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Jeffrey Eugenides knows about love. Dave Eggers, the 'Bono of lit', knew that Jeffrey knew about love, and asked him to compile a book of love stories...

To appreciate the awesomeness of the Portable Film Festival you need to think about two seemingly unrelated things at once. Firstly, you know how ‘normal'...

What one place can you score: mix tapes made by Calvin Johnson, furry dolls by Mike Kelley, claymation DVDs by Ian Svenonius, limited edition Maui and...

In the opening article of Another Man, biographer Charlotte Chandler recalls talking to Pavarotti on the occasion of his 20th farewell performance...

There’s more to being a Slayer fan than obsessing over serial killers, satanism and warfare, collecting box sets and feuding with Megadeth. If you’ve...

Heave open the wrought iron doors of Friperie and the collection will cause bladder-tickling, cross-legged excitement. The Smith Street emporium is rustling...

Fantastic Man is not a superhero but it’s certainly here to save the day. ‘A Gentleman’s Style Journal’, the magazine focuses...

Is Speed Racer Kubrick's 2001 for kids?

To call its reception 'lukewarm' is an understatement, and it's easy to see why. It's too child-friendly...

Edward Cole, creator of Cole’s Funny Picture Book, was not a conventional Victorian fellow. An entrepreneur and idealist, he took it upon himself...

Hello, my name is S Magazine. I come from Denmark, making me Danish. I feature the work of many interesting photographers and lots and lots of naked...

Loop is one of the few inner city bars that has managed to maintain its chic for more than a few months. A beautifully crafted angular bar and great lighting...

Oh Captain my Captain! There are no victims in this classroom!Everyone complains about Hollywood’s love of remakes, but no one bats an eyelid...

Once upon a time mad, cynical geniuses like Kurt Vonnegut and Phillip K. Dick made a living hacking out stories for pulp magazines, trashy bits of entertainment...

"Bag lady you gone hurt your back, Draggin all them bags like that..."

When it comes to the proliferation of stuff, I'm with Erykah. Most...

We live in a city so multicultural that even our clothes are cross-bred. Take this jumper; it was designed in Japan, fashioned from Egyptian cotton, given...

Say no to the boring old album, instead turn your photos into little works of art with the clever Photoclips from Lomography. These clear pegs join...

Until now ‘residencies’ were only given to has-been DJs and bad jazz bands by pubs and bars that didn’t know any better. However, as...

Bean bag, bean bag. Whatcha doin’ sittin’ on that bean bag?
Reading Shrigley’s Worried Noodles!

Tree stump, tree stump. Whatcha...

Dumbo feather turns 1! A landmark, a testament to taste, a damn tootin', honky tonkin', whiskey swillin' celebration. A magazine year is far more impressive...

It's probably true to say there aren't many books that could be spun out from a Vice column. True, some of the don'ts are quite evocative (ref: ‘It's...