reFRESH Magazine

New Issue of reFRESH Magazine OUT NOW

The May/June Issue of reFRESH Magazine is OUT NOW and is entirely dedicated to celebrating new and emerging talent.

We have spoken to interior designers, bloggers, models, entertainers and fashion designers from all over the world. Interviews include: dancer, musician and performer Vincent Vanguard, music act Yeah Sparrow, bloggers YVY Mag and Ministry of Pleasure and interior designers Benjamin Hubert and Alain Gilles, fashion designer Dimitri Stavrou and talented twin hunks, The Caesar Twins.

Our cover boy for this issue is the handsome hunk Paul Francis who has been shot by photographer Frank Louis wearing the designers of the extremely talented Christopher Uvenio.

To order your copy visit www.refreshmag.co.uk and follow the instructions on how to subscribe.

reFRESH Magazine celebrates Switzerland

Switzerland is the core theme of the new edition of reFRESH Magazine is out now.

It is the culmination of a six month working partnership with our friends at Switzerland Tourism in London and explores every aspect of this most diverse of countries.

 

Each of our regular editorial sections pays tribute to Switzerland in different ways, from a focus on Swiss fashion to a look at some of Switzerland’s most celebrated historical figures who have played a role in their LGBT history. There is also a major look at the forthcoming EuroPride 2009 celebrations that will be taking place in Zürich.

 

If that was not enough to whet your appetite we also have our regular culture and arts coverage, property news and interior design tips and the final part of our series on the Fashionable & Secret History of Gay Men’s clothes.

 

 

This issue also includes the first editorial piece by the lovely Jo Weil (Olli from Verbotene Liebe) who joined the magazine earlier this year as a columnist.

Our cover was shot by reFRESH favourite Dean Stockings and our cover boy is the very handsome Simone Lucioli who models a pair of Andrew Christian underwear.

 

To order your copy or buy a subscription follow the information on the right hand panel

reFRESH 54 (Jan/Feb 2009) Preview

Our first issue of the New Year hits the newsstands next week. Due to our unfortunate power cut prior to Christmas this issue was unavoidably delayed but we hope you enjoy our usual mix of culture, arts, entertainment, homes and interiors.

This is our Green Issue, featuring a wide variety of articles on eco-property, interiors, food & drink and fashion. We have interviews with musical superstar Will Young and new author Clayton Littlewood and a bigger, better fashion & style section.

Fashion photographer Greg Alexander shot the main fashion editorial on location in Paris and a whole host of globally renowned photographers (including Wander Aguiar, Jason Jaskot, Dean Stockings) make their picks for male models to keep an eye on in 2009. Our cover guy is hot new Croatian talent Danilo Vukcevic who has been shot by photographer Zoran Trifunovic.

The price of a single copy is £4.25 (UK).

For more information on subscriptions visit www.refreshmag.co.uk

Wild Publishing Offices: Power cut update

Wednesday 10th December, 0730am

Thanks to the presence of an external generator, power has been restored to our offices and our emails/server are now operational.

We are hopeful that the problem with the cables outside our building will mean will suffer no more interruptions, but there might still yet be problems.

If you have emailed us anytime from 1pm on Monday 8th December and 7.30am on Weds 10th December, we will NOT have received it, so you will have to resend

Wednesday 10th December, 0730am

Thanks to the presence of an external generator, power has been restored to our offices and our emails/server are now operational.

We are hopeful that the problem with the cables outside our building will mean will suffer no more interruptions, but there might still yet be problems.

If you have emailed us anytime from 1pm on Monday 8th December and 7.30am on Weds 10th December, we will NOT have received it, so you will have to resend

Wednesday 10th December, 0730am

Thanks to the presence of an external generator, power has been restored to our offices and our emails/server are now operational.

We are hopeful that the problem with the cables outside our building will mean will suffer no more interruptions, but there might still yet be problems.

If you have emailed us anytime from 1pm on Monday 8th December and 7.30am on Weds 10th December, we will NOT have received it, so you will have to resend

Wednesday 10th December, 0730am

Thanks to the presence of an external generator, power has been restored to our offices and our emails/server are now operational.

