Inspired by: Sandy Powell

As he gives Cabana the exclusive first look at his joyful redesign of The Dorchester's Oliver Messel Suite, London and Gloucestershire based artist and designer Luke Edward Hall shares his favorite spots in the capital. From an atmospheric cozy pub and consistently excellent restaurants to a house museum "full of magic and wonder", Luke reveals his personal London address book. 

British landscape designer Elizabeth Tyler, founder of her eponymous studio and designer of historic gardens across England, visits RHS Chelsea Flower Show, choosing her favorites exclusively for Cabana.

Reduced in scale and intensified in detail, these interiors unfold behind glass cases, curio boxes, and cabinet doors, where doll houses, jewels, waxwork objects, and images are made for close looking. This edit steps inside the miniature, where craftsmanship expands as scale constricts. Read on for miniature marvels from the World of Cabana.

A monthly guide to the events and exhibitions on Cabana's Radar: a global cultural bulletin and a must-read for anyone looking to keep their finger on the pulse of art and design. Read on to discover our May highlights. A preview is available for all, while the full global cultural bulletin is exclusively vailable on our Substack. Join us for our newest and most intimate chapter.

A century-old summer cottage on Narragansett Bay, published in architect Thomas A. Kligerman's new book, reveals how generations of one family have layered memory, ritual, and collected beauty into a deceptively modest retreat where antiques, mid-century finds, and maritime history coexist in effortless harmony.

Photographer and writer Harrison Thane shares a personal guide to Bangkok, a city he first traversed on work assignments but slowly began to love for its royal precincts, excellent food spots, glass towers, and older lanes where craft and trade still set the pace. If you're heading to Thailand's beaches this summer, don't dismiss its craft and culture-rich capital.

The tiny nation of Montenegro is the unsung gem of the Adriatic coast, an ancient land where writers, poets, intrepid travelers, and adventurers have long been seduced by mountains, monasteries, secret beaches and medieval fortresses. Fabrizia Caracciolo shares an insider's guide for a memorable weekend in Montenegro, which is now immortalised in a new book, Secret Montenegro, by Ivana Maksimovic.

Spain's Baix Emporda, where the Pyrenean foothills meet the Costa Brava, has long drawn artists and poets to its medieval villages, golden light and quiet shores. The most notable of these is Salvador Dalí but beyond Figueres, Cadaqués and Pubol lies a deeper culture: Iberian settlements, Romanesque chapels, and farmhouse tables. Emporda native Pablo Rovira, founder of Viu Emporda, shares an insider's guide.

The Orient Express has been transporting passengers in style for well over a century, but until a year ago never had a dedicated all-Italian train. Now, with multiple journeys across Italy, a hotel in Rome and an imminent opening in Venice, the fabled brand – as much a cultural symbol as a train – is racing towards its future. Camilla Frances hops on board to experience one of La Dolce Vita's three-day Italian itineraries.

South Africa-born UK-based textile entrepreneur Bernie de Le Cuona has built a brand rooted in resourcefulness, sustainability, and an enduring connection to Africa. Speaking with Camilla Frances, she reflects on rural beginnings, daily rituals, and how the landscapes, textures, and spirit of her homeland continue to shape her work and worldview today.

Trained as a conservator, Adam Calvert Bentley spent 15 years examining objects at close quarters, learning how they were made, used and repaired. Now an antique dealer based in London's Holland Park, he brings the same patient research to buying and selling. Adam shares with Emma Becque the stories of two objects that have passed through his hands: his greatest find and the piece he will keep forever.

What does one give a princess who already has a palace? In 1840, Prince Filippo Andrea Doria Pamphilj gave Mary Talbot a bathroom. Opened to the public for the first time, the Nymphaeum of Diana is a compact fantasia of allegorical décor hidden inside one of Rome’s grandest houses. Emma Becque and Isabel Bronts take a tour.