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Musical Maestro
hotels · places

Musical Maestro

Placido Domingo has the power to hold audiences spellbound with his interpretation of opera’s most dramatic roles. On his first visit to Qatar, he speaks exclusively to Fiona Walshe about the power of music and how it can reach people from all cultures.

20 Mar 2008 By Official Bespoke

City Escapes – Living It Up
hotels · places

City Escapes – Living It Up

When it comes to good living while you’re away from home, there is only one way to go: up. Bespoke has selected the most exclusive penthouses in some of the world’s most exciting cities for business and pleasure.

19 Mar 2008 By Official Bespoke

Bringing Up Daisy
fashion · products

Bringing Up Daisy

Decidedly feminine Daisy from Marc Jacobs is a lurch back to the designer’s more fun-loving and informal nature. Not surprising, then, that the Paris-based Manhattan-born fashion front-runner would choose the unassuming, commonplace yet sprightly daisy as the embodiment of his newest flowe

17 Mar 2008 By Official Bespoke

Tour de Force
products · cars

Tour de Force

As one of the world’s most outstanding luxury motors, Bentley has much to flaunt. Karim El-Imad test drives the entire Continental GT range on a touring break to France’s picturesque Burgundy region.

16 Mar 2008 By Official Bespoke

culture · places

Behind the Image

The power of photography lies in its ability to elicit an immediate response. Photos are modern day witnesses to social, political, economic predicaments and contrasts that define the region’s richness. More so, they are still image chroniclers of our heritage finds Rosie Abdallah.

15 Mar 2008 By Official Bespoke

places · Tech

Fit for a King

Technophiles are always thinking of what it would be like to have an unlimited budget in order to set up the ultimate home entertainment system. Iyad Kayali delves into the glamorous high-tech world of Archimedia to find out more.

13 Mar 2008 By Official Bespoke

To Life… unto death
people · culture

To Life… unto death

First there was an outline of life, then came a first draft of life, and finally life itself.

12 Mar 2008 By Official Bespoke

24 Hours With Mohammed Saeed Harib
people · culture

24 Hours With Mohammed Saeed Harib

“Put four women in a room and you’ll get laughter and one thousand stories. Put four men in a room together and all you’ll get is talk of money and women. I find that boring,” says Mohammed Saeed Harib, the maverick creator of 3-D animation Freej – one of the UAE’s most successful exports.

5 Mar 2008 By Official Bespoke

Into the red
hotels · places

Into the red

Marrakech has mostly appealed to the more rugged traveller, but no more. With star-appeal and the recently-opened luxury Murano Oriental Resort, the Arab world's cultural capital, offers a heady combination of opulence, sensuality and mystique, finds Warren Singh-Bartlett.

28 Feb 2008 By Official Bespoke

places · Unusuals

Star Attraction

CineStar Cinemas Gold Class is an unparalleled movie-going experience. Bespoke tells you why you should opt for this VIP cinema the next time you feel the urge for a big screen night out.

26 Feb 2008 By Official Bespoke

fashion · people

The Outsider

Face It! There must be no other region in the world where facial hair is so prevalent. Perhaps it is our virility. Perhaps it is just laziness. Either way what does a particular style say about you? For anything half-decent you need to grow your hair for close to four weeks without trimmin

24 Feb 2008 By Official Bespoke

people · culture

The Observer

24 Hours in Shanghai It's been 20 years since I left Hong Kong for Canada. I never went back to the Far East until a few weeks ago. Art of Life decided it was time to do a show out of China and a Fendi fashion show on the Great Wall was the perfect backdrop to what was to be a thrilling, e

23 Feb 2008 By Official Bespoke