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Egypt’s Remote Luxury Eco-Lodge Adrere Amellal Hotel is the Perfect Escape
places · hotels

Egypt’s Remote Luxury Eco-Lodge Adrere Amellal Hotel is the Perfect Escape

A nine-hour drive into the desert from Cairo, and deep within the Berber village of Siwa is located the Adrere Amellal hotel. A secret getaway for nature-lovers and the jet-set alike, its untouched beauty allows you to surrender to the peacefulness of the moment. As the vast carpet of d…

20 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

Vantage point
places · Unusuals

Vantage point

Living in modern spaces does not always entail advanced synthetics and robotic housemaids. Often the simplest designs in collusion with a respect for the environment can give you the feeling of being progressive as Rana Ballout discovers about award-winning architect Nabil Gholam’s F-House

19 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

A Lesson on the Importance of Outdoor Spaces With Landscape Architect Vladimir Djurovic
people · design

A Lesson on the Importance of Outdoor Spaces With Landscape Architect Vladimir Djurovic

A walk in a beautiful garden, breakfast on a sunny terrace with just the right view, relaxing and recharging are just a few assets your outdoors can offer. And as landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic writes, designing your landscape with close attention to the environment and in harmon…

19 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Bandar Loves Wildlife so Much He’s Funding his Own Nature Reserve
people · culture

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Bandar Loves Wildlife so Much He’s Funding his Own Nature Reserve

Prince Bandar, one of the sons of the great King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, has undertaken a project of both huge ambition and vision in order to save the indigenous wildlife of the kingdom. Nicolas Shammas sat down with His Royal Highness to learn more. It is a late afternoon on a hot sum…

19 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

Time flies
products · Watches

Time flies

Following this year’s watch and jewellery fairs in Switzerland, Bespoke offers you a selection of the latest timepieces to hit the markets. Unfortunately, prices have yet to be determined, so call your local agents to find out more.

17 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

people · business

The gas barons

With the world becoming evermore reliant on gas rather than oil, the gas producing countries may be on the cusp of forming their own cartel. Who are the big players and if formed will this cartel learn from the mistakes of OPEC? There are too many variables to predict an outcome at this po

14 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

products · Essentials

Star in stripes

Sir Paul Smith is a phenomenon in the world of fashion as well as being its modern poster child for marketability. Britain’s most commercially successful designer has changed male fashion drastically, making it trendy, fun, colourful and edgy. Backstage at his latest show, Nicolas Shammas

13 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

Space cowboys
places · hotels

Space cowboys

Space travel will open up to paying adventurers in the next few years. Long the preserve of government scientists, astronauts and cosmonauts, a new space race has touched off between hotel tycoons and dot.com billionaires, Lucy Fielder finds.

12 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

Face Off
products · beauty

Face Off

Men and facials are not always a match made in heaven. But there are products and treatments out there that can bring added beauty to your skin without compromising your masculinity as Bespoke discovers about Shiseido.

11 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

Miami nice
places · hotels

Miami nice

The Setai is the newest and most glamorous hotel in South Beach. It is the hotel to see and be seen in. However a few days surrounded by its sophisticated and studied Zen-like décor and lounging quietly poolside is an experience in serenity, writes Karim Munib.

9 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

places · Unusuals

The urban surgeon

There is a rising talent in Jordan whose work effortlessly stitches together periods in time within contemporary living. Rana Ballout talks with architect Sahel Al Hiyari about his work and the changes in our modern urban landscape.

8 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke

Riyadh racers
places · Unusuals

Riyadh racers

Speed may be life’s most powerful addiction, especially when you have nothing but wide desert road before you. Warren Singh-Bartlett spends time with the controversial Riyadh drifters who have turned an underground adrenaline-charged diversion into a growing urban sport.

7 Jun 2007 By Official Bespoke