Lady Pamela Hicks / VIDEO:Interview with Lady Pamela Hicks Mountbatten - Edit 1
Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (née Mountbatten; born 19 April 1929) is a British aristocrat. She is the younger daughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma by his wife, Edwina Mountbatten. Through...
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My greatest contribution as an interior designer has been to show people how to use bold color mixtures, how to use patterned carpets, how to light rooms, and how to mix old with new.— David Hicks in...
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Robert Kime, uniquely among decorators, has risen to eminence in the profession via antique dealing, textile collecting and an abiding passion for putting rooms together. His three strands of expertise...
View ArticleTwo Great coffee table books / Great Houses of London - by James Stourton...
Great Houses of Londonby James Stourton (Author), Fritz von der Schulenburg (Photographer)The great houses of London represent one of the marvels of English architecture and yet they are almost...
View ArticleRemembering: "Churchill’s real-life tailor designs bespoke suits for Wright’s...
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View ArticleBritish Style Genius By Royal Appointment The Country Look / Part 4 of 5 28th...
By Royal Appointment The Country LookBritish Style Genius Episode 4 of 5The British may not have a national costume but if they did it would be the country look: tweeds, tartans and florals, and...
View ArticleThe ABC Murders review / VIDEO:John Malkovich is Poirot in tense new Agatha...
The ABC Murders review – John Malkovich’s suffering Poirot is magnificent4 / 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. Scorned by the police and nursing a secret pain, the latent violence in Malkovich’s...
View ArticleKeira Knightley Interview / Colette review / /VIDEO:Colette Official Trailer
Colette review – Keira Knightley is on top form in exhilarating literary biopic4 / 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. The life of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette makes for fascinating drama in a nuanced and...
View ArticleTulip Fever / VIDEO:Tulip Fever Official International Trailer #1 (2016) -...
Tulip Fever is a 2017 historical romantic drama film directed by Justin Chadwick and written by Deborah Moggach and Tom Stoppard, adapted from Moggach's novel of the same name. It stars Alicia...
View ArticleThe Favourite : Superb punk tragicomedy, but not historically accurate / THE...
“Some modern commentators and filmmakers choose to conclude that Anne was a lesbian, but that's more an embrace of today's social movements than it is a reflection of historical fact.”(…)”In addition,...
View ArticleBritish Style Genius "A Cut Above" Part 2 of 5 14th October 2008
Remembering “British Style Genius” / After Ep4- “By Royal Appointment” – ‘The Country Look’ 28 Oct. 2008, now Ep2 - 14 Oct. 2008 ‘A Cut Above: The Tailored Look’
View ArticleHolland & Sherry - Savile Row
Since 1836 Holland & Sherry has continued to supply prestigious tailors and luxury brands with some of the finest cloths in the world. Stephen George Holland and Frederick Sherry began the business...
View ArticleEquestrian Life: From Riding Houses to Country Estates / Photography by Mark...
Equestrian Life: From Riding Houses to Country Estates Hardcover – October 2, 2018Photography by Mark RoskamsText by Lavinia Branca SnyderForeword by Lord Patrick BeresfordRizzoli, October 2018A...
View ArticleWentworth Woodhouse, a rich History full of Scandals and feuds / VIDEO:1/4...
Scandals and feuds that cost family a home bigger than the Queen'sBRITAIN'S most impressive stately home's future will be decided in a court dispute that will drag up a past of scandal, family rifts...
View ArticleQu'est-ce que la Sprezzatura?
Gentlemen,nous avons le plaisir de publier ce jour la version enlangue française de notre épisodeconsacré à la désormais célèbre « Sprezzatura ». Dans cet épisode je tente declarifier le sens exact du...
View ArticleThe man who thinks trees talk to each other / VIDEO:"The Hidden Life of...
The man who thinks trees talk to each otherBeech trees are bullies and willows are loners, says forester Peter Wohlleben, author of a new book claiming that trees have personalities and communicate...
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