Suburbia – particularly London’s suburbia – has often been a byword for everything dull. But author and professor Paul L. Knox disagrees, and has a written fantastic new book to show why. In Metroburbia: The Anatomy of Greater London, Knox takes us on a journey ar... Read more
Photographer and Umbrella reader Maxime Quain is in love with the ordinary side of life. And there are few things more ordinary than bus stops – even ones in the exotic (to this magazine, anyway) location of the Faroe Islands. Located 200 miles north of Scotland &nda... Read more
Phaidon’s commissioning editor Michele Robecchi on why there’s more to Havana than old cars and faded villas The revolution must be built! Cuba established strong ties with Russia and China in the 1960s and as a result the architecture was very influenced ... Read more
If you’re as obsessed with British youth culture as we are, you should know the names of photographers Paul Hallam and Ewen Spencer. From skinhead to casual, northern soul to grime, they’ve documented it all. Now Chivas Regal Whisky has put them together to talk about fashi... Read more
This article appeared in Issue 13 of Umbrella There’s something about an abandoned place that fascinates us. Maybe it’s the clues that suggest what was there before or the mystery of why the place was left exactly as it was. Perhaps it’s... Read more
