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Spirit of Adventure Go from pole to pole for the first time in a private jet

City Social Tinkle the ivories at some of London’s best piano bars

Gin City Bride Lane’s latest haunt helps the City rediscover its gin genetics

Adriana Lima An exclusive insight into the world of an Angel

Brian Cox The original Hannibal Lecter on Hollywood, childhood, and how to cope with forgetting your lines

Keep it Simple This season’s best blazers, polos, chinos and trainers, to keep your weekends looking smart

Spring Cleaning Freshen up your grooming routine with our handy step-by- step guide

104 Jewel in the Crown Before The Jungle Book is released in cinemas, take a look at Kipling’s India

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COVER STORY: ABOVE AND BEYOND

They said it couldn’t be done, but the world’s first 1km skyscraper is under construction in Saudi Arabia

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CITY LIFE: Cloud Nine The Sky Garden at 20 Fenchurch Street offers spectacular views from dawn until dusk Bon Viveur London’s best natural wine bars are creating a scene COLLECTION: Inside SIHH 2016 The stand-out timepieces from Geneva’s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Shake it off Valérie Messika talks about her rock ‘n’ roll diamond legacy and hints at a new approach STYLE: The Fine Print From solid stripes to frivolous florals, dismiss simple for a playful parade of prints Top Bombing East meets west this spring: keep on trend and get yourself a bold, silk bomber jacket OUT OF OFFICE: The Class of 1970 One writer’s journey to find Brazil’s legendary World Cup team of 1970 Arts & Interiors: Federico Beltrán Masses Welcome to another artist that should appear on your agenda

HOMES AND PROPERTY: 120 The Penthouse Collection Knight Frank grants access to four impressive penthouses currently on the market

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E d i t o r - in-Chi ef Lesley Ellwood

E d i tor Richard Brown

D E P UT Y Editor tiffany eastland

S ta f f Writer MELISSA EMERSON

E d i t o r i a l a ssis tant david taylor

Se n i o r Des ign er LISA WADE

B RAND C ONS ISTEN CY

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P r o duction Hugo Wheatley Alice Ford Jamie Steele Danny Lesar

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ou may not know her name, but you’ ll recognise her face. She’s appeared in campaigns for almost every major fashion brand, and graced the cover of nearly every glossy magazine – from Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, to GQ and Esquire.

Last year, Adriana Lima became only the second ever Brazilian to be

inducted into the Madame Tussauds hall of fame. The other is Pelé. She’s been the world’s second highest earning supermodel for the previous two years (trailing only Gisele Bündchen) and, despite having two children, remains Victoria’s Secret’s longest serving ‘Angel’. We met Ms Lima by way of watch manufacturer IWC, for who Adriana acts as an ambassador. Turn to page 24 to hear how the 34-year-old fell into modelling almost by accident, how she’s set her sights on a career in acting, and how, 16 years after her first Vogue cover, she continues to live her dream. From one Brazilian immortalised in wax, to the other. Several years ago, a boutique London publisher secured the rights to produce a giant-sized, limitededition book on Pelé. Accompanying 150 of the books, would be a photographic print of the 1970 Brazil World Cup-winning team. When writer, Paul Joseph, was charged with the task of acquiring the autograph of every surviving member of that team, his transatlantic trip turned into an adventure of a lifetime. Read more about it on page 84. Enjoy the issue.

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cloud nine Plenty of restaurants have set up in the City’s skyscrapers. Not many can match the view from Sky Garden Set over three floors, and including the Sky Pod Bar, Darwin’s Brasserie and Fenchurch Restaurant, Sky Garden offers a 360-degree vista over the Square Mile. Europe’s highest garden space boasts botanical plants that surround the bar, as the tops of palm trees greet diners above. You can even start your day with Sky High Yoga, working up a sweat on the veranda overlooking St Paul’s, before enjoying quality breakfast fare at Darwin’s. skygarden.london

the expedition

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1 The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman, £12.75, Berrett-Koehler, hive.co.uk

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For the very first time, travel from the top of the world to the bottom with VeryFirstTo and Private Jet Tours. Fly on the 12-seater luxury jet to the Arctic, staying in glass igloos and wooden huts underneath the ethereal Northern Lights. From there, move on to Cape Town and the Cape Grace hotel – regularly voted Africa’s best hotel – and then on to Antarctica. Here, enjoy ice waves, kite ski, zip line frozen lakes and see the world’s largest Emperor penguin colony. This trip of a lifetime is available to just ten explorers, so get booking. £140,000 per couple, veryfirstto.com; privatejettours.co.uk

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The 718 has a long history, beginning in 1953 with Porsche’s first ever race car, the 550 Spyder. Since then, the pure-bred 718 racers have developed into the new 718 Boxster S (right), uniting the original sporting spirit with the sports car of tomorrow – all for today’s roads. Power and efficiency have both been increased, with turbo-charged, horizontally opposed engines for increased power, bags of torque, high rpm limit and lower consumption. Design has been sharpened too, with striking edges heralding a fresh look for the Boxster. This doesn’t mean that heritage has been sacrificed, as design aspects such as the wings are still unmistakeably Porsche, and the engine roars as a Porsche should, with the optional sports exhaust system creating that pure sports car sound. Hit the road and drive a thoroughbred. 718 Boxster S, from £ 50,695, Porsche, porsche.com

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take the high road Five continents, eight countries and nine of the world’s best hotels – Range Rover and Abercrombie & Kent have teamed up to create ‘The Most Luxurious Road Trip on Earth’. The 21-day trip-of-a-lifetime will see customers take to the wheel of the luxurious SVAutobiography during a genuine off-the-beaten-track driving experience. Land Rover Adventure Travel by Abercrombie & Kent offers a variety of driving excursions, visit landrover.com for more details

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the bike From his Rough Crafts studio, custom designer Winston Yeh takes Harley Davidsons that have seen better days and turns them into contemporary masterpieces. ‘Dyna Guerilla’ is just that: Yeh has stripped a 2009 Fat Bob of any unnecessary trimmings to show off the brooding 1584cc V-twin engine. Originally intended as a personal piece, it was sold before completion. rough crafts.com © Pedro Jarque, Spain, Entry, Open, Nature & Wildlife, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards

Award-winning luxury tour operator Scott Dunn is putting the spotlight on China this season, offering intrigued travellers the opportunity to discover one of the most impressive ancient civilisations on Earth. The team of specialists at Scott Dunn are eager to showcase this country of contrasts, and tailor the perfect itinerary, whether you’re interested in China’s historic towns, its impressive landscapes or the gleaming skyscrapers of its modern cities. Offering unrivalled variety, China really ought to be on your bucket list. scottdunn.com

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the competition AS I SEE IT The Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition is returning to Somerset House this April, following a sell-out run last year. The exhibition will again showcase contemporary photographs taken around the world by winning and shortlisted photographers. worldphoto.org

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wine by design The UK’s oldest wine merchant Berry Bros. & Rudd has collaborated with Sir Paul Smith to create two limited-edition labels for its best-selling wines. Sir Paul’s inimitable style comes through in abundance. “I’ve been drinking Good Ordinary Claret and Good Ordinary White from Berry Bros. & Rudd for many years,” says the designer. “Berry’s is a real institution with a great history. It’s great to be asked to design a special label.” Both labels feature bold tones of red and orange and a hand-crafted heart inspired by Matisse’s famous cut-outs. The stylish run was released on 1 February and is limited to 5,000 bottles, so move fast to get your hands on some quaffable art. Good Ordinary Claret/White, £54/£53.10 for a case of six, Berry Bros. & Rudd, bbr.com

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Right Note T h e Pi an o W o rk s A Victorian warehouse in the heart of Farringdon, The Piano Works bills itself as London’s only non-stop live music venue. Two pianists and accompanying musicians play songs requested by the audience, like a bespoke human jukebox. On Monday evenings, the stage opens to emerging London talent. The food is hearty, the crowd rowdy and the surroundings reminiscent of a well-trodden uni bar. Fun without the frills. Farringdon , 113 Farringdon R oad , EC1R pianow ork s.bar

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The world’s best whisky just got better. The European launch of the 2016 Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask whisky showcased both the fascinating history of the Suntory whisky company and – if the latest offering is anything to go by – its bright future. Smooth and refined, it will certainly be one of the best drams on the market and a worthy successor to the 2013 variety named the Best in the World by The Whisky Bible. Only 200 bottles have been shipped to the UK, on sale at £200. If you get the opportunity to acquire a bottle, do so. Trust us, you won’t regret it. Available from Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and The Whisky Exchange

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B o i sd al e o f Bi sh o p s g at e Tartan adorns th e f loor of thi s fin e-dining restaurant, champagn e and oyst er bar in Bi shopsgat e. Unsurpri singly, th e venu e ser ves high-end S cotti sh cui sin e and of fers regular e vents and live jazz almost e ver y evening. A firm fav ourit e of The City Maga zine. Bi shopsgat e, Swedeland Court, EC2M, boisdale.co.uk

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Pi ãn o Th e second bar in th e Piãno empire, aft er th e original in Kensington , i s set on th e west ern fringe of th e City. Th e brainchild of Bazz Norton , w ho plays regular sets in th e bar with hi s Trio band , its sleek int erior styling nod s to Square Mile sophi stication . Things get decidedly more raucous from 11pm onward s. Smithfield , 14 Long Lane, EC1A pianosmithfield .com

Bl ac k an d Blue, Wi gmo re St re et Thi s restaurant and bar has recently b een refurbi sh ed , conn ecting th e piano bar downstairs with th e rest of th e venu e. O th er Black and Blu e restaurants al so of fer regular jazz, most notably th e Wat erloo venu e, with per formances e ver y night and free admi ssion . Mar ylebone, 90-92 Wigmore Street, bla ckandbluerestaurants.com

Faster Pasta

The brainchild of City entrepreneurs Amin Bouafsoun and Simone Sajeva, GODO – which translates as ‘enjoy with pleasure’ – delivers top-quality Italian fare directly to your desk, via a simple two-step app. Created by Michelin star chef Tommaso Arrigioni, the pasta dishes are packaged in custom-made glass jars that can be returned to the company for re-use. GODO launched with classics such as penne rigate with lobster, trofie with pra basil pesto and mezzi paccheri with fassone beef ragù. All dishes are delivered via a Vespa or Fiat 500, just to complete the look. GODO delivery service, from £8, GODO, mygodo.com

Beautiful Belgo Popular Belgian hideaway Belgo at Holborn has been a Kingsway staple for more than 20 years, and promises to remain so in the future with a complete £250,000 revamp. Following the successful launch of Belgo Soho in the summer of 2015, the original has entered the 21st century with a stripped-back industrial interior, unique to the Belgo range. The space in the former Lloyd’s Bank is used well, with the basement safe now a beer cellar. Try the traditional mussels, double-cooked chips and Belgian beer, or go all out with the rotisserie chicken from the open-plan kitchen. Belgo, 67 Kingsway, WC2B, belgo.com

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GIN CITY T

he City of London will always have a deep connection with gin. During the first half of the 18th century, the Gin Craze swept the capital, and in the City itself there wasn’t a street or back alley bereft of a gin shop. Water was dangerous to drink, so every third house was a distillery – more than 15,000 altogether – with every man, woman and even child drinking on average half a pint a day. New spices and fruits coming in from exotic, far-flung places gave enthusiasts even more freedom. It didn’t end well. Levels of drunkenness reached epidemic levels, resulting in five Parliamentary Acts against ‘Mother’s Ruin’ and a crackdown comparable to modern drug wars. Gin drinking fell, and for almost 200 years there wasn’t a single gin distiller

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Once the epicentre of English gin production, the City hasn’t produced much of the stuff for two centuries. David Taylor meets the man rediscovering the Square Mile’s gin genetics in the entire City area. That is, until December 2012, when the City of London Distillery (COLD) was founded to give City gin drinkers something to smile about. I meet Jonathan Clark, founder and owner, in the COLD bar, perfectly decorated with just the right level of speakeasy attitude. Jonathan settles into his regular seat, one of the many leather armchairs dotted around the expansive wooden floorspace. The birth of COLD was a sudden one: “At the age of 50 I had my first gin and tonic. I thought ‘why the hell haven’t I had gin before?’ “I had to do something different, so we put a distillery in the bar. [City officials] said ‘you can’t do that’ and gave me two pages of reasons. It took me nine months, but sure enough we were the first distillery located inside a bar in this country.” The idea of a City distillery attracted some big names: Charles Maxwell from Thames Distillers, Desmond Payne of Beefeater, Tanqueray’s Tom Nicholl and Jonathan Adnams all helped to make the bar a reality: “The distillers are absolutely fantastic people, they’ve taught me everything. It’s cost me a lot of meals, but it was fun. It’s probably the first job in my life that I’ve enjoyed doing.” The latest COLD gin, the Christopher Wren, has achieved a five-star-plus rating, placing it in the top 2-3 per cent of gin. To

attain the highest rating in only three years is remarkable, as are the cocktails I try later that night while the pianist’s classic jazz pervades the packed-out bar. Luke, the manager, is affable and attentive to my naïve gin-based requests. He values COLD’s unique qualities: “It’s not your usual venue. There’s so much stuff going on every day, with the distillery and its tours, but we’re also trying to be one of the best bars in London. “More and more people are coming here to drink. People are starting to realise that the City is a good gin location.” The City, it seems, has rediscovered its thirst for gin. 22-24 Bride Lane, EC4Y, cityoflondondistillery.com

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BON VIVEUR

Our man-about-town, Innerplace’s Nick Savage, gives you the insider lowdown on LONDON’S most hedonistic haunts

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ine is a recreational biodynamic wines to London. Its list was a substance, that’s why we like work of deep love and an encyclopaedia of it,” says Daniel Keeling, one low-intervention wines, which were splitting of the proprietors of Noble Rot wine bar. “It opinions like atomic nuclei – mushroom Innerplace gets you drunk”. While this statement is clouds were blooming on Twitter and in is London’s personal delivered glibly, it does express a newthe broadsheets. Wine wasn’t reserved lifestyle concierge. Membership found ethos in London’s wine drinkers for elite expense accounts any more. provides complimentary access to the finest nightclubs, the best that’s as refreshing as a glass of dry There was a coup. The bearded nerds restaurants and top private members’ spumante. Five years ago, natural were taking over! clubs. Innerplace also offers priority wine polarised London oenophiles, Terroirs opened Brawn in bookings, VIP invitations and with traditionalists reviling it as Shoreditch (my personal favourite – insider updates on the latest openings. a nasty new trend and its converts now independent from the group) and innerplace.co.uk quickly becoming dogmatic about what Soif in Battersea. Natural wine rolled out they were drinking. steadily across the capital with a cadre of Natural wine can be difficult to define. Terroirs alums working in or opening spots In short, it means “craft” wine produced like The Remedy in Fitzrovia, Antidote in with little intervention – no pesticides, Soho and Toasted in Dulwich. For a while, fertilisers, or sulphites if possible – which things were particularly partisan. Mention gives it a distinctive taste and ties it that you were excited about natural wines to to its origins. However, there are very the wrong sommelier and you’d elicit a sneer few people checking up on whether a of contempt at best, or a tedious homily on vineyard is strictly organic, how long it why they weren’t any good. On the flip side, has been organic, and whether and how you’d sometimes find recently converted many sulphites are used to arrest the acolytes pitching you subpar options because fermentation process. they hadn’t experienced noble wines before. Now, though, there are a raft of wine bars Now, London is in its third wave of and sommeliers keen to put together lists wine bars and there is a number that that are packed full of the best bottles. They mix the traditional with the new-fangled. want wine to be fun, first and foremost. Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels in Noble Rot is one such venture. It was Neal’s Yard, opened by the Experimental borne on the shoulders of the eponymous Group and headed up by virtuoso magazine, founded by Daniel Murphy two sommelier Julie Oudill, falls into this years earlier with his business partner category. Alongside the best croque Mark Andrew. They found wine-writing madame in the city, CDVS has assembled a bit stilted and dry and wanted to give a list where natural wines from Piedmonte it the same treatment that you find in sit alongside heavy hitters like Petrus, music and sports magazines, to bring it which is available by the glass. into the spotlight as an ‘entertainment’, as Another bar in this vein is Sager advertised on the magazine’s cover. & Wilde, perched on the fringe of This attitude hasn’t been confined to Shoreditch. Opened by husband and wife FROM TOP LEFT Noble Rot. It’s been percolating across team Charlotte and Michael Sager-Wilde, TO RIGHT London for years. It began with Terroirs, the bare brick, candlelit long bar offers Noble Rot; The Antidote nestled in a cosy ground floor and basement a variety of amazing wines at cracking CIRCLES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM just off Trafalgar Square, which opened its prices, many of which are exclusive Terroirs; The Remedy; The Antidote doors in 2008 and introduced organic and to this rustic, cosy drinking den.

