Sanctions against Iran are crippling its artists and the chance for change
In retrospect, 2014 probably wasn’t the best year to have the UK-Russia Year of Culture. But despite political froideur, there…
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Umu celebrates its tenth anniversary with a kaiseki beyond words
Whenever I have seen some gourmet quiver with culinary pleasure and look like they might succumb to the gastronomic equivalent…
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Ten Group are London’s ultimate restaurant concierge
‘Concierge’ has almost become a dirty word in London. So many firms are offering the service that is seems to…
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DeskBeers bring craft breweries to your office
My history is a little hazy but I’m fairly sure that when man first put the heady brew he had…
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Emily Rookwood is whisked round some of London’s best kitchens as Ten Group demonstrate their delicious, delicious access ‘Concierge’ has…
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Review: Weill and Brecht, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Royal Opera House
It is brave and wonderful of the Royal Opera House to stage this powerful 1930s opera about the fictional city…
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Fixed in glamour, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc is time and fashion-proof
I have now stayed at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc twice in my life. The first time was for my sister’s…
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The chronograph, the most popular ‘complicated’ watch for men, has been reborn
Boys (as any fule kno) like their toys. And simplistic though it may seem, that’s possibly all the reasoning needed…
ByThe chronograph, the most popular 'complicated' watch for men, has been reborn
Its stopwatch function may no longer be needed in the digital age, but the chronograph remains as popular as ever,…
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Oman’s Royal Opera House is the envy of its neighbours
Despite the formal atmosphere in Muscat’s palatial Royal Opera House, glamorous girls in their teens and twenties swoon and sway…
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Amy Guttman reports from Muscat, where a grand opera house has attracted top-class music and boosted tourism in the Gulf…
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Wallace Collection’s future of museums debate fails to look to the long-term
For a discussion supposedly about museums in the 21st century, the panellists and questioners at the Wallace Collection last night…
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Review: Inventing Impressionism at the National Gallery
The last time Paul Durand-Ruel held court in London’s art scene he hosted the biggest Impressionist exhibition in history. His…
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Review: Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, West Yorkshire Playhouse
To the West Yorkshire Playhouse for a newly ‘recycled’ version of Uncle Vanya – set in a forest of telegraph…
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The simple smoothie has the power to make a big breakfast
As the days are getting longer and very slightly warmer, porridge appeals to me less and less in the morning.…
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Restaurant Review: Medcalf & Medcalf Traiteur
This week I found out two dreadful pieces of news: Giorgio Ravelli has left The Ten Bells and The Greenman…
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One Lombard Street’s Goose Box offers perfect meals for time-poor City-boys
The London food scene is fast reaching saturation point. With so many restaurants – and good ones at that –…
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Vacuum-packed, expensive food you’ve had to cook yourself has never tasted so good, says Emily Rookwood The London food scene…
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How Art Basel Miami Beach came to town – and other Floridian stories
It was early December and I was in a cab, inching through Miami’s Wynwood Art District. Art Basel Miami Beach…
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In Palm Beach, facelifts and Spanish facades vie for attention
There are fictional utopias and paradise gardens, like Shangri-La, where people hardly age and the azaleas are always in bloom.…
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