Hints and tips:
...Keep an eye out for the region’s answer to Father Christmas, La Tante Arie, a local legend thought to be a reincarnation of charitable medieval countess Henriette de Montbéliard....
...The Autorité des Marchés Financiers levied a record €75mn fine against H2O last year as punishment for “serious” rule breaches related to the illiquid investments while banning the firm’s co-founder Bruno...
...Here, he has administered facelifts to the 19th-century Arc de Triomphe (a brushed-steel internal staircase was integrated into one of the columns) and the 3,000-year-old Luxor Obelisk in Place de la Concorde...
...I’d rush across the Pont des Arts at sunset sending a WhatsApp. But the almost constant sense of wellbeing I got from the food hasn’t worn off....
...De Vusser, a Belgian, will be the first European to run Bain in its 50-year history....
...One day we head to the Monde des Arts de la Parure, a museum in the medina, in order “to sharpen senses and hone our powers of observation and description”....
...two leather jackets worn by The Edge for U2’s residency in Las Vegas....
...TAG Heuer connects with its past At TAG Heuer they’re turning the dial on the time machine two years further back to 1968 and the Carrera Dato, which shifted the date window from three o’clock to nine o...
...It’s a realm still dominated by the big names: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, Pol Roger Winston Churchill, Cristal, Krug, Bollinger La Grande Année and Dom Pérignon are among the most-traded cuvées....
...Dates to be announced; further information here soon August Events La Madonna della Neve Every August 5, Rome celebrates La Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows) by recreating a miraculous summer...
...Original Travel has a new 13-day road trip that includes the Picos de Europa National Park, Ribadeo, the beaches and historic old town of La Coruña and three nights in Santiago de Compostela....
...The last thing I bought and loved was a painting by João Gabriel from a gallery in Los Angeles called O-Town House. Gabriel is a Portuguese artist and his work is exquisite....
...“I’m obsessed with Claire’s illustration, it’s so uplifting,” says O’Sullivan of the de Quénetain fabrics....
...You can find everything from old Cartier lighters to the De Sede sofa and Christofle cutlery at Serpent à Plume....
...Asked whether the investment screening agreement could harm Mexico-China business relations, Finance Minister Rogelio Ramírez de la O was blunt....
...It was also a sort of reinvention and reconfiguration of his 1905-06 work “Le Bonheur de Vivre”, in which a circle of dancers is painted in the background....
...The first solo exhibition of the Lebanese artist’s work in a US museum includes her Bribes de corps series, whose experimentation hinges on the body....
...Hôtel de la Boétie opened last month on Rue la Boétie, a block and a half off the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement – a very tony address, where the hotel’s excellent value (rates start at €250) marks...
...I saw a McDonald’s on the other side of the Place de la Gare and, moth-like, was drawn to its warm red-yellow glow. It was closed....
...la Renta) and, most starrily, “the Carters”....
...Far from its flagship store on the Champs-Élysées, PSG has opened a shop on London’s Oxford Street, adding to sites in Doha, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, Miami and Las Vegas....
...Now the legendary restaurant off the Place de la Concorde has been given a makeover. Additional contributions from Tee Zhuo and Benjamin Wilhelm...
...The eminent cast includes Renée Flemming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato....
...But the key characteristic of all their salads is the “warm protein component that transforms them into being hearty and filling”, says de Chezelles....
...Toogood’s latest collection includes oversized dresses, trousers and shirts made from an exploded gingham check; one of the highlights of the collection is a wide-strapped dress (£785, t-o-o-g-o-o-d.com)...
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