Story of the 2011 murder of 91-year old socialite Viola Herms Drath by her 47-year old bisexual fraudster husband Albrecht Gero Muth to be made into a film produced by Christoph Waltz (more…)
Tag: society
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Reader Invite: Chavín Jewellery trunk show barbecue
Invitation to a jewellery trunk show barbecue on the roof terrace of a Thameside penthouse in London’s Imperial Wharf (more…)
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Lynn Wyatt (née Lynn Sakowitz)
The Houston home of the “ageless wife” of the once jailed Texan oil baron Oscar Wyatt became known as the “Wyatt Hyatt” after becoming a “home away from home” for everyone from Mick Jagger to Princess Margaret (more…) -
Ann Barr (1929 – 2015)
Despite defining “The Sloane” and “The Mayfair Mercenary”, the co-author of The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook lived out her final years in Notting Hill (more…) -
Ava Gardner (1922 – 1990)
Once described as “having a mouth like a truck driver and the looks of a goddess”, thrice married American actress Ava Gardner spent her final years in Knightsbridge’s Ennismore Gardens. (more…) -
The Knightsbridge rose seller
A well-known fixture each and every evening at Knightsbridge restaurants including San Lorenzo and Scalini during the 1990s and 2000s (more…) -
Live like Eloise
Suite at New York hotel The Plaza available for £2.6 million – the catch: you can only use it 120 days per year (more…)
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The Charge of the Cheque Book
Vast Victorian Isle of Wight mansion connected to The Charge of the Light Brigade for sale – Only those with large cheque books need apply (more…)
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Michèle, Lady Renouf (born Michèle Mainwaring)
Twice divorced Australian born racist and Holocaust denier Michèle, Lady Renouf began her career as an actress and model. (more…)
