The enduring transatlantic appeal of Savile Row
I have just returned from Washington, where an exhibition that I was curating opened at the British Embassy. Called ‘Savile…
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Restaurant review: Antidote, Carnaby Street
Two Fridays ago I returned to London for a flying 24-hour visit and, boy, was I going to make the…
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Guest recipe: Philippe Jourdin’s line-caught seabass cooked on fennel wood and green asparagus with a black olive oil emulsion
With the weather for once being appropriate for summer, heavy food is the last thing on my mind. The appetite…
ByGuest recipe: Philippe Jourdin's line-caught seabass cooked on fennel wood and green asparagus with a black olive oil emulsion
We bring you a proven’al dish for English sunshine With the weather for once being appropriate for summer, heavy food…
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The story of Rolex’s Tudor brand, from Greenland to Rochester
It sounds like a riddle, but it isn’t one: what links a 94-year-old former serviceman living in Rochester, an artist…
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The monumental financial inequality of the Women’s World Cup
As the curtains closed on a thrilling Women’s World Cup, where the US team thrashed Japan 5-2 in a repeat…
ByThe story of Rolex's Tudor brand, from Greenland to Rochester
Tim Barber looks at the rise, fall and rise of a watch brand which has seen adventure in the icy…
ByThe monumental financial inequality of the Women's World Cup
Zak Smith is annoyed that women’s teams, who have just provided so much enjoyment, earn so much less than men…
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Hedgehog 45 on sailing, decorating, giving and drinking
Hands up! Hedgehog has been to young-philanthropist parties. They are, by and large, horrific: stuffed suits impersonating their parents’ grandiose…
ByBarcelona's new superyacht marina has set a course for the future
John Underwood visits Marina Port Vell, where British investment has transformed a run-down expanse of harbour into the Med’s latest…
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Hambleton Hall’s history soaked setting makes a missed dinner all worthwhile
How do you write a blog for Food Friday about a dinner that you missed? I had headed up to…
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Meeting the artists whose disabilities enrich their canvases
Chuck Close, one of the most penetrating portrait painters of our time, was not somebody I knew well but he…
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Fake or Fortune’s Philip Mould sets up shop on Pall Mall
Within the art world, there are two currents which flow in opposite directions. Galleries selling Contemporary works are rushing forward,…
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Josh Spero explores a gleaming gallery where Old Masters share wall space with much newer fare Within the art world,…
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Diary: Kelly Hoppen on empowering women, promoting Britain and dealing with dog hair
Forty years ago, I was doing my first design job; I was sixteen and designing the kitchen of one of…
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Review: Rivea at Byblos, Saint-Tropez
Alex Matchett recently dined at Rivea in London for Food Friday. Not to be outdone, I popped over to Saint-Tropez…
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The Burning Man building temporary temples in Derry
The crowd gasped as the steeple of the 75-foot temple finally succumbed to the flames. The sky was full of…
ByPorto Heli is a bright spot in Greece's troubled future
Zak Smith finds an elite Hellenic enclave that’s bucking the recession Greece may be in the midst of one of…
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Somerset House’s new restaurateur has rightly got a spring in her step
Above Skye Gyngell, (credit Amber Rowlands) Skye Gyngell’s Spring restaurant sprung in October 2014. It had been two and a…
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Restaurant Review: The Richmond in Dalston
When I tweeted that it had always been a source of annoyance to me that I could not get oysters…
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