The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

Solen syns överallt, från alla håll, i Elis Monteverde Burraus nya diktsamling. Någonstans mellan promenad och psykos, lika otvunget som strängt, lika vårdslöst som fyllt av omsorg, tar dikterna form – en poesi som inte är lycklig bara för

Every Sunday a small army of amateur footballers descend on Hackney Marshes. Known as the ‘spiritual home of amateur football’, the marshes consist of some 80 pitches where more than 50 matches are played each week from September until April. Photographer Chris Baker, an amateur footballer himself, has spent the past three seasons documenting this […]

Rich girl, street punk, lost girl and icon … scholar, stripper, victim and media-whore: The late Kathy Acker’s legend and writings are wrapped in mythologies, created mostly by Acker herself. The media storm that surrounded Kathy Acker’s books was unprecedented: her books were banned in several countries and condemned by the mainstream media, but eventually […]

For the man who has everything, a book full of rich insight into what makes a product endure and bring pleasure to all who possess it. In an age of globalization with fashion trends that change by the day, the quality and workmanship of the great British luxury brands endure and flourish like never before. […]

En ung man har bestämt sig för att avsluta sitt liv genom att hoppa från en bro över ett vattenfall i New England. Det är väl inget skamfullt med det, att låta sig dras ned av gravitationskraften som håller oss alla på jorden, tänker han. En äldre kvinna som bor precis intill ser mannen från […]

A majestic biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest bodies of music in history. John & Paul begins in 1957, when two teenagers in suburban Liverpool meet and decide to play rock n’roll together. It ends twenty-three years later, when one of them is murdered. In between, we […]

När Jimmie Darling kommer till Beckomberga mentalsjukhus börjar hans dotter Jackie tillbringa allt mer tid där och när modern reser till Svarta havet blir sjukhuset hela hennes värld. Där finns läkaren Edvard Winterson som varje natt tar med sig Jim och några utvalda patienter till sina stora fester vid Lill-Jansplan, där finns Inger Vogel som […]

Despite realizing that life is short and that we should enjoy it to the fullest, it has become increasingly hard for people to find a moment of peace in the restlessness and hubbub of the modern world. Nevertheless, there is still beauty and happiness to be found in even the smallest things — from a […]