Helene Darroze introduces seasonal sensations to the Connaught
This week Helene Darroze celebrated five years at the Connaught by launching a new menu focused entirely on the finest,…
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Known as a tipple for old timers, sherry is back on the scene
Sherry – particularly Fino sherry – (the white dry kind, not the one that smells of Christmas pudding) is currently…
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How refined southern dining raises the bar for American cuisine
If you thought that the trend for American-style food stopped with burgers and dirty fast food you were very wrong.…
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All you need is Lobb – inside John Lobb’s Parisian shoe atelier
It was Monsieur Legris’ idea to invite me into his secret world. John Lobb, in the Ninth Arrondissement, were allowing…
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Experience great British chefs at Royal Ascot 2014
Many of us may be used to the car park picnic during Royal Ascot (17-21 June), but this year the…
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Why rich twentysomething women are turning to Botox
Growing numbers of cash-rich young women in their twenties are silently turning to Botox in order maintain the edge in…
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Designer Leon Max on women drivers in Saudi, Asia and shooting in The Lakes
STITCH UP Everything in China keeps getting bigger. Shanghai is an amazing metropolis that has mushroomed in the last decade…
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Mallorcan luxury villa development offers sweeping maritime views
Cap Vermell Estate comprises an area of some 20 hectares and offers marvellous views of the beautiful Bay of Canyamel.…
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Ayala Champagne reconnects with British market after brand revamp
Although Ayala is one of the founding champagne houses of the Syndicat des Grandes Marques de Champagne it isn’t very…
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Guest Recipe: Sam Williams’ Pumpkin Tortelli
Ingredients 5-6 large eggs, preferably Italian 600g ’00’ pasta flour Salt Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500g punpkin (rind on) 1…
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New Vietnamese House of Ho offers dishy meat treats but lacks zing
We are all used to good Vietnamese food in London – Kingsland Road is one Vietnamese after another all offering…
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Food Friday: Andrew Wong Makes Oldest Chinese Dim Sum – Har Gau
Andrew Wong, Head Chef and Founder of A.Wong Restaurant in Victoria, shows Spear’s TV how he creates the traditional Dim…
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The head chef of Cafe Murano gives her tantalisingly tasty and wholesome tortelli recipe – the ultimate treat for pasta…
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London’s new red-hot accessory is the e-cigarette
These six-inch plastic vaporising sticks, which create fake smoke on dragging, giving the feeling and effect of a cigarette, have…
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E-cigarettes, not content with being a smoking substitute, are now becoming a luxury accessory akin to a Rolex or a…
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Oscar de la Renta on how he stays on top of haute couture
OSCAR BRAVO ‘I was born in the Dominican Republic. If my father had known I wanted to be a fashion…
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Why fashion illustration is no mere sketch but a form of fine art
HUNG, DRAWN AND COLLECTED ‘I’m usually there, sketching at table four, and there’s always the same woman at the next…
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Is art an asset class? We take stock
CREATIVE ACCOUNTING In order to appeal to the stock-ticker-watching generation of investors, art has been subjected to much attempted classification…
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Will the UK-Russia Year of Culture warm up frosty relations?
BEAR HUGS This year has been designated the UK-Russia Year of Culture, and its first display of delicate artistry came…
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Art14’s Global Private Museum Summit gathers super-collectors in London
As Spear’s has written before, private museums are a major modern phenomenon: collectors are putting the art they own into…
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