Two new luxury cars hit the roads: ‘The Steeple Times’ takes a look at the Mercedes-Benz Maybach S-Class and the Land Rover Range Rover Holland & Holland (more…)
Category: OPULENCE & SPLENDOUR
Luxury and the arts From houses to cars and from Hockney to van Dyck, a profile of the best and the worst
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For the love of wine
Palazzo di Amore: The most expensive property currently on the market in America
Whilst a “top ten” list last week chronicled the world’s most expensive homes and placed a value of £1 billion on Buckingham Palace, a billionaire looking for somewhere to park their money could get a relative bargain if they were to buy the Palazzo di Amore in California. It has just come to the market with a price of £123 million ($195 million). (more…)
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Five of the Best: Homes for petrolheads
A selection of homes that automobile enthusiasts will adore (more…)
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Stunning Solandge
Our yachting correspondent Edward Kay takes a tour of the new mega-yacht Solandge during the 2014 Monaco Yacht Show (more…)
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A maze-like mansion: Villa Cielo de Bonaire
Cielo de Bonaire: A vast £39 million villa that has failed to sell in three years that truly must have been built with a dictator or drug dealer in mind (more…)
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Tagging a Koons
Paul Johnson Calderon reflects on the implications of the ‘street artist’ Same tagging a Jeff Koons in New York (more…)
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Five of the Best: Super-prime London apartments
‘The Steeple Times’ chooses five of the best super-prime apartments currently on offer in Central London
Luxury apartments in London are ten a penny but few provide the truly spectacular space and facilities offered by the five that follow. Those on a budget need not apply. (more…)
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Fortunes and footballers
Gareth Southgate markets his £3.25 million Grade I listed Yorkshire home
Footballers are not generally noted for living in tasteful homes so it is somewhat surprising to find that the former England player turned Middlesborough manager Gareth Southgate’s current home is a Grade I listed “Elizabethan style” hall on the banks of Swinsty Reservoir, nine miles west of Harrogate. He and his wife Alison have owned it since 2006 but have been trying to sell it since June 2013. (more…)
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A network for Knightsbridge’s mums
Social network Knightsbridge Village celebrated its first anniversary with a party at Theo Fennell in London
On 7th October, Knightsbridge Village, an invitation only social network for the “discerning mothers of London’s most prestigious neighbourhoods”, celebrated their first anniversary at Theo Fennell in Fulham Road, South Kensington. (more…)
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The multiplying factor