The Lost Art of Walking Slowly, Like a Flaneur By Carl Honore
Carl Honore, journalist and the voice of the slow movement writes about the lost art of the flaneur. He suggests it is time to slow down and walk for the sheer joy of the spectacle all around us.
February Hot List. Flying Cars, Dr Aseem Malhotra's Mediterranean Diet, Tigers Running Fashionably Wild, Mindful Cocktails and The Guggenheim at 25
The February Hot List - The Luminaries Editor Alison Jane Reid has her head in the clouds, writing about the flying Air Car, Dr Aseem Malhotra, Hayley Menzies wild and whimsical tiger coats, Mindful cocktails and the Guggenheim Bilbao at 25.
Regent Street - My Eternal Love Affair with the Mile of Style
Emily in Paris might have Place de L'Estrapade, Our Editor, Alison Jane will always have Regent Street, London's Mile of Style. The place to shop, fall in love, graze on delicious food and people watch in glittering style.
Win an Iconic Pussy Cat Bow Blouse By Winser London and Support The Luminaries Magazine
Film and slow fashion lovers, win the iconic Winser London silk pussycat bow blouse. The blouse reflects the return of high octane glamour. The blouse has been worn by Olivia Coleman, Cush Jumbo, Emilia Fox and Ashley Roberts.
Icons of Style: The Bow is Back in Film, Fashion and The Resistance!
The Bow is back. Film and fashion journalist Alison Jane Reid explores the power of the bow in film, fashion, war and politics. Don't miss our competition to win a silk Pussycat bow blouse as worn by Olivia Coleman, Cush Jumbo and Emilia Fox.
Tippi Hedren, The Hitchcock Blonde Who Created a Traumatic Masterpiece in Marnie
Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren in Hitchcock's Marnie
Out of all Hitchcock's films, it is Marnie I cannot forget, although Vertigo
comes close. It's thrillingly relentless, filled with cinematic beauty, a
fizzing script shot through with black comedy and utterly absorbing until the
very
Happy Birthday Cary Grant, Suave Prince of Hollywood
Happy Birthday Cary Grant. Arts and film journalist Alison Jane Reid pays tribute to Hollywood's greatest leading man who exuded a brilliant duality in life and on screen.