[ LUXUO delves into the economic reset facing Southeast Asia’s real estate industry. A region once defined by rapid urban expansion, rising condominium towers and cross-border capital inflows is now entering a more restrained property phase. Economic uncertainty, higher interest rates and shifting global capital flows have altered the tempo of development. Glass-fronted skyscrapers still
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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy has published an interview with me pondering the implications of my study of the cultural Cold War, “The Propaganda of Freedom.” You can read the full interview here. Excerpts follow: The book began one day when I attended an event at the National Archives about the Kennedy White House
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F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S is back to incorporating current events into his freestyles. This time, he managed to incorporate OG Anunoby’s historic game-winner into a “Spend Dat” (Knicksmix). Explore See latest videos, charts and news Earlier this month, artist and content creator Lowkey Mar posted a video of him previewing a Knicks-themed flip he made of Yung Miami‘s
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[ 2026 sees luxury jewellery Maisons increasingly returning to established signatures to reinforce long-term desirability through contemporary reinterpretation. Renowned motifs, house codes and best-selling silhouettes are being reworked through shifts in scale, material composition and modular detailing, allowing brands to preserve recognition while still signalling novelty. This iterative approach reflects a broader commercial strategy as
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Just under a year after sharing Essex Honey, Blood Orange is back with “Essex_Honey.mp3,” his first new song of 2026. The track, which pairs a wistful top synth with a clattering breakbeat, samples Sky Ferreira’s “Everything Is Embarrassing,” which Blood Orange also produced. Check it out below. Essex Honey, which dropped last July, was Hynes’
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[ Replacing Aquila’s hugely popular 44 Yacht, the 46 Yacht joins a flybridge series featuring the 42, 50 and 54 plus the 70 Luxury How do you replace a legend? That was the question asked by the Aquila design team when they contemplated what should follow the 44 Yacht, a cruising powercat that sold over
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Anthony Aycock is a writer, teacher, and librarian. His newest book, Just Plain Filthy: The Story Behind Book Banning’s Trial of the Century, is out this week from Bloomsbury Academic. Below, he discusses why the 1982 Supreme Court case Island Trees v. Pico is required reading for anyone interested in fighting censorship and book bans.
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