Voices

John T Reddick
New York City

“There’s nothing like being a clued-in stroller navigating Harlem,” says this long-time resident of NYC’s most vibrant neighbourhood....

Dinesh Perera
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Travel and its culture-blending opportunities were always key inspirations for Colombo native Dinesh Perera. So he ditched a...

David Ankli
Budapest, Hungary

I was born in eastern Hungary, but my family moved to Budapest when I was six, so I...

Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter
Budapest, Hungary

With his five stylish and much-loved restaurants across Budapest, self-made entrepreneur Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter has helped usher in a...

Guido Ignatti
Buenos Aires, Argentina

The internationally acclaimed Argentine artist shares his thoughts on life, work, country and sauna. Guido Ignatti’s home is...

Steven Reigns
West Hollywood, California, USA

“The opening of our library in West Hollywood in 2011 was a big moment for me,” explains the...

Paolo Kastelec & Philip Robinson
Villa Fontelunga, Arezzo, Italy

Far from the tourist-trodden streets of Florence and Siena, Villa Fontelunga is a honeypot for guests from around...

Peter Szucs
Budapest, Hungary

Foreigners made Budapest sexy. Or, at least, they helped a lot. After ‘Goulash Communism’, as the city’s creative...

John Duran
West Hollywood, California, USA

The Mayor of West Hollywood, ‘Call me John’ Duran’s opening gambit to me goes a little something like...

Shanjei Malraj Perumal
Galle, Sri Lanka

I consider myself first and foremost a traveller. And when I travel, I like to indulge. The best...

Toni Garau
Mallorca, Spain

Uncomfortable in his own skin, artist Toni Garau fled his native Mallorca as a troubled teenager, but it...

Esteban Mercer Palou
Mallorca, Spain

I’m Mallorcan born and bred and proud of it. So were my ancestors for generations. I also consider...

Tom Kiely
West Hollywood, California, USA

There’s no better way to connect with a new place than by talking to the locals and when...

Stefan Andre Joachim
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Fashion, and to a lesser extent interior design, is what I have become known for, but my first...

Eric Jennings
NYC, USA

The fashion scene in New York is a bit grittier and darker in colour than in other cities...

Bruce Badrock & David Woodbine
Five Acre Barn, United Kingdom

Escaping from the big city to the peace and quiet of a rural setting can come at a...

Ido Cohen
Tel Aviv, Israel

Ido Cohen is a man who knows people. A walk along the tree-lined boulevards of Tel Aviv is...

Ilan Pivko
Tel Aviv, Israel

It is 10pm on a Tuesday evening, the streets have cooled down a few degrees making the 20-minute...

Julian Cole & Jean Abreu
Cable Street Inn, London
United Kingdom

Just a mile from the internationally recognised symbol for London that is Tower Bridge, in a quiet corner...

Johan Buskqvist &
Marcel van der Eng
Ladfabriken, Sweden

What does it take to create the perfect guesthouse? That’s the million Krona question, and now, thanks to...

Karim Tassi
Marrakech, Morocco

After a week of getting lost on purpose in the labyrinthine Medina and drinking my body weight in...

Jaime Trias
Mallorca, Spain

As an LGBT+ person, Mallorca is a surprisingly great place to live. Even though it’s a small island,...

Alex Poots
New York City, USA

With a flair for risk-taking and knack for next-level, Scottish-born Alex Poots is one of New York’s most...

Osama Chami & Enrique Gimeno
Madrid, Spain

In an unassuming street in the middle of Malasaña, Madrid’s bohemian barrio, an old lady peers through the...

Stevie Hanley
Chicago, Illinois, USA

“I’m a real irritable asshole; I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I can’t share a studio space...

Aurelio Giordano
NYC, USA

New York has completely shaped me into the person I am today. Even though the area I grew...

BJ Pascual
Manila, The Philippines

Filipino photographer BJ Pascual is one of Manila’s biggest names. He’s the city’s go-to celebrity fashion photographer whose...

Eric Buterbaugh
West Hollywood, California, USA

Accepting a casual offer from a friend to arrange the flowers for a book launch – a bold...

Alberto Manguel
Buenos Aires, Argentina

If you walked past Señor Alberto Manguel in the street in London, you could mistake him for the...

Wisharawish Akarasantisook & Ston Tantraporn
Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand is one of – if not the most – cutting-edge South East Asian nation when it comes...

Teraj and Barry Hoy
NYC, USA

T: It was a lifelong goal to move to NYC. I even went to Cornell University because it’s...

Jake Macapagal
Manila, The Philippines

Like a fine wine, Romano “Jake” Macapagal has reached his prime with maturity. He was recently nominated for...

Patrick Duffy
NYC, USA

Moving to NYC from where I’m from was pretty intense. I felt a bit like a kid in...

Cesar Cigliutti
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Thirty-two years ago, I met a great man: Carlos Jáuregui, then the President of the newly created Comunidad...

David Lopez
NYC, USA

I flew out to New York for my first-ever visit in September 1998. Immediately, I fell in love...

Jakkai Sitibutr
Bangkok, Thailand

Jakkai Siributr is one of Thailand’s most notable artists. He lives between Thai art’s spiritual home of Chiang...

Philip Cornwel-Smith
Bangkok, Thailand

If you want to reinvent yourself, come to Thailand. For 500 years, my adopted home has been a...