Bridget Arsenault

London

London Editor at AIR MAIL

Journalist, London Editor @airmailweekly, theatre and film junkie and horse fanatic

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Articles

Tom Burke on Co-Starring with Cate Blanchett in "Black Bag"

2 months ago | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

Tom Burke is incapable of being dull. This is something the Academy Award–winning director Steven Soderbergh picked up on before casting him alongside Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender in his latest film, Black Bag. But Burke wasn’t always so outgoing. Despite his role as the fearless, titular lead in the television adaptation of J. K.
The Only Stone Left Unturned in the Baldoni-Lively Saga? Baldoni’s Baha’i Faith

2 months ago | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

The Internet loves to hate a hypocrite. It’s one of the many reasons why users turned on Justin Baldoni, a self-described feminist, who was accused by his It Ends with Us co-star Blake Lively of sexism, sexual advances, and loutish manners on set. Hypocrisy appears to be rife in both camps of the scandal that has taken hold of Hollywood since December.
At Poule au Pot Restaurant, in London, It's French Food Without the Frills

Dec 27, 2024 | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

La Poule au Pot opened in 1964, on a thriving corner of Belgravia in West London. A small room with wide, street-facing windows, mismatched chairs, and dried lipstick-pink florals slung from above, it was originally owned by the actor Charles Brody. At that time, the restaurant felt more like an extension of Brody’s living room than it did a French bistro.
Gail Mejia, Elusive Co-Founder of London's Gail's Bakery, Tells All

Nov 25, 2024 | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

Seemingly overnight in the mid-aughts, a heady whiff of freshly baked sourdough blanketed London. All of a sudden, you couldn’t swing a tote bag without encountering a red-awninged Gail’s, advertising Chelsea buns, sausage rolls, and house-blended coffee. Since opening its doors on north London’s Hampstead High Street, in 2005, Gail’s has set up 151 upmarket bakeries across the U.K., with another 35 in development.
Owen Teague on Starring in Wes Ball's "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"

May 24, 2024 | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

Owen Teague decided he wanted to be an actor when he was four years old, after watching Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. “I think it was the Beast himself,” says Teague. “The idea of this animal being a human on the inside and having this kind of anthropomorphic sensitivity and rage. It was really powerful to me.” Teague told his mother, a former professional jazz singer with a passion for the arts, and she agreed to shuttle him to auditions.
Your Little Ones Will Love Stuart Heritage's Latest Book

Feb 3, 2024 | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

Everybody who visits Bergdorf Goodman has their favorite floor. My best friend likes handbags, on one. My mom prefers shoes, on two. I, however, have always been partial to the home and decorative goods, on the seventh and highest floor. There is always something exciting to discover—and now more than ever because the Chairish Art Gallery is back for its second year, on now until April 8.
"Colin From Accounts" TV show by Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall: Recommended

Nov 18, 2023 | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

Watch Colin from Accounts You’d be forgiven for wondering if most of the recent romantic-comedy films have plotlines that were spat out by ChatGPT. Thankfully, the genre seems to have found more nuance on television. Such is the case with Colin from Accounts, an Australian series from Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall. Married in real life, Dyer and Brammall play Ashley, a young medical student, and Gordon, a slightly older, slightly more stable owner of a micro-brewery.
Nia DaCosta, "The Marvels" Director, On Joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Nov 17, 2023 | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

Nia DaCosta made history, twice, when she was chosen to direct The Marvels, in August 2020. At 34, she’s the youngest-ever director of a Marvel movie, and the first Black female director of one. She has a habit of breaking records. Her previous feature, Candyman (2021), a subversive horror film co-written with Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, was the first film by a Black female director to debut at No. 1 in the U.S. box office. What stands out about DaCosta is her single-mindedness.
The Best From Austin Austin and Matthew Raw's Collaboration

Oct 28, 2023 | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

Light Austin Austin x Matthew Raw There can be a certain alchemy to a brand collaboration. Such was the case when Austin Austin, a father-daughter-run organic-beauty-and-homeware brand out of Norfolk, partnered with Matthew Raw, a ceramist and former V&A artist in residence, to create a quirky capsule collection. The Cedar Atlas & Ylang Ylang Scented Candle is a winner.
How Aria Mia Loberti Went from Academia to Acting

Oct 27, 2023 | airmail.news | Bridget Arsenault

Aria Mia Loberti never intended to be an actor. Until last year, the 29-year-old was pursuing a carefully plotted career in academia. In 2020, Loberti graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a triple major in communication studies, political science, and philosophy. She was awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship and spent a year in London completing a master’s in rhetoric at Royal Holloway.