We are hopeful that the problem with the cables outside our building will mean will suffer no more interruptions, but there might still yet be problems.

If you have emailed us anytime from 1pm on Monday 8th December and 7.30am on Weds 10th December, we will NOT have received it, so you will have to resend

reFRESH 53: Preview

The new issue of reFRESH Magazine will be hitting the newsstands shortly, but we're pleased to bring you a sneak preview of the front cover featuring the deliciously handsome Ethan Reynolds. We've followed Ethan's career over the past few years with interest, so a chat with him was long overdue. Aside from his career as web entrepreneur and model, Ethan has recently joined the cast of HERETV's popular series, The Lair. He gives us the inside track on the ups and downs he's experienced so far in his career.

We take a look at homoerotic stained glass with talented Italian stained glassmaker Diego Tolomelli and talk gay cinema with actor/producer Brent Gorski, the inspiration behind the recently release film, Holding Trevor. Dione van Heer catches up with world famous gay flamenco duo Carlos Rodriguez and Angel Rojas ahead of their show at Sadler's Wells.

Steven Gdula's serialisation on the fashionable and secret history of gay men's clothes reaches the 1970s and Arthur Wooten is still trying to shift the unwanted attentions of Henry in his regular letter, Dear Henry.

This issue also contains our annual photo project to showcase the work of emerging photographers. Last year our theme was The Twelve Days of Christmas - this year we made it a little more challenging by entering the realm of fairy tales. Participating photographers were given a fairy tale and asked for their interpretations - the results were most impressive. You will be able to see all the results shortly online at our myspace page - www.myspace.com/refreshmag

The style guide includes our regular focus on the latest men's grooming products, fashion news, interviews with Broadway dancer Nick Adams and upcoming actor Marc Zammit and a superb ice shoot (see right - Nevs model Ollie Pearce) by Dean Stockings showcasing underwear and jewellery. Travel continues our look at Switzerland and also has reports on La Rochelle and Andorra.

In our homes/interiors section we take a sneak peak inside the rooms of the soon-to-be opened Coco Shambhala Villas and showcase some of the latest designs for your bathroom.

Order your copy now - UK price is £4.25/Overseas (Europe/USA) prices vary. Please email refresh@wildpublishing.com for more information.

The reFRESH Theatre Club

We're pleased to announce the launch of the reFRESH Theatre Club, in association with WestEndTheatre.com, a wholesale ticketing company that is able to provide discounted tickets and special offers on London theatre.

The website is updated monthly with a whole host of offers for many of London's leading shows.

To check out the latest offers visit www.westendtheatre.com/refresh

reFRESH 52: Advance Preview

OUT NOW reFRESH 52 is one of our favourite issues.  Jo and Thore, the stars of German hit soap opera Verbotene Liebe, have done an exclusive photo shoot for us.  Hot on the heels of our interview with the pair, there's a preview of the article on the Gays of Daytime blog.  We've also spoken to the American actor, model and all-round rising star Travis Kraft. 

Top radio presenter Larry Flick gives us his view from across the Atlantic, and the Diary gives you our round-up of what's hot in culture and the arts.  We've taken a closer look at Hollywood hellcat Miriam Hopkins, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen and the hidden gem of the Greenwich Fan Museum.  Find out how the pioneering gay mathematician Alan Turing was hounded into suicide, despite saving thousands of lives in World War II, and have a look around Sir Hugh Walpole's Lake District in the first of our Literary Trails around Britain. 

We also preview Tate Britain's major retrospective of Francis Bacon - probably the most important figurative painter of the 20th Century - and Glasgay's celebration of the life and work of Tennessee Williams, the playwright and screenwriter who defined the 1950s.  New photography by Brian Finke focuses on the hidden life of the air hostess, while the current documentary Man On Wire gives us a springboard into the curious world of tightrope walking. 

As well as our regular round-up of property, books and interiors, our Style Guide brings you the best in men's fragrances and hot new ideas for lighting the home and garden.  Our travel section for this issue is the first of a new series dedicated to Switzerland, bringing you the best of culture and shopping in this Alpine gem. 

Enjoy! 

