Photographer Dan Martensen’s Favourite Things

Dan Martensen embodies the vibrant energy of his native New York, a whirlwind of passion for family, friends, music, and the city’s cultural fabric. He brings that same passion to his dual vocations: photography and bagels. He moves quickly, recounting significant moments from his life, including interactions with some of the world’s most famous names….

At Home With the Artist Rahill Jamalifard

“I love objects and I like to collect,” the artist Rahill Jamalifard tells me early on in our video call one cold January afternoon this year. For decades, first in Manhattan and more recently at the home she shares with her partner in New Lebanon, upstate New York, Rahill has been accumulating records, books, t-shirts,…

The Art of New Season Extra Virgin Olive Oil

A conversation about olive oil: the process, the quality, an idyllic rural pocket of the western Peloponnese, and creating a brand without intending to do so – Tom Woodgate and Juli Laki are behind Honest Toil, the company they founded 15 years ago; today it’s one of the most dynamic, well-known premium olive oils in Europe….

A Complicated Blend of Love, Misunderstanding, and Self-sacrifice: Director Pelin Keskin Liu on ‘Three Meals’

Writer-director Pelin Keskin Liu’s debut short film Three Meals is a masterful portrait of the complexities, tensions and generational misunderstandings at the core of a relationship between a mother and daughter living very different lives. Yasmin and Suzy live apart – a metaphor for their having grown apart – but in the film they come together. Three…

At Home With Pinch Chef Alice Norman

Alice Norman’s culinary journey began at the renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland, where she developed a deep passion for food, putting her hand to farming to baking. Soon after completing two courses at the school, she began working her first job in hospitality with team at modern Indian restaurant Kricket in Brixton. She would…

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