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“När min dotter fyllde 18 bestämde jag mig för att hon skulle få sina drömmars tårta. Det blev många sena kvällar, men till slut fick min vackra dotter sin drömtårta, med pärlor, fjärilar och rosor, 101 rosor för att vara mer exakt, allt i sockerpasta i olika nyanser av rosa och beige. Sedan dess har […]

Palace Costume is a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Palace Costume & Prop Co., an exclusive Los Angeles film-industry haven of dresses, gowns, garments, accessories, props, and jewelry featured in countless movies for more than fifty years. Envisioned and curated by owner Melody Barnett, Palace Costume is a 30,000-square-foot treasure trove of over half a million pieces and […]

Vintage Minis bring you the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human – from birth to death and everything in between.

While cooking at Chez Panisse at the start of her career, Samin Nosrat noticed that amid the chaos of the kitchen there were four key principles that her fellow chefs would always fall back on to make their food better: Salt, Fat, Acid and Heat. By mastering these four variables, Samin found the confidence to […]

This book was first published in hardback in 2017 to accompany the exhibition of Basquiat that was held at the Barbican Gallery and then travelled to Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt. The book has just been re-published in this paperback edition. The title of the book (and of the exhibition) comes from a piece of graffiti […]

Vinnare av 2024-års Elsa Morante-pris. Emilia är drygt 30 och har dragit sig tillbaka till den lilla bergsbyn Sassaia i Piemonte, Norra Italien. En hemlighet från hennes förflutna plågar henne. Trots att hon avtjänat ett långt fängelsestraff, har hon valt ett liv i skam och ensamhet. Emilia längtar efter försoning men vägrar tro på en […]

Dylan Jones’ definitive oral history of The Velvet Underground draws on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, film-makers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, to celebrate not only their impact but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever into the 21st century. Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music […]

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same […]