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...Inspired by London’s Crystal Palace, this large glass building was built in 1887 to house tropical plants imported from the Philippines, then part of the Spanish empire....
...As was the bathroom, an essay in rose-coloured onyx with Baccarat crystal taps and a lacquered silver-leaf ceiling....
...the corridor from the grand staircase in the Guards Bar, I found the waiters proudly showing off a bespoke red-leather trolley crowned with a Mathusalem (six litres) of Rémy Martin Louis XIII cognac in a crystal...
...But there are also concierges to service any and all business needs, from cars to translators — as well as an excellent Club Lounge, and some of the speediest butler service I’ve ever had....
...By way of symbolic evolution, the matrons have given way to unmanned “butler’s corners”, glass booths where guests can buy artisan gin and luxury handbags on an honesty-box basis....
...fraternal intimacy shared by the three workmen: Cole, the luckless divorcee with an excess of ambition; Teddy, the exhausted Mormon raising four daughters; and Bart, the hothead battling an addiction to crystal...
...Oliver Bullough is the author of ‘Butler to the World’ and ‘Moneyland’ Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...Raphael AbrahamI wish I’d bought my crystal ball with me (laughter). Of course, the answer is nobody really knows, like . . . Lilah RaptopoulosRight....
...Covid-induced hygiene changes, such as using disposable packaging instead of Wedgwood ceramics and crystal, are likely to further reduce the veneer of luxury, even if some passengers are likely to want the...
...I had been hoarding a stash of these precious crystals, deeming them so special that I dared not use them....
...Jason Butler is an expert on financial wellbeing and presenter of the “Real Money Stories” podcast. Twitter: @jbthewealthman...
...But we had a gem, with a butler’s pantry full of Waterford crystal, Wedgwood and exotic tea sets of the thinnest porcelain; original Stickley furniture in the dining room; the two Steinway concert grands...
...Elsewhere, Place Vendôme’s cobblestones are reimagined in undulating rocks of crystal and diamonds, and the perspective of the grand staircase appears in a technical marquetry masterpiece of rock crystal...
...And finally: Perovskites, materials with a particular crystal structure, are widely seen as the best hope for the future of solar power, but they are difficult to work with and hard to stabilise....
...Guests of the apartment, which is neither for sale nor for rent, will have their own butler from the nearby Ritz Hotel on hand, and be able to use the hotel’s spa, concierge and restaurants....
...Butlers are on hand to arrange island excursions, snorkelling, scuba diving and kayaking through the mangroves....
...When Melissa and Michael go to view a house in Crystal Palace, they are swayed by the “charming butler sink in the kitchen, the persuasive under floor heating”. Underfloor heating is persuasive!...
...Jason Butler, a financial wellbeing expert and an FT columnist, says “Evolution is far better than revolution when it comes to adapting to later life....
...Minä Perhonen, mina-perhonen.jp An object I would never part with is my rather eccentric, early-20th-century French crystal ship’s lamp....
...With this excellent mission-statement, it has sensitively restored his working vineyard, his parkland, various follies and buildings, lakes, bridges and even his crystal grotto and “Turkish tent”....
...Skadden Arps, the US law firm, has hired Richard Youle and Katja Butler as partners in its European private equity practice....
...“Your private butler will organise a hammock for you under the most suitably shady tree, the spa team will pamper you with their unique African treatments, while the chefs serve the freshest seafood to you...
...As for Waterford Crystal, the factory tour was a similarly mass-market affair, and although we had an out-of-hours reception here, too, I felt that my time could have been better spent elsewhere....
...Piazza San Simpliciano David Rockwell Architect David Rockwell will unveil his first furniture collection in collaboration with Stellar Works, inspired by the concept of a valet or butler....
...The property group has been under pressure from activist investor Crystal Amber to make disposals and recently agreed the sale of a German joint venture....
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