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This October will see The Luxury Property Show return to the Hurlingham Club to showcase a selection of the most spectacular properties from around the world. The two-day event will be hosted by none other than Melissa Porter, who the secret fans of daytime television amongst you may remember from such classics as ‘To Buy…
The spirit of movements such as Art Deco can be seen in every modern Rolls-Royce. The evolutionary updates to the pinnacle Phantom Series II family are an elegant example. It is a car built in the context of the world we live in today that retains the true essence of what has gone before. In…
The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse boasts a maximum torque of 1,500 Nm (at 3,000–5,000 rpm) from the 7.9-litre capacity of its W16 engine. The maximum output (1,200 hp) is reached at 6,400 rpm. These figures allow the car to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from standing in 2.6 seconds. The top speed…
San Francisco fancies itself as a haven for foodies. As a Londoner, I’m unconvinced it stands up to the great British capital, but the city has one restaurant that could give London’s best a run for its money, Michael Mina. Mina, the eponymous chef was born in Cairo and raised in Washington. He is responsible…
When Aston Martin announced their intentions to make a four-door my heart sank, the last time something similar happened, we wound up with the Porsche Cayenne. With the Rapide, Aston Martin have gone the right way about offering a four door. That is, by keeping the bonus doors barely noticeable, and making no major alterations…
Head west from Malaga International Airport on the Autopista del Mediterràneo, past the meandering golf courses and tennis courts. Shortly, you will arrive at the little known, but somewhat historically infamous district of Caesars. For it was here, so legend has it, in the sulphuric waters of a local spring, that Julius Caesar, Roman General…
Cramped? Outgrown your current castle and are looking for a property to house your large retinue of assistants, secretaries and semi-enslaved domestic servants? Located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s prime residential avenue, 41 Queen’s Gate offers potential buyers the chance to acquire an extremely rare to market 12-bedroom residence. The Grade II…
When your business empire is about to crumble like a cookie, what should you do? Commission an extravagant building, of course. Preferably one that is architecturally important, carries your name and will some day be consumed by a skyscraper. This is exactly what Henry Villard, one-time president of the Northern Pacific Railway, did in 1868 when…
Then Number 7, the home of Jules Verne’s fictional character Phileas Fogg and further past Nutters at Number 12, the iconic tailors synonymous with Mick Jagger, John Lennon and a myriad of musical heroes. This quiet road nestled between London’s Bond Street and Regent Street has attracted some of the world’s wealthiest and most stylish…
What do you get when you cross the most sublime driving experience with the best sailing materials? Regardless of what actually occurs there, the back of a Rolls-Royce Phantom has always been a sublime environment. From those deep, loving seats you could watch the world silently pass by, cocooned by double-glazed windows. I’ve been there,…