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Nicholas Frost & Damon Reynolds The Shoregate, Crail, Scotland

Rupert Mellor — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:23:28 +0000

Part-time residents for years of the former fishing village in Scotland’s East Neuk of Fife, Nicholas Frost and Damon Reynolds were told their plans to launch a mould-breaking new inn there were ‘nae for Crail’. But with The Shoregate, their stylish, community-forward vision is winning through. “There’s a bit of quirky 16th-century Scottish history attached to the Dreel, the stream that runs through the village of Anstruther just down the road,” says Nicholas Frost, an impish glint in his eye. […]

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The Shoregate, Crail, Scotland appeared first on OutThere magazine.

James Jayasundera & Marc-Ludolf von Schmarsow 7 Koppies, Franschhoek, South Africa

Steffen Michels — Mon, 12 May 2025 12:59:30 +0000

That South Africa’s spellbinding Western Cape might inspire budding hoteliers isn’t surprising – but the couple behind 7 Koppies never set out to open a B&B when they first came across their Franschhoek farm. And that might just be what makes their hilltop hideaway so special. Place your finger anywhere between Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek on a map of South Africa’s Western Cape and it won’t be far off a place to stay that’s either owned by a billionaire or […]

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7 Koppies, Franschhoek, South Africa appeared first on OutThere magazine.

Marie Patouillet and Soraya Garlenq Paris, France

Rupert Mellor — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:06:42 +0000

A new queer confidence is enriching Paris’ culture and social fabric, say world champion para-cyclist and Paralympian Marie Patouillet and her partner, actor Soraya Garlenq. Both vocal LGBTQ+ activists, they couldn’t be more on board. It was after she experienced sexist discrimination while taking part in the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021 that French para-cyclist Marie Patouillet decided she wanted to do more with her public profile. “If you are an athlete competing at national level, you have visibility. I […]

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Paris, France appeared first on OutThere magazine.

Koko Barno Paris, France

Experientialist — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:12:01 +0000

Racially marginalised growing up in a tiny French country town, our Paris is Turning issue cover star Koko Barno hightailed it to London for seven years to discover who she was. Now the model, content creator and champion kickboxer is making Paris her own. I have a tattoo on my neck. It says Mukatila in Arabic script. It means female warrior. I think that when we’re growing up, we’re taught to think there’s only one type of woman. But when […]

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Paris, France appeared first on OutThere magazine.

Stephen Lewis & Christian Scali Villa Ardore, Tuscany, Italy

Rupert Mellor — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:28:56 +0000

Beginning to explore their Italian roots a decade ago, LA couple Stephen Lewis and Christian Scali fell so hard for Tuscany they poured years and millions into creating the home of their dreams high on a Chianti hilltop: Villa Ardore. We believe their guests will feel just as bewitched. In September 2007, Stephen Lewis, then a lawyer serving as counsel to West Hollywood, submitted on behalf of a coalition of 19 Californian cities and counties a 50-page brief to the […]

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Villa Ardore, Tuscany, Italy appeared first on OutThere magazine.

Fleur Huijskens & Nicole Boekhoorn Sterrekopje, Franschhoek, South Africa

Steffen Michels — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:51:49 +0000

That its creators call Sterrekopje a ‘healing farm’ might seem disingenuous, given its sumptuous appointment and breath-stealing setting. Yet the term perfectly denotes the richly nurturing immersion in nature, creativity and reconnection that is the property’s most unique luxury. Few are the places in South Africa’s fertile Cape Winelands that don’t elicit wonder and amazement. From ‘aahs’ to ‘oohs’ and the occasional ‘whoa’, the region’s scenery puts a spark in the eye and a smile on the face. And to […]

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Sterrekopje, Franschhoek, South Africa appeared first on OutThere magazine.

Miguel De Sousa Paris, France

Experientialist — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:34:21 +0000

A dancer, model and culture aficionado, Miguel De Sousa stems from Salvador, Brazil, but he’s made his home in Paris. For OutThere, he retraces the steps that took him to the French capital – and shares why he loves it so much. I love Paris because it’s so plural. There’s so much different stuff going on here. And it’s a big city, with a big population, in a small space. That means we’re all on top of each other, confronted […]

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Benjamin Schneider & Patrick Krummenacher Hotel Arlberg, Lech, Austria

Uwern Jong — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:11:35 +0000

When Benjamin Schneider and his husband Patrick Krummenacher took the helm at Hotel Arlberg, the family hotel, their opposite personalities combined to produce harmonious results where sustainability and wow factor go hand in hand, as Uwern Jong reports. I got to know Patrick Krummenacher over dinner many years back at an opulent mountain resort property in Gstaad, Switzerland. I was living the good life, in one of the world’s most gorgeous hotels, and he was the property’s handsome communications director […]

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Dax Savage Los Angeles, California, USA

Rupert Mellor — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:48:12 +0000

Corporatised and anodyne 25 years ago, LA has since undergone a creative renaissance that today presents a city of uniquely progressive cultural confidence. Artist, designer, craftsman and bad-ass barber Dax Savage arrived just in time to watch it all unfold. “When I first moved to LA, at the end of the Nineties, it was kind of dead,” says Dax Savage, “a creative wasteland. Everyone I knew would laugh about LA being ‘gross’ and how nobody would dream of living there. […]

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Los Angeles, California, USA appeared first on OutThere magazine.

Pangina Heals Bangkok, Thailand

Uwern Jong — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:24:44 +0000

What makes Thailand the progressive queer paradise it is? Empowered performers like Pangina Heals pushing society’s boundaries, says Uwern Jong after meeting the star of Drag Race UK vs The World at their new brand-new club in Bangkok. I will always remember the first time that I laid eyes on Pangina Heals. It was one of those Bangkok nights, at a time before the notion of lockdowns and a pandemic ever even crossed one’s mind. They were the heady days […]

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Bangkok, Thailand appeared first on OutThere magazine.