Punta del Este: is Uruguay’s uber-rich ‘gated city’ a glimpse of our urban future?

Astronomic rents and zero public housing keep the haves and have-nots apart in the exclusive Uruguayan coastal city. So is this dystopian ‘paradise’ preempting the path on which other global cities are set?

The present Italian fashion world celebrated at “The New Vocabulary of Italian Fashion” exhibition

After a pause of 20 years, the Triennale di Milano will resume its international exhibitions. 2016 will offer a new and improved version of the Triennale as the exhibition will no longer be limited to the Palazzo dell’Arte but will be spread all over Milan engaging with more visitors and more participants. As the first … Read more

Richard Branson fronts nail-biting campaign against rhino poaching

Adverts featuring the Virgin founder and Chinese celebrities highlight that the keratin found in rhino horn has no more health benefits than chewing your own fingernails

50 David Bowie moments

From suburban London schoolboy to a musical colossus, snapshots of David Bowie’s kaleidoscopic life

Fashion, music and technology unite to celebrate the 12th Edition of Firenze4Ever

9, 10 and 11 January 2016, Firenze4Ever (Firenze, Italy) officially opened the fashion weeks. The 12th edition was dedicated to TechDreamers, visionaries who give form to dreams. The bi-annual media event started in June 2010 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of online activity for worldwide luxury e-retailer LUISAVIAROMA. Firenze4Ever 2016 brought together journalists, bloggers, vloggers, … Read more

Golden Globes 2016: just rewards for The Revenant – and an incredible coup for The Martian

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s muscular, visceral movie deserves its four awards, but the Globes went a little more leftfield – and a lot more populist – when it came to the other winners