"City hotels that become miniature cities themselves are my Umberto Eco chambers of delight"
Mark C. O'Flaherty follows the Pasolini path in Italy, from birth to murder
"The whole place thrums in a kind of postcoital way"
Karim Rashid’s first hotel project, Semiramis, opened in Athens in 2004. It looks older – yet is all the bolder for it
"I sat at Pasolini’s regular table, and it could have been 1975."
"There’s always vintage punk playing on the jukebox, an indie horror film being screened on the back wall, and a portrait of HP Lovecraft surveys the scene from a side wall"
"Once you’ve got your key for your room, you take the lift upstairs and realise quickly that this is a hotel that could compete with The Overlook for scale and bewildering hallways"
"I did a fashion shoot at the Lexington Street Chipperfield space. Every surface and frosted glass corridor was sleek and lovely"
"As we headed for the door she shouted '…AND DON’T EVER COME BACK… YOU RACISTS!'"
"It looks like a classic teen comedy – all California pop colours and Charli XCX – but it’s a genre movie of a darker kind: rape revenge"
