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Earth Calling Bowie

Earth Calling Bowie David Bowie owes me three dollars, writes Sarah Douglas. CELEBRITY sightings are so common in New York that the natives have engineered a convincingly pseudo-cool façade for such...

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Stephanie Cornfield

Stephanie Cornfield Stephanie Cornfield has shot some of the world’s biggest stars. She talks to Salvador Bali about access, adrenalin and fortuitous encounters. Stephanie, click away… I’m Stephanie...

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Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso David Smithson looks at the birth of the Cannes Film Festival and Bali’s place in the history of celluloid. There aren’t many things we can thank Mussolini for – but if it wasn’t for Il...

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Food Chain

Food Chain By Andrew E. Hall “In less than three decades, a handful of multinational corporations has engineered a fast and furious corporate enclosure of the first link in the food chain.” - The ETC...

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Zoo

Zoo Andrew E. Hall jumps the wire and escapes the western industrial zoo. The windows of Frigidaire icebergs, frozen in prickly heat, The vanishing cream victims, the drip-fed amnesianique, Where the...

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Great Dane

Great Dane The Yak sat down with Dane Peterson – surfer, photographer, lover and epic shit-kicker to tell him how much we love his work. Words by Paige Maddison. Images by Dane Peterson. So Dane, what...

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15 Minutes

15 Minutes A young actress hitches a lift with Steve McQueen and our intrepid editor catches a cold breeze from a Royal benefactor. TIME was I seemed to bump into the British Royal family far more than...

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Wasted Space

Wasted Space We sent monkeys, dogs, mice and men into orbit, and now we’re spending billions on a project to reach Mars. Yet we don’t even know how to live properly on Earth, writes Andrew E. Hall...

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Under the gun

Under the gun It’s time the killing stopped – Andrew E. Hall on the madness of gun laws in America. “I will give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.” - a slogan popularised the...

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Aliennations

Aliennations What is it about the human race that makes us suspicious, paranoid and xenophobic of people who appear different? by Andrew E. Hall. “THE Martians are coming, the Martians are coming” …...

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I Spy

I Spy There’s a spy in the sky, there’s a noise on the wire, there’s a tap on the line for every paranoid desire. There’s always someone looking at you – The Boomtown Rats Andrew E. Hall puts the...

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Bling

Bling Bali is home to some cool creators of the world’s wearable wonders, writes Stephanie Mee. IF you consider the lengthy history of jewellery craftsmanship on Bali, it should come as no surprise...

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Revolution

Revolution Andrew E. Hall laments the [lamentable] current world order. I’m sick and tired of hearing things from uptight, short sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics … just give me some truth … - John...

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Where are we now

Where are we now Andrew E. Hall contemplates what Bali is all about, where it’s been, where it’s going and what can be done to preserve our so-called paradise. Photos: Nikko Karki. “Don’t talk about...

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Snaparazzi

Snaparazzi Robert Rosen has been shooting the world’s most recognisable faces for decades. He’s partied with celebrities and socialites. He’s shot fashion in Paris, New York And Sydney. He shares a...

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The book of Om – a love story

The book of Om – a love story Andrew E. Hall ruminates on the bond between women and men … Illustrations in praise of Fernando Boteru. “Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. They’re a sign of...

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Selfie

Selfie Enough about you. Andrew E. Hall addresses the Me generation. “I wonder if the course of narcissism through the ages would have been any different had Narcissus first peered into a cesspool. He...

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Last Word

Last Word Andrew E. Hall knows nothing about kids. Word. I KNOW nothing about kids. But in the dim recesses of my consciousness I recall actually being one once. I remember that all things appeared...

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Culture

Culture CULTURAL TUGU Hotel Tugu Bali keeps the flame alive in Batu Bolong (in spite of the hipster takeover of the area) with a weekly cultural performance on Thursdays at 7.30 in the hotel’s bale...

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Reality Check

Reality Check Reality TV shows are the disconnect that fuel a dysfunctional heroic narrative, writes Andrew E. Hall. WHILE the equally deadly viruses, ebola and Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL), decimate...

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