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There are models, then there are supermodels, then there is Adriana Lima. Having fronted campaigns with nearly every luxury fashion house on the planet, the Brazilian bombshell has been one of the most indemand pin-ups for more than a decade. The City Magazine steps into the world of an Angel Words: Richard Brown

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ad you happened upon Geneva’s Mandarin Oriental hotel in the third week of January, you may have thought you’d just stumbled across the most well-heeled hideaway in the whole of Europe. As I entered, mid-afternoon, on a dank and dreary Tuesday, Arsenal FC manager Arsene Wenger darted out from its doors and into the sanctuary of a waiting car. Inside, pacing back and forth, Formula One almost-champion Nico Rosberg was gesturing figuratively with one hand as he spoke into a mobile phone in the other. Six steps later, in the hotel’s lounge area, the latest James Bond villain, Christoph Waltz, was reclined in a deep armchair, holding court among friends. There were others too. People you knew you should know, faces from magazines. I took a seat, surveyed the scene, pretended to belong. Astute watch fans among you will have clocked the common bond that links this seemingly unconnected cluster of A-listers – they are all ambassadors for IWC Schaffhausen. As is one of the most famous faces in fashion, the impossibly photogenic

Lima has clearly done her IWC homework Ms Adriana Lima, who happened to be waiting for me in a suite upstairs. The reason Lima, and IWC’s other envoys were in town, was because Richemont – the huge holding company that owns a vast swathe of the luxury watch sector – was hosting its annual carnival in the Geneva Palexpo just down the road. Where better to wheel out your army of emissaries than in front of the world’s waiting press? Lima joined the IWC clan – which also includes Lewis Hamilton, Cate Blanchett, Ewan McGregor and Rosamund Pike – in 2014, when she worked with the fêted fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh for the launch of the brand’s Portofino mid-size collection. “Working with Peter was very special,” Lima recalls, flanked by a couple of IWC press people and cutting a svelte silhouette in a beige, high-neck, shawl-collar-dress (it’s customary with interviews of this ilk to document what the interviewee is wearing. These sort of interviews always take place in hotels). “His work is very cinematographic – there’s a big production and story behind the pictures. Peter really pays attention to the details, to the background, to the positions, he really directs us. The [IWC]

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Born in Salvador, Brazil, Lima’s foray into fashion was something of a fluke

pictures were like art.” Well-scripted PR spiel or not, Lima has clearly done her IWC homework. She was able to discuss everything from the company’s aviation history to its charitable undertakings, noting, even, the size of the cases in the brand’s new pilot’s collection. “This,” she said, grasping the Pilot’s Automatic 36mm on her wrist, “is a return to the past. It’s 36mm [in diameter] so very similar to IWC’s original pilot’s watches [37.5mm]. Being feminine doesn’t mean you can’t pull off a masculine watch. I think women feel empowered by wearing masculine watches.” Born in Salvador, Brazil, Lima’s foray into fashion was something of a fluke. As a teenager, the now 34-year-old was asked by her best friend to accompany her to a modelling contest for moral support. Unfortunately for her friend, Adriana ended up winning. By the time she was 18, Lima had finished first in Ford’s search for the

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PREVIOUS PAGE Adriana Lima at SIHH 2015, © Thomas Niedermueller/ Getty Images for IWC THIS PAGE Backstage at The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2015 in New York, courtesy of Victoria’s Secret

‘Supermodel of Brazil’, moved to New York, and signed up with leading model agency Elite Model Management. She secured her first Vogue cover the following year. “We’re still friends,” Lima says, of the childhood chum who propelled her to catwalk super-stardom. Despite being one of the top three earning models in each of the previous three years (Gisele Bündchen remains untouchable), Lima insists that finding herself in a five-star hotel overrun with household names is as otherworldly to her as it is to me. “I never thought I’d be next to people like this,” she says. “People like Lewis Hamilton and all these other celebrities that are here – honestly, I never thought I would be here. I get shocked, and I freeze a little bit and I don’t know how to react. If you go back and see where I’m from, you can understand why my daily life is still a dream.” While she may have up-skilled herself on the inner workings of IWC, Lima will

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always be more associated with lingerie than mechanical wristwatches. Having taken part in every Victoria’s Secret’s Fashion Show since 2000 – except for 2009, when she was pregnant with her second child – Lima is the brand’s longest-serving ‘Angel’. It’s an accolade of which she’s fiercely proud, and one she’s not ready to relinquish just yet. “I would like to continue for as long as possible,” she says. “Not only at Victoria’s Secret, but as a model for as long as my body will hold up. Hopefully I can pull up another six years – I’m 34 now – because I want to show the world there is a different beauty in mature women, especially after they have had kids. “It’s the beauty of knowing who you are, and not letting anything take your essence away. That’s what I want to prove; that we are even more beautiful as we get older.” If Lima’s current dreams come true, she may be showcasing that beauty in films

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Adriana Lima visits the IWC booth in Geneva, Switzerland, image courtesy of IWC; The 2014 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Finale, image courtesy of Victoria’s Secret; Victoria’s Secret Angels Super Bowl Commercial, image courtesy of Victoria’s Secret

rather than photographs. The current campaign for Marc Jacobs’ Decadence perfume sees a scantily-clad Adriana partake in some seriously provocative writhing around. During filming, the supermodel says, she realised it was something she’d like to do a lot more of – acting, that is, not writhing around. “That commercial was something really different for me. It’s like, that’s when I felt that I would like in the future to be an actress. That’s the moment I found out, so that was a big change. We’ll see if I can make it with this accent!” As time was called on our interview, social media obligations meant that a picture was required for this magazine’s online extension (LuxuryLondon.co.uk, in case you didn’t know). Gracefully, Adriana obliged. With a turn of our heads, we proved how some people are born for the cameras, while others are better suited to remaining behind them.

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Turning a property into a money-spinner was once the preserve of buy-to-let landlords and private developers. Now, a new breed of homeowner is finding they can â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sweat their assetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by tapping into the increasing number of people who are looking to enjoy more authentic and local experiences on their travels Words: Paul Joseph

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he massive growth in home-sharing is rooted in the couch-surfing phenomenon that took hold more than a decade ago. What began as a craze that enabled impoverished students to see the world has spiralled to become a major disrupter to the traditional accommodation market. Its appeal and potential were sitting prey for the digital vultures of Silicon Valley who gobbled it up and spat it back out as the commercial behemoth we now know as Airbnb. Before long, various online platforms were offering a slick and stylised shop window in which to present your home in, quite literally, the best possible light. Today, its tentacles reach every tier of the travel sector. From budget single rooms to studio flats to lavish multi-bedroom family homes in upscale neighbourhoods, every type of traveller is now catered for by this increasingly mainstream segment of the ‘sharing economy’. One key attraction for homeowners offering short-term lets is that there’s serious money to be made – while researching this article, I learned of someone who had racked up six figures worth of rental income in just a few years. A second reason is the convenience of being able to make money from your home while retaining the freedom to stay there whenever you wish – a privilege made largely impossible for conventional lessors. Thirdly, a reason specific to the upper end of the market is the sense of pride and satisfaction that people gain from creating a beautiful home and how this can be enhanced by allowing others to experience it for themselves. A company that synthesises these three factors into a highly sophisticated model is onefinestay. Headquartered in London, it lists upmarket residences in its home city as well as in Paris, New York and Los Angeles – but it is the additional delivery of servicing that truly separates it from the crowd. As well as providing guests with all the trappings of a luxury hotel (including housekeeping, bed linens, high-end toiletries, 24-hour guest services and an iPhone pre-loaded with local recommendations), onefinestay also manages every aspect of your home from booking to check-out. Guests are met in person by a onefinestay greeter who not only hands over the keys but also completes a thorough identity check – including taking a holding deposit – and providing a detailed tour of the home. “Everything is set up to provide peace of mind, convenience and flexibility to homeowners looking to make the best use of their homes when they aren’t in them,” Greg Marsh, co-founder and CEO of onefinestay, tells me.

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It certainly goes to impressive lengths to achieve the former, including videoing the entire property before guests arrive to ensure all possessions are accounted for and taping up any room, cupboard or drawer the owner decrees out of bounds. “After the guest leaves, our team returns everything to its rightful place, ensuring the owner returns to their home to find it just as they left it – perhaps a little cleaner,” Marsh offers as further reassurance. With 1,500 homes listed in London alone, each one rigorously vetted for quality (onefinestay claims that 9 out of 10 applications are rejected), this is evidently no hair-brained business scheme. Just ask Ceril Campbell, a celebrity stylist and home interiors expert and one of the first hosts to sign up after the company’s inception in 2009.

Today, its tentacles reach every tier of the travel sector

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When Campbell, who has styled the homes of the likes of Zara Phillips, Anna Kournikova and Richard Branson, purchased a two-bedroom penthouse flat in Chelsea several years ago, she knew exactly how to make it into the kind of desirable home that people would want to stay in while she was away working or visiting family. She was also desperate to avoid the mountain of stress she had experienced renting out previous properties. “Although onefinestay takes a fair chunk of the rental, every penny is worth it to me because I don’t have to worry about anything,” she says. “I would never use any other companies where your property isn’t ‘policed’ in the same way. “The reality is that whoever stays in your home, no one will ever respect it like an owner. So it’s absolutely crucial that the moment I leave I know it will be returned to how it was when I left and, I must say, they always do, without fail – even down to the contents of my fridge. ” Campbell says she uses the additional income for renovations, holidays and an annual visit to a luxury spa retreat in Hampshire. But she is well aware that her success as a onefinestay host is symbiotic in nature too. “My business is styling people and homes, so everything I do is about first impressions. When you stay in someone else’s home, part of the experience is getting a sense of the personality and tastes of the owner. Because of this, I understand what onefinestay wants from me as a host – and company understands me too. It’s a great match.”

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shooting from the hip For five decades, Brian Cox has been thrilling audiences with his performances on both stage and screen. James Lawrence meets the original Hannibal Lecter to discuss Hollywood, childhood and the state of British politics

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rian Cox – not to be confused with the younger physicist – doesn’t pull any punches. Certainly not when it comes to Red Dragon, the second screen adaptation of Thomas Harris’ first novel to feature the infamous Hannibal Lecter. “The man is a joke – he couldn’t direct traffic, much less a film,” says Cox of the film’s director, Brett Ratner. But then Cox, with over 50 years’ experience in the business, is perhaps more qualified than most to pass judgement on the work of others. Indeed, he excels at it. Particularly as he portrayed the original incarnation of one of cinema’s most iconic villains, when Michael Mann adapted Red Dragon into the film Manhunter in 1986. “After my first reading of the script, I felt a real fascination with the character of Hannibal Lecter, because of his mysterious nature – the audience knows nothing about him really,” recalls Cox. “There was a total lack of empathy there, which I found really interesting.” Subsequently portrayed by Sir Anthony Hopkins – who won an Oscar for his role – Cox’s performance as Lecter is still regarded as a more restrained, chilling interpretation of the character, a part for which actors Brian Dennehy and John Lithgow (of 3rd Rock from the Sun fame) also auditioned. And as fans of his work will testify, villains are his natural forte, having portrayed William Stryker in X2, Agamemnon in Troy and nefarious CIA agent Ward Abbot in the first two Bourne films. Does he feel sympathetic characters are boring to play? “Not really James,” he replies. “Villains are obviously more fun to play, but then again they are often one-dimensional creations, which means you can only go so far with a performance. Balanced characterisations with different motivations are always more interesting to portray, albeit its harder work.” Today though, Cox appears to have left the rigours of the acting world behind, sat in the offices of his agent, Conway Van Gelder. The 69-year-old divides his time between the UK and New York, where he lives with his second wife, the actress Nicole Ansari and their two children. It’s a genial picture of a happy family, but one that stands in complete contrast to Cox’s own childhood. The son of a butcher, Cox lost his father to pancreatic cancer when he was just eight years old. His mother, who suffered from a nervous breakdown and tried to commit suicide, was forced to endure electric shock therapy. “I had to grow up very quickly, it was a poignant time,” he says. “My sisters were very kind to me, but essentially I had to look after myself from an early age.”

But with early aspirations to pursue a career in acting, Cox joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of 14, before enrolling to study at the London Academy of Music and Arts three years later. “The truth is the exact moment I decided I wanted to be an actor is beyond conscious memory, although I recall performing in front of my family at a young age,” says Cox. “My early days at the cinema revolved around the works of Dean Martin, who had a profound affect on me, before I graduated to James Dean.” Less thrilling though was his initial introduction to the theatre. “I remember going to see my first play while I was still at school – Henry V, part 1, I believe. The other children ruined the experience for me, I remember that those poor actors couldn’t hope to compete with their noise – my classmates were complete ignoramuses,” he exclaims. Undaunted, however, by such early disappointments, Cox pursued a career on the stage following his graduation from the Academy of Music and Arts. He gained a position at the Lyceum company in Edinburgh in 1965, followed by a stint at the Birmingham Rep and London’s Vaudeville Theatre. “Above all else, theatre is what separates the girls from the women and the boys from the men,” he says. “The hours are long and demanding; the whole day is spent in preparation for one performance at night.” Following his formative years at Vaudeville and the Lyceum, Cox’s early film credits include Airplane II, Nicholas and Alexandra and Manhunter, although the stage would continue to play an important role in his life. After a short stint on Broadway, Cox joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, a position leading actors still covet today. “After I completed filming Manhunter my first marriage fell apart and life became a bit of a mess,” he admits. “I had actually avoided the RSC in my 20s and 30s, as I wanted to pursue other work but it offered some stability in a difficult period, and although I never planned to stay long, I ended up staying there for three years.” Cox subsequently won critical plaudits for his work at the National Theatre, particularly for his performance of King Lear, originally working alongside Laurence Olivier in the starring role at the RSC. His most famous performance, however, was that of the titular role in Titus Andronicus, which Cox describes as a: “poison chalice of a part, as it’s very easy to mess up such a complex character and play.” The ultimate actor’s worst nightmare though, must surely be forgetting their lines on stage. “It’s happened to me on more than one occasion – it occurred

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recently during a performance of Waiting for Godot, at the Lyceum. It’s like being on small boat on a calm sea, and then suddenly, you’re hit by a massive tidal wave. Thank god, though, for improvisation.” Cox describes a funny scenario in 1997 during a performance of St. Nicholas at the Bush Theatre, where, in a one-man show, he plays a theatre critic in Ireland who heads to London in pursuit of a woman. “I go on stage and notice not only my ex-girlfriend, but also my ex-ex girlfriend sitting exactly opposite. And I must admit, I totally lost my thread and went blank. I had no choice, I simply told the audience that I had to start again.” I ask Cox if after several decades performing on stage, he has has grown tired of the theatre. Another great thespian, Sir Ben Kingsley, had said many times in interviews that he’d never return, but not so the great man before me. “Actually, I’m more in love with the theatre than ever. I really enjoyed doing Waiting for Godot in Edinburgh, opposite the actor Bill Paterson. It’s the origins of our profession, and that should never be forgotten.” Ironically though, Cox has harsh words to say about the medium of cinema, especially considering that his fame largely results from major film roles such as X2 and Troy. “Cinema, James, is in danger of disappearing up its corporate arse. The industry is full of crap, people who are not really artists – executive producers spring to mind.” His damming appraisal of modern cinema is very much the mark of a man who never, ever minces his words. He stops short though of criticising directors he has worked with, instead naming Spike Lee as one of the greatest directors in cinema today – “a brilliant man and

consummate film-maker.” Towards the end of the interview, the words Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Tory Party and the last election ignite a seemingly unstoppable torrent of opinions and expletives from Cox, who has taken an active role in politics in recent times. A lifelong member of the Labour Party, Cox campaigned for Labour before the Scottish Parliamentary elections in 2007, although he has since quit the party and now supports the Scottish National Party. “I felt the Labour Party had lost all connection with its roots; whatever you say about Jeremy Corbyn, he is connecting with young people and does offer an alternative vision of social responsibility in this country,” he says. Then with heartfelt fervour, he commences a lengthy monologue on the future of Britain: “I was quite dismayed by the last election result, as a party that simply doesn’t give a f*** about the people were voted into power. So we have enlarged the number of totally disenfranchised people living in the UK, governed by a party solely concerned with the interests of the wealthy. Of course, that’s the capitalist imperative, they’re not interested in the small guy because he’s cheap and pretty disposable. It’s the ultimate expression of global capitalism I suppose – why make it here when it can be made elsewhere for much less? And as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, to invoke a cliché, we continue to encourage the breakdown of all social relationships. It has to stop.” Perhaps Brian Cox will be remembered by future generations as the political activist who demanded a rerun of socialism, rather than as the splendid actor he so clearly is.

“As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, we continue to encourage the breakdown of all social relationships. It has to stop”

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WATCHES & JEWELLERY Celebrating the delightful and the divine from the world of fine jewellery and haute horology

TRUE COLOURS Stroll down New Bond Street and you will not fail to spot the latest addition to this luxury watch and jewellery hub: De Grisogono’s newly opened store. Its colourful windows stand out from its competitors and will no doubt entice shoppers inside, mesmerised by the stunning display of pieces (some of which are exclusive to the London store). Unlike the Swiss brand’s previous boutiques, the new David Collins Studio-designed flagship has been divided into three rooms, mirroring the traditional aesthetic of an Italian house to tie in with founder Fawaz Gruosi’s Florentine heritage. Along with a dedicated watch area, there is a Grand Sala (or drawing room) that is reached via a vestibule and has been decorated with mid-century Italian furniture. 15a New Bond Street, W1S, degrisogono.com

Photography Adrien Dirand

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Roger Dubuis welcomed guests with a red carpet reception and models dressed by Alexander McQueen

Black Velvet, £44,600, Roger Dubuis

Lady Arpels Ronde des Papillons, £89,500, Van Cleef & Arpels

Panthères et Colibri, POA, Cartier

Secret Heart, £64,000, Roger Dubuis

Dragon Mystérieux, POA, Cartier Limelight Stella, £24,500, Piaget

Inside SIHH 2016 In th e raref i ed w orl d of lu xur y w at ch e s, fe w bran d s are in d e p en d ently ow n ed . R o l e x, Pat ek P hi li pp e an d Breitlin g remain auton om ou s . Th e re st of th e bi g b oy s are ow n ed by hu ge p arent c omp ani e s . Th e manufacturers h eld by Kering, LVMH and Swatch Group choose to exhibit at th e annual Baselw orld watch show. Th e brand s that are own ed by Rich emont have a fair all of th eir own . Th e Salon Int ernational de la Haut e Horlogerie, or SIHH, takes place in Gen e va e ver y Januar y. Amid th e abrasive and th e kitsch , th e haughty and th e h einous, th ese were th e tim epieces that most stood out in 2016. And yes, th ese prices are real . We ch ecked .

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Ladies’ high jewellery watches When it came to ladies’ watches, the majority of efforts at SIHH 2016 were geared towards women of a considerable spending power. Roger Dubuis welcomed guests with a red carpet reception and models dressed by Alexander McQueen and Maison Margiela. Its Velvet Diva collection was designed to turn heads, but it was the more understated creations within the range, particularly the Black Velvet (£44,600) and Secret Heart (£64,000), that shone the brightest. High jewellery timepieces stole the show at Cartier. The diamond-scaled dragon on the brand’s Dragon Mystérieux (POA) wraps itself around an hour and minute hand seemingly suspended in midair, while the Panthères et Colibri (POA) possesses a crown that, when pushed, ushers out a young panther from beneath its mother. Continuing its movement, the panther progresses to chase away a hummingbird, which flutters to the top of the dial where it acts as a power reserve

indicator. Very smart indeed. Piaget’s timepieces were a more paredback affair. The elegant, quartz-powered Limelight Gala ( from £27,700) is set with 62 brilliant-cut diamonds and is available with either a white gold or pink gold Milanese strap. If mechanical means more to you, then the Limelight Stella ( from £24,500) is equipped with Piaget’s in-house, automatic Caliber 584P movement. The watch’s moon phase indicator requires just one correction every 122 years. Choose the watch with or without diamonds. No one could deny the intrinsic beauty of Van Cleef & Arpels’ Lady Arpels Ronde des Papillons (£89,500). From under a collection of layered, mother-of-pearl clouds, three butterflies emerge to display the minutes of the hour. At the bottom of the dial, a white gold swallow indicates the hours of the day. Delicate, delightful and, at 38mm in diameter, not too extravagant for delicate wrists, the watch offered wow factor in spades.

