Around the World in 80 Hotels: Hotel d'Inghilterra, Rome
Monisha Rajesh ducks away from the crowds and delights in this beguilingly-named, unapologetically grand establishment It’s an odd person who…
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The Botox of St Martin's Lane Hotel reveals its new face
Re-launching an icon is always a gamble – but this one pays off, says Zak Smith In 2000, the Millennium…
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The Silverstone Classic celebrates a significant birthday, alongside Rolls-Royces, Bentleys and more
The Silverstone Classic, which fêtes historic motorcars from across the globe, celebrated its quarter-century this weekend. The event lets classic…
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London finally gets its bite of the global Souvlaki trend
Meat grilled on skewers can be traced as far back as the 17th century BC, and Homer even mentions it…
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A gallop through Glorious Goodwood
‘An English garden party with racing tacked on’ was how Edward VII described his favourite race meeting at Goodwood. Glorious…
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Zak Smith says that despite its chequered political situation Turkey is still providing top end luxury to global elites The…
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Book reviews: The Smile Revolution in Eighteenth Century Paris by Colin Jones and Debtonator By Andrew McNally
Mark Le Fanu on how smiling overturned a monarchy and Christopher Silvester on a sharp denunciation of our blind faith…
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BBC Proms Review: Prom 4, Beethoven 9, CBSO
The 2015 BBC Proms season is upon us: a quintessentially British festival with a unique atmosphere. The programming is varied,…
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Nobu head chef Hideki Maeda gives us two delicious summer BBQ recipes
Grilled chicken with spicy lemon garlic-Serves 4- (pictured above) Ingredients Whole chickenCherry tomatoes on the vineWild asparagus, one bunch2 lemons,…
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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…
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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…
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Tim Barber looks at the rise, fall and rise of a watch brand which has seen adventure in the icy…
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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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