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April 2013

  • Beauty scoop

    April 4, 2013

    ...As winter sets in it’s time to up the ante on your beauty regime – but with so many products to choose from, it's hard to know what really, truly works. We asked five industry gurus to share their...

  • 21st century stew

    April 2, 2013

    ...We at Editer.com love The Modern Pantry. We love the graceful proportions of its Georgian townhouse premises, the cool colours and minimal leanings of the decor, the little gourmet shop, the weekend b...

March 2013

  • Hello tailor

    March 25, 2013

    ...Looking good in a suit isn’t as easy as all that. Too tweedy and you look a geography teacher. Too flash = car salesman. Get the fit wrong, and you’ve all the savoir-faire of a 14-year-old in his ...

  • Nuno Mendes goes to market

    March 20, 2013

    ...A native of Lisbon, Nuno Mendes lived and worked all over the world before hanging his hat in East London, where he has dwelt for the past seven years, close to Broadway Market. When he isn't hard at ...

  • Deep space

    March 13, 2013

    ...Martin Brudnizki is the interior designer behind the look and feel of many of London's handsomest clubs, houses and restaurants, from Annabel's and the Club at the Ivy to Hix and Dean Street Townhouse...

  • Aroma therapy

    March 11, 2013

    ...It's aeons since making coffee meant grabbing a jar of Nescafe and popping the seal. These days, the provenance of your coffee beans is as important as the label on your wine. But once you’ve invest...

  • Quick, bread!

    March 1, 2013

    ...I try to feed my family as much home-made bread as possible. Sometimes, during the week, I run out. I developed this recipe for those moments when I want fresh bread but don’t have the time for a le...

February 2013

  • Bars and stars

    February 25, 2013

    ...Warming exotic spice and a dash of Oscars glamour ought to get the week off to a good start. The Little Mary is an interpretation of a 1920s classic by Claridge's bartender Dennis Broci: an Asian-insp...

  • Stoked up

    February 22, 2013

    ...Like Sandy trying to be down with the Pink Ladies, Stoke Newington Church Street has, for many years, searched for a cool that stayed tantalisingly beyond it. There was always something a little whole...

  • Comfort and colour

    February 21, 2013

    ...In small hits or saturated blocks, strong colours energise a space. And subtle, grown-up shades create an atmosphere of comfort and style. Bringing a bit of colour into your bedroom is fun, stylish an...

  • London calling

    February 19, 2013

    ...As London Fashion Week draws to a close and the fashion crowd move en masse to Milan, we catch up with Editer’s resident street style snapper, who brings you the hottest looks of LFW, direct from th...

  • ¡Tortilla time!

    February 18, 2013

    ...In our Venn diagram of delicious, good-value culinary classics, Spanish potato tortilla sits right in the sweet spot. We mean proper potato tortilla – not those claggy imposters that may, sadly, spr...

  • Picture this

    February 15, 2013

    ...Kit Lee, Editer's very own craft expert, is a big fan of the antique gold picture frame. 'I like to see them hanging in the hallway or above the fireplace, ' she says. 'Or on a black lacquer wall. 'It...

  • Gizzi on vintage

    February 14, 2013

    ...What we are keen on about Gizzi Erskine, apart from her brilliant cookbooks and TV shows, is her distinctive style. Part rock 'n' roll retro, part rockabilly, it is all her own – no stylist for this...

  • Sponge cake nirvana

    February 13, 2013

    ...Early for us, lateish for her, Claire Ptak answers the door of Violet Cakes, the cutest working bakery this side of a 1950s children’s book. There’s nothing in here that isn’t either pretty or c...

  • Totes amazing

    February 12, 2013

    ...The work of fashion-design newcomer Sophie Hulme is the anthesis of the one-season wonder handbag. 'My focus is on pieces worth keeping, that are seasonless and not about overt branding,' says the 27-...

  • Crab on toast!

    February 11, 2013

    ...As simple suppers go, brown crab on toast is a goody. It's a sustainable choice, available more or less all year round, and it's pleasingly straightforward, though you do need to give yourself plenty ...

  • Proud of her patch

    February 8, 2013

    ...Every week, something new and cool seems to open on one of the streets around Kingsland High Street. A year ago, Naomi Reynolds brightened up Shacklewell no end when she opened Yoga on the Lane, a ser...

  • Golden rules

    February 7, 2013

    ... We know how we’d like our highlights to look: natural, the colour of a child’s hair, full of varied streaky tones, as if it had just grown that way. Recreating that effortless-looking blonde i...

  • Page turners

    February 5, 2013

    ...Irrepressible, giggling and clad always in vibrant pinks and joyful oranges, Anna Gerber and Britt Iversen are to the traditional world of publishing what Technicolor was to sepia – doubly vivid, th...