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TIME TRAVELLERS

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Among the hordes of celebrity ambassadors patrolling the show, the following stars proved to be the real showstoppers Whether it was GMTs, world-timers or pilot’s watches, time travel was the overriding theme of SIHH 2016. Perhaps most significant of all was IWC’s Timezoner Chronograph – the first watch to allow its wearer to set the time zone, as well as the date, simply by rotating its bezel. Purists may not appreciate its cluttered dial, but by offering clear legibility and a flyback chronograph function, the Timezoner, unlike most world-timers, could actually be used for the purpose it was intended. Other noteworthy world-timers included Montblanc’s 4810 Orbis Terrarum and Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Geophysic Universal Time. The former features a coloured dial below a transparent map that rotates so that you can distinguish night from day. JLC’s is the only world-timer to sport a deadbeat seconds hand, meaning that it ‘jumps’, rather than glides, between seconds. The result is a ‘truer’ representation of time. FROM LEFT 4810 Orbis Terrarum, £4,500, Montblanc; Timezoner Chronograph, £9,450, IWC; Geophysic Universal Time, £18,300, Jaeger-LeCoultre

Pilot Watch Mark XVIII, £3,190, IWC

Pilot’s Watch Mark XVIII Edition ‘Le Petit Prince’, £3,190, IWC

Drive de Cartier, £4,550, Cartier Chronométrie Collection Twincounter Date, £2,155, Montblanc

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For watches that won’t require a re-mortgaging of your house, look towards Montblanc, Cartier and IWC. Cartier’s Drive was something of a sensation. Bolstering what is already Richemont’s biggest brand, the completely new timepiece was a lesson in masculine watch design. Slim, elegant and perfectly proportioned, the vintage-inspired pieces feature a cushion-shaped case and come equipped with an in-house movement. Expect the Drive to fly off jewellers’ shelves when it’s released in June. Equally buzzworthy was IWC’s Pilot’s Watch Mark XVIII, the latest in a long line of legendary pilot’s watches. A return to its roots, with its uncluttered dial and ergonomic design, the watch will find favour among IWC purists. The Mark XVIII is 40mm in size and you can opt for either a black or silver dial. Pilot or not, at £3,190, it’s a handsome investment for any wrist. Continuing to evolve under the stewardship of CEO Jérôme Lambert – previously Jaeger-LeCoultre and A. Lange & Söhne – Montblanc presented the Chronométrie Collection Twincounter Date. Powered by a brand new Montblanc movement, the 40mm piece has a 38-hour power reserve and is water-resistant to 30 metres. Smart, sharp and sporting a self-winding, inhouse calibre, the watch is a snip at £2,155.

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Parmigiani Fleurier’s Tonda Chronor Anniversaire, £103,000 Possibly the best-looking watch of SIHH 2016, Parmigiani Fleurier’s Tonda Chronor Anniversaire celebrates the brand’s 20th anniversary by including the company’s first inhouse integrated chronograph – a hugely impressive feat for such a small, albeit brilliant, manufacturer. Audemars Piguet’s Supersonnerie, CHF520,000 Thanks to three patents, eight years of research and 478 parts, AP has created the most clearsounding minute repeater of all time. Not only does it chime with absolute purity, but it also houses a tourbillon chronograph. Ding ding. MB&F’s HM6 SV, £300,000 When you’d actually wear it, we don’t know, but when the HM6 SV comprises a flying tourbillon and 11 pieces of sapphire crystal – one of the most difficult materials to work with – there’s no denying MB&F is the ultimate master of the avant-garde. Van Cleef & Arpels’s Midnight Nuit Lumineuse, POA Spread across the handpainted, diamond-set dial of the Midnight Nuit Lumineuse is the Monoceros constellation, more commonly known as the Unicorn. Activate the pusher at 8 o’clock and six of the stars light up. Powered by an electro-mechanical movement, rather than a battery, it’s something that has never been seen before in watchmaking.

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shake it off From her movable bangles to her Glam’Azone pieces, Valérie Messika has spent the past decade shaking up the diamond business with her brand’s edgy, rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic. As jewellery historian Vivienne Becker explores the company’s achievements in her new book, Olivia Sharpe speaks to the founder about her diamond legacy

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alérie Messika has broken new ground in the diamond industry with her eponymous jewellery brand. At a time when diamonds were perceived as “unattainable and untouchable” (says Becker in her book), it was she who set about changing the industry’s perception and forging a new language for the diamond as something that is light, wearable, youthful and stylish. Eleven years later, and Messika Joaillerie has done just that – renowned for its revolutionary and cutting-edge take on diamond design, it has successfully bridged the gap between the worlds of high jewellery and fashion. To say that diamonds are in Valérie’s DNA is an understatement. Her father, Andre Messika, is a well-known diamond dealer and Valérie spent her childhood playing with rare stones that he brought home. This is what led her to view diamonds in a different light: not as precious objects, but as something to enjoy and take pleasure in every day. However, she admits to having always been more interested in fashion – “My example was never jewellery, always fashion” – and has always greatly admired couturiers Yves Saint Laurent and Alaïa for their ability to blur the lines between masculine and feminine clothing, and create pieces that “sculpt the body”. It was while working at Chanel that the then 23-year-old first began unconsciously realising her vision for her brand. “It is one of the most powerful brands in the world and it was very interesting for me to see it from the inside. It was 1999 and I remember how I could sense Coco Chanel’s presence in the building. People referring to her and her heritage, and it was this that made me realise how important the DNA of a brand is. So when I launched my company, that was my first consideration.” Following this, Valérie went to work for her father, but soon discovered that she was not interested in the dealing side of things and knew her heart lay in design. “I realised fairly soon that the job was not really for me because it had quite an old-fashioned mentality,” she comments. “So after a few years I said to him, ‘Dad, if I stay with the business I have to do my own work because I feel that there are no in-between brands in jewellery and I would like this to change.” Valérie was determined to find some middle ground between the high jewellery houses on the Place Vendôme and inexpensive brands, and while initially dubious about her concept, Andre accepted his daughter’s proposal with the condition that diamonds remained at the heart of her company. To this day, Valérie has never gone against her word and this has undoubtedly paid off. “I think he was right for many reasons,” she explains. “I was born into a world of diamonds so they are my area of expertise. I think it’s very important for the consumer to understand that we are specialists in this subject because this is what makes us stand apart from other jewellers. It’s the same as fashion brands that are specialists in cashmere or knitwear. I think if I were to

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work with coloured gemstones, it would deviate from my DNA.” Typically, size is one of the most important factors when it comes to a diamond’s value. However, Valérie has never personally been drawn to massive rocks, having always preferred the tiny gems she was allowed to play with as a child. “Strangely, I found myself much more emotionally attached to the very small stones I would find buried in an envelope than a massive 15-carat rock,” she says, smiling. “To have something so small, precious and shiny in your hand is very special.” This is why the jeweller began experimenting with micro-pavé, creating her first ever piece which has now become signature to the brand: the Move bangle. The playful, daring design – a simple bracelet featuring three diamonds that slide effortlessly from side to side on a hidden rail – pushed boundaries in the way that it highlighted the potential versatility and transformability of diamond jewellery. “At the time I launched my brand, the state of mind among women in Paris was that you could only wear diamonds for special occasions or if it was your engagement ring. But I wanted to show them that diamond jewellery could be something cool, casual and modern that you could wear every day.” Although Valérie modestly says how she has never considered herself a designer, she believes she has an innate ability to sense what women today want to wear and judging from her own modern sense of style, you can well believe it. One of the jeweller’s prized possessions in her wardrobe is a Ralph Lauren leather jacket which can be dressed up or down depending on her mood – “I can pair it with something more relaxed or I can dress it up to make it look more sophisticated” – along with her abundant collection of shoes (how many pairs this includes she refuses to tell me for fear of her husband’s reaction). Valérie’s impeccable taste is further illustrated in her Paris atelier, which truly stands apart from traditional jewellery workshops with its beautifully light, airy and contemporary design. And yet, she insists that she would never try to impart her own style onto other women as what she loves most about Messika is that it has such universal appeal. “When I visit my shop, I see a lot of women walking in with their mums and walking out with different pieces because at Messika there are so many different styles and price brackets. And each piece reveals something about your own personal style.” Current fans of the brand include Beyoncé,

It was while working at Chanel that then 23-year-old Valérie first began realising her vision for her brand

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Valérie isn’t opposed to branching out into other product categories and hints that a watch collection might be on the horizon

above Messika High Jewellery atelier in Paris, ©Eugénie Martinez right Rihanna, Daily Front Row Awards, 2015, photography: Steve Granitz/Getty Images

Rihanna and Cara Delevingne, highlighting that the women who covet Messika share a unique, confident and individual sense of style. The inspiration for another of the house’s best-selling designs, Skinny, came from Valérie having envisaged a “diamond tattoo” bracelet, whereby gems look as though they have been traced onto the skin. The ergonomic and tactile design was inspired by the red Kabbalah bracelet that was all the rage in the ‘90s largely thanks to Madonna. “It’s almost like an elastic of diamonds. It looks very comfortable because it fits every width of wrist.” With its flexibility, fashion-forwardness and fragility, Skinny, like Move, perfectly captures the spirit of Messika. In the Paris atelier, you will find moodboards with cutout pictures of runway shows, architecture, accessories and ballerinas, as Valérie has often found inspiration in dance and movement for her body-conscious pieces. For the tenth-anniversary high jewellery collection unveiled at last year’s Baselworld, pieces drew reference to the natural grace of a swan. The jeweller isn’t opposed to branching out into other product categories and hints that a watch collection might be on the horizon, but for the moment she feels that the brand is still very young and needs time to mature. She hopes one day to pass on her company to her two daughters, one of whom, as fate would have it, was born on the same day as the opening of her first store. For the time being, however, the most important

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thing for Valérie is to remain true to herself and to her roots: “I am very lucky because I have invested my heart and soul into my brand and I think even if my clients don’t know that, they can sense it. We don’t lie. The big lesson I’ve learnt is to follow my instincts

“I am very lucky because I have invested my heart and soul into my brand” because I’m not a very self-confident person, but the more I work in the business, the more confident I am becoming. Sometimes you just have a feeling and you can’t explain it, but you just have to go with it.” Whichever direction Messika moves in, I am certain that it will only be forward. ‘Messika Joaillerie’ by Vivienne Becker, £16, is available from the end of February, assouline.com

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Words: olivia sharpe

Romancing the Stone

The story of Tiffany & Co.’s now world-famous diamond engagement ring, the Tiffany Setting, begins with the American jeweller’s founder, Charles Lewis Tiffany, who set out in 1886 to create a ring that highlighted the beauty of brilliant-cut diamonds. 130 years and countless proposals and film appearances later, he certainly succeeded in his mission. Fittingly, Tiffany & Co. has chosen to mark this impressive milestone with a year-long celebration. This will involve a brand new campaign which, rather than relying on models or celebrities as endorsements, will instead feature the company’s skilled artisans who are responsible for the rings’ creation. tiffany.co.uk

I PROMISE TO LOVE YOU

New Hue So fast-paced is the jewellery industry today that if you stand still for a second, you will almost certainly get left behind. This is something Pomellato understands only too well, as the Milanese jeweller never appears to rest in its constant pursuit to innovate its pieces. And nothing illustrates this better than the brand’s signature Nudo pendant collection, which has been reinvented once again for 2016 with a new rose gold chain to be worn with one of any six coloured gemstones. Nudo pendant with rose gold chain, £1,320, pomellato.com

Top of the Game “She [Tracey Emin] has been my friend for 30 years and she made me the ‘I promise to love you’ neon sign for my store in Beverly Hills. One day I said to her, ‘Let me have a go at seeing what I can come up with out of your work and our relationship’.” When The City Magazine interviewed Stephen Webster last year, we were fortunate to be one of the first publications to see the designer’s collaborative collection with artist Tracey Emin, which has only now been released. Capturing the artist’s iconic neon works with the jeweller’s expert craftsmanship, Webster has created a range of pieces that use gold and diamonds to spell out Emin’s trademark handwriting, with declarations including ‘With You I Breathe’, ‘Love’ and ‘More Passion’. Figurative woodland creatures inspired by Emin’s hand-drawn animal sketches have also been brought to life as charms. Out just in time for Valentine’s Day, it is a true testament of friendship. I Promise to Love You, from £400-19,000, stephenwebster.com

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Before becoming the founder of one of the pinnacle French fashion houses, a young Christian Dior spent his childhood playing games in the gardens of his hometown of Granville. Jewellery designer Victoire de Castellane has once again chosen to capture this idyllic part of Christian Dior’s history in her latest collection, christened Granville. Made up of 12 unique pieces, each one tells the story of childish outdoor games with the vivid rainbow of coloured stones: green beryl, peridot, aquamarine, tanzanite, chrysoberyl, pink tourmaline and rubellite all play lead roles. Granville collection, POA, dior.com

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Enterprising Investment As investors mull the rocky financial landscape for all-tooscarce investment diamonds in the rough, The City Magazine asks Sarah Wadham, director general of the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association, whether we should turn our sights to the high growth potential of innovative and entrepreneurial home-grown British companies

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hese are tricky times for many private investors. The year has begun in extremely volatile fashion, with stocks down across the globe as economic uncertainty and poor prospects for corporate earnings weigh on market sentiment. The turbulent start to the year follows an extremely choppy 2015, in which the flagship index for blue-chip UK stocks, the FTSE 100, fell some five per cent and the main US equity benchmark, the S&P 500, was down by almost one per cent. Of course, there were some winners among listed markets: European equities had a good 2015 and Japanese stocks ended the year almost nine per cent up, buoyed by quantitative easing. Surprisingly, China’s Shanghai Composite Index closed at the end of December some 9.5 per cent higher, though its rollercoaster tendencies are too much for all but the bravest (or most foolhardy) investors. But with the prospects for mainstream listed equity markets seemingly so dire, whether such returns can be repeated in 2016 is open to doubt. We ask whether readers should turn their sights towards the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association, and the host of juicy

tax breaks to be found in Enterprise Investment Schemes.

What are EIS and SEIS? The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) provide early-stage and developing UK entrepreneurial businesses with much-needed equity capital. Importantly, the schemes also represent legitimate Government-created and supported tax-efficient investments, allowing private investors to back promising companies at an early stage. As such, EIS and SEIS arguably provide a unique marriage of high investment growth potential and a range of tax benefits, although investors need to be aware that these are high-risk illiquid investments. How big is the EIS and SEIS sector? In the two decades since the launch of EIS, the market has grown to more than £1 billion a year. In fact, a record £1.5billion was raised in 2013-14. Since its creation in 1994, EIS has provided more than £12.3bn to some 22,900 smaller companies. Approved applications for the initiative are now at record levels.

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Uniquely, to recognise that these are high-risk investments, they also come with loss relief should the investee company fail

Why invest? No one should invest in EIS or SEIS for the tax incentives alone, but the incentives are very generous. In fact, EIS and SEIS are arguably one of the most tax-efficient investments legitimately available to private investors. Respectively, they provide initial income tax relief of 30 per cent for EIS or 50 per cent for SEIS on the sum invested, so effectively every pound invested only costs an investor 70p or 50p at the time of investment. Investments are free of Capital Gains Tax and there is usually no Inheritance Tax after the investments have been held for two years. They also provide CGT deferral, meaning Capital Gains Tax due from the sale of other investments can be deferred through an investment in EIS or SEIS and the CGT only comes into charge when the EIS/SEIS asset is sold. If the holder dies during the holding period, the CGT due never comes into charge. Uniquely, to recognise that these are high-risk investments, they also come with loss relief should the investee company fail, meaning the maximum loss on any single company through an EIS is 38.5p in the pound for 45 per cent taxpayers. For SEIS, that comes down to a maximum loss of 27.5p in the pound for 45 per cent taxpayers. Of course, the tax reliefs are there for a reason. Investing in early-stage and smaller companies carries more investment risk than investing in a blue-chip company listed on the FTSE 100. But the reward potential is much higher. At last year’s annual EISA awards, the winner of the ‘Best Exit’ category was an investment manager called Parkwalk, which, at the end of a three-year holding period, had delivered a tenfold or 1,000 per cent return for investors from a company called Tracsis, a specialist technology company to the rail and transport industries. The investment manager that was highly commended, Acceleris, delivered a 9x/900 per cent return to investors on an internet service provider company it had held for four years called Metronet. And Calculus Capital generated an 8.2x/820 per cent return for investors on biotech firm Scancell, which it had held for just under four years prior to realising the gain. It is, however, worth noting that many EIS and SEIS companies fail completely, so it is important for investors to hold a spread of EIS or SEIS investments. For many investors, investment through an EIS Fund run by professional managers gives a convenient way of spreading their risk. What about the risks? The risks should not be understated. Smaller, early-stage and start-up

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businesses go under for one reason or another all too regularly, sometimes because they have struggled to obtain the funding they so badly need to thrive over the longer term. From a portfolio construction pointof-view, most EIS and SEIS investments should be categorised as at the higher end of the risk spectrum, perhaps in a range that includes microcap stocks and certain alternative investments. But, for wealthier and more sophisticated investors, EIS and SEIS companies’ growth potential makes them an extremely compelling proposition, while the tax reliefs offset the risks considerably. Investment through EIS Funds where private investors invest via professionally managed SEIS and EIS funds or portfolios make up almost half the total investment into EIS/SEIS. It is the job of the investment managers to mitigate risks by carrying out extensive due diligence and investment research into prospective investee companies and to continue to monitor and mentor the investee companies post investment. Risks are also reduced through diversification – investment managers will typically run portfolios of several different companies, so investors are not investing in just one company. What sort of companies are eligible for EIS and SEIS investment? There are a few restrictions on sectors or industries that can receive funding, including accountancy and professional services firms, property developers, farming businesses and asset-backed industries like hotels and care homes. A more recent exemption is the renewable energy industry, which is no longer eligible as a qualifying EIS/SEIS investment based on the view that it is now mature enough to stand on its own feet. Very recently, legislative changes came into force that are designed to ensure capital is targeted at the companies that need it most. They placed the focus firmly on smaller and earlier-stage companies, so investment risks will arguably increase. Eligible companies must now be less than seven years old (or, technically, seven years from their first relevant commercial sale), while so-called ‘knowledge-intensive’ companies, which effectively means those with high research and development costs, have a higher age limit from their first commercial sale of ten years. But, as long as these requirements are met (and some other more technical ones – details can be found at eisa.org.uk), any type of business can seek EIS or SEIS funding, from a fast-food outlet to a film producer. eisa.org.uk

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DIY SEIS

Did you know that you could form your own SEIS company? If you have a business idea, you could get together with your fellow investors and set up an SEIS company Words: Robert Solyom, Partner, Brown Butler, leeds

fter forming a SEIS company, you would qualify for 50 per cent income tax relief (ie. for every £1 invested you would receive a 50p tax rebate) and if it was successful your gain on a future disposal could be tax-free. You need a minimum of four investors (if everyone wants to claim the relief) because one of the conditions for claiming the relief is that you cannot own more than 30 per cent of the company (shares held by spouses and other relatives are aggregated. However, shares held by siblings are not). So, you could have a SEIS company whereby brothers and sisters are the investors and they all qualify for SEIS relief. A summary of the main tax reliefs available for SEIS investments is as follows: • Income tax relief of 50 per cent of the investment up to a maximum of £100,000. • Capital Gains Tax exemption on a future sale of the shares (the shares usually need to be held for at least three years). • Partial Capital Gains Tax exemption (50 per cent) for gains (on any asset) which are re-invested into SEIS companies. • If the shares are disposed of at a loss,

an election can be made to set that loss against income instead of being set off against any capital gains. So, if you are a higher rate taxpayer, your potential loss on the investment is limited to 30p in the £. If you pay tax at 45 per cent, the loss is limited to 27.5p in the £. • As SEIS is only applicable for trading companies, your SEIS shares should qualify for 100 per cent business property relief for Inheritance Tax purposes after two years. Given the very generous tax reliefs, there are certain conditions that need to be met by both the company and investor. These can be complex but the main ones are: • The investor cannot be ‘connected’ with the company – this can apply if they hold more than 30 per cent of the shares or if they are employed by the company at any time from the date of issue of the shares to the third anniversary of that date. Directors are not classed as being employed. • The company (or business) must be less than two years old at the time the shares are issued. • The company must be an unquoted company at the time the shares are issued and must not be controlled by another company.

