You’ve almost certainly heard the line: that you’re not really one organism at all, but a walking colony — outnumbered ten to one by the bacteria living in and on you. It’s a wonderfully creepy little fact. It’s also, it turns out, wrong. But stay with me, because the real story is far more interesting […]
Gut Health Moved from Trend to Science Read More »
Here’s a little test for you. Next time you’re in a room full of people, find the one who looks unmistakably, effortlessly expensive — and then try to spot a single logo on them. You won’t. No monogram. No swoosh. No giant name shouting across their chest like a sandwich board. Just a beautifully cut
Quiet Luxury Became the Default Aesthetic Read More »
Fun fact to open with: you have two ages, not one. There’s the number on your birthday cards — fixed, non-negotiable, frankly a bit rude. And then there’s your biological age, which is what your cells are actually up to behind the scenes. The delightful part? Unlike your birthday, this second age is open to
Longevity Science Left the Lab — and Moved Into Daily Life Read More »
Not so long ago, telling someone your outfit was secondhand came with a tiny flinch — a little apology tucked into the sentence. In 2025, that flinch quietly vanished. Announcing you’d thrifted your coat stopped being a confession and became close to a “flex“. And the numbers behind that shift are genuinely eye-watering. Thrifting grew
Secondhand Became the Default — Resale Hit $56 Billion, and Fashion’s Economics Shifted Read More »
There’s a new chat-up line doing the rounds, and it isn’t “can I buy you a drink.” It’s “what’s your Strava?” Which tells you almost everything you need to know about how a generation decided to find its people in 2025. Not in the pub. On the pavement, at 7 am, in trainers. The running
Run Clubs Replaced Nightclubs — Social Fitness Became the Culture Read More »
We started talking about these drugs the way you’d whisper about a clever shortcut into a smaller dress size. We’re ending up talking about them as a way to stay alive longer. That’s quite a journey for a weekly injection — and it’s the part of the story I actually can’t stop thinking about. I
GLP-1 Drugs Go Mainstream — and the Science Gets Bigger Than Weight Loss Read More »
February 11–14, 2025 · Messe Nuremberg, Germany I have a small, faintly antisocial habit: in a shop, I read the back of the jar before I read the front. The front is where the poetry lives — botanical, clean, derived from nature, words chosen by someone paid handsomely to make me feel virtuous. The back
BIOFACH / Vivaness, Nuremberg Read More »
September 4–8, 2025 · Paris I care about the room I’m sitting in rather more than is strictly reasonable. Not in a show-home way — I’ve no interest in a space that looks immaculate and feels like nobody’s allowed to live in it — but because home is where I actually spend my life, and
Maison & Objet + Paris Design Week Read More »
June 20–22, 2025 · Aspen, Colorado Here is a fact nobody warns you about: Aspen sits at nearly 8,000 feet, and wine at altitude is a considerably more persuasive companion than wine at sea level. The Rocky Mountains will, quite politely, take one glass and charge you for two. Which makes the Food & Wine
Food & Wine, Aspen Read More »
March 21 – April 6, 2025 · Olympia, London On the morning of the eighth of October, 1908, the Lord Mayor of London climbed into his coach and processed through the city in full ceremonial splendour, sheriffs and aldermen trailing behind him, to declare open — I promise I am not embellishing — an exhibition
The Ideal Home Show Read More »
