Since it was gutted by fire in 2011, the Great House on Sir Richard Branson’s private island has been undergoing renovations. Now that it’s back to its fully-pimped self again, the £40,000-per-night island is back in business. LUSSO has been having a nose around. Necker Island’s Great House, an al fresco style Balinese villa with a 1,500 sq…
Many beaches in the Western Med can feel like rush hour, but steal yourself away from the well-known pockets and you’ll discover exactly what you’ve been missing. From the black volcanic sands of the Lipari Islands to the white beaches of the Balearics, stunning beaches only accessible by yacht, await. Camper & Nicholsons are the…
As you read this, 47 vintage Rolls-Royces (and team Lusso) are powering through Europe on the Alpine Trial, a rally which faithfully re-enacts the original 1913 event. The original race saw the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost earn its reputation for faultless reliability and earning it coveted title of the ‘Best Car in the World’. The cars…
The Maserati Edition speaker from Bowers & Wilkins. Bring your eardrums, because hearing is believing. Bowers & Wilkins’ 805 Maserati Edition speaker is a twist on their 805 Diamond speaker, but with added Italian flair. It’s not your run-of-the-mill collaboration either, because they’ve incorporated the styling of the inimitable Maserati marque. State-of-the-art technology (including Bowers & Wilkins’ Diamond…
St Barthélemy, aka St Barts (Ouanalao if you’re a local, apparently) – a Caribbean playground for spendy showbizz types, and literally festooned with celebrity villas. One of which belongs to banjo-strumming actor and Three Amigos funny guy, Steve Martin. The house – known as Villa Au Soleil – is a 4-bedroom single-story private residence with 270 degree ocean vistas and tropical gardens. Wall-to-wall terraces,…
Chukka up for the event that blends fashion, retail and gastronomy with some thrilling, high-octane polo. For the fifth consecutive year, Hurlingham Park, Fulham will play host to one of the most hotly anticipated sporting and social events in London’s calendar: MINT Polo in the Park 2013. On June 7th, 8th and 9th the hallowed turf…
Alex Preston goes back to school and gets wood. Or something. From St John’s Wood Tube, I fancied I could hear – above the din of the taxis barreling down Wellington Road – the sound of willow on leather. It was March and bitterly cold and I was dressed in a pair of white trousers…
If you’re anything like us, you’re fairly partial to a flute or two (or three) of Laurent-Perrier, and you’ll certainly have a few women in your life who appreciate things of a floral nature. Let us remind you then, of this year’s fast approaching 100th edition of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Sure, you might…
It has been quite a busy past few months here at the World Headquarters, or, as others might call it, my private bathroom– a 3,200 square-meter marble temple of excretory pleasure, with three toilets completely encrusted with crystals, hand-carved by workers who, ironically, do not themselves have access to bathrooms between the hours of 6am…
The terrifically resourceful Jones Brothers have partnered up with book dealers and experts across the world to make your literary dreams a reality. Specialising in rare, limited edition copies of first edition books and signed titles, the bros offer a ‘Hunter Service’, whereby you drop them a title and a budget and they do the…