• The company’s gross assets cannot exceed £200,000 immediately before any share issue and it must have fewer than 25 full-time employees (or their equivalents) at the time the shares are issued. • No more than £150,000 may be raised by the company under the SEIS scheme. • The company must be ‘trading’ – asset-backed trades are generally excluded (eg financial services and property letting). There are many issues to consider if SEIS relief is to be claimed, and the legislation can be complex. We have extensive experience of advising clients with small syndicated SEIS companies. For further information, please contact Robert Solyom (robertsolyom@ brownbutler.com) or Craig Hughes (craighughes@brownbutler.com) or call 0113 246 1234. brownbutler.com

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THE FINE PRINT From solid stripes to frivolous florals, this season we follow the pattern, dismissing safe and simple for a playful parade of prints

missoni

In 1953, the Missoni family made a name for themselves, and a very big name at that, offering quality, colourful knitwear. Given the extent of its success these past 63 years, it’s hardly surprising that the Italian fashion house has stayed true to its roots. This season, top model Freja Beha Erichsen brings Missoni’s women’s collection front and centre with a vibrant campaign that perfects decades of playful prints. Horizontal and vertical lines meet irregular zigzag designs, not to mention optical effects, for truly triumphant threads. missoni.com

D O LC E & GABBANA Another Italian fashion powerhouse to follow the S/S16 pattern was Dolce & Gabbana . Its play ful Spring Time in the City, Italian Summer and Daisy collections transport us back to the 1950s and 60s with a daywear collection that features optical stripes, geometric prints and a f loral bouquet for a directional and fashion-oriented addition to the contemporar y working woman’s wardrobe. dolcegabbana .com

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ANTONIO BERARDI

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO Acclaimed photographer Craig McDean has captured the fresh and graphic colouring at the very heart of Ferragamo’s creative director Massimiliano Giornetti’s S/S16 ready-to-wear and accessories collections. Lo Splendore Della Vita [The Splendour of Life] marks an uplifting new chapter in the House’s visual communications, while showcasing the buoyant grace of this gorgeous collection. Horizontal, vertical and diagonal stripes in pops of colour have us longing for warmer weather and the seaside. ferragamo.com

Striped sandal, £655, Salvatore Ferragamo, ferragamo.com

Horizontal, vertical and diagonal stripes in pops of colour have us longing for warmer weather and the seaside

CHRISTOPHER KANE During a preview at his studio, Kane remarked: “Our life has been a bit of a car crash recently.” The designer and his family have been dealing with the recent loss of their mother, and of Christopher’s mentor in the past couple of years. With this knowledge, we find the imagery of car wrecks, fractured shapes and jagged cut-outs and spray-painting filtered into his dresses and tailoring entirely symbolic. christopherkane.com

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Antonio Berardi is a British fashion designer of Sicilian descent. He’s best known for his sensual, figure-hugging dresses and striking, classical, dressed-up styles, but is also noted for combining these body-conscious silhouettes with striking graphic, monochromatic looks. While his S/S16 offering isn’t entirely representative of his famed figure-hugging dresses, the collection features his signature monochrome, but it’s the pretty and playful prints that really steal the show. Intricate and notably busy patterns turn up on dresses, palazzo trousers and tailored separates, allowing you to daringly layer prints for an evening out, or play it safe in the office with black tailored trousers and a floral blouse. Attention to detail has clearly been given to each and every garment, with pleats, embroidery and regal embellishments creating show-stoppers, which further enrich a truly stunning collection. It has been noted that among Berardi’s influences is his mother, who believes a woman’s clothes should reflect her femininity, propriety and sense of quality – we think she’d be proud. Berardi has also noted mentor John Galliano as another key influence in his design. matchesfashion.com/Antonio-Berardi

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SMALL BLESSINGS THIS SEASON, CUT YOUR BACK SOME SLACK AND CARRY A MINIATURE BAG TO MAKE A MASSIVE STATEMENT

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1. Mini Lady Dior bag, £1,750, Dior, dior.com; 2. Ayers mini backpack, £1,135, Prada, prada.com; 3. Pink shoulder box bag, £965, Salvatore Ferragamo, ferragamo.com; 4. Padlock Blooms shoulder bag, £835, Gucci, gucci.com; 5. Lockett Petite bag, £1,195, Jimmy Choo, jimmychoo.com; 6. Mini Lily bag, £375, Mulberry, mulberry.com; 7. The Mini Trunk clutch, £395, Aspinal of London, aspinaloflondon.com

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crÈme de la crÈme Plump, perfect and prime with a killer kit to fight the telltale signs of ageing

Rose Lip Conditioner, £20, Aerin, net-a-porter.com

Pure collagen spray In a world first, Carol Joy London brings a pure collagen spray that’s clinically proven to help plump out the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Furthermore, soluble collagen molecules and natural moisturising factors promise to replenish the skin’s moisture. £100, Carol Joy London, caroljoylondon.com

Sublimage L’Extrait, £370, Chanel, chanel.com

We a r d i a m o n d s t o b e d w i t h I I I S K I N ’s re g e n e ra t i n g B l a c k D i a m o n d Ni g h t C re a m t h a t b o o st s t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f g l u t a t h i o n e , hya l u r o n i c a c i d a n d c o l l a g e n – a l l o f w h i c h a re vital in combating the signs of ageing. R a re d i a m o n d p a r t i c l e s w o rk t h r o u g h t h e o u t e r l ay e r o f s k i n t o d e l iv e r t h e b ra n d ’s firming and tightening NAC Y² formula, w h i l e a rb u t i n , a b r i g h t e n i n g a g e n t , i l l u m i n a t e s t o h e l p re b u i l d a h e a l t hy c o m p l e x i o n .

Celestial Black Diamond Night Cream, £599, 111SKIN, net-a-porter.com

Capture Totale Multi-Perfection Crème Universal Texture, £108, Dior, selfridges.com

Gold has long been praised for its healthgiving properties, and this ‘ liquid gold’ is no exception. Tried and tested by The City Magazine, this product caused some serious disputes as it was reluctantly passed around. C ellular Radiance Perfecting Fluide Pure Gold , £355, La P rairie, laprairie.co.uk

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Spring clean

your style Get ready for the Spring Fashion Weekend at Canary Wharf from Friday 1st to Sunday 3 April with this preview of the season’s hottest trends

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Wharf’s Spring Fashion Event. Clean out your winter closet and make space for statement pieces in warm tones and inviting

textures. On April the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Canary Wharf’s leading stores will be offering exclusive

Georgia Layered Full Midi Dress, £425, L.K.Bennett, Jubilee Place

discounts to help you step in to the new season in spectacular style. Here are some top picks to look out for and a full list of all the fantastic brands involved in the Spring Fashion Weekend.

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Baja bracelet in Green Onyx, £210 and Purple Quartz, £220, Monica Vinader, Jubilee Place

trend tip Off-the-shoulder styles have a fun and flirty edge

Metallic Gold Sandals, £225, L.K.Bennett, Jubilee Place Santiago Dress £229, Hobbs, Canada Place

Chameleon Tote, £995, Aspinal of London, Cabot Place

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Lita top in Paprika, £120, Reiss, Cabot Place and Jubilee Place

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Dot Pierced Earrings, £59, Swarovski, Cabot Place

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Off-the-shoulder tops, cutout details and bare shoulders sit amidst flirty ruffles, voluminous flamenco skirts and vivid red tones to give a sense of Spanish romance to the season. Take a subtle cue from the trend with a small flash of red shoe, or go full-on siren in a red dress that is sure to turn heads.

this season’s top picks TREND TIP Try the classic white shirt with a seasonal twist

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Blush Slingback Stiletto, £80, Dune, Cabot Place

this season’s top picks

Austin Reed, Aspinal of London, Bailey Nelson, Cadenzza (Friday only), Gant, Hackett (Excludes Made to Measure), Hobbs, Jones Bootmaker, The Kooples (Exclusions apply), L’Orchidee (Minimum spend £20), Levi’s (Minimum spend £100), Mango (Exclusions apply), Moleskine (Minimum spend £50), Monica Vinader, Orlebar Brown, Paul Smith (Exclusions apply), Seanhanna (Cuts and colours only), Smilepod (Off dental examinations, dental hygiene and teeth whitening),

Wide leg sailor trousers, £129, Ted Baker, Canada Place

Pocket Suede Gilet, £69, Mango, Canada Place

Printed Top, £25.99, Mango, Canada Place

Superdry, Sweaty Betty, Ted Baker, Thomas Pink, Warehouse

Contrast Stackable Bangle, £9.50, Oliver Bonas, Jubilee Place

Mini Trunk Clutch in Vintage Tan, £395, Aspinal of London, Cabot Place

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Wallace glasses, £98, Bailey Nelson, Jubilee Place

trend tip Flats have made a comeback so embra ce the comfort factor

Lotti Leather Sandals, £50, Dune, Cabot Place

Channel the style icons of the seventies with these grown-up interpretations of the decade’s bohemian vibe in touchable textures and earthy tones.

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Avoid looking like a drip this month with classic tailoring thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll shower you in style Photographer: Alexander Beer Stylist: Rebecca Cass

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Grey check suit, £775, Mayfair cufflinks, £75, Document holder, £410, all Hackett, hackett.com; Shirt, £110, Chester Barrie, chesterbarrie.co.uk; Tie, £120, Brunello Cucinelli, brunellocucinelli.com; Derby lace-up shoes, £529, Ludwig Reiter, ludwig-reiter.com

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Check suit, £650, Hardy Amies, hardyamies.com; Shirt, £115, Thomas Pink, thomaspink.com; Tie, £95, Pocket square, £75, Hugo Boss, hugoboss.com; Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic Titanio - 45mm watch, £8,000, Panerai, panerai.com; Derby lace-up shoes, £529, Ludwig Reiter, as before

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Suit, £695, Chester Barrie, as before; Shirt, £95, Hugo Boss, as before; Tie, £120, Alfred Dunhill, dunhill.com; Jaguar MK11 watch, £4,950, Bremont, bremont.com; Derby lace-up shoes, £529, Ludwig Reiter, as before

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Houndstooth suit, £2,660, Shirt, £280, Brunello Cucinelli, as before; Chemin Des Tourelles Automatic Chronograph watch, £790, Tissot, tissotwatches.com; Budapester brogue, £529, Ludwig Reiter, as before

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| out of office | Suit, £795, Pocket square, £55, Richard James, richardjames.co.uk; Shirt, £95, Hugo Boss, as before; Derby lace-up shoes, £529, Ludwig Reiter, as before

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Grey suit, £580, Navy tie, £59, White shirt, £95, Pocket square, £75, Hugo Boss, as before

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Suit, £600, White shirt, £95, Tie, £65, Hugo Boss, as before

Photographer’s Assistants: Laimonas Stasiulis and Moritz Hair: Dany Mikhael Make-up: Darren Hau Model: Jago Peachey @ Select Set Design: Eoin Dillon Set assistant: Nathanael Martin Retouching: Pavel Zolin, ipaulus.com

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walk the talk Comfortable and multipurpose, a good pair of chinos look as suited to a smart dinner as to a Sunday afternoon down the pub. Make sure you opt for the right fit, as a quality pair will serve you well for years. Bold colours are widely accepted when it comes to picking your new best friends, so go all out if you’re feeling brave. Richard James and Kiton give your wardrobe the necessary kick into spring that it probably needs, while Paul Smith provides some uncharacteristically conventional pairs, for a classic, risk-free approach to weekend wear.

Red chinos, £325, Kiton, farfetch.com

Raspberry chinos, £125, Richard James, houseoffraser.com

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Tan tapered chinos, £125, Paul Smith, endclothing.com

TAKe IT EASY Keep it simple. Keep it smart.

Hemmingford Cut sweater, £55, Peter Werth, houseoffraser.co.uk

Fine knit sweater, £317, Giorgio Armani, farfetch.com

Dentan long-sleeved sweater, £69, Peter Werth, peterwerth.co.uk

Mansion merino polo shirt, £85, Reiss, reiss.com

Walter Atlantic textured stripe sweater, £50, Nigel Hall, stuartslondon.com

knitted polos Continuing the in/formal tone, a knitted polo can be worn with all manner of styles and approaches. Pair them with jeans for a go-to laid-back professional feel, or try with formal trousers to retain an air of weekday structure. Peter Werth has a wide range of quality polos in various styles and colours, from sensible indigo to summery yellow. Armani and Nigel Hall offer deeper colours and more fitted shapes that would fare well with an unstructured blazer. For an even smarter look, try a darker knit from Reiss, which retains the light feel while hinting at more formality

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Wool cashmere camel blazer, £550, Hackett, hackett.com

Wool cotton Hopsack blazer, £450, Hackett, hackett.com

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A blazer is the best way of turning a casual outfit i n t o o n e y o u w o u l d n’ t m i n d wearing in front of the inlaws. Be careful not to overdo it, though, as a formal blazer can look clumsy with a casual p air of trou sers. Bu gatti m a r c h e s t h e f i n e l i n e b e tw e e n smart and casual well , as does Rag & B on e. Paul Smith and Boglioli opt for comfort without forgoing style, while Ha ckett of fers a w i d e array of styles and approaches for any occasion

Loro Piana Hopsack jacket, £550, Hackett, hackett.com

from top Midnight blue Scott slim fit blazer, £340, Rag & Bone, mrporter.com; Notched lapel blazer, £460, Boglioli, farfetch. com; Dark green cotton and wool blend, £275 blazer, Paul Smith, paulsmith.co.uk

less is more A staple pair of trainers is a musthave in any man’s wardrobe. The last couple of years has seen an explosion in plain, clean footwear, without decorative frills. Ever since

Erik Schedin’s first pairs, all manner of brands have started production, even Marks & Spencer. Erik’s black and white sneakers are the gold standard, but this doesn’t mean that you can’t add some

character. Axel Arigato adds subtle and understated colour to its shoes, Hugo Boss offers block dark colours in two-tone suede, while Adidas sticks to its roots with the Stan Smith.

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1. Chukka sneaker, £130, Axel Arigato, axelarigato.com 2. Stan Smith trainer, £67, Adidas, adidas.co.uk 3. Suede Derby sneaker, £230, Hugo Boss, harrods.com 4. Cap-toe sneaker, £125, Axel Arigato, axelarigato.com 5. Black leather sneaker, €212, Erik Schedin, erikschedin.com

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Top Bombing Spring into style with a bright, printed silk bomber jacket

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1. Reversible, geranium-print, silk-twill jacket, £1,510, Gucci, mrporter.com 2. Tiger print jacket, £171.29, Diesel, farfetch.com 3. Tree embroidered jacket, £1,045, Alexander McQueen, farfetch.com 4. Reversible, blooms-print, silk jacket, £1,508, Gucci, matchesfashion.com 5. Exclusive London print jacket, £1,975, Versace, harrods.com

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Spring Cleaning Freshen up your grooming routine with this nine-step guide

Step 1: Shampoo

Step 2: Condition

STEP 3: SCRUB

Start the day energised with this refreshing mint shampoo. Lifts your barnet – and your spirits. Mint Clean Invigorating Shampoo 300ml, £10, Redken for Men, mankind.co.uk

Atlantic Ocean seaweed conditions the hair, while vegetable proteins help enrich the follicles, and amino acids give your dull winter threads a healthy shine. Conditioning Mask 200ml, £23, Molton Brown, moltonbrown.co.uk

Finely ground Bora Bora sand gently scrubs away dead skin cells, while aloe vera and chamomile soothe the skin. Facial Scrub 237ml, £28, Anthony for Men, groomu.co.uk

Step 6: cleanse

step 5: shave

A fast-drying, deep-cleansing mask with kaolin clay, witch hazel and zinc oxide. Removes excess oil and dead skin cells, to leave your skin feeling firm. D-TOX Clay Mask 100ml, £16.45, men-ü, men-u.co.uk

Men take about 170 strokes during every shave, most without shaving gel. The Fusion ProShield reduces irritation with lubrication between each blade. Fusion ProShield, £12, Gillette, boots.com

step 4: lather up Why should it be just your hair that gets all the refreshment? This peppermint-infused shaving cream lifts you out of your March funk with a rich, luxurious lather. Peppermint Shaving Cream 150g, £10.95, tayloroldbondst.co.uk

Step 7: moisturise

Step 8: treat eyes

Step 9 : be fragrant

The antioxidant green coffee in this moisturiser helps revitalise tired winter skin and protects from spring cold snaps. Rejuvenating Moisturiser 50g, £22, NYR Men, nealsyardremedies.com

Brightens dark circles, smooths lines to help reduce crow’s feet and lift skin to reduce the appearance of under-eye bags. A one-stop shop for healthy-looking eyes. Facial Fuel Heavy Lifting Eye Repair, £26, Kiehl’s, kiehls.co.uk

Icy and zesty freshness contrasts with powerful spices and woods to leave you feeling wired as you reach for the door. L’eau Intense Fragrance Spray 100ml, £70, Carven, carven-parfums.com

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Above and Beyond

They said it would never happen, but a Saudi Arabian billionaire has announced that he will fund a 1 kilometre-high skyscraper – and it’s already under construction. Meanwhile, in the Indian Ocean, British scientists are preparing to drill below Earth’s crust for the very first time. They are searching for life, but not as we know it. Words: Jamie Carter

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“Jeddah Tower is pushing the boundaries on what we thought was possible in a skyscraper”

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audi Arabia’s Jeddah Tower will break the one kilometre barrier when it’s finished in 2020. It’s the first to get that high, and will beat the Burj Khalifa in Dubai by 550ft. The tech behind it is astounding; 80,000 tons of steel, 60m foundations. It’s got to be saltwater-proof and withstand enormous wind loads and possible earthquakes. “As the tallest building under construction, and the future tallest building in the world, Jeddah Tower is pushing the boundaries on what we thought was possible in a skyscraper,” says Jason Gabel at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (ctbuh. org). The CTBUH is based in Chicago, where the world’s first tall building – the 10-storey Home Insurance Building – was constructed in 1885. Jeddah Tower’s 220-storey design dwarfs that, of course, but somehow the slender, subtly asymmetrical design is considered neither complicated nor dangerous. When the tower is finished it will be 1,001 metres tall, but that’s symbolic, rather than representing the maximum

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height for skyscrapers. “Despite the inherent intensity of such a project, it’s construct-ability and wind performance are aided by a relatively simple design that narrows smoothly along its height,” says Gabel. Consequently, no-one is at all concerned with the proposed height of Jeddah Tower. “The tower remains well within the realm of safety.” There’s another reason why Gabel remains unconcerned; Jeddah Tower has been designed by Adrian Smith, who also designed the 828-metre Burj Khalifa in Dubai when he worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Smith knows what works at such great heights. So, can architects go any higher? “Development finance, not technology or engineering, is the only limiting factor for realising a mile-high tower,” says Gabel. That, and elevator technology, which has historically been the limiting factor on maximum skyscraper height. It turns out that the real enabling technology of Jeddah Tower is the use of Kone UltraRope hoisting equipment, the very latest in lift technology.

