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Obnoxious Antique Shopping

If you’re the kind of shopper that comes home from the flea market and gleefully calls out, “Honey! Come see what I bought”, only to be met with a look of horror on your partner’s face– then this post is for you my friend. They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, right? I found Obnoxious Antiques…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXXXVI)

1. Elvis’ Last privately-owned Jet up for Auction after sitting for 30 years on a Roswell Runway A 1962 Lockheed Jetstar, this jet was personally designed and ordered by Elvis Presley. The interior was custom designed to Elvis’ specifications, down to the gold-tone, woodwork, inlay and red velvet seats and red shag carpet. This jet was…

A Janitor’s View of La Sorbonne University

I imagine that the school janitor of La Sorbonne University doesn’t have it so bad. When school is out and all the students and teachers have left, imagine roaming these halls and polishing the blackboards in classrooms that taught Voltaire, Balzac, Jean Paul Sartre, Marie Curie and T.S Eliot. Parisian photographer Ludwig Favre is not the janitor, nor was…

Inside Le Monocle, the Parisian Lesbian Nightclub of the 1930s

If you were to hang around Montmartre after sundown in the 1920s & 30s, it’s likely you were looking for something a little more Avant-Garde than what you might find on the Parisian Left Bank. At the time, it was a haven for struggling artists, bohemians, burlesque dancers, straying husbands as well as a vibrant gay & lesbian community. In Montmartre, they…

Granny’s Old China Just got Really Cool

I realise that with this post about granny’s upcycled old china, some of you might think I’ve lost my sense of style entirely. Kitsch is not for everyone, but surely David Bowie for everyone?! Dirty Lola is one of those happy Etsy discoveries, a shop created by Miss Scarlett, a full-time professional illustrator, who has…

Architecture on Steroids in a Post-Soviet World

We wrote about Frank Herfort and his Russian Fairytales photo series earlier this month, but we just can’t get enough of his stuff and wanted to share another one of his visual stories called “Imperial Pomp”. Essentially an ode to architecture on steroids, whilst Frank was on his travels in some of the most remote areas in Russia, he…

Postcards from Hobbiton

Fans of The Lord of the Rings: unite! Non-fans who just like film sets and may or may not have Elvish tattoos anyway: unite! Oh, just me? Weird. Today we’re tumbling down the wildly intriguing rabbit hole and landing in some Hobbit Holes! In 1998, when Peter Jackson was scouting for the perfect location to…

Forgotten Splendour of Victorian Spa Shuttered for Decades

“We all stink. No one smells,” were the alleged words of patron Saint Bernard when speaking of Europe’s general hygiene in the Middle Ages. For about four or five centuries, the Western world suffered a hiatus in cleanliness following the great plagues, when people believed that it was actually dangerous to bathe. Water was thought to carry…

How a Lost English Castle is Coming Back from its Hopeless Ruin

How to save a ruin? It’s a question that’s been on my mind lately since I discovered a derelict 17th century château just outside of Paris, which could soon be beyond saving. So when I came across the story of another 17th century historic ruin across the channel in England, arguably found in much worse shape than…

Take Home a Piece of the Paris Love-Locked Bridges

When the decision was made last year in Paris to remove all those thousands of love locks attached to the city’s bridges, I wondered what would become of them, assuming the worst; a swift disposal, perhaps sent straight to the foundry to be melted down for a pretty penny. Once again however, the city of Paris has surprised…

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