The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is sure to be a huge International success. The book itself has sold over 65 million copies and the Swedish version of the film (dubbed in English and released in 2009) – has been a major critical success already. Now we’re invited to see Hollywoods take on it starring [...]
Kilimanjaro is the world’s highest free standing, snow-covered equatorial mountain. And today, it is the highest mountain that regular tourists can climb, although it remains a considerable feat! The breathable oxygen at the top is less than half the amount than is common at sea level, and climbers cover at least eighty kilometres on nothing [...]
A rare wartime guitar – played by a member of an award-winning dance band and used to accompany the Glenn Miller Orchestra – hit the right notes with bidders at an antiques auction in the Cotswolds recently. American manufacturer Gibson ceased imports of the Super 400 and other models to the UK at the outbreak [...]
Every year brings a new image. Some are startling – some are disturbing. A few, like the spotlights shining into the sky over New York remind us of the tragedies in our world and why we must never forget. This selection is of the sadder images of 2011. The loss of Amy Winehouse and Steve [...]
Charly Molinelli is an interior designer based in France. He recently spotted a crashed Ferrari in his local scrapyard and had an inspired idea – make a Coffee Table from it! Here are the images he published of how he brought the project to life…
Profiles in History has announced a major addition to their “Icons of Hollywood” auction to take place on December 15, 16 and 17th 2011 at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. Steve McQueen’s Gulf driving suit from the film, Le Mans, is to go under the hammer. The two-piece racing suit (jacket and [...]
The Design Museum has recently added an M1 Motorway sign to its collection along with an AK-47 Rifle and Sony Walkman. The road signs, commissioned by the government for Britain’s new network of motorways and major roads, were tested in 1958 in an underground car park and in Hyde Park, where they were propped against [...]
A 1:30 second short video. Times Like This by Sertac Yuksel: Shot over a couple of days on the streets of Istanbul. I took my camera, strolled through the streets alone and had a great time with the help of summer and a real life outside. Sertac adds: I make my films with low budget [...]
Usman Riaz is a 20 years old Pakistani musician from a creative and musically-literate family. Here he plays a piece called Firefly that you have to listen to for a few minutes to appreciate just how good he is. Grand-Nephew of Zia Mohyeddin, Usman’s great grandfather was an eastern music scholar. Usman began playing music [...]
Everything in this video is lifesize but made to look small through a technique known as ‘Tilt Shift Photography’. This particular video piece is by Australian, Keith Loutit and is known as Bathtub IV. It was selected by the YouTube Play Jury to be exhibited at the Guggenheim museums in New York, Bilbao, Berlin & [...]