Under the sea If you think going up is a challenge, try drilling down. As part of Expedition 360, scientists on the JOIDES Resolution ship are now in the Indian Ocean exploring the Earth’s mantle for the first time. The target Mohorovicic Discontinuity, or ‘Moho’, lies about 40km beneath the continents, and 7km beneath the ocean floor. “We have always assumed that this represents the boundary between the crust and mantle,” says Professor Chris MacLeod, who teaches plate tectonics and geodynamics at Cardiff University and is co-chief scientist aboard the JOIDES Resolution. His team proposes that the seabed is formed not by bright green peridotite rock, as geologists suppose (it’s sometimes carried up and out by lava flows), but by serpentinite, a rock formed in a low-temperature metamorphic process involving heat and water. Since the seabed covers two-thirds of the planet’s surface, the implications could be profound. “If we find that serpentinite exists deep in the Earth’s interior, then life may also exist in these extreme areas,” says MacLeod. Our planet could support life hundreds of kilometres below the surface.

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the Expedition 360 team plans, though it will take three separate attempts to reach the goal of over 5km. The very deepest drilled so far was at the USSR’s Kola Superdeep Borehole, which reached 12km from 1970-1992, but it was abandoned after temperatures reached 180°C, destroying the driving equipment. The Moho is just too deep under land, hence the JOIDES Resolution’s journey to the Indian Ocean, where not only is the Moho shallower than usual – about 5km below the seafloor – but where the rocks are older and cooler than under the midocean ridge. It’s also an area where the volcanic crust has been removed by both erosion and the moving of tectonic plates. “We can therefore start our attempt part-way and have less to drill,” says MacLeod, who adds that the technical challenges of what is termed the ‘SloMo’ drilling technique are profound. “The deeper we get, the more difficult it will be to blow the rock cuttings out of the hole and, although we think the temperatures here will be relatively low, we cannot be sure how easy it will be to drill in progressively higher temperatures and rock stresses.” Expedition 360 is backed by the same International Ocean Discovery Program (iodp.org) that has been drilling the oceanic Moho since the 1960s.

Energy exchange From climate change and earthquakes to weather patterns and ocean currents, our planet is but one ecosystem receiving, generating and recycling energy. The Earth’s mantle, a 1,800-mile thick layer between the Earth’s super-thin crust and its super-heated core, makes up a whopping 40 per cent of the planet, and yet it’s physically unknown to scientists. “Slow upwellings and downwellings of viscous material transfer heat from the core to the Earth’s surface as the planet cools, and by doing so drive plate tectonics,” says MacLeod, who explains that without plate tectonics transferring heat and mass between the Earth’s interior and its exterior, the planet would be dead. “This extends ultimately to the oceans and atmosphere, and our climate – all are linked.” For MacLeod, Expedition 360 is all about exploration of the unknown. “Answering fundamental questions about the formation of ocean crust and behaviour of the mantle is essential if we are to understand the Earth as an integrated system,” he says. And if his team does uncover the potentially life-supporting serpentinite deep in the Earth’s interior? “Well, we will need to rip up the textbooks.”

OPPOSITE All Jeddah Tower imagery courtesy of Jeddah Economic Company/Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture FROM TOP The JOIDES Resolution ship; inside the ship’s moonpool; layers of sedimentary rock; the ship moonpool - images from @joides_ resolution, joidesresolution.org

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zero to hero Electric motoring giant Tesla has a new nemesis in the form of Faraday Futrue’s FFZero1 Words: Jennifer Mason

egardless of whether or not Bruce Wayne is going to come popping out of it, the newest and hottest electric concept by US-based company Faraday Future, the FFZero1, is about as futuristic as you can get. FF stresses that this is not a model that it will ever put into general production. Rather, it’s a one-seater race car designed to showcase the capabilities of the company’s Variable Platform Architecture – a scalable electric battery system that could theoretically be adapted to fit any size vehicle. The Tesla rival has promised that the concept will “spearhead a complete revolution in the way we drive”, by building a clean energy-driven car from the ground up. Vive la revolution, judging by its reception. From its all-white interior to the space-age ‘UFO line’ hugging the car’s contours, the FFZero1 screams ‘out of this world’. While this version of FF’s vision of the future might not make it to our driveways, it’s clear that the brand looks set to be a game-changer. If what it eventually put into production looks half as cool as the FFZero1, we foresee a huge spike in EV sales. Who knows? It might not be Batman’s transport of choice but could the FFZero1 be the clean-energy superhero the world has been waiting for? faradayfuture.com

the power The FFZero1 boasts 1,000bhp through four quad-core motors and will reportedly do 0-60mph in less than three seconds, with a scorching top speed of more than 200mph. All on paper, of course, but we’ve no doubt the boffins at Faraday Future can back up their claims

High Tech The FFZero1’s power comes from the brand’s new Variable Platform Architecture (VPA), which features a new battery structure, arranged into modular strings and centrally placed for integrity

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space age Faraday Future reportedly consulted NASA in the quest for the perfect seating position (45 degrees, if you were wondering) and we hear that the headrest even has a special port to pump air and water into the driver’s crash helmet

looks matter The concept’s aerodynamic integrated tailfin provides directional stability and improved aerodynamics. It also serves as a digital canvas to display vehicle charge level, driver name and track position

the brains The steering wheel allows for integration with the driver’s smartphone for remote vehicle set-up, customised configurations, modifiable power outputs, and realtime data visualisation and interaction

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ferrari california T THE VITALS Engine 90° V8 with fuel direct injection Maximum power 412 kW (560 cv) @ 7500 rpm Maximum torque 755 Nm (557 lbft) @ 4750 rpm in VII gear Maximum speed 196 mph 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) 3.6 s 0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) 11.2 s Weight/power ratio 8.69 lb/kw Fuel consumption 10.5 l/100 km CO2 emissions 250 g/km Price from £155,230

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here are few more evocative names in motoring than ‘Ferrari California’. Harking back to the tweaked and polished 250-short-wheelbase variant released in 1959, it conjures up images of Riviera glamour and suave, laid-back sophistication (you may also know it from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a classic of an altogether different sort). The California speaks of a time when Ferrari was on a real roll, bringing out timeless classics one after the next, little knowing that in 50 years’ time, ginger-haired radio DJs would be paying millions for them.* Modern-day Ferrari is also on something of a hot streak (with its road cars, at least). In fact, the rate of change at Modena has been electrifying of late: it seems like only five minutes ago that we hailed the 458 as a high point in supercar creation, never to be bettered. Since then, Ferrari has produced the stunning LaFerrari, gone turbo-charged with the 458’s successor, the 488 GTB and continued to mine yet more power from its flagship

to avoid the M4, but of all Ferraris, the California is going to see a lot of motorway miles, so I steeled myself and faced my foe head on. I have to say, it made the ReadingSwindon corridor of gloom feel eminently pleasurable. It cruises so, so well thanks to the silky-smooth seven-speed gearbox, and a ride quality that would be impressive in a family saloon. It even does so in relative efficiency: the turbo engine is 15 per cent less gas-guzzly than the old V8, and while that may be an unbelievable thing to bring up in a Ferrari review, not having to stop every 200 miles does rather change one’s outlook on driving. It’s obvious from the get-go that there’s a difference between California and 488 customers. You don’t get “Race” or “Traction Control off ” modes on the ‘manettino’ switch that controls the car’s character, for example. And there’s more focus on comfort and entertainment inside: the California T was the first Ferrari to get Apple Carplay installed and has a huge screen to display it on.

Drop the roof (for which you’ll have to stop, as the entire rear bumper hinges back) and you experience the car at its best V12 with the bonkers F12 TDF. So much has been happening that it looked like the ‘entry level’ California might get left behind. Perish the thought. In 2014, Ferrari overhauled the original 2008 California extensively, and the first models hit UK roads last year. And here’s the thing: while LaFerrari laps up the headlines, this is in many ways a more important car for Ferrari to get right. For starters, it is nowadays widely acknowledged that the first Cali’ was a bit underwhelming; dogged from the outset with jibes of naked commercialism, its styling drew mixed reviews and the driving experience was, by Ferrari’s high standards, a bit soft. And then Simon Cowell bought one. The redesign, then, had a lot to do even before Ferrari decided it was going to introduce a turbo-charged engine – the first on a prancing horse since the F40, and the first full-stop on a core model intended to sell by the thousand. To see what had emerged from such a heady mix, I hopped in a California T and made for the tested proving ground that is west Wales. Normally, I’d do anything

Now, a brief technological interlude. I wrote recently that the days when the likes of Apple and Google got their hands on our car’s ‘infotainment’ systems couldn’t come too soon… Well, Carplay is a massive leap forward, but it’s not quite there yet. Using Spotify or iTunes is brilliant, and making calls on the go has never been easier. Voice activation finally feels natural, as well, as it all goes through Siri. But navigation is still a mess. Carplay wants you to use Apple Maps, which is a) awful, and b) relies on mobile signal. That’s a mistake when you go to, say, Wales, which gets pretty much zilch. Getting Carplay to use Ferrari’s sat nav and play Spotify at the same time was, to put it politely, stressful. When I did eventually make it west of Cardiff, I turned my attention to matters more tangible. When you do click to ‘Sport’ and start putting the California T round a few bends, one of the first things you notice is the visibility over the bonnet – letting you put the front, right where you want it. Ok, it doesn’t have the steering feel of a Porsche 911, but for a long-nosed GT it

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can be awfully nimble. Without pushing it around a track it’s hard to see it being greatly unsettled either – but while it’s far from lairy, it’s definitely eager to push on. The turbo-chargers have been so well controlled by Ferrari’s engineers that at times you forget they’re there – you get a tiny bit of lag at lower revs, but it’s been designed to release more torque as you rise up the rev range, and it’s a more engaging drive as a result. Drop the roof ( for which you’ll have to stop, as the entire rear bumper hinges back) and you experience the car at its best – with a name like California, you just have to have the wind in your hair. If only Carmarthen was a little warmer in the autumn. The other thing this exposes you to is the engine noise. Does it thrill? I’m not sure. It’s loud alright, but not incredibly soulful. Luckily, that’s not a metaphor for the car as a whole; Ferrari has fixed ever so much about the old California; it looks sharper and drives more keenly – while making sure the overall experience balances comfort, prestige and performance in exactly the way your first Ferrari should. So, where do I sign? *Chris Evans’s 1961 250 GT SWB California cost him £5.5m in 2008.

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Sugar and spice aren’t always nice Sugar is a problem. In the UK alone, we consume over two million tonnes of it a year, an average of a one kilo bag per adult every two weeks

PREPARE Now’s the time for some solid prep. B vitamins help convert food to energy, so should be taken first thing. Take an iron supplement for your metabolism too, as this ideally needs to be taken without food for the best absorption levels. Complete B Caplets, £13.99, hollandandbarrett.com

KEEP GOING The bulk of the day should be all about keeping your body in working condition and your various systems ticking over. Zinc helps support normal functioning of the immune system and is good for fertility. Take Iodine for cognitive health, good skin, and extra energy. Iodine Vegetarian Capsules, £18.10, biovea.net

PRE-WORKOUT From the first lift, you want mental focus and explosive energy. There are plenty of pre-workouts about, but look for higher doses of citrulline malate and beta-alanine. PreSeries BULK Pre-Workout, £34, transparentlabs.com

POST-WORKOUT

t’s now well known that sugar and highly-processed foods stimulate the brain to produce excessive amounts of dopamine – the hormone released in the area of the brain called the ‘reward system’. Dopamine originally guided us to do the things we needed to do to survive by incentivising those actions – the sweeter or more filling foods were more likely to help you last another day in the wild. However, since we left the cave, processes such as refined sugar and mass food production have confused our natural instincts. Like cocaine and other extra strong stimuli, sugar floods the pleasure points in the brain, leading to a much greater risk of addiction. Sugar also affects similar areas of the brain as heroin and morphine. The Government is considering a sugar tax of between ten and 20 per cent on all high-sugar products. Everyone’s favourite Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver, has spearheaded a

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campaign for this, starting a petition which gained more than 150,000 signatures. The Government rejected the idea at the end of 2015, but the winds of change have blown around Westminster as the stats start to mount up: a new report has recommended no more than 30 grams per day for adults. A can of cola contains 39 grams alone. The Prime Minister has promised to put together a comprehensive action plan to fight ever-rising levels of obesity later this year (around 25 per cent of UK adults are obese), and sugar will surely come at the top of the list. Not only would a sugar tax raise almost £1 billion for the national coffers a year, but in other countries there has also been a downturn in consumption of sugary foods – in Mexico for instance, after a ten per cent tax on carbonated drinks, sales fell by six per cent. With British children alone consuming over three times the recommended intake every day, something needs to be done. DT

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BEFORE BED Casein provides your bloodstream with a gradual flow of amino acids for hours. Studies also indicate that casein increases satiety by 33 per cent, which means you won’t be reaching for any midnight snacks. On Gold Standard 100% Casein, £14.95, musclefood.com

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When Paul Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publisher charged him with the task of acquiring the autograph of every member of Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1970 World Cup team, his transatlantic trip turned into an adventure of a lifetime

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ne of the most enduring memories of my childhood is standing outside the Art Deco entrance to the old Highbury football stadium in north London, autograph book in hand, waiting to pounce at the sight of one of my idols. As with so much of what entranced us as children, the acquisition of such ink-based souvenirs eventually began to lose its magic and, at some point during my teens, I realised it was time to put my pen away for good. Or so I thought… Several years later, I was thrust into the lucrative world of sports memorabilia when my employer, a boutique London publishing house, secured the rights to produce a giant-sized, limited-edition book on the legendary Brazilian footballer Pele. Together with the book, we decided to produce 150 photographic prints of the 1970 Brazil World Cup-winning team and attempt to get each one signed by every surviving member. While Pele quickly agreed to the proposal as part of his book deal, his teammates proved tougher nuts to crack. After weeks of fruitless negotiation by phone, it became clear that somebody would need to travel to Brazil to meet them face to face. When my name was put forward I felt the familiar rush of excitement that I’d experienced so many times outside the marble halls of Highbury. What followed was a 40,000-mile adventure to track down one of the greatest group of footballers ever assembled. If this were a movie, it would now cut to me zipping through the streets of Rio de Janeiro in a taxi on the way to the home of Carlos Alberto, the fuzzy haired captain of the 1970 team. But this was not fiction. It took 20 minutes of small talk in his palatial living room before I summoned the courage to ask my host if he wouldn’t mind washing his hands before getting to work on the 150 prints. “I need to sign how many?” he chuckled as he walked to the bathroom. “I’ll sleep like a baby tonight!” If only the rest of the players would be so convivial. My next stop was the urban chaos of São Paulo to meet Felix, Brazil’s goalkeeper of 1970, and the elegant former defender Clodoaldo. In the foyer of a downtown hotel, I unveiled the prints and left them to it while I nipped out to withdraw their fees from a cashpoint. The scene on my return nearly fast-tracked me to cardiac arrest. Hotel guests had been drawn over

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by the presence of two national legends and my precious prints were now littered across the foyer. Like a teacher restoring order in an unruly classroom, I hurriedly collected up the treasured documents and ushered away our audience. The following day, I received an invite from Rivelino – owner of perhaps the most famous moustache in football – to his bar on the outskirts of São Paulo. Spotting him at a table, he cut a godfather-like figure. A steady stream of patrons approached him, often to whisper something in his ear or simply kiss the top of his head. He was standoffish at first, but I explained our wish to create a special collector’s item to commemorate that wonderful team and – loosened up by a few drinks – he agreed to sign. Returning to Brazil a few weeks later, as my taxi rolled through the side streets of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro’s more sedate neighbour across the Guanabara Bay, I recalled my father waxing lyrical about the twinkle-toed former midfielder Gerson. After a quick tour of his foundation for underprivileged kids, Gerson shared with me his forthright view that Pele had for too long milked the success of 1970 for his own financial gain, with the rest of the team left to pick up the scraps. He wanted no part in our project. Stumped for ideas, I called our publisher, who just about managed to sweet-talk him into changing his mind. With ten signatures now in the bag, one outstanding issue still remained that would give our bold undertaking a final, dramatic twist. Of all the 1970 team, the most enigmatic character undoubtedly belongs to Tostão. Singularly detached from the world of commerce, he had no interest in being another cog in the sporting memorabilia world. Days went by and a succession of emails went unanswered. Finally, we received a response. He would sign, providing we contribute all of his fee to charities of his choice. Days later I was back in Brazil and, as

OPENING PAGE, FROM LEFT From left: Hércules Brito Ruas, Carlos Alberto Torres, Paul Joseph with Carlos Alberto Torres, Gerson Santos da Silva aka Gerson, Pele, Jair Ventura Filho aka Jairzinho, Roberto Rivelino, Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade aka Tostão BELOW The framed photograph showing the signatures

my taxi ascended the hills that surround the city of Belo Horizonte, Tostão’s reputation as a reclusive figure was lent further clarity. Yet to my surprise he greeted me with a beaming smile and, as he sat down to sign the prints, I reflected on the enormity – as well as the eccentricity – of his gesture. By effectively turning down a blank cheque for his own pocket, he had displayed the rarest example of human generosity. Gazing out of the plane window on my return home, my mind drifted back to all those hours I had spent as a child outside Highbury and the innocence with which I sought those indelible mementos. Many thousands of pounds had swapped hands in my pursuit of the team of 1970 and many more would be exchanged to purchase the final product. But the power of sport – and sporting memorabilia – transcends money, and Tostão’s single act of generosity provided the most fitting reminder of this fact.

pele: the book Publisher Gloria has created the definitive tribute to a global icon – Pelé, the largest body of information ever collated on the player. 150 copies of Pelé Carnival edition were produced and sold for £4,000, alongside the signed print. The book is now sold out, but The City Magazine has been offered access to a select number of copies, available to our readers with a 15 per cent discount. For more information, please contact us at competitions@runwildgroup.co.uk. pelecarnival.com

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big money sports memorabilia The sports memorabilia market has always been big business. In America alone, the market for autographed sports collectables is estimated at an eye-popping £1 billion. Here are five of the most expensive signed sporting mementos ever sold:

James Naismith’s founding rules of basketball

B abe Ru t h Je r sey Th e baseball legend i s widely considered th e great est player th e sport has e ver seen and on e of hi s de v ot ees decided th ey simply had to have th e shirt of f hi s back. Not lit erally, of course. Thought to b e th e oldest in exi st ence, thi s Bab e Ruth Yankee jersey from 1920 sold for $4.4m (£2.9m) at auction in 2012.

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Written in 1891 by James Naismith, commonly referred to as the sport’s founding father, these two-page rules of basketball are truly a relic of the past, stipulating as they do that no physical contact should be allowed. In 2010, the piece set a new world record for sports memorabilia, fetching $4.3m (£2.9m), until it was topped by Babe Ruth’s 1920 jersey two years later.

Honus Wagner baseball card

Muh amm ad Ali ’ s B ox ing Glove s Th ese boxing gloves were w orn against Floyd Patt erson in Ali’s 1965 h eavyweight title defence in L as Vegas. A major grudge had de velop ed ah ead of th e fight, w hich went th e full 12 round s b efore Ali delivered a knock-out blow. In 2012, th e gloves sold for $1.1m (£778,000).

