Author Alex Preston on the launch of In Love and War, late night dancing in Paris and Puglian feasts
BUT WHAT WOULD ERNEST DO? A wild few weeks of food, football and books. I step off the flight from…
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Sotheby’s and eBay partnership signals booming online art market
When we think of art, what comes to mind? Monet’s spectacular water lilies? Michelangelo’s heroic David? With David Hockney’s celebrated…
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The collaboration will enable collectors to bid on world-class art from the comfort of their own home or on the…
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Review: Malevich exhibition at Tate Modern
If you want to understand the First World War, go to Tate Modern. While dazzle ships on the Thames will…
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Preview: Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Winslow Hall Opera
Author: by Chloe Barrow Set in a stunning seventeenth-century house in the gently rolling Buckinghamshire countryside, Winslow Hall Opera will…
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The drama, based on Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 novel and set in the Borders, is particularly topical as the Scottish…
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Marilyn Monroe’s red dress among cultural artefacts on display at Christie’s
Author: Aoife Moriarty Christie’s South Kensington is to hold an exhibition of items of cultural significance from the collection of…
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Darling, will you sign a pre-nup – and then marry me?
The great freedom that the introduction of divorce laws seemingly brought has become a real curse. People now feel they…
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While their brothers fight, wealthy Arabs and Israelis are care-free and conflict-free in the South of France
With conflict raging across the Middle East, those able to escape the missiles, mayhem and general mess that has rapidly…
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Lavish new Letterpress Shakespeare editions are bound to please HNWs
How do you bring what marketing men like to call — and I type it with a wince — ‘added…
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Book review: Saving the City by Richard Roberts
Saving the City: The great financial crisis of 1914 Richard Roberts EX LIBRIS ‘The financial crisis of 1914 was the…
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Book review of Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
Flash Boys: Cracking the Money Code Michael Lewis EX LIBRIS A Michael Lewis book is an event. Flash Boys, about…
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Review: This Was A Man, Finborough Theatre
This Was A Man (originally banned by the Lord Chamberlain in 1926) has to be one of the most clever…
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Why I’ll be giving doulas – and strangers – a wide berth
I’m almost there. I’m almost there. I’m almost there. That’s what I keep telling myself every day as I trudge…
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Book Review of Those Wild Wyndhams by Claudia Renton
Those Wild Wyndhams: Three sisters at the heart of power Claudia Renton EX LIBRIS Can it be said in any…
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One of the best things about marrying an Englishman is how polite they are, but there are some situations when…
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City boys stuck in London needn’t melt from boredom and envy
While the City boys are fist-pumping in St Tropez’s VIP Room and dancing the night away at Paradise in Mykonos,…
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If you’re stuck in the office this summer, dreaming of St Tropez and beach-side cocktails, then make the most of…
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Innocent founder Richard Reed has conviction that Art Everywhere can go global
Waterloo Station is rarely a destination in its own right, but that’s where we gathered this morning to watch Grayson…
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Punk turned gourmand Loyd Grossman sets his talents to saving Britain’s churches
IN LOYD WE TRUST The first communication I ever had from gastronome, former Masterchef presenter and heritage champion Loyd Grossman…
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