Cem K Altinsoy is not your typical baker. About 15 years ago, just as he was graduating with a degree in mathematics from Imperial College, Altinsoy had the London 2012 Olympics in his sights. “I was very much all about Olympic weightlifting,” he says. “Then I got badly injured.” After the global recession in the…
Deep in Modena’s medieval core, there’s a bowl of jollof so powerful it’s a verb, and it’s conjugated in the Italian first-person plural – Jollofiamo. This is the invitation – “let’s eat jollof together” – on the current menu at Roots, a restaurant and social enterprise that trains migrant women in restaurant cooking. And a year and a…
The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai is currently hosting POP: FAME, LOVE AND POWER, a landmark exhibition showcasing seminal American Pop art from the 1960s onwards. Curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, this is India’s first museum exhibition dedicated to Pop art. The show, open until 11 February 2024, highlights works by iconic artists…
Embedded within the rich tapestry of festive customs, the Christmas tree has evolved into a symbol synonymous with holiday spirit, long associated with warmth and joy. At once borrowing and departing from the conventional archetype, a number of contemporary artists have sought to reimagine and subvert the coniferous icon. Something Curated highlights five artworks that…
Missy Flynn is the co-founder of London restaurant Rita’s – a brand which began life in residency at iconic Dalston nightclub Birthdays in the early 2010s, evolved to its first permanent premises on Mare Street in Hackney by late 2013, before moving through various iterations and evolutions, including as a sandwich shop in King’s Cross, and a…
Multi-hyphenate Elle Anastasiou serves as the Director of the 0xCollection, a new institution dedicated to bridging the worlds of fine art and contemporary technology. Based in Basel, 0x was launched this year to develop digital art from the present with an eye towards the future, with two major inaugural exhibitions in Prague. 0x began with…
Malatang – a customisable regional street food comprising spicy broth, meats, vegetables and noodles – is a popular dish originating in Leshan, Sichuan province, China. Across the southwestern Guangdong region however, its flavour and composition differs according to the tastes of the local people. When I was in Shenzhen, I went to eat malatang once every Sunday…
There was a time, around seven or eight years ago, when I agreed with the old adage that pizza is like sex: that even when it’s bad, it is good. I’ve since matured and in my maturity, I’ve become a little more picky. My wife, as it happens, “doesn’t like pizza.” But for me, the…