Remembering Mark Birley and the controversial sale.
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Lucan – TV reviewLord Lucan's vile, hate-filled world of decadence and privilege is brilliantly captured in Jeff Pope's adaptation of John Pearson's book The GamblersSam WollastonThe Guardian, Thursday...
View ArticleLord Lucan 'killed himself hours after murdering family nanny', new witness...
Lord Lucan 'killed himself hours after murdering family nanny', new witness claimsTheories have abounded for four decades about Lord Lucan's disappearanceAlexandra Sims / The Independent /...
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The 2015 Christmas Special, also known as The Finale, is the holiday episode of the sixth series of Downton Abbey. It is the final episode of the sixth series and serves as the finale for the entire...
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Savile Row is the worlds iconic address for the best in bespoke tailoring, and home to legendary Gieves & Hawkes, suppliers to the British military for more than two centuries and furnishers to...
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Donegal tweed is a handwoven tweed manufactured in County Donegal, Ireland. Donegal has for centuries been producing tweed from local materials in the making of caps, suits and vests. Sheep thrive in...
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A shako is a tall, cylindrical military cap, usually with a visor, and sometimes tapered at the top. It is usually adorned with some kind of ornamental plate or badge on the front, metallic or...
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Erotic exilesFrances Wilson is seduced by Grandes Horizontales, Virginia Rounding's engrossing account of the glamorous courtesans who titillated 19th-century FranceFrances WilsonSaturday 12 July 2003...
View ArticleTailored Stories - An Oral History of Savile Row
This film celebrates the history and skills of the men and women in the bespoke tailoring industry with candid stories of pride and hardship, working conditions, conflict and camaraderie and brushes...
View Article"The Price of Salt"/ Carol: the women behind Patricia Highsmith's lesbian novel
Carol: the women behind Patricia Highsmith's lesbian novelTodd Haynes’s film of Highsmith’s only openly lesbian novel, Carol, is about to premiere in Cannes, starring Cate Blanchett. Novelist Jill...
View ArticleLondon's 14 oldest stores
London's 14 oldest storesOne of the joys of shopping in London today comes from discovering any number of traditional stores that have remained little changed since they were founded hundreds of years...
View ArticleDownton Abbey Christmas Special 2015 Reviews / VÍDEO: SERIES FINALE...
Downton Abbey review: the glorious fantasy of Britain comes to an endThe posh period drama had great performances and even the odd insight into British life – and its final episode leaves a gaping hole...
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