Slow-moving Suffolk moves up in the world
Aldeburgh’s Jubilee Hall doesn’t date from any of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilees — goodness me, nothing so modern could…
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Time for the Outsiders to save the art world from itself
Above: a Henry Darger illustration from his fantasy novel, ‘The Story of the Vivian Girls’, courtesy Andrew Edlin Gallery It…
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There's more to education than the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Alessandro Tom’ says broad horizons, and recognition of the importance of choice are just as important as the drive epitomised…
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Review: Francis Bacon and the Masters at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Pictured above ‘Two Figures in a Room’ (detail) by Francis Bacon ‘Francis Bacon’s paintings, in spite of their unattractiveness, help…
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The champagne family business facing down revolution and rappers
Louis Roederer Cristal was originally created for Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1876. Worried about assassination, the Tsar commissioned…
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This is a varied role and an excellent opportunity for an organised, efficient, imaginative person to help run a lively…
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Why the wealthy are best left alone
William Cash believes the rich should be undisturbed, something he says Gordon Brown understood The week before the Sunday Times…
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Review: Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
There have been few programmes on the BBC recently that I have enjoyed more than Kew On A Plate, hosted…
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Spring into spring food with Benares, Grain Store Unleashed and more
We are hitting lamb season and with the weather being fairly obliging, you can almost start believing that spring has…
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Tales of snails and squid Bolognese at Koffmann’s at the Berkeley
With the closure of Racine a few months ago, I have been rather lamenting the lack of gutsy, supremely well-cooked,…
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Summery blogs, books and Instagrams to brighten your day
For the past few years, Britain has been cookery crazy. From baking to basting, searing to stewing, a gluttonous deluge…
ByReview: Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons
Inspired by Kew On A Plate, Emily Rookwood revisited Le Manoir, Raymond Blanc’s plate-perfect countryside retreat There have been few…
ByTales of snails and squid Bolognese at Koffmann's at the Berkeley
Emily Rookwood on one of London’s last remaining bastions of simple, excellent French food With the closure of Racine a…
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Amid a $6 billion man bag boom, how to choose the perfect one for you
I came upon an extraordinary statistic the other day: one in five luxury handbags sold today turns out to be…
ByThe legal lines behind Kensington's red and white striped house
Arabella Murphy explains why you can’t just get up a ladder and repaint your neighbour’s circus tent facade The owner…
ByLuxembourg’s finance minister warns against Brexit
The whole of Europe – Britain included – would suffer if the EU lost its biggest financial centre, according to…
BySingapore's art scene aims for greatness, but is it too conservative to triumph?
26 years after Singapore set out a plan to make itself a ‘gracious’ cultural capital, it has a glitzy art…
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The Larousse Book of Bread author Eric Kayser’s top ten baking tips
Eric Kayser has recently published The Larousse Book of Bread and to celebrate this he has compiled his top ten…
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The Vault at Milroy’s – the (not-so) hidden Soho speakeasy for Smoking Guns and Colombianas
Fridges, mirrors, flowers arrangements and sex shops – there’s more than one way to enter a speakeasy. A few years…
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Review: Rossini, Il Turco in Italia, Royal Opera House
What a joyous romp Il Turco in Italia is. Rossini’s opera is rather confusing in synopsis, but let me try.…
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