Bottled Up at La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels Grown-up, unflashy, bobo to its bones, this St-Germain wine bar opened in autumn, and the rush for its artsy ikat-print settees and low tables indicate...
Back to basics with heart warming and healthy food The perfect antidote to over indulgence is good hearty, plain and wholesome food. While in Poland recently we visited U Kucharzy, a traditional Poli...
Dear (Simple) Diary… Please don’t think we’ve gone all airy fairy on you – but the Keel’s Simple Diary got us thinking about how we live our day-to-day lives and how sometimes the “buzz” of technolog...
…with a bar, not a boy! On a recent trip to Paris we did indeed fall in love! Sadly not with a handsome stranger, but with a host of restaurants, cafes and bars we discovered – don’t dust off the wed...
Until recently only fans of the over-priced and under-cooked would have considered eating in Covent Garden, dominated as it was by insipid chain restaurants and the kind of pre-gastro pub food that a...
An Amaryllis Artwork In our last installment of Finite Florals we have a truly contemporary masterpiece to share with you. Luis Silva of McQueens florist, excelled himself with this botanical sculptu...
No, not with Phil Mitchell, with London’s finest independent food producers… For the last year we’ve been keeping an eye on Maltby Street, nestled in the railway arches in Bermondsey, SE1. It started...
From paper aeroplanes to cashmere socks, from teapigs to Chanel no. 5, nothing is excluded from the bits and bobs we’ve come across this week. It’s a truly eclectic mix of beauty bits, fo...
Meet Kit Lee our resident knitter… The weather has finally turned and the temperature in our office has plummeted. Hence the beginning of a conversation on how best to stay warm and stylish when insi...
The Pea Coat: The ubiquitous symbol of our times? In the 90s it was vintage Adidas, complete with go faster stripes and period fraying. In the noughties it was Evisu jeans turned up to your knees. An...
It’s a Dalston kind of thing… It’s a very Dalston kind of picnic. There’s a site-specific art installation. It’s in a car park, of course. And one tucked down a fairly unprepossessing little street. ...
Classic lilies in a minimalist bouquet Calla lilies always look tall and elegant but our fabulous florist friend from McQueens, Luis Silva showed us how to make them into even more of marvel in a chi...
Suddenly, it’s all about Bermondsey. After years of plodding along as a perfectly nice neighbourhood hub with a couple of alright bars and pretty good coffee house, a rash of new openings have turned...
One of the great British fashion faux pas’ In the Editer office we like to think we’re pretty savvy when it comes to our wardrobe. We justify every purchase (especially the extravagant ones) with a v...
The hottest pop-up plates in town One savvy restaurant-industry insider reckons that Young Turks at the Ten Bells would be rated as ‘the coolest thing on the planet’ if it were in NYC. We...
Give your trad florals a modern twist It’s easy to dump some white lillies in a vase but how do you give traditional flowers a contemporary twist? We headed over to McQueens, just a short walk from o...
Not sure how to tie your scarf? We show you how… Whilst the ladylike trend might seem like a good idea in theory, all we really want to do is pull on our chunky knits and wrap up against the bi...
Prepare for the big chill with this week’s top treats Snuggle up, snuggle up. It’s time to wrap up and embrace the winter in style. And how are we doing it at Editer HQ? Well, there’s a splash of cas...
Paris Printemps windows doused in Chanel pixie-dust A trail of musky Coco Mademoiselle climbing the escalators by the entrance of the Printemps, a chilled glass of rosé with a pink Laduree macaron or...
As an adult male your footwear choices are pretty limited. You can just about get away with wearing high-tops if you’re a graphic designer called Ryan or Chad. And loafers work only for people that h...
South London’s best tapas bar Golden sherry clinging to the side of the glass like honey, sumptuous squares of pink pork, prawns the size of dolphins and a perfect spot on bustling Bermondsey S...
…what would they look like? OK, so our nail obsession continues. But it is one of the best (and cheapest) quick fixes around and hey, if you’re anything like us and seem to be welded to a lapto...
Long sleeved sartorial solutions Every year, in our attempt to be organised and efficient, we dutifully pack all of our summer clothes away at the end of September in a bid to make room for the incre...
Hi, we’re coffee addicts! Our mornings go a little like this…Eyes open, check our Blackberrys (sad, but true), reach for the coffee. PING (now at super speed) jump in the shower, top up coffee,...
The hunt for the perfect pair of Chelsea boots Chelsea boots are everywhere this season, but is it possible to spend less than £100 on a pair of boots that last all winter? It’s not something we lay ...
Pimp that boring caesar salad with a fishie or two. Domestic goddesses we’re not, but we’ll give anything a go and what can go wrong with a salad? Cue lots of swearing, burnt bread (take two) and man...
Rivington Street, Shoreditch. October 2011. I am attempting suave (the raffish hair, the achingly cool beard), and sophisticated (the pink paper is all you need to look cleverly non-committal and att...
Take 3 girls, 3 treasured sets of jewellery and add a sprinkle of this season’s hottest nail shades and what do you get? Urm – we like to call it “Nail Chic”. Alright, alright it’s a Friday and we ha...
Sophie Hulme. In her House of Toys. Quite frankly, I’m downright nosey. Aren’t we all? So when I was invited to meet Sophie Hulme and rummage around her humble abode, I could hardly refuse. It’...
Anti-ageing lotions and potions for the boys. Activating concentrate, empowering cream, firming care, wrinkle delay, revitalizing serum. But what does it all mean? Younger, firming looking skin, or s...
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