Stories by name

Cape Town: On a rare sunny Friday afternoon in a cruelly cold Cape Town winter, I cross the imperceptible boundary into  Salt River at the heart of the city’s business precinct. Zizipho Poswa’s studio, Imiso Ceramics, sits in burgeoning Salt Orchard, a former industrial site made up of converted warehouses. We have never met before,…

Hangzhou: When I arrived at Zhou’s studio in the west suburb of Hangzhou, in a neighbourhood full of artists, he was painting on stacks of Louis Vuitton suitcases taller than him. The residential property, which has been converted into an artists’ hub, is filled with wooden stools and small artefacts that Zhou has collected from…

The Sourceress London: Zoe Bedeaux always makes her presence known. She’s conspicuous, boisterous and funny but also wise, considerate and always, always curious. When she first began working as a stylist in the 1990s, London was the most happening place on earth. The Face and i-D were the only magazines that mattered and, following the lead…