Civilian

Civilian is modern, smart, thought-provoking, luxurious, bold, humorous, unconventional, literary, and relatable… and primarily written in the first person.

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Effervesce Sense: What a lovely pairing

1 week ago | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

I don’t have arguments with people online. I really don’t. But on a recent Threads discussion of what condiment to serve on fries my feathers were well and truly ruffled by someone who suggested “sriracha or another spicy sauce, but always with champagne”. Having made some terrible early decisions, I snorted, “never with champagne!” As one of the most rarefied of beverages, it always seems such a delicate, fragile thing (although isn’t always).
Campana-Brothers-New-Hotel-Athens - CIVILIAN

1 month ago | civilianglobal.com | Douglas Blyde

“Friends owns it,” said Yannos Hadjiioannou, with the nonchalance of someone who knows the provenance of every feta in the Peloponnese. “Well located. And the design’s been ahead of its time for years.” He is co-founder of Maltby & Greek, which imports Greece’s most elegant wines and artisanal ephemera to Britain – a modern-day Dionysus in denim. The original carcass was the Olympic Palace, a post-war slab, once home to men in suits and heft glasses, and women in stiff hairNew Hotel.
Effervesce Sense | High tea high and a bottomless widow

Mar 7, 2025 | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

Bottomless champagne is rarely seen this side of one’s first wedding when daddy is paying. But a unicorn exists at the Intercontinental Park Lane. Inside the brutalist beauty of 145 Piccadilly – the site of Queen Elizabeth II’s former childhood home – you can find the finest afternoon tea known to humanity.
Milan isn't burning - CIVILIAN

Jan 7, 2025 | civilianglobal.com | Mark C O'Flaherty

The world is on fire and everything’s absolutely dreadful, but Milan just banned smoking in public and I’m as happy about that news as I would have been if the light aircraft that crashed with Nigel Farage in it back in 2010 had met the earth with greater velocity. Nicotine has had a glow up in recent years, thanks to the nihilism-as-much-as-hedonism of Brat Summer, and anecdotal stories that simply EVERYONE in fashion is smoking again.
Effervesce Sense | Sparkling expectations

Dec 20, 2024 | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

Whether you drink it or not, the transformation of a grape into something more is aligned with the very best of human endeavour. This is why wine is celebratory and associated with fine things. For example, Beronia Rioja made such an elegant partnership with Curzon Cinemas for the 2024 Ivory Christmas film season.
Dreamweaver: Sandy Powell's screen presence

Nov 7, 2024 | civilianglobal.com | Mark C O'Flaherty

Born, raised and still based in South London, Sandy Powell has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Costume Design, and the BAFTA equivalent, fifteen times by each Academy. She started her film career in the 1980s creating costumes for queer filmmaker Derek Jarman, while also working on numerous live contemporary dance productions for choreographer Lea Anderson.
Effervesce Sense | Sparkling victory or sparkling defeat

Oct 28, 2024 | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

It’s not just champagne, you know. Every country has at least one sparkling wine it can call its own and these wines are universally used for celebrations. As resilience is again fashionable, sparkling wine is also drunk to staying power.
Shooting Leigh Bowery

Oct 7, 2024 | civilianglobal.com | Fergus Greer

When I was introduced to Leigh Bowery by Lorcan O’Neill, he was one of the dealers at The Anthony d’Offay Gallery in Dering Street. Lorcan had suggested to Anthony that Leigh should perform there, and they agreed. Lorcan mentioned to me that I should meet Leigh because he thought we would get along and that we should consider doing some photographs together. At the time, I was working full-time as Terence Donovan’s assistant and studio manager. “Lorcan thinks we should do some pictures together.
Review: Grand Hotel Central, Barcelona

Jun 16, 2024 | civilianglobal.com | Monisha Rajesh

Until last month my experience of Barcelona’s hotels was poor, to say the least. On my first jaunt to the city, aged 19, I spent all night sweating in a club called El Coño de Tu Prima and passed out at 5am in a dorm echoing with drunken screams from Las Ramblas.
Effervesce Sense | First tastes in the wild

Jun 5, 2024 | civilianglobal.com | Karen Krizanovich

Strains of a harp float through the gloaming, revealing fire pits and white marquees in a woodland clearing. This is what a Bollinger Bacchanalia looks like: It is the launch of La Grand Année 2015 and La Grand Année rosé, two of the brand’s most delicious bottles I’ve ever experienced. Bollinger makes La Grand Année only in the best harvest years and only with grapes from the best sites.