Cairness House, “Scotland’s most important Greek Revival house”, heads into its fourth year on the market (more…)
Tag: French
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Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac
The star of a Nespresso commercial with George Clooney, Louis-Marie de Castelbajac is a fashion designer, actor, artist and Armagnac producer. (more…) -
Picture of the Week: The power of the pencil
Dutch political cartoonist Ruben L. Oppenheimer reacted to Wednesday’s Paris massacre with a cartoon that illustrates the power of the pencil (more…)
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A crown for a meal
Wear a crown to Brasserie Zédel on 6th January and get a meal on the house (more…)
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Claudine Longet
This Parisian actress and singer married the crooner Andy Williams when he was 33 and she was 19. (more…) -
Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld (AKA “Vlad” Restoin Roitfeld)
The Paris-born son of fashion editor Carine Roitfeld and Equipment shirt brand founder Christian Restoin, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld is the founder of New York art dealership of the same name. He’s the godson of the photographer Mario Testino and has dated the fashionista Giovanna Battaglia and “the female Roman Abramovich” Goga Ashkenazi. Restoin Roitfeld – described by Forbes as a “gentleman [who] means business” – has worked on exhibitions at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Sotheby’s S2 Gallery and Phillips de Pury. His set includes the “billionheir” Andy Valmorbida, the Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos and the artist Marco Perego. -
His Royal Highness The Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine (born Franz Prinz von Bayern)
The senior co-heir general of King Charles I of England and Scotland came to public attention during Scotland’s independence referendum in September 2014. The Duke of Bavaria has never married and lives in a wing of Nyphenburg Palace in Munich and Berg Castle in Upper Bavaria. A prisoner of the Nazis at Oranienburg and Dachau during the Second World War, Franz is a passionate modern art collector and speaks German, Hungarian, English and French. His 80th birthday party in 2013 was attended by 2,500 of his closest friends. -
A missive from Mayfair
Restaurateur Gavin Rankin shares his views on summer in Mayfair
August, in Mayfair, used never to be the high spot of a restaurant’s year. Tumbleweed blew about and disheveled restaurateurs roamed the streets, avoiding eye contact, and scouring the pavements for loose change. (more…)
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Gérard Depardieu
Vineyard owner and French actor Gérard Depardieu admitted to drinking up to 14 bottles of wine a day in September 2014 but also claimed he is “never totally drunk, just a little pi**ed”. (more…)