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Summer Fun for reFRESH 51

It's celebrating summer all the way with Issue 51 of reFRESH Magazine. The new issue hits the newsstands in the UK this week and is packed full of our usual mix of arts & culture, fashion & style and homes & interiors, providing a beautiful blue glossy for your coffee table!

So aside from the deliciously gorgeous Levi, who graces our cover (shot by photographer, Hector Rodriguez) there's plenty to keep you busy. Arthur Wooten continues his hilarious 'Dear Henry' letters and there's Part three of Steven Gdula's serialisation on The Fashionable & Secret History of Gay Men's Clothes.

We also meet Bishop Gene Robinson on his recent visit to the UK; play some chukkas with the Los Angeles Gay Polo League and talk fashion with upcoming tailor, Nico-D. We also catch five with male supermodel, Marcus Schenkenberg, the new face of German jewellery company, Code-Royal.

Fashion wise the talented boys from Glasstik shot our main fashion editorial in a garage and we showcase the work of US photographer, Adam Bouska.

That's not it either - we have top tips for outdoor design; a special focus on chairs and a look at summer beauty products. On Sale from Thursday 26th June. Enjoy it!

50 and feeling...FRESH

Well we never knew that hitting fifty was so reFRESHing! Our 50th issue is on sale now with four collectable covers to mark the occasion.

The covers have been shot by leading fashion photographers Gavin Harrison, Robert Mendolia, Gregory Vaughan and Wander Aguiar and feature some of the hottest male model talent from both sides of the Atlantic.

The photographic collaborations continue inside the magazine - LA-based Ben Marshall shoots Dantes Cove star Jon Fleming; Troy Phillips trains his lens on All My Children star (and former reFRESH cover guy) Aiden Turner and our very own Cate Hayter presents a black and white study of another former reFRESH cover guy Alex Beer. Alex also graces one of our four covers (bottom left on the image). Our main fashion editorials have been shot by French photographer Eric Sposito and model-turned photographer, Wander Aguiar.

Editorial highlights include: a special focus on dance with interviews with aerialist Ari Levanael and French dance and acrobatic troupe, Les Farfadais. Steven Gdula's series on the fashionable and secret history of gay men’s clothes explores the war years and another new regular J.C.Parrish starts his series on Hollywood Greats with a look at Lana Turner. Regular columnist Arthur Wooten entertains with his Dear Henry letter and we enter the world of Divas (of the 18th century variety) with a look ahead to the new exhibition 'Handel & the Divas' at the Handel House Museum in London.

Editor-in-Chief David Tickner, who launched and has helmed the magazine since the first issue, is pleased to celebrate this milestone for the magazine,  “To retain an unbroken presence on the newsstand for the last six years is a testimony to the dedication and hard work of all the people who work and support the magazine. It seemed entirely fitting that we should therefore do something special to celebrate our 50th edition and since we have always had a top quality photography in the magazine since Issue 1, producing four covers for our readers seemed particularly appropriate.”

You can order a copy via paypal - the price for a single copy is £6 (UK/Europe) or £10 (Airmail Zones 1 &2).

reFRESH 49 (Mar/Apr) OUT NOW

That’s right, gentlemen - reFRESH 49 has hit the shelves, bringing our special brand of sophistication to a newsagent near you. 

This issue’s cover model is the suave American entrepreneur Clint Nicholas.  He sets the tone for a rather stylish reFRESH 49: between our sizzling pages you’ll find the smouldering Jordan Carlyle and hot tips for the home by interior designer Dane Bailey; Immodesty Blaize raises an eyebrow with her busty burlesque and in the Arts we have the debut novel by Noah Charney, the life of Gertrude Stein and stunning paintings by Andreas Golder.  You’ll also find pieces about Ben Keene, Zack Randall, Tom Bloxham and Phillip Heckman as well as stunning images from some of the hottest photographers.  Our regular features on Fashion, Travel, Property, Food & Drink and the Diary are bursting with what’s hot for Spring - and in the first part of a serialisation for 2008, we’re very pleased to introduce the Fashionable & Secret History Of Gay Men’s Clothes. 

You can purchase reFRESH 49 via Paypal; a single copy is priced at £6 to UK addresses only (inclusive of post & packing) or £10 to Europe/World addresses from www.refreshmag.co.uk