Jago Cooper – Curator of the Americas at the British Museum
Dr Jago Cooper is probably the most recognizable archaeologist in Britain after Indiana Jones. At just 40 years of age and with boyish good looks, Dr Cooper exudes charm, confidence and passion for what he does. His meteoric Archaeological career focuses on the pre-Columbian Americas, which has led him to undertake major projects in several […]
33RPM with… Martin Morales
After being a record producer and music industry exec, running record labels for EMI and Disney and heading up iTunes Pan Europe, Martin Morales decided it was time to feed his soul and go back to his Peruvian roots. He began to cook as a chef, quit his job, sold his house and opened Ceviche […]
Tom Kerridge
An incredible journey Born and raised in Gloucestershire, Tom joined culinary school in Cheltenham at the age of 18. His career started in country house hotels and restaurants in Gloucestershire. He moved to London in his early twenties, where he worked with well-known chefs such as Phillip Britton, Steven Bull and Gary Rhodes. Leaving London, […]
The Lavazza Calendar 2018
Led by company board member Francesca Lavazza, the Lavazza Calendar project is one of the coffee company’s most important public-facing initiatives. The artistic project reflects the company’s passion for photography and the arts, as well as a way to help communicate its values worldwide. The calendar project began in 1993 when Lavazza launched their first […]
Epicurean journeys: Persie Gin – By Lavinia Dickson-Robinson
Scotland is not just all about Harris Tweed, leaping salmon, haggis and Single Malt Whiskies anymore… Scotland has found a new gem in the form of artisan gin makers, and they don’t get any better than Persie Distillery, which is nestled at the foot of Glen Shee in Perthshire. The first confirmed records related to […]
Drumtochty Castle – The Magic of the Scottish Highlands
Despite having lived in the UK for the last 17 years, I’ve never visited Scotland. For me, this bit of the British Isles was, at worst, the area always covered by menacing clouds in the weather forecast, and at best, the setting for erotic novels such as Diana Gabaldon’s The Outlander. I couldn’t have been […]
Living With Gods
Peoples, Places and Worlds Beyond The British Museum November- 8 April 2018 This exhibition explores the practice and expression of religious beliefs in the lives of individuals and communities around the world and through time. It also touches on the benefits and risks of these behaviours in terms of co-existence and conflict in societies such […]
Bamford Watch Department – ‘Time waits for no man’
Bamford Watch Department takes standard high-end Swiss timepieces and re-designs them, making personal statements that reflect the character of the wearer. These valuable pieces of craft are not just customised commodities. They are personal philosophies rendered in metal, jewel and glass. In this film, a man of purpose and self possession is having his inner […]
Charles P. Finch
Charles P. Finch – From Hollywood to Mayfair on a horse with a flaming saddle Charles P. Finch is a jovial man, a whirlpool of energy and good humour, his eyes full of joie de vivre. Contrary to what one could easily expect, he doesn’t take himself too seriously and gracefully accepts his failures […]
Beth Cullen-Kerridge
Winner of the 2017 Global Art Award For Sculpture Beth Cullen-Kerridge is warm and sunny, like a mid-summer day. Confident and humble at the same time, caring and terribly down to earth, Beth is one of those people that you simply cannot love. Artist, mother, wife, Beth goes through life leading with her heart. And […]
