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J.M.W. Turner's paintings return to Como in an exhibition retracing the lake views he captured two centuries ago.

Craig David brought his music and TS5 energy to The Club on the Lake, following an opening set from Naya Yeira.

For most photographers, football moves too fast. The sprint, the tackle, the goal, the celebration, the instant edit, the upload, the algorithm. Everything is designed to happen now. Miles Myerscough Harris has built a career by doing almost the opposite. Through Expired Film Club, his online world of vintage cameras, old rolls of film and sport seen through a softer grain, Miles has become one of the most distinctive image makers working in football today. His photos feel less like documentation and more like memory. Players blur at the edge of the frame. Floodlights glow. Crowds become texture. A goal celebration looks like something you half remember from childhood, even if it happened last week. “I’m as surprised as anybody, honestly,” he says. “I’m very lucky. Completely living the dream. I love what I do so much and it never gets old, turning up to these amazing stadiums and shooting it.” Like many good modern stories, it began by accident. Before Expired Film Club, Miles worked…

Carlo Tassone, 25, manager of Machete Capelli & Barba on Via Olginati in Como, is one of the faces of the Retro Collection, the line that honours the legacy of Como 1907 through timeless design and the iconic crest. “Seeing my photo wearing the collection’s sweatshirt on the cover of BLU and on billboards across the city was an incredible experience, not only for me, but also for my family and friends. My dad, a lifelong fan of Como 1907, who has always held a season ticket in the Curva, couldn’t believe it.” For Carlo, wearing the collection’s pieces was a wonderful experience: “The Retro Collection is truly stunning. My favourite items are the classic sweatshirts, both the blue and the white ones, the longsleeved polo, and especially the white shortsleeved polo, which is absolutely magnificent. The quality of the collection is outstanding, and young people really appreciate it. Many of my friends have already bought some of the items and are very happy with them,” he explains. A…

There are football stories shaped by family, geography or fate. Jed Meekins and KACS arrived at Como another way. They found it almost by accident, and then kept coming back until it became part of who they are. The story begins in 2003 in a pub on the Isle of Wight. Jed and his friends had planned a trip to Milan and thought they might take in a match while they were there. But neither of the Milan clubs were playing that week, so they looked for the nearest game instead. It was Como against Lazio at Sinigaglia, played in the rain on what Jed still remembers as a bad day. It should have been a one off. Instead, it became the beginning of something that has now lasted more than twenty years. “We decided to go to Milan, and we said maybe we go to a Milan game. But no Milan teams were playing that week, so we said the nearest team is Como,” Jed recalls. “We came to Como, watched the game, and then said right, we’ll go back there.” They did. The following year brought another trip, this…