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Three hours sleep a night. Working 100 hours a week. 50 degrees C for up to 20 hours a day. No daylight. Alas this is not a Third World smelting plant nor a concentration camp. This is working at one of the most famous restaurants in the world. Up yours, Gregg Wallace – cooking actually…
‘I don’t know much about wine, but I know what I like.’ Here’s an opposing theory. No, you sodding don’t. Or as they say in Hull: “ooo I doo layk a glass of drey waat whane, it’s terribly civilyzzzed”. Music to the ears of any vendor of wine in establishments from a white tablecloth restaurant, to a…
To the outside world, number 16 South End in Kensington is a fairly unassuming property. Step inside, however, and you’ll find a stunning, tech-savvy warren of elegant modernity that James Bond himself would surely be proud of. It won’t be long before the craze for underground excavation is banned in London. We say get in while…
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…
Kit Kemp’s done it again. Or more accurately, she’s re-done it again. The woman who brought modern elegance and a great night’s sleep to London with the Haymarket and Charlotte Street Hotels, and who persuaded New York to at least rest its head comfortably in the Crosby Street Hotel, has returned to splash some more…
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…
Booked your Thames moorings for the summer? It might be worth making those calls as a report suggests that London is about to become the Superyacht Capital of the World. Well, for around three months or so, anyway. The double whammy of Diamond Jubilee and Olympics 2012 sees TripAdvisor name London the best place to…
Art predates agriculture. And still none of us is sure what it’s for. Like religion, all civilisations have it. But still we don’t know why we need it. Anthropologists say our species started the moment when we showed the first observable sign of being separate, different, from the other primates. That moment, 40,000 years ago,…
The housing market has never received so much economic analysis and press coverage as now. We are all constantly bombarded with statistics and headlines that claim to accurately describe what is happening to the value of our homes. As with any fluctuating market place, providing an accurate forecast is tricky but the range of conclusions…
Near Buckingham Palace, London, the LUSSO team check in to one of the best boutique hotel’s in town, “41”. Photographer Lars Hansen and stylist Tilly Hardy shoot the men’s style and accessories shoot for the 16th edition of LUSSO magazine.