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A sophisticated mix of the best of the industrial and the artisanal, Santoni’s hand-finished shoes strike a stylish revolt against mass produced uniformity. As I clatter along the pebble beach at Portonovo, I notice a path snaking its way through the forest of pine trees and Mediterrane…
Ziad Taha explores the tourbillon, the whirlwind invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet two centuries ago to counter gravity's pull, suspending a watch's most delicate components, the balance and escapement, within an endlessly turning cage.
Yasmine Hamdan is no ordinary rebellious Arab pop star. More an experimental rocker, her progressive, contemporary take on Arabic music weaves creative, lyrical renditions of beloved Arab classics with punk rock references and shimmering electronica.
Breguet and the Louvre may seem an odd pairing to the museum's ten million annual visitors, yet the Swiss watchmaker is plainly committed to championing European culture, from horology to the decorative arts.
It is an unusual setting for an interview, a sunlit apartment with a wall-sized mirror reflecting mother and daughter May and Raya Mamarbachi, redeemed by a terrace of plants and artworks lining every wall.
The hotels Jean-Michel Gathy designs for the likes of Aman, One&Only and Cheval Blanc are off the decadence Richter scale. It’s therefore about time we meet the man who pioneered the private plunge pool, ‘naughty bathrooms’ and basking nets. The name Jean-Michel Gathy may not featur…
There is a trick to colour, our writer admits, though he cannot name it. Between two poles, the blue and white of the United Nations and the black and white of his own marriage, he searches for meaning.
Earth-rattling events are distilled into two-minute, good-guys-versus-bad-guys segments engineered not to upset the six o'clock dinner. Where photography prizes simplicity, our writer argues, news coverage merely strips away every shred of intelligent nuance.
The president's hometown is also that of his inner circle, from the chiefs of Rosneft and Gazprom to Russia's largest banks. Now into his third term, Putin increasingly embraces his St. Petersburg roots.
From Ralph Lauren and American Psycho to gangsters, bankers and The Wolf of Wall Street, the pinstripe suit speaks volumes in a few lines. Govind Dhar argues it is, above all, a statement of confidence.
When Eduardo Soteras Jalil left finance, he knew only that he loved telling stories. Then an exhibition by Czech photographer Koudelka changed everything, revealing a medium he had never imagined could move him so profoundly.
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.