The Journal — BOND OFFICIAL | Modern Men. Modern Stories

A British-born Nigerian pivoting into the creative arts, inhabiting many roles both in front of, and behind the camera.

SELFBrett StanilandMarch 25, 2021Between The Clouds: Charlie Siem, “Between the Clouds, Sarasate, Paganini, Elgar, and Wieniawski., London’s Royal College of Music, Eton College, and Cambridge University, The Royal, the Moscow, and the Rotterdam, Philharmonic Orchestras; the Czech and the Oslo National Symphony Orchestras, Charles Dutoit, Edward Gardner, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Sir Roger Norrington, Libor Pesek, and Yuri Simonov, 1735 Guarneri del Gesu violin, once owned by the King of Prussia., Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Armani, Dior, Dunhill, Hugo Boss, and the late Karl Lagerfeld, Beethoven, Itamar Golan, Simone Donati, Michael Oloyede, British Born Nigerian, Actor Producer Writer Michael Oloyede, How He Does It Podcast Michael Oloyede, Familial pressures, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Brett Staniland, Gladmir Gelin, Hilton Turner

Art Enthusiast, Thomas Pierce On How To Start Your Own Collection

An inside look at how one of entertainment’s most impactful, yet elusive tastemakers chooses art.

CONTEMPORARY ARTCaleb ChurchMarch 24, 2021Catching Up With Desmond & Dempsey Co-Founder, Joel Jeffery, Molly GOddard, Studio Apartment on the Upper East Side In New York, American Vogue’s September Issue, overlap in work attire, athleisure, and pajamas, Desmond & Dempsey Ethereal Collection, Ode To Mythology, Chunk of Cheese, A Good Surf, Narcissus, Narcissus' Krysptonite, How To Celebrate The Holidays At Home, Desmond & Dempsey The Sunday Paper, Art Enthusiast, Thomas Pierce On How To Start An Art Collection, Pierce Media Associates, Cartier Jewelry on Rihanna, Anne Hathaway, Sandra Bullock, New York Fashion Week 2013, Andreas Giles, Le Marais, Contemporary Art, Private Art Dealer, Peggy Siegal Company, Jeffrey Epstein, Collecting Art In A Pandemic, West Hollywood, It is a Marylin Monroe portrait carved out of one piece of wood with minimal acrylics., Fairfax Flea Market, Mediterranean Villa, Avid Art Collector, Defining Art Collection

In Defense of Slow Fashion, Marrakshi Life Delivers

Marrakshi Life is transforming the weaving portion of the fashion industry with boundless creativity, steadfast determination, real love, and cutting edge execution.

Joseph Cheatham On Launching a Candle Business During a Global Pandemic

Joseph Cheatham’s luxurious and eco-friendly candle line, yasaf, lit. caters to every type of candle connoisseur.

JEĀN CLĀUDE Seeks to Redefine a Classic and Spark Representation with New Single

The classic piece Suffocation Op. 28 No.4 by Frédéric Chopin gets a modern modification via Guyanese-American pop artist, JEĀN CLĀUDE’s latest single promoting his upcoming debut self titled album.

MUSICBeck SalgadoDecember 3, 2020JEĀN CLĀUDE Seeks to Redefine a Classic and Spark Representation with New Single, Beck Salgado, The Classic piece Suffocation Op. 28 No.4 by Frédéric Chopin gets a modern modification, via Guyanese-American pop artist, JEĀN CLĀUDE’s latest single promoting his upcoming debut self titled album., Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin and Radiohead, don't go, just know, I love you so, Melancholy, First Black artist to modernize the Chopin piece, Timony Siobhan

Kieran McKenna On Hairstyling In The Age Of Social Distancing

Upper east side hair salon owner, Kieran McKenna shares his top beauty service and business advice.

BEAUTYGuest UserDecember 3, 2020Hairstyling in the age of social distancing, Marcus Richardson, The coronanvirus pandemic, Upper East Side New York, Upper East Side Hair Salon owner, Kieran Mckenna, Top beauty Service and Business Advice, John Frieda Salon, Vogue magazine, United Kingdom Beauty Industry, London School of Arts, David Bailey photographer, French Makeup Artist Pierre Laroche, Oscar Blandi Salon, Madison Avenue across The Met New York, Salon2Go, Brick and Mortar business

Catching Up With Desmond & Dempsey Co-Founder, Joel Jeffery

Joel Jeffery, alongside his dashing wife, Molly Goddard, founded Desmond & Dempsey in the hopes of slowing down your Sunday mornings.

LOUNGEWEARBrandon Scott RoyeDecember 3, 2020Catching Up With Desmond & Dempsey Co-Founder, Joel Jeffery, Molly GOddard, Studio Apartment on the Upper East Side In New York, American Vogue’s September Issue, overlap in work attire, athleisure, and pajamas, Desmond & Dempsey Ethereal Collection, Ode To Mythology, Chunk of Cheese, A Good Surf, Narcissus, Narcissus' Krysptonite, How To Celebrate The Holidays At Home, Desmond & Dempsey The Sunday Paper

Between The Clouds: Charlie Siem

Charlie Siem has released his latest recording “Between the Clouds,” a 15-track homage to his original childhood inspirations: great masters of the genre such as Kreisler, Sarasate, Paganini, Elgar, and Wieniawski.

