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Perched atop The Peninsula London, Brooklands offers uninterrupted skyline views and a design inspired by the legendary racetrack. Chef Director Claude Bosi pairs creative European cuisine with the hotel's signature service and effortless style.
Only the 12th Peninsula in 157 years, this Peter Marino-designed new-build delivers 190 rooms, a subterranean spa and chef Claude Bosi's Brooklands, three decades after Kadoorie began hunting for the perfect site.
Checking into the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park feels like one of those moments when you should count your lucky stars. The hotel, which is located on the south side of Hyde Park, at 66 Knightsbridge, is an imposing Edwardian-era structure with a pedigree to match, not to mention a tumult…
From Blade Runner's replicants to emotionally intelligent robot dogs, as we imagine, so we build. The Barbican's arresting AI: More Than Human surveys the creative and scientific evolution of artificial intelligence to date.
Let’s begin with the 46-suite MERCHANT HOUSE in Manama, which is Bahrain’s first five-star boutique hotel and just the second Middle Eastern property for Campbell Gray Hotels (after Le Gray in Beirut). Highlights include an abundance of art, an impressive library and a delig…
The V&A's sold-out Designer of Dreams exhibition celebrates Christian Dior's couture as ephemeral architecture devoted to the female form, an exquisitely curated journey across light and dark that confirms his enduring influence.
If real estate is all about location, little can rival this. Ramsay Short surveys No.1 Palace Street, an address fit for a king that sits beside the Queen of England with views across her gardens.
London’s beautiful new Four Seasons Hotel at Ten Trinity Square repurposes a historic building, offering a fresh alternative for your next stay in the English capital. Let’s face it: London isn’t what it used to be. This former symbol of European prowess, royalty and provenance has slow…
Step through the door of Electra House, Lee Broom's Shoreditch showroom, and you might assume the brand long-established. From its signature grey backdrop to its tactile materials, everything conveys sophisticated, hard-won confidence.
Known simply as Room, Sir Antony Gormley's monumental sculpture is both interactive artwork and luxury suite at London's Beaumont hotel. Kasia Maciejowska explores a daring first for the Turner Prize-winning artist and his hoteliers.
Greeted with a reviving bear hug from resident host Julian Bennett, our writer arrives intrigued by Salmontini's London debut. Admiring the Dubai original's effortless blend of style and substance, she wonders whether the capital can match it.
Most Middle Eastern guests at Renzo Piano's Shard, our writer suggests, care little that Harrods lies half an hour away. They have not come to Southwark to go out, but to go up.
Married to footballer Sol Campbell but a formidable name in her own right, Fiona Barratt trained at Chelsea College of Arts and Parsons, worked under Kelly Hoppen, then founded her own practice in 2006.
Built in 1876 for a Crimean War colonel who sold his celebrated arms collection piecemeal to fund it, Six Palace Gate is a classic London property that seldom comes to market. Its builder never moved in.
Having just opened at the end of May 2012, the Bvlgari was readied just in time for London’s Olympic rush. With a two-floor spa, its own cinema, a ballroom, 85 rooms and suites, this shimmering gem isn’t cheap. But then the best things in life never are. I must confess, I don’t like jew…
From a petite Chelsea flagship, De Gournay is two decades into reviving the chinoiserie and hand-painted panoramic wallpapers that adorned Europe's grandest salons in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when trade routes to Asia first opened.
May I begin by saying something patronising? I feel sorry for you. I don’t mean to be insulting and I don’t feel sorry for all of you. Just those who were born with a silver spoon. Let me explain. You likely take it for granted that your life will be one of luxury. You travel […]
Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White and beloved jockey Frankie Dettori make an unlikely pairing, yet since 2004 they have built Frankie's Bar and Grill, a thriving chain of Italian family restaurants across Britain and in Dubai.
A Saudi-owned Grade-II listed building in London’s Knightsbridge is the setting for a remarkable and sumptuous apartment designed by the architecture and design firm, Lawson Robb.
A new, globetrotting exhibition promises to further our understanding of Muslim advances in science and how they have contributed to modern society.
One of the latest trends in London has been the Arabian themed nights at some of the hottest spots in town.
West end and Soho are usually equated with the quaint Chinese restaurants and the bustling clubs of London town. In the midst of this garden variety of nightly locations, stands Floridita, a Cuban flower opening its colourful petals to the busy bees of Londoners and ‘Out of Towners’ lookin
Whether you're an experienced property investor or simply someone who's looking to buy a home in England’s capital, London’s property market has always had an enduring appeal despite the global depression - just mind these seven deadly investment sins.
Worth Shopping At Everybody knows about Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and Liberty so we thought we would show where else you could do some retail therapy: Alfies Antique Market Alfies has been operating out of an Edwardian department store for over 30 years and with over 70 stalls yo
Following an almost 200 million USD restoration, the iconic Grosvenor House in London is back to its former glory. The single largest five-star hotel in London can now hold its head high on its 80th anniversary.
Designer Rabih Hage speaks about his work, his gallery and his new luxury hotel in London’s King’s Cross – The Rough Luxe Hotel.
Writer: Maya Khoury Photos: Dunhill Fashion House Alfred Dunhill, the quintessentially English luxury goods’ purveyor, has tapped into the ancient model of gentlemen’s clubs to create new luxury emporiums that they like to call home. These days luxury brands are frenetically diversifying t
A designer that looks to space as if it where a stage, Broosk Saib is a Middle Eastern born creator of sumptuous and vivacious interiors.
In an age where modern is conceived as the way to go forward, interior architect Rima Tatjana Ghubril insists that we have still much to gain by surrounding ourselves with the past. Rana Ballout speaks to the designer about one of her most compelling projects.