the world’s most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or […]

Come along for the adventure of a lifetime: revel in the freedom of a road trip, and join two friends riding into the unknown—traveling 20,000 miles south on their trusty BMW air-cooled G/S overland haulers. From the Guatemalan jungle, to the magical, desolate Bolivian salt flats, the high roads of the Peruvian Andes, all the […]