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How to create a romantic rose arbour
No matter the size of your outdoor space, create your own garden sanctuary with a scented arch
How to deal with red wine stains
Nothing causes more domestic strife than a clumsy spillage of red wine. One wild gesticulation and you’re up into the…
How to complain in restaurants
The British hate to complain but, if the restaurant industry is to survive, we need to learn to speak up
The Art of the Garden: how to grow Irises
It is an intoxicating idea. The summer of 1939, the atmosphere shot through with the rumblings of impending war, and…
How to host the perfect dinner party
The most comforting point to remember when preparing a dinner party is that nobody comes for the food. There are…
Should you use an estate agent?
Yes. But hang on, it’s not that simple is it? Everything and everyone is being disrupted by tech. There is…
Looking to buy your first London home? Go west, not east!
Property expert James Max explains how to find lasting value in the capital
How to smoke a pipe
Old fashioned mindfulness: why pipe smoking is a portal to tranquility in a frenetic world
The Art of the Garden: Pierre Bonnard’s Mimosas
In Bonnard’s dazzling ‘The Studio with Mimosas’, an energising, diagonal sweep of rich lemon fills over half the canvas. The…
How to master country dressing
Ensure you blend in on a country weekend with the sartorial wisdom of Tom Chamberlin
How to smarten up Boris
A pressed suit and a trip to Savile Row would do wonders for Boris ahead of a potential leadership race
How to master smart casual
This contradictory dress code can lead to much befuddlement as to what to wear
Bed linen: how to ensure a good night’s sleep
Lara Prendergast on why we should all be perfectionists when it comes to beds
How to pull off black tie dressing
My office is on Upper Brook Street, which means that throughout the year, hoards of black tie party-goers amble along…
The best of Baselworld
The industry is climbing out of a downturn thanks to innovative new models that went on show in Switzerland
How luxury watches smartened up their act
The latest generation combine smartphone technology with time-honoured craftsmanship
Watches: a buyer’s guide
Mechanical watches are remarkable things. An inanimate movement, made up of hundreds of parts, until the addition of a wheel…
How upmarket flats became Home Suite Home
Expensive apartments used to have the odd gym or bar. Now they offer everything you get at a five-star hotel
Ecole Lesage: The Embroidery School for Haute Couture
Inside Ecole Lesage, an artisan workshop that provides exquisite needlework for the top fashion houses
Why Warren Buffett’s early advice is still essential reading
The Oracle of Omaha was ahead of his time in understanding that we teach the wrong kind of capitalism
Low Marx for Das Kapital
John McDonnell may think there’s a lot to learn from this tract, but its predictions were hopelessly wrong
Warren Buffet says this is ‘by far the best book on investing ever written’
Benjamin Graham, author of The Intelligent Investor, really understood how markets work over the long term
The real secret of Swiss watch craft: apprentices
Lots of people argue about what makes the Swiss watch business different. I think I’ve met the answer
Good companies
William Robert Scott’s The Constitution and Finance of English, Scottish and Irish Joint Stock Companies to 1720; John Littlewood’s The Stock Market: 50 Years of Capitalism at Work
Apple Watch with mother
Stuff your fancy earrings…this gift makes Caroline Bondy look cool to her kids
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Podcast: Table Talk with Kate Young
Kate Young is a food writer and chef, whose cookbooks take recipe inspiration from literary classics, recreating favourite dishes of Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, and more
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