Beyond comic books, why are there so few wealthy people in literature?
A WEALTH OF OPPORTUNITY Something I have touched on before here: then, whimsically; now, in earnest. How does fiction deal…
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Review: La Fille du Régiment, Royal Opera House
I scored top marks with Monsieur Legris on Monday by taking him to the first night of the revival of…
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Melinda Hughes hears stratospheric top notes and sonorous bellowing in a hilarious spectacle of frivolity and fun I scored top…
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A trip to Paris’ George V takes a detour to the original Louis Vuitton maison
When I left Paris in the summer of 2006, I promised myself that I would go back at least once…
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A trip to Paris' George V takes a detour to the original Louis Vuitton maison
It is not the kind of hotel where you end up never sitting on the antique chair for fear of…
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Is the age of the schmoozer over?
In a connectivity-obsessed society, the schmoozer – the chancer, the wide boy, the not-always-truthful – is being marginalised. The increasing…
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Soaring rent and demanding art fairs close a Mayfair gallery – but the picture isn’t all bleak
News from the art world seems to be relentlessly, thunderingly positive: record prices cried out at auction, art fairs humming…
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How art forgeries became celebrated as masterpieces
Michelangelo was twenty when he sculpted his sleeping Cupid. Freshly dug antiquities had fuelled the Renaissance, so the young-man-on-the-make ‘antiqued’…
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Soaring rent and demanding art fairs close a Mayfair gallery – but the picture isn't all bleak
Bischoff/Weiss was a prospering Mayfair Gallery until the prosperity of others caught up with them. Josh Spero talks to Rapha’lle…
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Review: Rodelinda, ENO
Still reeling from the awesome revival of Peter Grimes, venturing back to the ENO to see a brand-spanking new production…
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Meet the Espresso Veloce V8 – the £10k coffee machine
Espresso Veloce’s half scale replica of the iconic engine is limited to just 500 pieces and is handcrafted from the…
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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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