Slow Fashion - Matt & Nat bags combine urban chic with ethical principles
There aren't many fashion brands that started life with a challenge from a Mahatma, but vegan accessories company Matt & Nat is one of them. Fifteen years ago, founder and creative director Inder...
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Slow Food - Cox Cookies & Cake opens today
Award-winning Master Patissier Eric Lanlard, aka Cake Boy, has teamed up with celebrity shoe designer Patrick Cox for his latest artisan venture, Cox Cookies & Cake, opening in London's Soho...
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Fast Girl Goes Slow - The stranger in my home
I'll be giving you a break from my weekly scribble after this column, but first I must tell you about the most lovely and unexpected experience I had this week, one that would not have happened if I...
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So, how do you travel Slowly?
Want to know what Slow Travel really means? Well, here's what I think it means, in a neat 10 points. If you agree, or disagree, please do leave a comment below, and let's work it out together. 1...
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Cool Cycling - When NeilPryde met BMW
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love...gawping at kit. By kit, read anything gadgety, mechanical, useful, playful, probably extortionately expensive and lower priority but more likely to...
Continue readingSlow Food - Top 50 Cookbooks Of All Time spans the globe, decades and goes Slow
Brit newspaper The Observer has built an enviable reputation for its food coverage in its Observer Food Monthly, loved amongst Slow Food fans in the...
Continue readingSlow Fashion - Sherlock wears cult Brit brand Belstaff
Did you see Sherlock, the BBC adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories, recently? Do you remember that dramatic, sweeping, Sherlockian coat he...
Continue readingFast Girl Goes Slow - Wanted: New home for life
Readers, we are trying to choose where to live for the next forty or so years, and not surprisingly it's proving to be a bit tricky. What's obvious...
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Let’s redefine luxury as we know it today! We’d love to hear your opinions, and share your views and stories on the Slow Life movement. info@jorgandolif.comSlow Commuting - 10 reasons why running home from work rocks
For anyone who's ever sat on a bus, on the tube or in a car, frustrated, hot and losing the will to live, rejoice, there are other options and some...
Continue readingCool cycling - Bring a little bicycle love into your home
I can think of only a couple of reasons not to own a bicycle. One is not needing to, thanks to the bicycle hire schemes popping up in capital cities...
Continue readingSlow Food - Learn to cook authentic Morrocan food, in Marrakech
If Slow Living is about meaningful experiences, cherishing local cultures, consuming with a conscience, treading lightly on the planet and enriching...
Continue readingSlow Beauty - The incredible story of Dr Bronner
At the heart of the Slow Movement is the notion of preserving crafts and valuing the handmade. The reason isn't just about enjoying the quality of...
Continue readingFast Girl Goes Slow - A week in which life changes, a lot
Can an urban-dwelling workaholic new mum, hooked on Twitter and re-runs of 24, genuinely go Slow? Lawks, I hope so. I'm exhausted! The boyfriend...
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