Federico Beltran Masses: revival of a celebrity
Guy Stair Sainty, proprietor of the Stair Sainty Gallery in Mayfair, on the overdue revival of a celebrity artist. The…
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Money can’t buy you love – but charity can help you keep it
Ruth Gripper on charities that understand the need for better human relationships. ‘I don’t care too much for money, money…
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How Dan Barber’s farm R&D might carve up the future of the American diet
Not far from New York City, chef Dan Barber is cultivating a revolution with farming and local produce at its…
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Book Reviews: No More Champagne by David Lough and The Mistresses of Cliveden by Natalie Livingstone
Christopher Silvester on Churchill’s spend, spend, spend lifestyle and Mark Le Fanu on Cliveden’s glamorous, scandalous châtelaines No More Champagne…
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Mail Rail shows Tube could be a museum in one generation
The march of time cares little for signal failures. Alex Matchett reports from the Mail Rail groundbreaking ceremony London’s aged…
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Remembrance meets the future in Langley Vale
Clive Aslet remembers Thatcher and the First World War on an architectural foray to Grantham with the Woodland Trust The…
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Review: States of Mind at the Wellcome Collection
Imogen Stidworthy’s ‘The Whisper Heard’ The Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition, States of Mind, inhabits a misty no-man’s-land between the realms…
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City Veterans’ Network Gala Dinner
Just as Elizabeth Hurley used to be one of the star draws of Arki Busson’s ARK dinner, so she dazzled…
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Review: L’Étoile at the Royal Opera House
Melinda Hughes enjoys the steam punk and comedy turns of Chris Addison et al in a standout production It’s quite…
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Immortalising Bernard Buffet
‘Before his 30th birthday he had bought himself a castle in the South of France, an island and a Rolls-Royce…
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Innovative provocations: Meet the new art-world rebels
In an era where prices seem to determine what is good art and what isn’t, a generation of radical, recusant…
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After the fall of FHM, the sale of the Playboy Mansion marks the end of an era
Boy about town Zak Smith says putting the Playboy Mansion on the market marks the passing of a generation of…
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The secret world of Western art collections in Japan
Back in the 1980s Japanese collectors had an insatiable appetite for Western masterpieces — and then the bubble burst. Richard…
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With ageing research in full swing, more immortalists are betting on a cure for death
You may only live once, but ‘immortalists’ are determined to make it last for ever. Rasika Sittamparam says that now…
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Book Reviews: Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert and The Red Earl by Selina Hastings
Christopher Silvester on how the cotton industry shaped modern capitalism and Peter York on a daughter’s biography of one of…
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From Morocco to South Africa, African art is the new hot lot
African Contemporary art is making rapid inroads into the Western art world ’ about time too, says Farah Nayeri An…
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To Instagram or not to Instagram?
There’s no escaping the photo-sharing app. But are we in the midst of a great cultural leap or a retrograde…
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Video interview with artists Broomberg and Chanarin
Josh Spero meets a Contemporary art pairing who have turned DNA into a tapestry Recently I had the pleasure of…
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A look into the London opera salon nurturing tomorrow’s stars
There are a few salons of note in London where you can hear the finest instrumentalists of the moment and…
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Melinda Hughes enjoys an evening at the National Opera Studio with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the James Bond of…
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