In London, luxury is increasingly defined not only by what people own, but by knowing what matters, where to find it and why it carries cultural significance. As luxury retail becomes more globalised and the same maisons, watches, jewellery and fashion can be found across major cities, context has become harder to reproduce than product.
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In Elizabeth Hand’s seductive, slow-burning gothic novel Unspeakable Things, 18-year-old Olivia Madden enjoys a privileged yet precarious life in the 1920s. She’s the neglected daughter of Peter, a closeted, once famous actor whose career has long been in decline and now lives at Kerrith Hall, a rented, understaffed estate on the Cornish moors. Despite living
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A group of tenants has criticised a charitable foundation’s decision to increase rent as part of a policy update. The tenant beneficiaries of the Richmond Foundation published the letter last week describing the charity’s rent changes as a “textbook campaign of institutional gentrification and working-class displacement”. The south-west London-based Richmond Foundation has 66 residential properties,
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London has been refining the culture of private nightlife for more than three centuries. The gentlemen’s clubs of St James’s date back to the late 1600s, where the American Bar at the Savoy opened in 1893. The capital’s grand hotels have long served as places to dine, drink and socialise away from the streets and
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Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack indicated Monday that tighter monetary policy might be needed to bring down inflation and the central bank should make fast, incremental adjustments. “When feasible, I generally think it’s preferable to make smaller adjustments, and to do so relatively quickly, rather than to wait and risk needing a larger course
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After many, many years of user requests, Goodreads now allows half-star and quarter-star ratings. How’s everyone feeling about it? I sifted through thousands of comments on Instagram and Reddit, and here are the top sentiments being shared: ⭐ Hooray!: There are a lot of party popper emojis in the Goodreads Instagram comments, but it’s not
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Fans of Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive may want to mark down their calendars, as the release of Stormlight: Tidebreakers has been set for October 2027. It’s a huge moment for fans of the author and his Cosmere universe. Stormlight Season 2 was confirmed even before Season 1 started filming, for example, showing just how
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Two Scottish infrastructure bodies have opened a consultation with members over plans to merge. Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface and Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise have recommended their members vote in favour of the proposed merger, which the organisations say will strengthen their services and improve resilience. The plans would see the two charities – which serve more
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At Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2027 show, some of London’s oldest specialist skills appeared in distinctly contemporary forms. Huntsman of Savile Row produced three bespoke menswear looks, each cut and made at its 11 Savile Row workrooms, while London-born master jeweller Shaun Leane created a sculptural harness by hand in recycled silver. The collaborations offered a
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Surveillance footage shows people reacting amid smoke at the moment of an attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 10, 2026, in this frame from a handout video. Saudi Ministry of Media | Reuters The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying in or around Saudi Arabia
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Neon’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winning drama Fjord starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve had a terrific $124k opening on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, as documentary Naza marks a strong week two expansion. Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord is the director’s second Palme d’Or for Mungiu and the seventh consecutive win for Neon. The film
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 Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | More Platforms  The V/H/S franchise has spent years finding increasingly inventive ways to make audiences regret pressing play, but V/H/S/Mixtape takes the concept somewhere particularly twisted: What if the soundtrack itself could kill you? The latest installment in the found-footage horror series, streaming on Shudder, recruits four filmmakers with wildly different
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Attendees at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. The crypto conference runs through today. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tokenization could free up tens of billions of dollars in capital tied up in assets used as collateral across the global financial system, Nasdaq CEO
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Image Credit: Getty Images Ice Spice and Tobey Maguire have become one of Hollywood’s most unexpected rumored pairings. The rapper and Spider-Man actor sparked dating speculation after photos of the two getting close at Michael Rubin‘s annual White Party in the Hamptons went viral. While some fans claimed the images showed the pair kissing, neither
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