As well as being popular currency in high school playgrounds, baseball cards have been lucrative on the collectables market for as long as they have been around. The T206 Wagner stands above the rest because of its highly limited run of just 200, along with its intriguing backstory. In 2015 it was re-sold for £1.9 million at auction.

Sh e f f i e l d F.C. rul e book Thi s 1857 handwritt en rulebook b elonged to th e firste ver professional soccer club, S h ef field F.C., and i s b elie ved to b e th e oldest rulebook in hi stor y, containing many rules that are still used today. O n e football fan was enamoured enough to splash £881,000 for th e hi storical docum ent w h en it went under th e hamm er in 2011.

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Tell us about 2pts Win... JR: We provide free tips for flat racing and the jumps. Paul and I are University friends and we set up 2pts Win after a particularly good year at the major festivals. It’s been profitable ever since. PD: A ‘point’ (pt) is a unit to measure the size of your bet. It works no matter what type of gambler you are and is a widely used term within the betting community. If you are having a bet and would on average stake £10, then that equates to 1pt. How do you exploit the market? PD: It’s about trying to find an edge. The bookmakers aren’t in the business of giving away money so you need to have realistic expectations and be consistent with your betting. We fancy our chances because we do our homework. How do you approach picking winners? PD: Several factors come in to play like ground conditions, distance and jockey. I prefer handicap races like the Grand National, where horses saddle different weights depending on their official rating. In theory, all the runners in handicaps should finish dead level, so bookies generally give you better odds. This isn’t an exact science, so I try to get stuck in to horses that are ‘well-handicapped’ – where their qualities may have been assessed incorrectly and should effectively be carrying more weight. JR: I look for races with a clear favourite

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that looks vulnerable or there for the wrong reasons, like hype or past achievements. If all the money is for the wrong horse there’s usually value elsewhere. What’s 2pts Win’s biggest winner to date? JR: Arabian Queen at 100/1 in the Juddmonte International at York. How did you find a 100/1 winner? JR: She’d run some good races already but was a ridiculous price because the unbeaten Derby winner Golden Horn was running. It’d been raining and he’d not raced on softer ground before, while Arabian Queen comes from a family of middle distance, soft ground performers and had never raced the boys before. There was every reason to believe she’d leave her old form behind, and she did. Give us your best bets for Cheltenham? PD: The JLT Novice Chase on Thursday has been blown wide-open with the withdrawal of the previous favourite. Prior to this, Shaneshill had been well-fancied, before an underwhelming performance over too short a trip pushed his odds out. Shaneshill has finished second at The Festival on two previous occasions – strong course form – and is therefore decent each-way value to repeat that effort. JR: I like Tombstone in the opening Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. The favourite, Min, looks too short because his same

owner, trainer and jockey have won the last three renewals. Tombstone has come second twice in Grade 1 races on heavier ground than he might like this season, so his consistency and the likelihood he’ll improve for better ground make him a good each-way bet at a nice price. Are there any other tipsters worth following? JR: Read the racing news sites like Sporting Life and you’ll get plenty of tips from the owners and trainers themselves. Last year, I backed a horse called Martello Tower after his owner said it was his best bet of the Festival. It won at 16/1. PD: A trainer’s view can be very useful, albeit they don’t always give too much away. Check out any of the weekly blogs written by the jockeys themselves. They are, generally, fairly unbiased, and will help you to get a sense for a jockey’s most exciting rides or their best chance of a winner. 2ptsw.in

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The ocean covers 71 percent of the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface, yet more than 95 per cent of the underwater world remains unexplored. Paul Joseph meets a machine designed to explore our final frontier

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In 1981, Hawkes was hired to create an underwater craft for the movie For Your Eyes Only

am standing on the docks of Port de Fontvieille, nestled a couple of kilometres south of the supercars and superrich of Monte Carlo, about to explore the ocean’s depths in a high-tech submarine piloted by an authentic James Bond villain, bear with me. It is the kind of scenario that, as a travel journalist, makes convincing friends and family that you have a proper job all the more difficult. Nevertheless, here I am, ready to board the DeepFlight Dragon, a twoperson submersible designed by Graham Hawkes, world-renowned marine engineer and – due to events some 35 years ago – an accidental star of the iconic Bond franchise. In 1981, Hawkes was hired to create an underwater craft for the movie For Your Eyes Only. Once built, the filmmakers asked its inventor if he would helm the submersible for a high-octane aquatic fight scene with 007 (played by Roger Moore). Hawkes took on his cameo role with gleeful enthusiasm – almost too much in fact, as he struggled to keep a straight face during shooting. The crew were forced to place a green light under his chin to make his childlike giggles look more like maniacal laughter. Three-and-a-half decades later and his exuberance has not dimmed. Londonborn Hawkes has spent much of his life

traversing the underwater world, yet as he talks me through the Dragon’s controls and functions, you’d have thought he’d just performed his first dive. “It’s the best experience imaginable,” he gushes. “When you’re down there among dolphins and humpback whales, you forget you’re even in this thing. You just feel a sense of calm and wonder.” The brainchild of Hawkes’ Californiabased company DeepFlight, the all-electric powered Dragon, which reaches depths of 120 metres, is its latest creation following the success of its predecessor the Super Falcon, which is owned by such luminaries as Richard Branson, Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz and venture capitalist Tom Perkins. Unlike traditional submersibles designed for scientific or military purposes, which tend to move crab-like along the ocean floor, DeepFlight’s models are more like fast and manoeuvrable flying machines, capable of gliding freely through the water at up to six knots. They are also – gratefully for your writer – virtually idiot-proof, with the controls comprising a lever to move up and down and a separate joystick for steering left, right, forward and back. No special training is required and my tutorial took a matter of minutes. With a price tag in the region of £1 million, DeepFlight’s primary target is unsurprisingly superyacht owners, though

they hope to reach a broader customer base in the future through the luxury resorts and short-term rentals market, in the same way that jet skis are available for hire today. In the meantime, however, they remain water toys for the 0.1 per cent.

Underwater World So, what’s it like to use? On the day of my dive, conditions were unseasonably blustery on the French Riviera – a portent of severe storms which, just a few days later, battered the coastline. Standing dockside, with the Dragon bobbing to and fro in the water, my excitement gave way to trepidation and, having never before suffered claustrophobia, the craft seemed to shrink before my eyes. Noticing my unease, Hawkes, who would be my lead pilot during the 20-minute dive, reminded me that the Dragon is positively buoyant, ensuring that if anything goes wrong mechanically, the craft simply floats back to the surface. Mentally fortified, I stepped across the portable rig and slunk my six-foot frame into the back passenger seat. The Dragon’s acrylic dome was lowered over my head and, with Hawkes ensconced in the front, we were soon on our way down. As we gently sank into the sea, there was a fleeting moment when both above and below water were visible – a sensory

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trick denied to the naked, unaided eye. Then we were immersed, and I was immediately struck by the excellent visibility, even at 40 metres, which afforded views all around. Over our Bluetooth headsets, Hawkes explained that we owed such fortune to the wind, which disperses much of the matter that can create a virtual blackness under the ocean. With front and rear ventilators keeping me well aired, any concerns about feeling cramped quickly dissipated and, like a small child nagging to enter the cockpit of a Jumbo Jet, I was soon pestering Hawkes to let me take control. With the craft at my mercy, I tentatively pushed forward on the joystick. Though the Dragon is often compared to an aeroplane, its horizontal movements felt, to me, more like a helicopter, remaining almost level rather than banking left and right. Most striking was its velocity, which felt a lot faster than its modestsounding top speed of six knots. Captain Hawkes soon reassumed control, using the Dragonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior compass

to guide us to a local wreck, a 300-tonne tug boat that had sunk several years ago and now serves as a dive spot for tourists. As we hovered close to the giant steel structure, I felt the same sense of wonder that was described to me on land moments earlier. So will we one day see Dragons stacked up like pedalos on beaches around the world available to anyone with an hour to spare and a taste for adventure? It is a nice thought, but for the time being this particular licence to thrill is reserved for the global elite â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the odd lucky journalist, too. deepflight.com

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TECH TALK

Essential apparatus for keeping ahead of the curve

Viva CES Vegas The best bits from the Consumer Electronics Show 2016 – a year that delivered on some big tech promises

herebuds Another Kickstarter development, Here, presents the next level of earphones. Having started as a company producing stylish earbuds for concerts that you wouldn’t be embarrassed wearing, Doppler Labs has designed a pair of wearable audio-altering earphones. Can’t hear the bassline at a gig? Change the frequencies via a smartphone app, and get the full sound. Man on the tube talking too loudly? Turn him down with a few tweaks. You can even alter the voice of people talking to you. A serious development for music technicians, and fascinating for the rest of us. Here Active Listening, £TBA, hereplus.me

Oculus Rift It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like 2016 will be the year of the Oculus. Four years on from an unassuming Kickstarter page presented without much information or planning, Oculus Rift has grown in stature, and the hype surrounding its eventual shipping date of 28 March has reached fever pitch. Don’t expect to find the virtual reality headset in the shops any time soon however, as pre-orders mean physical stock will be low for some time. Still, the promise of supremely-detailed virtual reality is enough for anticipation to remain steadfast. Expect big things in the future. Oculus Rift, approx. £400, oculus.com

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global streaming Streaming giant Netflix has taken its biggest leap since deciding delivering DVDs to houses might not be the most efficient way of doing things. Sean Carey, vice president of content acquisition announced that the Netflix switch was flicked on to 130 more countries (in a dozen more languages), bringing the total number to more than 190. It’s a huge rollout, the one glaring omission being China. It might be a while before Beijing can watch House of Cards legally

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H e avy Metal A st e l l & Ke r n h a s t a k e n o n e o f i t s b e a u t i f u l a u d i o p l ay e r s a n d g iv e n i t a t r u ly l u xu r i o u s m a k e o v e r. E a c h o f t h e l i m i t e d - e d i t i o n r u n i s m i l l e d f r o m a s o l i d , 1 . 7 k g b l o c k o f c o p p e r, h a n d - f i n i s h e d a n d c o a t e d i n a f o u r - st a g e p r o c e ss t h a t p re v e n t s o x i d i z a t i o n a n d p r o d u c e s t h e g o rg e o u s b r u s h e d - m e t a l l o o k . It ’s n o t a l l f o r l o o k s , t h o u g h : c o p p e r g iv e s t h e A K 3 8 0 su p e r i o r e l e c t r i c a l c o n d u c t iv i ty, b r i n g i n g a h i g h e r q u a l i ty s o u n d . O n ly 5 0 0 o f t h e m h av e b e e n av a i l a b l e , s o a c t q u i c k ly. AK 380 Copp er, £3,299, A st ell&Kern , ast ellnkern .com

Fi t fo r Fa sh ion Fitbit has b ecom e synonymous with th e fitn ess tracker. Howe ver, it has recently b een branching out from th e old , clunky fitn ess paraph ernalia of yest er year. Th e Blaze i s Fitbit ’s lat est att empt to make fitn ess sexy. Its slim design , colour screen and int erchangeable straps all h elp creat e a sleeker, more professional image. Functionally, th ere i sn’t much dif ference to earlier it erations, but with th e promi se of a five-day batt er y life, thi s fitn ess tracker certainly chim es more in-lin e with y our lifestyle. Blaze, £159.99, Fitbit, fitbit.com

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clever cooler When you hear that an item has been touted as the most ambitious appliance launched by Samsung in its history, you probably wouldn’t go straight for a fridge. However, with a 21.5 inch gorilla glass touchscreen panel, cameras on the inside of the door to take photos of your food stock, and usage of Amazon’s Alexa AI in the pipeline, the humble fridge is turning into a pretty nifty piece of kit. Message notes to your family or friends, and they’ll pop up on the screen. Watch TV mirrored from your Samsung in the living room while you’re chopping carrots in the kitchen. The little things mean a lot. Samsung Family Hub Refrigerator, approx. £3,450, samsung.com

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PAINTING THE NEW ROYALTY Mark & Hannah Hayes-Westall have been working in, and writing about, contemporary art on and off for almost 20 years. Each month they introduce an artist that should appear on your agenda

This month: FEDERICO BELTRÁN MASSES

WHAT’S SO INTERESTING? When CNN reports that Kim Kardashian’s app makes upwards of £700,000 per day, it’s pretty clear that the economic power of celebrity has reached an unprecedented level. But whilst the scale of the financial rewards for celebrity have increased, the level of influence is comparable with an earlier era, when the all-new technology of the silver screen created the first ever global stars, replacing a time when the world’s most recognisable faces were royalty. Spanish artist Federico Beltrán Masses is, like his Jazz Age contemporary F. Scott Fitzgerald, a unique recorder of the handover in influence from monarchs to movie stars, and, like Fitzgerald, brings a dark psychological insight into the effects of this influence on its new bearers. The works that brought him to prominence in the Barcelona of the 1910s are strikingly contemporary to our eyes – almost unimaginably daring in

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Find the work Federico Beltrán Masses ‘Under The Stars’ 10th February – 24th March 2016 Stair Sainty, 38 Dover Street, London, W1S 4NL stairsainty.com

the restricted, highly religious society of Spain at this time. In Mirabella (1914), a young woman reclines on a sofa, her bobbed hair and smart turquoise shoes according with her direct, self-possessed gaze, but startlingly at odds with her total nakedness. But it was another painting, La Maja Marquesa (1915), that set Beltrán Masses on a course for stardom. The painting of the famously lesbian, very aristocratic Marquesa naked but for a mantilla, the traditional Spanish headdress particularly associated with piety, and flanked by two fully dressed women, resulted in the painting being removed from an exhibition and the artist leaving for Paris. In Paris, Beltrán Masses joined other expatriates, including the young Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro, in the vibrant Parisian art scene. Rapidly building a career as a portraitist, the young artist painted at least three kings and one

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pope. But it was a friendship with the actor Rudolph Valentino that began the ascent of his American career – and which contained within it the seeds of his decline. A solo show of his work in a little known Palm Beach gallery sold out for the then staggering sum of £110,000, triggering a flurry of commissions from society figures – Mrs J.P. Morgan, Mrs Guggenheim and William Randolph Hearst amongst them – and prompting an invitation from Rudolph Valentino to visit him in Hollywood. Valentino and Beltrán Masses became firm friends, and the actor hosted a starstudded opening for the artist where he met and became friends with, among others, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Gloria Swanson and Joan Crawford. His friendships with the new royalty endured, with Beltrán Masses painting a disturbing image of Fairbanks and Crawford in Venice in Pasión (1932) during a trip the stars had been ordered on (by Louis B Meyer no less) to save their ailing marriage. Fairbanks’s world famous face is hidden in Crawford’s neck, while her head is thrown back, as uncomfortably twisted as the supposed romance of Venice at night, the ancient city blankly threatening. Beltrán Masses’ fame was extraordinary. The dancer Martha Graham named a dance after him – Portrait-BeltránMasses – at her first public performance in New York in 1926, a piece which is still performed by her company under the title The Gypsy Dance, and his distinctive blue palette made the term ‘Beltrán Blue’ common currency in art circles. But if all this Jazz Age glamour adds a Great Gatsby

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Beltrán Masses’ fame was extraordinary. The dancer Martha Graham named a dance after him – Portrait-Beltrán-Masses

CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT Tre Para Uno; Las hermanas de Venecia; Mirabella; La Maja Marquesa

tinge to the artist’s life, there are other, bleaker parallels with the life of Fitzgerald. While in his youth, Beltrán Masses dazzled Madrid, Paris and Hollywood with his uncompromising, sexually-charged paintings. Success had encouraged him to manage his own career, and when his eyesight began to fail in 1930, there was no expert gallerist in the wings to ensure his reputation retained its lustre. Back in Paris and cut off from international art markets by the war, Beltrán Masses’s income declined, and he moved to a much smaller home where he gave painting lessons to make ends meet. With his eyesight failing and his health worsening he went to Barcelona for treatment, but died on the 4th October 1949, aged just 64. Changing fashions and his own mismanagement meant that his reputation had fallen into near-complete oblivion. In recent years, Federico Beltrán Masses’s legacy has been reassessed, and five major museum exhibitions have been held in Spanish national galleries since 2007. His paintings can be found in major museum collections, including the Musée de l’Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou; the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid; the Civic Museum in Ciudad Real; Casa Lis in Salamanca; and the Cuban National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. A new survey of his work by London gallery Stair Sainty brings together a number of his most charged works and runs until 24 March.

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KROBO & ACCESSORIES Torbørn Afdal is considered among the most prolific postwar Norwegian designers, with a legacy that lives through his work, including the instantly successful 1960 multi-purpose bench, Krobo. £POA, fjordfiesta.com

Nerd Bar Stool They say it’s hip to be square, and David Geckeler agrees, with a Nordic take on the iconic allwood chair. Reflecting classic Scandinavian design heritage, the Nerd chair has been crafted with the highest quality materials. £75, muuto.com

Inspired by th e concret e and glass used in modern archit ecture, Magnus Pett ersen‘s highly acclaim ed L eimu table lamp i s a t estam ent to hi s talent. L eimu lamp, £379.75, Iittala , ittala .com

Recycled plastic felt forms th e basi s of thi s eye-catching design , w hich al so h elps absorb noi se and improve th e acoustics in large rooms. Under Th e Bell , £525, Iskos B erlin , muuto.com

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Myrskyn jälkeen pillow cover Saana jo Olli, an award-winning design company from Finland, produces 100 per cent hemp textile collections that add a touch of character to the home, like this beautiful cushion. £35.65, saanajaolli.com

Kubus 1 Mogens Lassen designed his iconic Kubus candleholder in 1962, which was once reserved for family and close architect colleagues. Still crafted in Denmark with a sharp sense of contemporary functionalist style, the Kubus maintains its status as a modern international design icon. £63.75, bylassen.com

white sideboard The crisp, clean design of Sara Larsson’s White sideboard makes it a classic investment piece that will go with you from one home to the next. Featuring a solid oak frame and a push mechanism on the drawer, this sideboard can certainly claim qualitative character. £POA, a2designers.se

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Ovalis maze blanket Cosy up with this super soft twosided ferm LIVING blanket. Made from 100 per cent cotton using a jacquard knit method, despite its thin structure, the Maze blanket has a heavy feel to keep you warm when winter drags. £92, fermliving.com

2015 marked 100 years since the birth of Tapio Wirkkala, and to honour the designer, Iittala highlighted some of Wirkkala’s work, including the Ovalis Vase. The vase was designed for Iittala in 1958, highlighting the optical qualities of glass. £151 and £174, iittala.com

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Each summer, as the temperature reaches unbearable highs in the city, New York’s most affluent residents cool off in the Hamptons. Rowena Carr-Allinson recently joined the ‘inner circle’ on a retreat to the seaside resort, and discovered that one need not own a Hamptons home to enjoy all that’s on offer in this East End

hen New Yorkers want to get out of town they have several options: head north to the greenery of Connecticut, west towards Delaware, south west to Pennsylvania or east towards Long Island, the obvious choice for the ultimate beach escape, a stone’s throw from the city. Over the years, the elite of Manhattan have adopted a stretch of Long Island’s 118-mile coastline as their very own bolthole, transforming the Hamptons into a slightly surreal, fairy-tale like place. Now synonymous with swish weekends away and slow summers on the sand, it’s become a place of legend. Reaching from Southampton via tiny Bridgehampton to East Hampton, some say, all the way to Montauk, on the island’s tip, each village has its own story, and each offers its own attractions. You’ll find 50 miles of pristine shoreline, sweet boutiques, quaint antique stores, smart galleries – everything pretty as a picture. Jaw-droppingly beautiful homes with eye wateringly steep price tags go hand-in-hand with fine dining, hot nightlife and delis aplenty to pick up those essential organic goodies. There are golf courses too, of course, horse-riding at Deep Hollow Ranch and 3,000 acres of vineyards to visit.

