Bastille Day is more than France’s national celebration. It is also an opportunity to experience the country’s enduring art de vivre — a philosophy where gastronomy, hospitality, culture and design come together to define everyday luxury. From palace hotels that have welcomed royalty and couturiers to Michelin-starred restaurants reinterpreting French cuisine, and museums where centuries
Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images American megabanks on Tuesday gave evidence that the global artificial intelligence boom isn’t just benefiting tech giants and chip makers. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase each posted record quarterly revenue
The knee-jerk selling of Wells Fargo shares after a largely strong second-quarter earnings report made no sense. Tuesday’s results needed to shine following two quarters of disappointments and a struggling stock price. And they did. Total revenue at the bank increased 8.6% year over year to $22.62 billion in the second quarter, outpacing the LSEG-compiled
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Amid the heat wave currently blazing across Canada, experts say that additional stressors can lead to increased power outages and broken air conditioners. A February 2025 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) report states that “prolonged periods of extreme heat events can strain the power grid as the demand for air conditioning and fan use
TV crime thrillers don’t come much tougher than Steven Knight’s landmark period drama Peaky Blinders, but Tom Hardy now fronts a series that somehow makes the Shelby family look tame. Hardy famously plays Jewish mobster Alfie Solomons in Birmingham’s darkest gangland saga, but his portrayal of a more contemporary London mob fixer is even darker.
Toronto singer-songwriter Charlotte Cornfield is going on tour with Friendship this December. No, not the concept of camaraderie—the Philadelphia band whose latest record, Caveman Wakes Up, came out in 2025. The co-headliners will spend the last month of 2026 traversing the U.S., making stops in New York, Atlanta, Nashville, St. Louis, and more. (Requisite hometown
Buried in Barstow fans can finally stop wondering whether Hazel King was left bleeding on the floor for all eternity because Lifetime has officially ordered not one but two new movies continuing Angie Harmon’s wonderfully pulpy action drama. That sentence has been a very long time coming. Lifetime announced that Harmon will return to star
There comes a point every winter when the great British weather seems determined to test our resilience. When the novelty of cosy evenings and hot chocolate has well and truly worn off, the Christmas decorations are more of an annoyance than a celebratory feel good, and sunset arrives no sooner than you finish your afternoon
A liver charity formed by the merger of the British Liver Trust and the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation has unveiled its new name. The organisations, which merged in 2024, have become Liver UK. Until now, the organisation had been operating with two distinct brands, websites and sets of communications; but the new identity seeks to unite the
French maisons have turned storytelling into a central pillar of their creative strategies. Dior Joaillerie transforms Christian Dior’s artistic universe into a fantastical landscape inspired by nature. Boucheron’s Carte Blanche: Human Being places humanity itself at the central source of inspiration, using craftsmanship as a reflection of individuality and emotion. Chaumet revisits its 240-year identity
As climate change brings increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves across Europe, the French capital is undertaking one of its most ambitious urban regeneration programmes in recent history. Parking bays are being removed to make way for tree-lined streets, public squares are being transformed into urban forests and some of the city’s busiest roads are giving
Chipotle restaurant sign on exterior of a building under clear blue sky, Pleasant Hill, California, April 16, 2026. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Fast casual chain Chipotle is set to open its first restaurant in Mexico this week, the company announced on Monday. The store will open on Thursday in
Oil prices jumped after President Donald Trump reinstated the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. The move follows the latest rounds of strikes between Iran and the U.S. over the weekend. The volatility is creating a unique opportunity in the options market. The United States Oil Fund (USO), the ETF that best tracks oil prices,
Ice cream conjures up images of summer: cooling frozen pops from the ice cream truck, double scoop cones on the boardwalk or soft serve custard at a carnival. But ice cream and other frozen indulgences are delicious year-round and can be made in your own kitchen. In The Art of Frozen Desserts: Ice Cream, Sorbets,
Tom Holland is the boyfriend or husband we’d all love to have. Seeing him on the red carpet with Zendaya—so sweet, thoughtful, and never over the top—it’s almost impossible not to fall in love with him. Anne Hathaway, however, who spent several months with him on the set of The Odyssey, took it a step
Forget any bad buzz that there’s a funk at the box office, because it always boils down to product, as well as time and space. As we told you throughout the weekend, the live-action Moana was too close to Thanksgiving 2024’s Moana 2 on the calendar. Had it gone in place of Moana 2 at
Ariana Grande is bringing “The Eternal Sunshine Tour” to Brooklyn for a five-night run at Barclays Center in July 2026, and these are among the most in-demand tickets on the entire tour. The residency is part of a 41-show outing — Grande’s first major tour since her “Sweetener World Tour” wrapped in 2019 — and
It is the moment everyone waits for on safari. Sometimes, quite literally everyone. You have spent the morning searching for that elusive leopard. Perhaps a guide has just tracked a lion pride moving through the bush. Maybe, after hours of anticipation, a pack of endangered African wild dogs finally emerges from the grass. You lift
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The TH38 features exterior design by Italy’s Garroni Design Groupe Beneteau used to have one multihull brand. It now has four. Having developed Lagoon into the world leader in cruising catamarans and a builder of large power catamarans, Groupe Beneteau added the Excess brand of twin-helm sailing catamarans in 2019. However, the French-owned conglomerate then
Christopher Waller, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the Federal Reserve’s Payments Innovation Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Monday expressed concern about inflation but cautioned against “fighting the last war,” saying the central bank should wait
Wells Fargo has one job to do to sustain its struggling stock’s recent bounce. It’s not complicated. The stakes are high going into earnings on Tuesday morning, following two consecutive lackluster quarters . Wells Fargo’s path back into our good graces is simple: It needs a clean beat across key metrics. “It has had two
What goes into creating a Literary Activism story? A lot of time, energy, and effort. Not every story about book censorship or library challenges makes the weekly link roundup cut, as each story is vetted for as much context and insight as possible. For news stories that are reported, time and energy goes into doing
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The Schwartz has been awakened, as Spaceballs: The New One is set to grace the silver screen as part of the 2027 movie schedule. Producer Mel Brooks and co. announced the legacy sequel in 2025, and it was clear from the opening crawl-centric video that fans were in for a major spoof of a movie.
Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie was heartwarming and wholesome. It expanded on the Ingalls’ experiences in Kansas in such an enjoyable manner. It also expanded on the cast and characters, which was one of the best changes from the book. However, that change may have been bittersweet. (Eric Zachanowich/Netflix) I grew attached to several
A couple contacted me at Concierge Unique in late May one year asking about a villa for the first two weeks of August. They had been looking online for several weeks. They had found properties they liked. They had a budget that would have been entirely adequate in February. In May, it was adequate for
Haemochromatosis UK has appointed its interim chief as its permanent leader. Jonathan Jelley took up the long-term post at the healthcare charity, which supports people affected by the genetic condition haemochromatosis, last week. He has been the charity’s interim chief executive since August last year, after its former chief executive, Neil McClements, stepped down. A
High mortgage rates coupled with record-high prices are causing homebuyers to pull back. Sales of previously owned homes in June dropped 2.4% from May to 4.09 million units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing analysts were predicting a slight gain month over month. June sales were, however,
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