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A One-Day Commitment for a Lifetime of Freedom
The gateway to a Greek golden visa in just one day? Emelia Beeson reports on a rapid route to the European dream… Picture the scene, just months from now… You’re at a beautiful beach, minutes from the ruins that gave
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Life On an Ocean Wave (Kept Afloat by Sea of Banknotes)
‘All I need is a luxury superyacht, and a star to steer her by…’ It’s official: the tide has not turned. The soaring demand for superyachts in 2022 continues to grow — and the market for luxury vessels longer than
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The ‘Miracle’ Plant Once Hailed as a Cure for Cancer: Tobacco’s Rise … and Fall
We’ve come a long way from the first importation of nicotiana tabacum, through early praise and TV ad campaigns to its eventual unmasking as an addictive drug. Tony Lennox puts that in his pipe… and writes. Aruggedly handsome man stands
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Is a Life of Luxury a Worthy Pursuit in the Modern Day?
Coco Chanel once said, “Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.” She also noted: “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.” So, what is luxury? The term
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Film Review – Blonde: Is Marilyn Biopic a Bombshell … or a Bust?
“Monroe is more than a sex symbol in new film”, one headlined review of Blonde declares. That must be why actress Ana de Armas spends half of the movie wearing no clothes. Director Andrew Dominik is so passionate about teaching
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Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul: No Caprice, Simply Sadness…
Song, civil disobedience, heartache, sympathy for the oppressed: Aretha Franklin singer gave her all for her beliefs and her people. Soul legend Otis Redding, performing for an enthusiastic crowd just weeks before his death in 1967, stepped up to the
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We Do Love to be Beside the Seaside, and Fashion is So Much Better For That
As well as health benefits — although not in the way the Victorians prescribed — Britain’s coast has provided sartorial and design inspiration through the ages. As an island nation, Britain has channelled the coastal couture vibe via brands such
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The Ugly History of the Beautiful Game
Football hooliganism, aka ‘the English Disease’, is endemic around the world. So, is a single country to blame? Tony Lennox grabs a pie in the stands… The small Warwickshire town of Atherstone, which sits on Watling Street, the old Roman
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How Bernard Arnault Turned One Franc Into a Dynasty
French billionaire Bernard Arnault’s off-beat approach to business would be hard to replicate By KITTY WENHAM It started with one franc, one small acquisition. In 1984, Bernard Arnault purchased an almost-bankrupt textile company by the name of Boussac for one
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Modest, Frugal, Retiring, and Famous for Being Anonymous: the Founder of Zara, Amancio Ortega
By TONY LENNOX When the famously private Spanish entrepreneur Amancio Ortega finally gave his consent to a biography, he had one simple request: “Don’t just put in the good parts.” Ortega, the 86-year-old founder of the Zara fashion brand and
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