FOR THIS ISSUE WE’VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT COMMUNITY AND THE SPACES IN WHICH PEOPLE COME TOGETHER: FROM GAY SAUNAS (MY FAVOURITE), WITH AN ESSAY BY THE INFALLIBLY SORDID…

FOR THIS ISSUE WE’VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT COMMUNITY AND THE SPACES IN WHICH PEOPLE COME TOGETHER: FROM GAY SAUNAS (MY FAVOURITE), WITH AN ESSAY BY THE INFALLIBLY SORDID HUW LEMMEY AND A FEW CHEEKY PICTURES BY YOURS TRULY; TO PLACES OF WORSHIP WITH WORDS BY OUR OWN IN-HOUSE ANGEL-IN-WAITING EDITORIAL DIRECTOR TED STANSFIELD. WE’VE TRAVELLED FAR AND WIDE TO BRING YOU THE MOST EXCITING STORIES FROM THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, FROM OLANA JANFA’S MELBOURNE GARDEN SHED THAT DOUBLES AS A STUDIO, TO ELISE GETTLIFFE’S FORMER TILE SHOWROOM-TURNED-POTTER’S PLACE IN ALSACE, FRANCE. ELSEWHERE, INTERIOR DECORATOR GAVIN HOUGHTON GIVES US A GUIDED TOUR OF HIS BELOVED TANGIER COMMUNITY AND WE PERUSE AROUND A PENTHOUSE MILANO APARTMENT. OH, AND DID I MENTION THAT WE’VE GOT JOHN STEFANIDIS’ LONDON TOWNHOUSE IN THIS ISSUE?