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...Bouchard Père & Fils is the largest landholder on the Côte d’Or and was bought in 2022 by Artémis Domaines as part of a merger with Maisons & Domaines Henriot....
...Trump is a trompe l’oeil candidate whose robust geopolitical ignorance, incoherent economic ideology and sheer divisiveness make him a threat to America’s constitutional republic....
...Dealer Nick Maclean says that bidding at Christie’s on Francis Bacon’s “Landscape near Malabata, Tangier” (1963) — which went to adviser Francis Outred for a within-estimate £16.8mn (£19.6mn with fees) —...
...increasingly impressive cultural programme (once again orbiting around epicentres such as the arena and bookshop by designers Formafantasma), with the participation of the 2022 Pritzker Prize laureate Francis...
...Buy a case and save some for a while.£36 The Wine Society L’Aurage 2018 Castillon (15%)From the same stable as Le Tertre Roteboeuf and in the same exuberant, late-picked style....
...Departing L’Hôtel, our boutique base camp in the crenellated shadow of the city’s Château des ducs de Bretagne, we located the distinctive orange-and-blue markings of La Vélodyssée easily enough and quickly...
...I was born in the Republic of the Congo, in La Côte Sauvage, where my father worked in forestry. I lived there for 15 years, and it was such a carefree, insouciant existence....
...The science has certainly moved on from the 1830s, when the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet began collating statistics on the l’homme moyen, or the average man....
...In 2022, McKillen was awarded L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for his contribution to the country’s culture....
...Equally great is the frescoed breakfast room, its trompe l’oeil columns spot-lit, its retro dining chairs painted a cheering shade of red....
.... ★★★★★ Brutality also infuses Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new Così fan tutte, which opened the night before Wozzeck in Aix’s beautiful Théâtre de l’Archevêché; but by the time the performance was interrupted...
...is also particularly special and under the purview of David Hawksworth, one of Canada’s most lauded chefs who spent more than a decade in British Michelin-starred kitchens (Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, L’...
...I’ve come close to here before, when visiting St Tropez, but still, the southernmost tip of the Côte d’Azur has always remained elusive, candyfloss cliffs fading into clouds....
...The Rugby World Cup is continuing, and Pope Francis will be in Marseille over the weekend....
...Bang & Olufsen Beosound A9, £3,199 RM The portable barbecue This packable grill will allow you to channel your inner Francis Mallmann....
...I’ve escaped the winter gloom for a weekend on the Côte d’Azur during Menton’s Fête du Citron, a celebration of all things citrus held every February....
...views of town squares in “Paysage de Cagnes avec arbre” and ‘L’Arbre de Vence”....
...A couple of weeks before my Côte d’Azur jaunt, I tried the Manta5 water bike, which has a steering foil in place of a front wheel as well as a larger one at the back....
...Chief among them was the ultra-conservative archbishop of LA Cardinal James Francis McIntyre, who resented the IHM sisters’ liberal approach....
...L’Artisane Dakar metal single earring, £35. Sandals, model’s own Angel wears Off-White cotton trousers, POA....
...If you want to see some art, the Musée de l’Annonciade puts on great exhibitions. One thing that everybody in St Tropez does though is go to the local markets....
...Bros Begude, Esprit Pinot Noir 2021 Haute Vallée de l’Aude 13%Really convincing special selection from the hills of Limoux....
...Why are Côte de Nuits reds routinely more expensive than their counterparts from the Côte de Beaune? Is it a hangover from the time when wines were admired for their concentration?...
...I work in pen and ink and can’t resist buying new quills in interesting colours or strange materials, often from L Cornelissen & Son in London. I’m also given lots by friends, which is lovely....
...Eight years ago, French theatre director Cyril Teste and perfumer Francis Kurkdjian arranged a rendezvous at a café in Paris....
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