About
The Arbuturian is a gourmet, lifestyle, culture and travel magazine for the globetrotting connoisseur with an appetite for adventure and a taste for the highlife. We publish intelligent content for a cultured readership who seek a playful yet highbrow approach to a diverse range of subject matter.
The Three Arbuteers
The Arbuturian was founded in Central London by swashbuckling media upstarts Jonesy, Lawrence and Stirling, who are joined by a number of regular contributing journalists, critics and authors from around the world.
Toby ‘Lawrence’ White; renowned for his exotic adventures to far flung places, Lawrence is an explorer of the highest order, last seen wrapped in a yashmak in the Gilf Kebir desert, scribbling illegible notes in his Moleskine diary. He occasionally sends us a message from his BlackBerry (and once, in a bottle) to let us know that he’s lost in terra incognita and can we pay off his library card as he could be away for some time.
Chris ‘Stirling’ Skarratt; known for his regular participation in triathlons and other masochistic endurance tests, Stirling’s military fortitude is nothing short of inhuman. He will even pass up on a glass of fine Languedoc wine during his training regime, much to the disapproval of his dining companions. A successful entrepreneur in the online, digital and creative industries, Stirling keeps his radar firmly on the action.
Ash ‘Jonesy’ Lipkin; our Editor-in-Chief, gallivanting gourmet and fashionable frolicker, Jonesy can often be observed at his desk in a state of deep meditation, which he insists is not the same as sleeping. When he isn’t avoiding editorial meetings because he’s too busy “contemplating”, Jonesy can be found inhabiting the milieu of restaurants in Central London, gorging on fine foods and wines in the name of “important gastronomic research.”
The Scribbling Squadron
Paul Joyce; the great-grand-nephew of literary giant, James Joyce, Paul is a true polymath with too many accomplishments to mention here, being an artist, photographer, filmmaker, theatre and television director, arts correspondent and travel writer, with numerous photographic works on permanent display at the Tate Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Al Senter; journalist, broadcaster and resident interviewer at the National Theatre, Al is one of our most treasured assets. With a love of fine wines and eclectic conversation, time spent with Al harks back to the heady days of the 1920s dining societies whose raison d’être was to set the world to rights over a meal of the finest produce in the most convivial of company.
Maddie York; a writer and journalist living in the virtute et industria of Bristol, Maddie yearns for higher standards in all facets of modern life. She is fond of loose leaf tea, impeccable grammar, gin, and big jewellery. When she’s not musing for The Arbuturian, find her sitting in judgement on bad manners at Grumpy Young Women and giving her jaded, old-fashioned take on what is entertaining the masses at Den of Geek and Screenjabber.
Angela Clutton; a former theatre producer in London’s West End, Angela’s theatrical skills are now put to use in prose for The Arbuturian, and in practice at her dazzling events for Girl Thursday, a name synonymous with some of the most resplendent parties, product launches, shows and private soirées in the UK. Angela’s little black book is brimming with details of the most fantastic places to see and be seen.
Simon Rumley; described by Screen International as “one of the great British cinematic outsiders, a gifted director with the know-how to puncture the conventions of horror,” Rumley is a tour-de-force on the independent film circuit, known for his witty and challenging productions that spit in the face of cinematic mediocrity. He is also a talented writer and a pioneering art curator, responsible for launching the careers of many heralded contemporary London artists.
Paul Biggles; a globetrotting man-of-action with an uncanny ability to dodge bullets from afar (even when there are none), Biggles is a seasoned broadsheet journalist with a penchant for news reporting from the world’s most troubled hotspots. Occasionally he finds himself dining on a meal of pulped insects in a corrugated-iron shack (much to his chagrin), though in the true spirit of British stiff-upper-lip, he never complains when his hosts are armed with AK-47s.
Anthony Berman; a matchless sportswriter with an encyclopedic knowledge of every sporting pastime, record achievement and tournament known to man, nothing in the sporting world escapes his ‘umpirical’ eyes; from cricket, golf and tennis to rugby, athletics and, dare we say, even curling, Tony takes his job so seriously that he will go without food and water – sometimes for days on end – in order not to miss a moment of the action.
Steve Thompson; also known as Kloob, Steve is an acclaimed cartoonist whose work has been described as “delightfully weird”. He is the creator of our Arbuturian dandy logo and our Arbuturian cartoons which have been attracting something of a cult status, appearing on postcards distributed at cultural events in London and throughout the UK. Steve’s weekly comic can be found here.
Harry Lytton; a dishevelled, overworked hack with a strange likeness to Lieutenant Columbo, Harry sits on our news desk, sifting through the daily raft of press releases and breaking stories to pluck out items of interest for our readers. Often found loitering in dark alleyways – apparently that’s how one finds a story – Harry likes nothing better than chewing on a cheap cigar and mulling over the merits of purchasing a new raincoat.
Felicity Dalton-Turner; our It-Girl and socialite who is most often found sipping and smiling in the stylish cocktail bars and tea rooms of Central London, Fee is our First Lady of Lifestyle when it comes to informing readers of the hottest trends, fashions and frivolities of the zeitgeist. While she doesn’t get out of bed for anything less than “a considerable sum”, she can usually be enticed into the office on the promise of a new interior design book to review or a fashion event to attend.
