Big Dreams, Small Spaces follows two people attempting to change their lives and landscapes. We meet Alex, who has the ambitious dream of turning her tiny, 32-square-meter new-build backyard into…
Europe was supposedly Christian by the Middle Ages, but the reality is more complicated. From the Sámi in Fennoscandia to the Baltic countryside, sacred groves, sacrifices, and animist traditions survived…
The Deep Blue Sea is a 2011 British romantic drama film written and directed by Terence Davies and starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, and Simon Russell Beale. It is an…
The Color of Pomegranates, originally known as Sayat-Nova, is a 1969 Soviet Armenian avant-garde film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov. The film is a poetic treatment of the life…
In Montreuil, just outside Paris, this compact apartment is both home and workshop to interior architect Sophie Berck of Petit Jour Architecture. By removing partitions and doors, Berck opened up…
LesInFocus
Dissolving boundaries expands my craft arsenal. Openness to new mediums and genres expands my ideas and problem-solving. What if—for the sake of a good stretch and a cracked back, because…
Acting Librarian of Congress Robert Randolph Newlen today named Arthur Sze as the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. The winner of…
Religion for Breakfast
Designed by Knox Bhavan Architects as their family home, this 19th-century townhouse in Camberwell, south-east London, has been creatively reimagined with thoughtfully integrated materials, colours, and joyful details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPiqknV6Iyw