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I'd never dare to look in anyone's sock drawer, but you will absolutely find me by your bookshelf. Considering I fashion my shelves with all of my latest reads and special classics that have a permanent place in my bookcase, I'm always intrigued to read between the lines of someone else's literary stylings.

So, I spoke to psychologists to better understand people who ...

From a larger-than-life, feral Viking prince in The Northman to a self-hacking, part-human, part-machine Security Unit ridden with cynicism and anxiety in ongoing Apple TV+ sci-fi comedy-action series The Murderbot, Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård isn’t new to morphing into the most eccentric, weird, and physically demanding of characters. With Alex Hust...

I might ruffle some feathers here, but until recently, I was staunchly opposed to all-weather rattan furniture of any form. I grew so tired of those bulky, synthetic furniture sets that dominated virtually every suburban patio in 2018 (you know the type I'm talking about). They're just so overdone and aged so poorly that I never wanted to lay my eyes on rattan again. That w...

Have you ever walked into a garden and instantly felt unwelcome in the space? More often than not, this is a simple disconnect in furniture placement that majorly alters the al fresco ambiance.

According to garden Feng Shui, positioning your furniture so that t...

It's mid-August, and we've officially made it through the dog days of summer. There are still heatwaves in London, and many of us are actually starting to dream of the cooler weather that's to come. I don't want to rush anything, but after spending some time perusing the new-in homeware this month, I noticed the design world is taking its first baby step towards th...