16.Dec.2009 Witerary Wednesdays: Texts from last night
What’s it like turning a blog into a book? Texts From Last Night has been an internet phenomenon and its success has warranted a book deal. How to transfer the digital experience onto paper? Texts From Last Night co-founder Lauren Leto talks us through it on this Witerary Wednesday.
The most surprising thing about writing the [...]
14.Dec.2009 Role Model of the Week: Yoko Ono
When we were younger there were our older sisters, Disney stars and fairytale princesses. But who do we look up to now that we’ve grown up? Eschewing the drugged-out celebrities and philandering politicians, each week we seek someone who inspires. The talented, the hard-working and the unconventional are put on display here, giving us all [...]
13.Dec.2009 Sunday Segues
What have I got for you this week? Lots! Check it.
This is one of the best photo essays I have seen in a while – for 27 months the Denver Post followed a young American soldier, documenting his enlistment, deployment and homecoming. It’s incredible stuff.
The Business of Fashion breaks down the copycat clothing industry. And [...]
11.Dec.2009 Holiday reading
Hey, you! What’s on your holiday reading list, huh? I’m planning to read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder and The Best American Non-Required Reading, edited by Dave Eggers.
Any recommendations? What books are you looking forward to getting into over the festive season?
10.Dec.2009 2009 Further Ado Gift Guide: The Glue Gun Edition
Ahh, the festive season – is there any worse time to be absolutely skint? When my funds are low, Christmas drives me into an absolute panic. How on earth I am going to afford to get something special for my loved ones?
The solution? Do it yourself!
If you want to get crafty, the internet is the [...]
09.Dec.2009 Recently, in real life
Whoa, have I been MIA or what? Sorry ’bout that! My internet has been out of action once again. But in the mean time I have been busy!
I don’t have much time left here in France, so I’ve been catching up with friends.
The best thing about the colder weather? Mulled wine. Mmmmm!
It’s the Fête des [...]
01.Dec.2009 Further Ado 2009 Gift Guide, Part 1
Every year, at around this time, magazines and websites set out to solve the following problem: what do you get the person that has everything?
A singing trout! Monogrammed boxers! A $75 scented candle!
You know what I say? Give them nothing. Yup. Instead of loading our friends and family up with more crap to fill our [...]
30.Nov.2009 Role Model of the Week: Steph D
When we were younger there were our older sisters, Disney stars and fairytale princesses. But who do we look up to now that we’ve grown up? Eschewing the drugged-out celebrities and philandering politicians, each week we seek someone who inspires. The talented, the hard-working and the unconventional are put on display here, giving us all [...]
29.Nov.2009 Sunday Segues
It’s Sunday again? Huh. Strange how that happens around the same time every week.
My week has been kind of similar to Gemma Correll’s, except I can’t draw about it nearly as well:
Her daily diaries set on Flickr is awesome.
33 ways to start your day has some really great suggestions, like “Throw away a useless object”, [...]
27.Nov.2009 Work it: Interview with Sophie Ward, Literary entrepreneur
(Paper Castle logo by Danny Roberts)
Sophie Ward is busy, aligning disparate universes.
There are her home bases – Perth, the world’s most isolated city, and bustling New York, her adopted home.
And then there’s the modelling – for Italian and Australian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Giorgio Armani and Diane von Fürstenberg, among others – which sits alongside her [...]
