Rolling Stone: LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Sound of Silver’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know How tin-foil-covered walls, a Bulgarian psychiatrist, a certain sneaker giant and other factors helped shape James Murphy’s genre-defying 2007 opus Rolling Stone – see also 10 things on Vampire Weekend, Smashing Pumpkins and Arcade Fire “There’s too much music” declared LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy in 2007. “Major labels Read more about Rolling Stone: LCD Soundsystem[…]

Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival Programme As a music and culture expert, I was commissioned to write juicy content about each of the many musical performers at the month-long, internationally renowned Sydney Festival in 2016. You can see a selection of spreads here, featuring previews on headliners the Flaming Lips, plus performances from Joanna Newsom, Kate Tempest and Read more about Sydney Festival[…]

Belmond

Raising the Bar Belmond Hotels / Suitcase Media Walter Bolzonella, head barman at the fabled Belmond Cipriani Hotel shares tales from a truly unique career. YOU KNOW WHAT’S FUNNY? When Walter Bolzonella was invited to meet Belmond Hotel Cipriani’s revered head barman, to interview for the position of assistant barman back in 1979, he wasn’t Read more about Belmond[…]

Soho House: Wellness

What does healthy eating look like? Sophie Harris discovers the true meaning of ‘wellness’, with help from Little Beach House Malibu What does ‘wellness’ mean to you? Does it mean a gaggle of toned young things in Lululemon yoga pants cooing over a smoothie? Is it yet another newspaper profile of an attractive heiress who’s opened Read more about Soho House: Wellness[…]

Tileyard Studios

Kiosk Magazine 2018 Sophie Harris meets Nick Keynes, well-connected co-founder of the creative compex that’s attracting the music industry to King’s Cross What does pop maverick Mark Ronson have in common with Denzyl Feigelson, former advisor to Steve Jobs? Both are globally successful, ambitious trailblazers, of course. But the really interesting part is that both Read more about Tileyard Studios[…]