A Taste of Winter With Royal Salute

Royal Salute introduced the first ever blended grain whiskey in their collection with 46.5% ABV - the latitude coordinates of the birthplace of snow polo in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Scotch WhiskeyRob GreggNovember 27, 2020Netflix, Masterclass, Anna Wintour, Dr. Jane Goodall, Martin Scorsese, Hans Zimmer, Malcolm Gladwell, Simone Biles, RuPaul, Serena Williams, Kelly Wearstler, Uber, Airbnb, Shonda Rhymes, Bob Iger, Misty Copeland, George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, Rialto Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Yves Sant Laurent, fashion designer, Finding Inspiration, Masterclass experience, BOND OFFICIAL, BRANDON SCOTT ROYE, The Journal, BOND OFFICIAL The Journal, Inspiration, I Take You Seriously, And You Should Too, THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO Brandon Scott Roye, Arnaud Montaguard, Where Netflix Inspires, Masterclass Empowers, Supply Chain Management, Reimagine Global Operations, George H, George Bush, Winston ChurchillYves Saint Laurent, Mondrian Patterns, Moroccan Spices, RuPaul Serena Williams, Zachary Weiss' Capsule Shoe Collection Is Totally Cheeky, Douglas Henry Lewis, Event Columnist Zacahry Weiss, Zachary Weiss, Stubbs and Wootton, Krista Schlueter, St. regis Hotel Zacahry Weiss, Vogue.com, Architectural Digest, St. Regis Properties, Champagne And Bubbles, Zachary Weiss x Stubbs and Wootton, Zachary Weiss Weekend Men, Stubbs and Wootton Zacahry Weiss Champers, Zachary Weiss Liquid Lunch Stubbs and Wootton, Red Snapper Zachary Weiss x Stubbs and Wootton, Cash or Credit Zachary Weiss x Stubbs And Wootton, Rob Gregg, Scotch Whiskey, Royal Tradition and Modern Refinement, Royal Salute 21 Snow Polo Edition, Queen Elizabeth II and The 21 Gun Salute, Master Blender Sandy Hyslop, St. Mortiz Switzerland Royal Salute Whiskey, Royal Salute Elevation, Strathisia Distillery

Zachary Weiss' Capsule Shoe Collection Is Totally Cheeky

Event Columnist, Zachary Weiss sees a fresh-faced and cheeky future with his latest shoe collection in collaboration with Stubbs & Wootton.

FashionDouglas Henry LewisNovember 1, 2020Netflix, Masterclass, Anna Wintour, Dr. Jane Goodall, Martin Scorsese, Hans Zimmer, Malcolm Gladwell, Simone Biles, RuPaul, Serena Williams, Kelly Wearstler, Uber, Airbnb, Shonda Rhymes, Bob Iger, Misty Copeland, George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, Rialto Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Yves Sant Laurent, fashion designer, Finding Inspiration, Masterclass experience, BOND OFFICIAL, BRANDON SCOTT ROYE, The Journal, BOND OFFICIAL The Journal, Inspiration, I Take You Seriously, And You Should Too, THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO Brandon Scott Roye, Arnaud Montaguard, Where Netflix Inspires, Masterclass Empowers, Supply Chain Management, Reimagine Global Operations, George H, George Bush, Winston ChurchillYves Saint Laurent, Mondrian Patterns, Moroccan Spices, RuPaul Serena Williams, Zachary Weiss' Capsule Shoe Collection Is Totally Cheeky, Douglas Henry Lewis, Event Columnist Zacahry Weiss, Zachary Weiss, Stubbs and Wootton, Krista Schlueter, St. regis Hotel Zacahry Weiss, Vogue.com, Architectural Digest, St. Regis Properties, Champagne And Bubbles, Zachary Weiss x Stubbs and Wootton, Zachary Weiss Weekend Men, Stubbs and Wootton Zacahry Weiss Champers, Zachary Weiss Liquid Lunch Stubbs and Wootton, Red Snapper Zachary Weiss x Stubbs and Wootton, Cash or Credit Zachary Weiss x Stubbs And Wootton

Beck's Take: The United States Of America Past The 2020 Presidential Election

This election feels like a matter of morals rather than politics, or even a plea for peace rather than display of partisan support.

Why Many Protests Fail

Avoiding the trap of optical victories in lieu of tangible ones in the #ENDSARS protest.

