Like most young 80s kids, Carl Van Roon wanted to learn karate. Thanks to hit movies like The Karate Kid, martial arts had crane-kicked their way to the top of the era’s pop culture.
Chris King and Sophy Phillips are partners in life and business and with Common People, their hair salon on Symonds Street, they set out to make customers feel like part of an extended family.
It’s a chilly Wednesday evening and from the street, I can hear the sound of gloves smacking bags. In a gym that is open on one side to the elements, men and women are working out and working out hard.
Winter can leave our skin dry and dull from a build-up of dead skin cells. Being cooped up inside during lockdown doesn’t help, so it was time for a skin spring clean.
