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Billionaire who can’t give up work because he signed the Giving Pledge
The rich are famously time poor. But with P.N.C. Menon, the billionaire founder of Sobha Realty, it’s not like that. The Indian-born property mogul, who recently opened an office in Park Lane, Mayfair (ironically in premises vacated by Foxtons) lives up to the image of a “suited yogi” and seem genuinely time rich as we […]
Andrea Watson
June 5, 2019
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Extinction Rebellion’s home invasion
Is the botanical trend in interiors a response to climate change? From bees and butterflies to pandas and marine creatures botanically inspired interiors are the cult look. It is ironic given that some people say we’ve only about a decade left before the climate apocalypse kicks in. But what the hell, put a bee on […]
Andrea Watson
May 9, 2019
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Weimar marks Bauhaus centenary
Walter Gropius founded the famous German art movement known as Bauhaus not in Berlin, as many people think, but in Weimer, a city some three hours drive to the south west. The original Bauhaus school in Weimar closed in 1925 and a second school opened in Dessau which also closed after a few years. The […]
Andrea Watson
March 11, 2019
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Why is Sardinia a Blue Zone dream?
MENTION Sardinia and most people will automatically respond with: “have you been to Porto Cervo?” This is the superyacht marina on the Costa Smeralda developed by the Aga Khan back in the 1960s and a magnet ever since for celebrities of all descriptions from the Clooneys to Barack Obama. Embed from Getty Images But for […]
Andrea Watson
January 16, 2019
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Manhattan’s boardrooms changing into bedrooms
“Alexander Hamilton must be turning in his grave, ” commented a local shopkeeper, referring to the father of American banking as a series of landmark buildings in New York are converted into luxury apartments. But would he? It’s more likely that the visionary statesman – whose colourful life is celebrated in the rap musical Hamilton […]
Andrea Watson
November 16, 2018
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Will Brexit damage the British school brand?
The names of great British schools are rooted deep in the cultural memory of millions across the globe. In a brand conscious world, the British school is king. So in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, the education sector – whose members had voted overwhelmingly Remain – trembled. Independent schools in the UK feared […]
Andrea Watson
December 22, 2017
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Mind the generation gap
Are you ballistic about Brexit? In turmoil over Trump? Incandescent about our Conservative / conservative country? Are you searching for a scapegoat? Look no further – the elderly are to blame.
Richard Macdonald
March 5, 2017
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The echo chamber
The Labour Party leadership contest is in full swing. But can anyone tell what's going on?
Pete Mills
August 9, 2016
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This is England
All I see is fear Propaganda fuelling fear Introversion leading ignorance Ignorance making idiots Bigots with blinkers Fascists getting famous England eloping Welcome home
Mike Lyons
June 29, 2016
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Have Arsenal fans sold out?
A difficult season for Arsenal is drawing to an end - in the circumstances it seems harder than ever to defend the manager, but who are his fiercest critics - and what are the alternatives?
Saul Lipetz
May 8, 2016
