Time for the Outsiders to save the art world from itself
Aldeburgh's Jubilee Hall doesn't date from any of HM Queen Elizabeth II's Jubilees -- goodness me, nothing so modern could be expected of this Suffolk coastal town. It's named after Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and I was one of a happy audience who crammed into it for the Aldeburgh Literary Festival: happy not only to be there, hearing the lectures, but also to have got tickets, since they sell out within a few hours of being issued.
Month: April 2015
The champagne family business facing down revolution and rappers
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Louis Roederer Cristal was originally created for Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1876. Worried about assassination, the Tsar commissioned a flat-bottomed bottle in clear glass, a departure from the usual dark green, so that no explosives could be concealed. Since then, the distinctive bottle, cellophane wrapper (to protect the champagne from light) and gold label have continued to define Cristal's exclusivity.