Josh Spero’s Frieze Week diary: Friday
Yesterday, Frieze Week really showed what it was capable of, and I don’t mean in terms of parties and air…
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Meet Pierre Hermé, the macaron maker so famous he has his own waxwork
The celebrated patissier tells Rasika Sittamparam a culinary tale like no other, spanning over 40 years’ of experience and travel…
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Alain Ducasse’s new chestnut menu at Rivea in the Bulgari Hotel greets the season
You can tell the year is quickening to its frigid end when chestnuts start appearing on menus. (Thankfully there have…
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Restaurant review: Bonhams Restaurant
Above: Tom Kemble’s Challans duck with beetroot, griotte cherry, endive and shiso ‘I don’t know what I was expecting,’ says…
ByMeet Pierre Hermé, the macaron maker so famous he has his own waxwork
Rasika Sittamparam meets the ‘Picasso of pastry’ who now has his own waxwork to add to his Chevalier de la…
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What’s happening in Marfa, Texas?
America’s premier fine art lithographer is losing his temper: ‘I thought you were here to talk about my work, not…
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Josh Spero’s Frieze Week diary: Thursday
Wednesday is, in theory, a small respite during Frieze Week: you’ve spent most of Tuesday at the Frieze preview day…
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More than 40 years after Donald Judd put Marfa on the map, the Texas art-mecca has expanded way beyond his…
ByVisit Colombia and take a tour with Pablo Escobar's brother
Pop culture pieces like Narcos and Zero Zero Zero highlight Colombia’s troubled history, even as it emerges as a tourist…
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Josh Spero’s Frieze Week Diary: Wednesday
Frieze London – the older fair with the newer art – and Frieze Masters – the newer fair with the…
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The artist who creates her own reality by crocheting the world around her
It was a few years back that I saw the first piece. It was a bicycle, fully crocheted in coloured…
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Josh Spero’s Frieze Week Diary 2015
TUESDAY Yesterday saw the start of Frieze Week’s marathon sprint: men with Hermès ties or beards (but rarely both) and…
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A Caledonian culinary dream at 21212
Michelin-starred restaurants can be expensive, haughty and, for many foodies, inaccessible. Intimidating and often pretentious, these establishments are rarely destinations…
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The woman guarding the secrets behind Acqua di Parma’s astonishing success
Selling scents is easy. You create a perfume or cologne. To keep costs low, you make it in bulk in…
ByThe woman guarding the secrets behind Acqua di Parma's astonishing success
We meet Gabriella Scarpa, CEO of Acqua di Parma, the brand that breaks all the rules of modern luxury retailing…
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Online interior designers look set to become part of the furniture
Interior design has undergone a digital revolution over the past couple of years with the advent of numerous new online…
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Monaco Yacht Show reveals the market is more accessible than ever
The Monaco Yacht Show is the showpiece event of the superyacht industry. When it was founded 25 years ago, the…
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Spear’s top five Latin American restaurants in London
For years now London has been going crazy for South American cuisine and cocktails. From Pisco sours to pea guacamole,…
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Zak Smith can’t get enough of the Peruvian and Mexican flavours introduced to London over the past few years For…
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Reference 57260: The most complicated watch ever, a custom-made creation by Vacheron Constantin
Made using the classic principles of watchmaking along with resolutely 21st century thinking, this watch is an entirely original creation…
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