As the saying goes, there’s nothing new under the sun. Our Instagram feeds are flooded with pictures of meals, desserts or cups of coffee presented in an aesthetically pleasing way, but, despite our tendency to blame this on the existence of Instagram itself, the representation of food – be it in still life paintings or […]
x Read more xOur sixth and final part of the Valentine’s Day series of love letters penned by famous writers is one that, hopefully, will surprise you, as its author is not someone you normally would expect to see praised for his writing of love letters. And, to be completely honest, this is definitely a strange piece, describing […]
x Read more xNumber five, and second to last in our Valentine’s Day series of literary love letters, is one of the many exchanged between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. This letter was written by Vita in Milan and posted in Trieste, at a time when the two were apart. Virginia Woolf was already a leading figure of […]
x Read more xThe fourth in our Valentine’s Day selection of literary love letters, this erotically-charged piece was penned by New Zealand-born Modernist short story writer Katherine Mansfield and addressed to the man who would become her second husband, writer and magazine editor John Middleton Murry. In fact, it was Murry’s job as an editor that brought him […]
x Read more xThe words of Lord Byron, the man who embodied the quintessence of the Romantic spirit could make anyone weak in the knees. He addressed the most tender of them to his married lover, the Italian Countess Teresa Guiccioli. With his flair for drama, outrageous personal exploits and scandalous affairs, George Gordon, Lord Byron knew […]
x Read more xThe romance between Zelda Sayre, later Zelda Fitzgerald, American socialite and novelist, and her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald, who dubbed her “the first American flapper,” was tumultuous to say the least. Zelda’s personality was the inspiration for many of her husband’s female characters – notably Daisy Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby,” and also the heartbreaking, […]
x Read more xIn celebration of Valentine’s Day, we have prepared for you a small selection of the most beautiful love letters written by famous writers. We begin with a letter dated June 1835, one of 414 that Honoré de Balzac, one of the leading – and definitely the most prolific – exponents of 19th century French Realism, […]
x Read more xFriendship is often taken for granted. As far as literature and the arts are concerned, it takes a back seat to the theme of romantic love, when, in fact, they exist one in continuation of the other and are part of the same human capacity to form bonds and offer others emotional support. Here are […]
x Read more xSince David Bowie passed away, on January 10th, 2016, people have been revisiting – and some of them even discovering for the first time – his immensely varied body of work. Through his thought-provoking art and the many witticisms he has shared in interviews throughout the years, this one-of-a-kind, never to be forgotten artist has […]
x Read more xSinger, songwriter, poet, novelist and visual artist, Leonard Cohen stands out through his elegant, melancholy air, original approach of subjects such as love, depression or social inequality, and through his individual brand of spirituality, that mixes his Jewish heritage with the Buddhist faith he later adopted. His brand of eroticism is pensive, yet passionate, sincere, […]
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