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GORDON CAMPBELL GRAY WHY DID YOU BECOME AN HOTELIER? I first considered becoming an hotelier when, as a young boy we visited as a family a supposedly grand hotel, and I was struck as to how ordinary I thought it was compared to our own home, and I thought: “I could do this better…
WHEN DID YOU REALISE YOU COULD BE A PROFESSIONAL SINGER? -I never realised I could be one, I just followed my heart and my intuition. I always loved music and the arts and it is something I grew up learning and nourishing culturally and technically. The turning point though was when I m…
The Kooples made fashion history with daring campaigns featuring real-life couples revealing how long they had been together. Last autumn, for the first time since 2008, the French label introduced a striking change to the formula.
With more participants than ever, Design Days Dubai, the region's first fair devoted to collectible and limited-edition furniture and design objects, draws ever greater interest, this sixth edition gathering fifty leading galleries from thirty-nine countries.
So Aston Martin acquired three vast hangars in St Athan, in Wales. But before it began converting them into a new production facility (that will be churning out its new SUV in 2019, among other vehicles), the company decided to have a little fun first with 28 of its historic cars.
As private firms reach for orbit and NASA finds seven Earth-sized planets, Taschen's exhaustive Moonfire reflects on the giant leap the Apollo 11 astronauts took almost fifty years ago.
You’d be hard pressed to find a truly unique prêt-à-porter piece of clothing these days. Between mass production and an insatiable thirst for the latest trend that pervades our modern world, retail fashion has become a gargantuan cookie-cutter industry. It’s also one of few sectors that…
It’s been nearly two decades since I first met Karl Lagerfeld, and over the years, I have come to realise that the only certainty in any conversation with him is that he’s likely to avoid the obvious, and there will be many diversions along the way. And so it is that when I met him [&he…
WHEN DID YOU REALISE YOU WANTED TO BE A JOURNALIST? I’ve always been that kid who asked questions, only to get answers that would prompt ten more questions. In the summer of 1990, my family flew from Kuwait to Berkeley, California for a summer vacation. A few weeks later, Saddam Hussein…
At the beginning of this year something rather remarkable happened in the automotive world: Mercedes-Benz overtook BMW to become the world’s number one luxury car brand. Though the two motoring rivals have seemingly always been embroiled in a sales war, BMW has held the upper hand since…
Dynamiq has propelled the superyacht industry forward with an online configurator that allows potential owners to tailor their boats to their wishes while immediately knowing the final price and delivery date. Ordering a 40-metre superyacht via an online configurator might sound counter…
Since Christie's opened its regional hub in Dubai over a decade ago, semi-annual auctions of regional art have helped the Middle East account for eight per cent of the firm's global turnover. What lies behind the boom?