Fastest Porsche of all time
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ByWith the i3, BMW may have cracked the electric car market
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ByMike Atherton on the uncertain future of test cricket
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Why Nine Elms’ Redevelopment is Spooking Pimlico Residents
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ByThe Sad Demise of the English Country-House Sale
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Why Are We So Surprised by Politicians Shortcomings?
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ByÉlysée Palace wine cellar auction fetches vintage prices
Margaret Kemp reports from the sale of the French president’s wines in Paris last week, where classics of the cellar…
ByBook Review: Inventing Elsa Maxwell
Inventing Elsa Maxwell: How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World Sam Staggs St Martin’s…
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ByAfter Christie’s record sale, why are auction prices hitting new heights?
In a recent article, the New York Times declared that the US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, is now a…
ByRonnie Wood at Castle Fine Art
Castle Fine Art is proud to present the single most important collection of artworks by Ronnie Wood, a modern music…
ByMeet the odd couple camping out to be first at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
It’s a romantic, tragic story: a man and a woman united by marriage and death. Not their own. Or even…
ByThe New Vogue for Country House Opera
Country-house opera is enjoying a new vogue thanks to the efforts of a breed of promoter-philanthropists who are once again…
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