A framed necklace from Brazil hangs over the living- room fireplace. Candlesticks are from Morocco, with beeswax candles from Matilda Goad – Rachael Smith Sandra Barrio von Hurter lives and breathes colour, from the cheeky cherries that dangle from her jewellery to the sun-blasted yellow of her kitchen. Her business, […]
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Meet the young artist with synesthesia who ‘hears’ colour
‘1994’ by Jack Coulter, who creates his paintings in a tiny garage (Jack Coulter) (Jack Coulter) Jack Coulter’s art will grab you by the throat and demand your attention. It’s vivid, visceral and often inexplicably unsettling. Coulter, 21, has a form of synesthesia, a rare neurological phenomenon that causes him […]
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Marks & Spencer apologises for ‘racist’ bra colour name after customer says it’s ‘hurtful’
The retailer apologised over its colour description. (Getty Images) Marks & Spencer has apologised after a customer described her online shopping experience as “hurtful”, due to a “racist” name given to a bra in a darker skin tone. Kusi Kimani, 29, noted that the colours of the £12 skin-toned bras […]