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT Kids taking over the lifeguard stand on Coopers Beach in Southampton, image featured in, In The Spirit of The Hamptons, ® Gordon M. Grant; ® Gordon M. Grant; The organic market-diven menu at The Surf Lodge; Signage at Mill House Inn, © Sylvia Muller; Long Island beach, image courtesy of discoveringlongisland.com

The star attraction is the beach, with miles of unspoiled sand, as far as the eye can see. Regularly featured on the USA’s list of top 10 beach breaks, there’s plenty to do beyond the dunes and the million dollar homes. Tiana, Peconic and Noyac Bays are the best for windsurfing, while Shinnecock is better known for diving. The bay was named after the local Shinnecock Indians who still hold their Annual Labor Day Powwow on their reservation. It’s open to the public and a quirky highlight on the Hamptons calendar. It’s said that the Hamptons are so popular with New Yorkers, that during the summer, traffic can tail back all the way to 5th Avenue. Sadly, with just one road leading in, it’s a case of one way in, one way out. The trick is not to leave when everyone else does. The 90 odd miles from Manhattan, bumper to bumper can be a trial, so time your departure right. Another option for those conscious of their carbon footprint is taking the (rather slow) ‘Hampton Jitney’ bus or the (even slower) train. No time to waste? Charter a helicopter. To avoid the crowds all together, make

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the trip during the low season, either before Memorial Day (end of May) or after Labour Day (early September) when Route 27 is blissfully quiet. Southampton, established in 1640 by English colonists, has an impressive claim to fame as the very first settlement in New York State. Its historic red brick buildings and narrow leafy streets retain that quaint colonial feel, and enhance its reputation as a pristine, chi-chi ‘old money’ neighbourhood. Smaller than East Hampton, it still counts 200 odd stores ranging from antiques to art, designer clothing and food. Stopping to refuel? Head to Tates for their legendary cookies and pastries. You’ll find it easily, just follow the queue that winds down the road at 8am. Moving on to East Hampton, the most fashionable of the Hamptons, is like venturing deeper into a surreal world of all things cute and beautiful. White picket fences are the norm, expensive cars line the streets and local signs point to appealingly named spots like Lazy Point or Gin Beach. It’s ridiculously charming. Originally named Maidstone, East Hampton was first settled in 1648 and secured its spot as a firm holiday favourite thanks to the advent of the Long Island Railroad in 1895. Although the village is petite, it’s brimming with social events, from the annual Artist-Writers Softball Game to the glitzy International Film Festival in October. Culture buffs should stop by the Home Sweet Home Museum dedicated to 19th-century poet, playwright and actor, John Howard Payne and the Pollock-Krasner House, a museum in the one-time home of legendary Abstract Expressionist painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. It’s no wonder that Martha Stuart, Steven Spielberg, Billy Joel and countless other famous faces have fallen for the area’s golden sands and the relaxed New England style vibe that defines this little piece of paradise. East Hampton really only consists of a couple of streets: Main Street and Newton Lane, where big brands like Tiffany &Co., Ralph Lauren and Gucci sit alongside independents like Steph’s Stuff or Bonne Nuit and the crucial Starbucks, all set in flawless white clapperboard houses. There’s a little cinema, a chic supermarket but no tacky souvenir shops to be seen. To be honest, its perfection is almost disconcerting. It’s so much little like a movie set that bumping into Gwyneth Paltrow, Apple in tow, at the very sweet Dylan’s Candy Bar on Main Street, won’t have you batting an eyelid. Indeed, celebrities are a dime a dozen in these parts. At the Indian Wells Tavern, in nearby Amagansett, an inconspicuous

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pub style restaurant, Patty on reception enthusiastically shares her tales. Renee Zellweger and Jodie Foster came in (albeit not together) she beamed, whispering: “Ethan Hawke came back all summer for more”. Hardly surprising, if he tasted the New York 14oz boneless strip steak. The Hamptons are full of great places to eat. New Yorkers know their food, and expect the finest, especially on vacation. Fresno in East Hampton is another great find. The contemporary, dimly lit bistro restaurant has an extra-friendly, family-run atmosphere, with jovial owner Michael Nolan mingling with his customers. Try the salmon tartare with scallion, radish and jalapeno followed by pork porterhouse and butternut squash or the rigatoni with braised veal, shaved pecorino and truffle oil. Save a space for dessert: a heavenly Vahlrona chocolate cake with Nutella fluff centre served warm alongside a cool hazelnut gelato. Wonder if Robert Downey Junior had it too?

New Yorkers know their food, and expect the finest, especially on vacation

FROM BOTTOM TO TOP Hamptons beach featured in Hamptons Entertaining, image courtesy of Annie Falk, anniefalk.com, © Jerry Rabinowitz; East Hampton Georgica Beach, image courtesy of Mill House Inn, © Sylvia Muller; East Hampton Hook Mill, image courtesy of Mill House Inn, © Sylvia Muller; In The Spirit Of The Hamptons, £35, by Kelly Killoren Bensimon, assouline.com CLOCKWISE FROM TOP OPPOSITE Sebonack panorama featured in Hamptons Entertaining, image courtesy of Annie Falk, anniefalk.com, © Jerry Rabinowitz; Hamptons’ shopping, image courtesy of discoveringlongisland. com; The Surf Lodge by night; Image featured in Hamptons Entertaining, image courtesy of Annie Falk, anniefalk.com, © Jerry Rabinowitz; Graybarn Cottage library at Mill House Inn, © Sylvia Muller; Restaurant at The Surf Lodge

An integral part of the experience, is the local seafood. It’s all about the lobster roll, clam chowder or fresh crab cakes. Stop at one of the many roadside dinners or crab shacks for the real McCoy, or, for the perfect setting, take a picnic to the beach. Feeling adventurous? Take a scenic coastline drive and get lost, safe in the knowledge that you really can’t – and explore the hidden nooks and crannies to get a real taste of the Hamptons, finding that elusive empty beach, that coastal path or just cruise the residential streets for some serious property envy. Officially, East Hampton stretches over Amagansett, Wainscott and on to Montauk, though locals beg to differ. Each village is fiercely proud of its differences, destinations within their own right. In Montauk, on the far end of the island, it’s clear the atmosphere is radically different. Despite its boutique hotels and natural ‘up-scaling’, Montauk is a bit rougher around the edges and keen to retain its low-key, laid-back surfer’s-haven-feel with its original carefree soul. Heading down to Turtle Point, don’t miss The Surf Lodge, a hotspot for beautiful people, all whitewash and driftwoods with oodles of style, where Elle Deco would be proud of the seaside chic décor. Montauk might be the last ‘last frontier’ but it’s clearly the next spot to be colonised Manhattan style…

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Where to Stay

Stay at the historic Mill Inn Bed & Breakfast with its beachside theme. Chic but cosy, the B&B is a luxurious bolthole, ideally located to discover the Hamptons. There’s all you need to relax: from the ultra comfy beds to the jet bathtub with its organic soaps, wireless internet, DVD players, flat screen TVs and even iPod docks in some of the all-white suites. Chat to owners Gary & Sylvia who will gladly recommend places and share insider tips, and don’t miss the legendary breakfast, a veritable feast which will keep you going until evening. Rooms start from £145/night low season & £633/night high season. T: +16313249766, millhouseinn.com

Getting There

British Airways offers 17 daily flights from the UK to New York from £381 return including taxes. To book visit ba.com or call 0844 493 0787. Hire a car with Dollar Rent a Car, 0800 25 28 97, dollar.co.uk For more information contact the Long Island CVB, discoverlongisland.com

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jewel in the crown Two star-studded versions of The Jungle Book will appear on the big screen over the next year – Jeremy Taylor travels to India to unravel the story of writer Rudyard Kipling… Diwali festival, Mumbai

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Rudyard Kipling bust at the Jeejeebhoy School of Art, Mumbai

isitors could be forgiven for thinking that the cleaning staff at Jeejeebhoy School of Art in Mumbai are on an extended summer holiday. The gardens are unkempt, paint is peeling off the walls and empty drink containers litter the ground. A bronze bust stands in one corner of a courtyard, neglected and covered in bird droppings. It sits on top of a marble plinth that is slowly crumbling in the extreme Indian heat. Get up close and the words on the plaque are still clearly visible. It bears the name of a literary legend born here 150 years ago – Rudyard Kipling. Kipling’s ashes were interned in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey in 1936. His final resting place is next to other 20th century greats like Thomas Hardy and

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“Kipling was a controversial figure in India because of the way he portrayed the country in some of his work”

Charles Dickens. So why has the birthplace of a man who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 been left to decay? “Kipling was a controversial figure in India because of the way he portrayed the country in some of his work,” says literary expert and tour guide, Parvin Mistry. “He was regarded as promoting a proimperialist attitude, one that supported the notion of an oppressed Indian people being subject to Britain’s colonial domination.” One consequence of this is that plans to transform part of the Mumbai college where his father was Dean into a Kipling museum have met with stiff opposition. “There are two schools of thought on the subject. He was one of the 20th century’s greatest writers but he also supported

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imperialism. In India that can take many years to resolve,” said Mistry. I’ve travelled to India with luxury tour operator, Insight Vacations, to retrace Kipling’s early years and get a taste for what inspired some of his greatest works. Novels like The Jungle Book, Kim, and The Man Who Would Be King are all classics. Timeless poems such as Gunga Din, If and Mandalay were also from his pen. It’s a timely visit, because over the next 18 months, two new live-action film versions of The Jungle Book are set to rekindle interest in Kipling and boost tourism to the subcontinent. The Jungle Book, featuring the voices of Bill Murray as Baloo, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, and Scarlett Johansson as a

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Now Rann, the Kite, brings home the night That Mang, the Bat, sets free — The herds are shut in byre and hut For loosed till dawn are we. This is the hour of pride and power, Talon and tush and claw. Oh, hear the call! – Good hunting all That keep the Jungle Law! ― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, 1894

wonderfully hissing Kaa python, opens in April. Jungle Book: Origins will follow in 2017. Among the stellar voiceover cast of that movie will be Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan, and Cate Blanchett as Kaa. Insight offers travellers the chance to discover the sights, sounds and wildlife of the India that inspired his work. Its Essence of India Tour visits some of the places where the author spent the first six years of his childhood, before he was sent to England to study. The seven-day luxury tour also includes key cities in an area known as the Golden Triangle. Delhi, Agra and Jaipur showcase India’s rich Mughal and Rajput heritage, with sumptuous palaces, marble temples and imposing forts all on the itinerary.

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The inspiration for The Jungle Book came when Kipling returned to India as a teenager to follow a career in publishing. He travelled extensively during the following decade and enjoyed a keen interest in wildlife. During his many trips into the jungle, he encountered the animals that would later become so familiar to his readers. I want to experience what Kipling saw and so the next day, I fly north to Ranthambore National Park. Tens of thousands of tourists trek to this remote part of eastern Rajasthan every year. It’s a hot and unforgiving part of the country but they still come in search of

Less than 60 Bengal tigers roam the park, fenced in and protected from poachers by a small army of guards

one elusive animal – Kipling’s king of the jungle, Shere Khan. Less than 60 Bengal tigers roam the park, fenced in and protected from poachers by a small army of guards. They have free range of around 250 square miles of jungle and use their camouflaged coats to keep a low profile. Encounters are so rare that even the most optimistic tour operators only offer a 20 per cent chance of a sighting. I’m beginning to think that tigers might remain a part of Kipling’s imagination when my guide suddenly pushes a finger to his lips and demands quiet. High in the trees, the birds are chattering

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Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh

On The Case Kipling was a famous traveller who visited many countries and cultures that influenced his writings. Like many well-to-do people of the era, chances are his luggage included a classic Globe-Trotter suitcase. The company was founded in 1897 and has made luggage for an enviable list of clients – ranging from Captain Scott’s trip to Antarctic in 1912, to Sir Winston Churchill’s dispatch case, when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924. HM The Queen used handmade Globe-Trotter for her honeymoon luggage in 1947 and Sir Edmund Hilary climbed to the first base camp of Everest with his in 1953. For trips to India, the company recommends the Safari range, starting at £400 for the utility case. Larger, wheeled cases are also available, up to the 33-inch suitcase pictured here (£1,355). globe-trotter.com

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loudly and a congress of baboons is in a frenzy of excitement. A message is being telegraphed through the jungle – there’s a tiger on the prowl. Our truck halts and as the noise reaches a crescendo, I get my first glimpse of a wild tiger, lazily walking through a clearing in the grass. It’s a two-year-old female and even at 400 yards I can clearly make out the beautifully patterned coat, a brush of white whiskers and those menacing eyes. I watch as the animal walks slowly on, carefully marking its territory. Then tensions soar as it veers off course, cutting a path through the grass and directly towards us. For a moment the tiger

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disappears behind a ridge and nobody is sure where it’s gone. Then a gasp of Jeremy travelled excitement fills the truck. There’s no with Insight Vacations on need for binoculars now because a preview of the new Essence the tiger is less than 30ft away. of India with Ranthambore itinerary I can see saliva hangings from with Fascinating Mumbai extension. those fearsome teeth as it pants The nine-night trip costs from £3,450 per person based on two people for breath, a tail swishing from sharing and includes VIP private airport side to side, and the crack of transfers, return international flights twigs as it swaggers nonchalantly from London Heathrow, and luxury through the undergrowth. Did 5-star B&B accommodation. insightvacations.com Kipling experience these same feelings when he first came face-toface with a tiger? Was this the defining moment that inspired one of literature’s most lovable stories?

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Knight Frank Aldgate, comments on the trends in the residential sales market As we approach the new financial year, it seems an appropriate time to reflect on the state of the market and the reaction so far to the upcoming changes in Stamp Duty. 2015 felt very much like a year where buyers were adopting a wait-and-see policy, transaction volumes were down and appetite became more price sensitive than in previous years. Despite this, price growth continued in the City and the City Fringe markets at a rate of 5.7 per cent over 2015. The Chancellor’s announcement of an additional levy on those buying second or additional properties has resulted in a distinct increase in stock versus 2015, with sellers attempting to secure a sale prior to the changes taking effect. However, it has by no means resulted in the flood of properties to the market that some predicted. With specific regard to Aldgate and the City markets, we have seen uptake continue to be strong in areas where buyers see comparative value versus more established areas in central London. Buyers are certainly seeing better value at the lower price points in Aldgate at the moment. Developments like Goodman’s Fields in Aldgate have brought considerable interest and capital to the area and this will certainly have a knock-on effect on surrounding values as the development progresses. Proximity to the City and links to the rest of Central London twinned with a great deal of investment in the area suggest that the likelihood of significant capital growth in the coming years remains strong, but this may be tempered by mid-term oversupply. It is likely that we will have a clearer picture of the reaction to the Stamp Duty changes in the months following April. What remains clear is that appetite will remain stronger in emerging areas like Aldgate that appeal to buyers, who, over the past year, have appeared more value-driven and considerably more conscious in picking the right areas in which to invest. Knight Frank Aldgate 020 3823 9930 knightfrank.co.uk/Aldgate

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Home cinema John D Wood & Co., a London and country estate agent secured itself a top spot on the big screen last month. Welcome Home, a 60 second commercial, forms part of the estate agent’s marketing strategy, which saw it work with Brighton-based video agency, SeeThat. The aim was to deliver content that would resonate with viewers on a very human level, while protecting the integrity and heritage of John D Wood & Co. The commercial was written and directed by Sam Widdows, who’s previously worked on commercial campaigns for the likes of HSBC and Guinness. johndwood.co.uk/welcomehome

THE FINE PRINT

Fabric creator Voyage Decoration has launched its colourful Iridescence collection of digitally printed fabrics and wall art for S/S16. The individual, hand-drawn and painted designs use watercolour techniques to depict swirling abstract and floral patterns, which are then printed on locally sourced linen and velvet in the Glasgow workshop. Colours are bright and bold with splashes of fuschia and indigo. Wall art has a matte finish on heavyweight paper and is sold by the metre in wide strips for easy wall application. Elsewhere, Voyage Maison offers complementary patterned homeware such as cushions, throws, lampshades and seating. voyagedecoration.com

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A BRASSERIE BY THE BRIDGE The first flagship restaurant for Berkeley Homes’ One Tower Bridge has been announced. Caprice Holdings Ltd will open a new Ivy brasserie in the premium riverfront-facing restaurant space, which spans almost 8,000 sq ft. The area it will offer some of the most spectacular views of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge, and boast a generous terrace overlooking Potters Fields Park and the River Thames. This follows last year’s announcement of a new, 900-seat theatre, which will be run by The London Theatre Company, opening in summer 2017. Visitor numbers are set to rise with the redevelopment of London Bridge Station, increasing from 67 million to 75 million by 2018. berkeleygroup.co.uk; caprice-holdings.co.uk

dinner with hermÈs The late artist and naturalist Robert Dallet observed, studied and sketched animals and their habitats throughout his life, creating his own pictorial inventory of the natural world. A meeting with Hermès’ CEO Jean-Louis Dumas in 1984 was the beginning of a long-standing collaboration – launched with Dallet’s prints appearing on two scarf designs – and the collaboration continues today with the tribute Carnets d’Équateur porcelain collection. Featuring Dallet’s detailed first sketches and finished works, the pieces in white and jade green depict an array of wildlife from the Amazon Parrot to the Spider Monkey and include plates, a teapot, vases and a soup tureen. hermes.com

LETTINGS THOM ATKINS, associate at Knight Frank Aldgate, comments on the trends in the residential lettings market Since we left behind the slower winter months and have rushed headlong into the busy post-Christmas period, we have experienced incredible uptake in both the number of properties available and also the number of transactional business taking place. The overwhelming positive news of today’s market is that tenancies are up 5.6 per cent on last year, with high numbers commencing in January and a strong showing running all the way up to the end of the financial year. The main negatives surround pricing; whilst asking prices are continuing to hold strong, we are seeing a clear disparity between the initial asking price and the eventual achieved price, as supply vastly outweighs demand. Two factors seem to be holding a particularly strong sway over the current rental market; with a raft of tax changes forcing vendor’s hands and flushing lots of stock (and in some instances prospective tenants) to the market. Vendors uncertain of the implications of the tax changes and buyers shying away from committing to a purchase are driving a busy and competitive market. The second factor influencing today’s rentals market is a volatile economic backdrop, including continued slowdown in China and tumbling oil prices. Global uncertainty continues as companies show a level of trepidation over costs, meaning employers and employees alike are looking to reduce costs, and housing budgets remain one of the easiest ways to claw back stalling revenues. To conclude, whilst we are operating in a busy rentals market, we are operating in a tough marketplace, with tenant strength reaching new heights. My advice to landlords would be to continue to strive for best in class properties and furnishings as the market is valuing product over all else and the best properties are still renting well, whilst weaker properties are sitting among the high volumes of stock on offer. Knight Frank Aldgate 020 3823 9930 knightfrank.co.uk/Aldgate

