The Leopard Journal: writing on makers, craft and travel
A collection of writing from The Leopard - spanning travel, craftsmanship and cultural observation.
From hotels, restaurants and galleries to the independent workshops we work with, the Journal captures places, processes and ideas.
Monthly Highlights
How to tell if ceramics are actually handmade
What to actually look for before trusting the word handmade - the base, the glaze, and why no two pieces from a real workshop should ever match exactly.
The Temple Nobody Paid For
The great public buildings of the world are almost without exception products of power - the Forum, Versailles, magnificence as concentrated authority. The Sagrada Família is the opposite: one hundred and forty-four years of continuous, voluntary financing by people who simply decided it deserved to exist.
Hotel Locarno, Rome
Opened in 1925, seized twice by war, and rescued from ruin by a woman who fell for half a floor of it and spent years buying back the rest - the Locarno has outlasted Fellini's Rome and quietly hosted Wes Anderson's. This is what we found there.
