From Hackett to Hermès, are ties making a comeback?
For some time now I’ve been musing on what on earth has happened to the makers of ties. Time was…
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From Hackett to Herm’s, are ties making a comeback?
Most men are answering by turning up for work without a tie – but they’re (k)not done yet, says Lucia…
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In praise of corduroy: Edward VIII’s second skin
One of the more memorable days in my working life took place about 21 years ago, when I went to…
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This weekend: Enjoy a Bad Egg, some foraging and a glass of New Zealand’s finest
Go for brunch at Bad Egg Bad Egg is brought to you by Noble Inns and is to be found…
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Chef Judy Joo on trading Wall Street for a Korean kitchen
Life is short, but you always have time to reinvent yourself. Well, it really depends on how you spin it.…
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Restaurant Review: Franco’s in Mayfair
Franco’s is a Mayfair stalwart. Opened as an Italian café in 1946, it has become one of the places to…
ByThis weekend: Enjoy a Bad Egg, some foraging and a glass of New Zealand's finest
Emily Rookwood has Spring in her step as she takes us through her top recommendations for this weekend with eggs,…
ByRestaurant Review: Franco's in Mayfair
Emily Rookwood visits one of the gems in Mayfair’s gastronomic and social tapestry for a spot of eating and people…
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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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