OpinionErnest Danjuma EnebiOctober 26, 2020London, BOND OFFICIAL, BOND OFFICIAL The Journal, Brett Staniland, COVID-19, quarantine, Model, TikTok, Caoline Issa, Marina Testino, Richard Biedul, Imran Amed, Sarah Mikaela, Jonathan Pryce, GarconJon, Get A Real Job, Kirk Truman, Challenging Society’s approach to The Definition of work, Radio Broadcast, Covid 19, March 2020 Covid 19 Coronavirus, Social Media In A Pandemic, Caroline Issa, Marina TestinoRichard Biedul, Black Lives Matter: Documenting The New York Protests, Injustice and Oppression, Grant Legan, George Floyd, Police brutality, Racist Altercations, Petitions and Funds, American Father Mexican Mother, White Wash, Los Angeles, Chicago, President Trump, ERNEST DANJUMA ENEBI, Why Many Protests Fail, #ENDSARS, Largest movement in history, Black Lives Matter, Joshua Ambrose, Ughelli Delta State, Martin Luther King Jr., Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, #ENDSARS movement, ABA Women's March 1929, Owerri, Calabar, Abeokuta Women, Abeokuta Women's Union Protests, 1948, Eventual Independence in 1960, 1945 Labor Strike For Minimum Wage, Dele Giwa, General Babangida, #OccupyNigeria, #BringBackOurGirls, Boko Haram in Chibok Borno, Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside The New Science of Motivation, Gabrielle Oettingen, Self Help COnsensus

3 Nigerians on the #ENDSARS movement, LEADERSHIP and Hopes For Its People

In light of this #ENDSARS movement, BOND OFFICIAL Editor-In-Chief, Igee Okafor caught up with Dénola Grey, Adebayo Oke-Lawal, and Folu Oyefeso - three Nigerian men who are living in the midst of the movement and reacting with their own expositions of cognizance, accountability accords and progressions.

ActivismIgee OkaforOctober 22, 2020Netflix, Masterclass, Anna Wintour, Dr. Jane Goodall, Martin Scorsese, Hans Zimmer, Simone Biles, RuPaul, Kelly Wearstler, Uber, Airbnb, Shonda Rhymes, Bob Iger, Misty Copeland, Winston Churchill, Rialto Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Yves Sant Laurent, fashion designer, Finding Inspiration, Masterclass experience, BOND OFFICIAL, BRANDON SCOTT ROYE, The Journal, BOND OFFICIAL The Journal, Inspiration, I Take You Seriously, And You Should Too, THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO Brandon Scott Roye, Arnaud Montaguard, Where Netflix Inspires, Masterclass Empowers, Supply Chain Management, Reimagine Global Operations, George H, George Bush, Winston ChurchillYves Saint Laurent, Mondrian Patterns, Moroccan Spices, RuPaul Serena Williams, We Have The Power To Fight Racism Against Black People If We Move Together, Igee Okafor, Simi Vijay, Growing Up In Nigeria, Slavery And Colonization, Ahmaud Arbery Murder, George Floyd, Minneapolis Police Department, Amy Cooper, Tom Austin, Svitlana Flom, Racism in America, Terminate the racist agenda, Conscious hate, the depiction of people of color in the media, Unconscious Hate, Social and Political Inequality, Ignorance, Lack of Education, Cowardice, Cover Ups, Couch Activism, Micro Agressions, Social Inequity, Infiltrated Systems, Intimidation Tactics, Acts of Terrorism, What is racism, Hold Elected Officials Accountable, Ancestral and Emotional Trauma, Simi VIjay, Denola Adepetun #ENDSARS, Adebayo Oke-Lawal #ENDSARS, Folu Oyefeso #ENDSARS, 3 Nigerian Citizens on the #ENDSARS movement, LEADERSHIP and THE FUTURE, Igee Okafor on #ENDSARS, The Female Coalition Nigeria, Police Brutality In Nigeria, The Feminist Coalition in Nigeria, George Flloyd, Breonna Taylor, #ENDSARS Activism

Black Lives Matter: Documenting The New York Protests With Grant Legan

Photographer Grant Legan on documenting the New York activists protesting for racial equality in light of recent events.

Protesting Freedom Of Visual Speech

To combat the attention economy, your freedom of visual speech cannot be understated and certainly cannot be overlooked.

Visual SpeechBrandon Scott RoyeJuly 9, 2020Netflix, Masterclass, Anna Wintour, Dr. Jane Goodall, Martin Scorsese, Hans Zimmer, Malcolm Gladwell, Simone Biles, RuPaul, Serena Williams, Kelly Wearstler, Uber, Airbnb, Shonda Rhymes, Bob Iger, Misty Copeland, George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, Rialto Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Yves Sant Laurent, fashion designer, Finding Inspiration, Masterclass experience, BOND OFFICIAL, BRANDON SCOTT ROYE, The Journal, BOND OFFICIAL The Journal, Inspiration, I Take You Seriously, And You Should Too, THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO Brandon Scott Roye, Arnaud Montaguard, Where Netflix Inspires, Masterclass Empowers, Supply Chain Management, Reimagine Global Operations, George H, George Bush, Winston ChurchillYves Saint Laurent, Mondrian Patterns, Moroccan Spices, RuPaul Serena Williams, Protesting Freedom Of Visual Speech, Andy Warhol, Dr. Seuss, Black People In America, George Flloyd's Funeral, Brandon Murphy Gabriel Garmon Harold Wright, St, St. Francis of Sels, Unity Equity and Ownership In Black Community

We Have The Power To Fight Racism Against Black People If We Move Together

For change to happen, we have to acknowledge the humanity we all share and that perspective has to be the majority even when pinned against horrific leadership and external pressures.