Postcard from the Editor: Afghanistan, Land of Poets, Turquoise Turrets, Talented Artisans and Girls Dreaming of the Right to Laugh and Play the Guitar
Postcard from Afghanistan - Arts Journalist Alison Jane Reid Looks at the Art and Culture of Afghanistan From an Artisan Fashion Project, the Storyville film Inside Kabul, Rory Stewart's Epic Walk and Grafitti Artist Shamsia Hassani's Magnetic Murals.
Despatch: Audrey Hepburn and Stacy Chong On a Journey from Fast Fashion in NYC to Making the Sassiest Pants on Earth with Women Artisans in Afghanistan
Can fabulous, slow-fashion pants help the women of Afghanistan and emulate the style and humanitarian work of Audrey Hepburn? Alison Jane writes about a fashion collaboration from Baltimore to Kabul.
The Luminaries Flaming June Hot List - Vermeer to the Vesper Martini, Puff Sleeve Mania and The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The Luminaries June Hotlist - from Anne of Green Gables Puff Sleeves Mania to Vermeer, James Bond's Vesper Martini, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and matchbook art.
The Rodeo Review - A New Rebel Without a Cause
Rodeo is the blistering, biker and crime odyssey film by French director Lola Quivoron writes journalist Alison Jane Reid. The film made its debut at Cannes in 2022. Read the review in The Luminaries Magazine.
Spy: Mondrian Colour Block Fashion Rules the Slow Fashion Roost!
Bright, sassy, colour block fashion is de rigeur writes slow fashion editor Alison Jane Reid. Take a trip to The Tate to see the Mondrian exhibition and start clashing orange and red, pink and purple and all the colours of the rainbow!
Andrea Riseborough Quietly Shines in Luxor, a Film About Love, War and Egyptology
Luxor, a film starring Andrea Riseborough and directed by Zeina Durra is an intoxicating, waking dream of a film about love, Egyptology and second chances writes journalist Alison Jane Reid. Watch it now on the BFI Player.
The April Hot List - Sophia Loren, Hollywood's Last Goddess; Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction Talk and Michelin Star Lunch; The Reign of Spain at The Royal Academy; Henry 1st Play at Reading Abbey Ruins and Knossos in Oxford
The Luminaries Magazine April Hot List - from Sophia Loren, Hollywood's Last Goddess in Marriage Italian Style to getting lost in the Labyrinth at The Ashmolean and a talk and Michelin Star Lunch with Dan Saladino at Gravetye Manor.
