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The Luxury Dark Web Trade of Disneyland Tickets and Dinners for Two
Even dark web shoppers can enjoy a little luxury.
Eight Things Worth the Same Amount as Candy Crush
King Digital Entertainment—the company behind Candy Crush—is being sold to Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion. Here's what else you could buy with that cash.
The Mooncake Is East Asia’s Answer to Holiday Fruitcake
Made with lotus bean paste and a salted egg yolk centre to represent the moon in its finest hour, mooncakes are traditionally shared as part of East Asia’s Mid-Autumn festival.
A London Sugar Baby Lives Out Her Junk Food Fairy Tale
Lula is a sugar baby who was raised in New Zealand, but moved to London just over a year ago. There she’s currently getting her PhD in literature and getting paid to enjoy decadent late-night dinners with generous men.
A London Bartender Is Serving Christmas Cocktails Out of Stockings
As with all of Myles Donneky’s cocktails, every sip has a story. One of his personal best is based on a line from his grandmother's favorite poem—about old women who just want to go out and party and spend their pension on Champagne.
This Guy Is Going to Spend a Whole Month Alone in a Room with Virtual Reality Goggles Strapped to His Face
For 28 days, Mark Farid will remain in one room, experiencing his every waking moment through the eyes of another human being.
This Guy Is Going to Spend a Whole Month Alone in a Room with Virtual Reality Goggles Strapped to His Face
For 28 days, Mark Farid will remain in one room, experiencing his every waking moment through the eyes of another human being.
'Starchitects' Are Ruining Our Cities
No other profession has its own word to describe a state of stardom. No one is talking about "starliticians" or "startists." Why? Because in those worlds who's worth a damn and who sucks is self-evident. If you need to tell people you are a star, well...
The London Skyline Is Becoming a Collection of Expensive, Towering Penises
I wanted to talk to someone about London's architecture and how it's been affected by the arrogance of wealth, so I got in touch with the eminent design critic Stephen Bayley, who once spent a few months as the creative director of the Millennium Dome...
The Shard Protest Showed Us Up As a Nation of Petty Whiners
Were the Greenpeace activists really showing off, Britain? Or did they just really care about something?
Do You Agree with the Greenpeace Activists Climbing the Shard?
"I wouldn't protest for anything; it's all a waste of time."
We Got Greenpeace to Respond to Rude Tweets About the Shard Protest
"I see the greenpeace wankers are climbing up the shard... let the fucking snipers loose on them..."