Ella Mansell

London

Fashion and Culture Journalist at Freelance

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Articles

The CF Guide To Venice Biennale 2025

5 days ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

Venice, Italy’s floating city, is home to an intricate network of canals, St Mark’s Basilica, and the Venice Biennale – one of the oldest and most prestigious cultural celebration in the world. This year, titled ‘Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.’ 66 nations, countries, and republics (including Qatar, Oman, Togo, and Azerbaijan for the first time ever) exhibit via pavilions.
Films That Make Us Feel Like Travelling

5 days ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

Did the newly released, South-of-France chic, Bonjour Tristesse get you in the summer mood? Same. That feeling of watching a great film or series – that gives us a new zest for life and leaves us wanting to explore the world – really is unmatched.
22 Of The Best Global Exhibitions To See In May 2025

1 week ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

Ever wondered what David Hockney painted in his early twenties? Or what it means to be a dandy? It’s all on display across the world this month; these are 22 of the best global exhibitions to see in May 2025. Three female artists from the 60s (Marcia Marcus, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh) are front row in New York, Cecil Beaton’s blooms are out in full splendour in London, and suiting is tailored for you at the Met. These are the gallery openings and exhibitions to see and know about in May 2025.
A Guide To Denmark's Capital, Copenhagen

1 week ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

Copenhagen is a quietly confident place: the design and restaurant scene feels unmatched in its own way, yet there is nothing contrived about this city. The Danish capital is packed with spots that will scratch the itches of even the most discerning aesthetes: neighbourhood coffee shops and beautifully curated bookshops compete with galleries to be crowned the most aesthetic. No wonder it is all over Instagram: this city is very photogenic.
Five Reasons Puerto Rico Should Be On Your Bucket List

1 week ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

Fly over the Caribbean Sea to find the Puerto Rico island archipelago glistening in the heart of the Caribbean’s blue waters. Puerto Rico consists of its main island and four smaller islands (where the majority of Puerto Ricans live), alongside an array of surrounding islets. While geographically small in size, Puerto Rico does not lack in experiences – over 200 beaches, a rainforest, a tropical climate, art-deco architecture, and a globally-influenced cuisine awaits.
Five Minute Guide To London's Affordable Art Fair

1 week ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

The touring Affordable Art Fair is back in London this May after a successful stint in Battersea in March: here’s how to make the most of it. Art is many things, it’s pioneering, agenda-setting, and in conversation with everything around us … we could go on and on. The Affordable Art Fair is encouraging it to be two more: affordable and accessible.
The Women Of Tuscany

2 weeks ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

Perhaps Mary Shelley said it best with the words “the name of Italy has magic in its very syllables,” and there is something especially enigmatic about Italy’s Tuscan region. Tuscany is an artistic land where the sensory pleasures are at the forefront of life – past and present – through fragrance, food, fashion, fertile land, and art in all its many forms. And much of this is created, curated, and enjoyed, by women.
World's Best Nightclubs Keeping Dance Floors Alive

3 weeks ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

Studio 54 was the pulse of 70s idealism and pop, Leigh Bowery’s Taboo defied sexual and sartorial “norms” of the 80s, and London’s Blitz Club formed the flagship for the New Romantics: decades of culture played out on these dance floors. Home to creatives, these nightlife scenes were nothing short of works of art themselves.
World's Best Listening Bars And Why They Are Trending

3 weeks ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

It’s 1960s Japan, and the bustling, narrow yokochos of the capital, Tokyo, are lined with underground music venues where city-dwellers flee after work. Inside, floor-to-ceiling shelves of international records and “modern” music line the walls. Japanese jazz kissas- meaning jazz cafes – boomed after the Second World War, as international jazz grew increasingly popular, but records remained too expensive to purchase individually.
The Guide To The Best Al Fresco Dining Spots In London

3 weeks ago | citizen-femme.com | Ella Mansell

Spring in London is finally here: the skies are lighter for longer and the streets are lively and animated. Make the most of it with dinner and drinks at London’s best al fresco restaurants and bars. Including fresh, handmade pastas in Italian-style terraces and Iberian seafood restaurants perched atop hotel rooftops, here are our favourite al fresco dining spots in London to enjoy this weekend and all spring and summer long.