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OPENING DOORS IN 2016 We pride ourselves on exceptional service and unrivalled market knowledge, with a global network of 417 offices across 58 countries that can showcase your property to the widest possible audience. To arrange a free market appraisal, please call us on 020 3597 7670 or visit KnightFrank.co.uk/riverside Guide price: £1,985,000

Hirst Court, Grosvenor Waterside, Chelsea SW1W A very desirable two bedroom flat with exceptional river views in Hirst Court. Bright, spacious and well designed, this would be a fantastic pied à terre moments from Sloane Square. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen/dining/reception room. EPC: E. Approximately 102 sq m (1,098 sq ft). Leasehold: approximately 985 years remaining. riverside@knightfrank.com Office: 020 3597 7670

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Albion Riverside, Battersea Park SW11 A magnificent three bedroom penthouse with some of the best views the building has to offer. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, dressing room, kitchen/dining room, reception room, balcony. EPC: E. Approximately 346 sq m (3,723 sq ft). Leasehold: approximately 976 years remaining. riverside@knightfrank.com Office: 020 3597 7670

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Eglantine Road, Wandsworth SW18 A beautifully presented five bedroom, family house with superb entertaining space and a 60ft south facing garden. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (2 en suite), 2 reception rooms, kitchen/dining room, downstairs cloakroom, large cellar, 60ft south facing garden. EPC: E. Approximately 282 sq m (3,036 sq ft). wandsworth@knightfrank.com Office: 020 8682 7777

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Ramsden Road, Wandsworth SW12 An exceptional Victorian family house located within the heart of the Nightingale Triangle. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (1 en suite), 2 reception rooms, kitchen/dining room, cinema/media room, study, utility room, west facing garden. EPC: D. Approximately 288 sq m (3,104 sq ft). wandsworth@knightfrank.com Office: 020 8682 7777

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Parkview Apartments, Nr Canary Wharf E14 Brand new apartments for sale A selection of brand new one and two bedroom apartments on the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth floors of Parkview Apartments providing a contemporary interior throughout along with private balconies and access to a communal roof terrace with far reaching views. Leasehold

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St Johns Wharf, Wapping E1W Within this small listed warehouse building, a stunning flat with river views from all the principal rooms. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception/dining room open plan kitchen, 76 sq ft balcony, parking and weekday porter. Approximately 160 sq m (1,722 sq ft). Share of freehold. wapping@knightfrank.com Office: 020 8166 5375

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Leeward Court, Wapping E1W A light and generously proportioned flat with views over the gardens. 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, entrance hall, reception/dining room, kitchen, parking space and resident estate manager. EPC:B Approximately 57 sq m (614 sq ft). Share of freehold wapping@knightfrank.com Office: 020 8166 5375

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Peartree Lane, Wapping E1W A unique opportunity to rent a lovely two bedroom house with spectacular views across Shadwell Basin. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception/dining room, kitchen and porter. EPC: D. Approximately 93 sq m (1,002 sq ft). Available furnished. wappinglettings@knightfrank.com Office: 020 8166 5366

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Guide price: £800 per week

Cashmere House, Aldgate E1 A brand new two bedroom, two bathroom apartment with stunning City Views to rent in the Goodmans Fields development. This apartment comes with access to the onsite gymnasiusm, swimming pool and spa, private cinema, and onsite 24 hour concierge. Available Furnished. aldgatelettings@knightfrank.com Office: 020 3823 9930

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THE PENTHOUSE COLLECTION On Top of the World

Knight Frank grants The City Magazine access to four impressive penthouse properties currently on the market

phoenix wharf For a penthouse unlike any other, look no further – an amazing opportunity has arisen. This duplex apartment in Limehouse’s Phoenix Wharf, occupies the top two floors, offering approximately 2,932 sq ft of internal living space. The lower floor is comprised of three double bedrooms with three bathrooms. The master suite has access to a private river facing balcony, large walk-in wardrobes, and a bathroom with steam room, bath, shower and double sink. The second bedroom also enjoys an ensuite bathroom, while the third is currently used as a study. A reception room on the lower level benefits from a large balcony, while the upper floor provides a fantastic entertaining space, with a well equipped kitchen. From the dining room, residents enjoy access to a private roof terrace offering yet another fantastic entertaining space. The lucky future residents will also benefit from a gym, gas-fired underfloor heating, air conditioning and two parking spaces. Asking price £3,100,000 Phoenix Wharf, E14

phoenix heights east The presentation of this threebedroom, two-bathroom apartment is nothing short of superb. Situated on the 20th floor and above of Phoenix Heights East, this beautiful penthouse enjoys spectacular views towards Canary Wharf. The fitted kitchen is located on the second floor alongside a spacious reception with access to a large terrace. This triplex apartment spans 1,218 sq ft and consists of three double-sized bedrooms, and two generous bathrooms, one of which acts as an ensuite to the master bedroom. This is luxury living in an ideal location. Asking price £975,000 Phoenix Heights East, E14

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ontario tower Take entertaining to new heights in this contemporary twobedroom, two-bathroom duplex penthouse apartment in the coveted Ontario Tower. 1,920 sq ft of living space spans across the 28th and 29th floors with a private south facing terrace that enjoys far reaching River Thames views. A double-height reception room leads to the decked private terrace, while a vast dining area features floor-to-ceiling windows affording an abundance of natural light. If you take great pleasure in preparing a feast, the kitchen will satisfy, with a central island and integrated appliances. On the upper floor, you’ll find two bedrooms, both boasting plenty of storage space and access to their own ensuite bathrooms. Asking price £1,995,000 Ontario Tower, E14

new atlas wharf Natural Light and stunning views toward the River Thames and the iconic City skyline, makes this bright and well-presented three-bedroom duplex penthouse well worth your time and money. Two terraces and a reception room with part doubleheight ceiling, take full advantage of the far-reaching views on offer. Providing 1,510 sq ft of living space, this prize penthouse features a separate kitchen with integrated appliances, builtin wardrobes in two of the three rooms, a shower room on the entry level, and a master bedroom with ensuite bathroom. Furthermore, residents also benefit from secure allocated parking, a concierge service and residents’ gym. Guide price £1,199,000 New Atlas Wharf, E14

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£645 pw + fees apply*

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WAPPING WALL E1W 2

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WAPPING HIGH STREET E1W 2

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SHOREDITCH HEIGHTS N1 2

1,314 sq ft

800 sq ft EPC=B

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£500 pw + fees apply*

GREENWICH PARK SE10 3

1,033 sq ft

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Beyond your expectations www.hamptons.co.uk

Spital Square, E1 £750 per week, Furnished (charges apply)* Fantastic three bedroom apartment in the heart of Spitalfields. EPC: C

Whetstone Park, WC2 £650 per week, Furnished (charges apply)* Superbly located modern and stylish one bedroom apartment. EPC: B

Times Square, E1 £450 per week, Furnished (charges apply)* A modern and bright one bedroom apartment. EPC: B

Leyden Street, E1 £575 per week, Furnished (charges apply)* Spacious two double bedroom apartment with parking. EPC: C

Upper Thames Street, EC4 £650 per week, Furnished (charges apply)* River facing two bedroom apartment with communal roof terrace.EPC: F

Moor Lane, EC2 £690 per week, Furnished (charges apply)* Stunning 19th floor one bedroom apartment. EPC: C

Hamptons City Office Sales. 020 7717 5435 | Lettings. 020 7717 5437

*Tenant Charges Tenants should note that as well as rent, an administration charge of £216 (Inc. VAT) per property and a referencing charge of £54 (Inc. VAT) per person will apply when renting a property. Please ask us for more information about other fees that may apply or visit www.hamptons.co.uk/rent/tenant-charges

Covent Garden, WC2 £3,450,000 Leasehold A beautiful penthouse apartment on Shaftesbury Avenue. EPC: C

Wallside, EC2 £3,500,000 Freehold A freehold house in the Barbican EC2Y. EPC: Grade II Listed

Goswell Road, EC1 £1,500,000 Leasehold A two bedroom penthouse in Clerkenwell. EPC: C

Coke Street, E1 £765,000 Leasehold A three bedroom apartment in the Cornell Building. EPC: D

High Holborn, WC1 £1,685,000 Leasehold A three bedroom sub-penthouse in Holborn. EPC: C

Minories, EC3 £625,000 Leasehold A beautifully refurbished one bed on the edge of the City. EPC: C

Beyond your expectations www.hamptons.co.uk

College Cross, N1 A truly stunning period house set on a prime road moments from Upper Street. Offering five floors of accommodation the house has been architecturally re-designed by the current owners to offer the perfect blend of contemporary and modern elegance whilst maintaining and restoring much of its original charm and character. Having undergone a full re-furbishment from top to bottom, the property has received substantial investment to turn this into the perfect modern day family home. EPC: Grade II listed

Hamptons Islington Office Sales. 020 7717 5453 | Lettings. 020 7717 5335

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Flat fronted Georgian house Open plan reception 4 Bedrooms 2 En-suites Extended lower floor West facing rear garden

Keystone Crescent, N1 A wonderful Grade II listed home located on a beautiful cobbled street close to Kings Cross. This home has been the subject of meticulous renovations by the current owners and provides a bespoke finish throughout. There are three bedrooms with bedroom 2 being on the top floor with far reaching views over the rooftops and storage into the eves. Bedrooms one and three are located on the second floor. A family bathroom is located on the split landing to the rear. EPC: Grade II Listed

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Double reception room 3 Bedrooms Kitchen/dining room Family bathroom Beautiful interiors Rear Garden

Beyond your expectations www.hamptons.co.uk

Tower Walk , E1W £5,250,000, Leasehold A beautifully presented four / five bedroom townhouse perfectly located for The City, in the centre of St Katharine Docks. EPC: D

Park Vista Tower, SE1 £1,125,000 Leasehold The property is finished to the very highest standard and benefits from panoramic views from the wrap around balcony. EPC: B

Empire Square East, SE1 £1,000,000 Leasehold One of the unique corner units in Empire Square East, this two bedroom apartment benefits from a spacious balcony. EPC: C

Tannery Lofts, SE1 £2,650,000 Leasehold 3003 sq ft, 2/3 bed penthouse loft apartment next to Bermondsey Street benefiting from a roof terrace with stunning views. EPC: E

Park Street, SE1 £1,750,000 Leasehold A two bedroom penthouse apartment in the heart of Borough Market benefiting from two terraces, with views of London Skyline. EPC: C

Providence, SE1 £665,000 Leasehold This first floor flat has been presented in good condition and provides two double bedrooms and two bathrooms. EPC: B

Hamptons Tower Bridge Office Sales. 020 7717 5489 | Lettings. 020 7717 5491

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Insider Knowledge

AREA FOCUS: STRATFORD Diana Alam, Head of Residential Development Sales, JLL

Demand for Stratford has grown year on year. Take Unex Tower, where we recently achieved £730 psf on a unit purchased off-plan in 2012 for £430 psf. This 40 per cent increase is not uncommon and reflects the area’s great potential.

JLL is about to open a new office in Stratford, is this an area that’s showing real potential? It is four years since the London 2012 Olympics where Stratford was host to so many memorable moments for Britain, and there is no question that this event irrevocably changed the area in terms of its contribution to London. Post-Olympic legacy has transformed this East London ‘village’ into a shopping and leisure destination in its own right, as well an emerging residential hotspot. The Games were won in large part because of the strong legacy programme embedded in the bid. New homes led this programme, notably beginning with the creation of London’s largest 100 per cent private rented block at East Village, the former Athlete’s Village and the result have been a phenomenal success. Historically ‘the East’ was not portrayed very positively but now, after the redrawing of the London Underground map making Stratford station a Zone 2 location, it is

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acknowledged as part of central London with the axis shifting slowly eastwards. This year, will Stratford attract more investors, or owner-occupiers? And who has the most to gain from looking to buy in and around Stratford? From a residential market perspective, Stratford has clearly transformed and we expect strong demand in 2016 from both owner-occupiers and investors. The Games drove real estate investment on an unprecedented scale, anchored by Westfield. The development of new homes built in the town centre has been significant since 2008, which has brought a steady influx of new people into the community. Importantly, this is now gaining momentum. The rapid house price growth across London is encouraging people to look differently at areas they may have previously overlooked. Stratford offers some of the best value in Zone 2, ensuring that demand for housing to buy or rent is set to continue.

What are you predicting for the house market in Stratford in 2016? We will undoubtedly see some strong growth in the housing market within the Stratford area over the course of 2016. Given the great level of transport and access to key employment areas such as Canary Wharf and the City of London, we believe Stratford and its surrounds will become a great option for owneroccupiers and investors alike. Looking further ahead towards 2018, Stratford is set to see some key employers moving to the area, including the Financial Conduct Authority, which will bring with it circa 2,000 jobs. This will coincide with the delivery of London’s new Crossrail underground system which is set to revolutionise transport throughout London. JLL’s Stratford office is opening in February 2016. jll.co.uk/residential

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AVANTGARDE TOWER, SHOREDITCH E1 ● ● ● ●

2 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms Approx. 820 sq ft (76.2 sq m) 2 Balconies

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On site gym 24 Hour concierge 0.1 mile from Shoreditch station EPC: B

Guide price £835,000 Leasehold For more information, call Bernard Cully 020 3813 5836 or email bernard.cully@eu.jll.com

16-17 Royal Exchange London EC3V 3LL

jll.co.uk/residential

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Studio apartment 1 Bathroom Approx. 408 sq ft (37.9 sq m) West facing balcony

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£575 per week Furnished For more information, call Neil Short 020 3813 5949 or email neil.short@eu.jll.com

Potential tenants are advised that administration fees may be payable when renting a property. Please ask for details of our charges.

16-17 Royal Exchange London EC3V 3LL

jll.co.uk/residential

www.cbreresidential.com/uk

New North Street, Bloomsbury, WC1N

Spectacular duplex penthouse apartment to rent with two private roof terraces A unique and contemporary penthouse apartment which boasts two roof terraces and is ideal for entertaining. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, open plan kitchen, home gymnasium, 2 roof terraces. EPC rating D. Approximately 247 sq m (2,663 sq ft).

ÂŁ2,995 per week +44 (0)20 7205 4611

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Langdale Place, Bloomsbury, WC1N

A new boutique development of six contemporary apartments A selection of one, two and three bedroom apartments all thoughtfully designed and finished to an exceptional standard. Each brand new apartment comprises underfloor heating, fully stone tiled bathrooms, custom designed kitchens and open plan living spaces.

Prices from ÂŁ935,000 +44 (0)20 7205 4553

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A perfect example of a late 70s build with original features throughout Matching people and property in London for 160 years.

St Edmunds Terrace NW8 ÂŁ6,700,000 A luxurious three-bedroom lateral apartment within this exclusive gated development. Freehold. EPC=E Primes Sales: 020 7993 3050 sales.lve@marshandparsons.co.uk

Tarrant Place W1H ÂŁ2,600,000 An immaculate three-bedroom property set in a secure gated mews in prime Marylebone. EPC=D Marylebone Sales: 020 7935 1775 sales.mar@marshandparsons.co.uk

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As JOHNS&CO celebrates the success it has had in just two short years, the Canary Wharf team prepares for further growth with a new and improved E14 office

OHNS&CO Canary Wharf is moving to a brand new, bigger headquarters on Marsh Wall this spring. John Morley, founder and managing director of JOHNS&CO, spotted the area’s potential while working as head of International Sales at Ballymore and, convinced of the area’s future success, it became

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JOHNS&CO’s first base two years ago. The new and improved E14 headquarters will be the company’s fifth office in the capital, with another three openings planned for the coming year, in addition to offices in Singapore and Hong Kong. Present throughout east London with involvement in high profile developments such as Royal Wharf, London City Island, The Wardian and New Providence Wharf, the Marsh Wall office will strategically situate JOHNS&CO in its operational heartland and provide a central base from which to expand further. Being in the centre of London’s highest salaried postcode, it will also be surrounded by potential buyers, landlords and tenants looking for luxury property within easy reach of the office. At just 31, John has positioned the company as a front runner in the luxury lettings, sales and property management markets, thanks to an unrivalled knowledge of the market in key London regeneration areas. Over the last 12 months in particular, the company has seen an increase in revenue of more than 200 per

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cent and the number of employees has almost doubled. Two new appointments have been particularly significant. Clynton Nel joins from Hamptons International as residential director, helping to build the business and continue its already rapid growth trajectory, while Chris Boswell, also from Hamptons International, will head up lettings in East London – one of the company’s key growth areas – to help implement a strategy for future sustained expansion. “We are delighted to be moving into our prominent new office which will situate us in the heart of one of London’s fastest growing areas. Not only will this provide a base from which to continue our expansion, but it will position us at the forefront of London’s growth,” says Morley. The last ten years have been a golden age for regenerating underused areas of the city, giving way to new neighbourhoods and laying the infrastructure for the creation of residential and commercial hubs. Canary Wharf is progressing rapidly, with its 110,000 strong workforce expected to double over the next two decades and property prices predicted to increase by up to 50 per cent in the next five years. Furthermore, rental yields have grown as much as six per cent in east London compared to around three per cent in areas of central London. The arrival of Crossrail in 2018 is expected to further bolster the area and magnify its already expansive transport connections – the property investment and buyto-let opportunities are thriving. And JOHNS&CO has positioned itself right in the action. JOHNS&CO 70 Marsh Wall, Canary Wharf, London, E14 9SL +44 (0)20 7118 0200 johnsand.co

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122 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AA

T: 020 7600 0026 W: www.scottcity.co.uk e: property@scottcity.co.uk

Seddon House, Barbican EC2 For Sale £545,000 A well-presented spacious STUDIO apartment with MEZZANINE BEDROOM and barrel vaulted ceiling situated in SEDDON HOUSE in the BARBICAN with WEST facing views from the balcony. The apartment retains many of the original features including kitchen and parts of the bathroom. There is Under floor heating throughout which is included in the service charge. Barbican tube station (Circle, Hammersmith & City Lines), Moorgate (Northern Line), St Paul’s (Central Line) and the new Crossrail Station, Farringdon (due 2018) each within a short walking distance. Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Tesco are close at hand.

Lauderdale Tower, Barbican EC2 For Sale £1,550,000 Situated on the third floor of LAUDERDALE TOWER in the BARBICAN is this three bedroomed west facing tower flat completely refurbished to an exceptionally high standard. The kitchen is contemporary with top of the range white units and instant boiling hot water tap, with integrated appliances including an induction hob, Neff oven and dishwasher Corian work top and feature glass splash back with grass feature. Utility room housing Neff washing machine and tumble dryer. The flat has solid wood flooring in the reception room and hall with tiled kitchen and bathroom floors. The bathroom and En Suite shower have been well designed including handmade Italian tiles.

Barbican, EC2 £435 Per Week

St Pauls, EC4 £595 Per Week

This large one-bedroom duplex apartment comes on to the market fully furnished and vacant to let immediately. With a south facing living room, this apartment benefits from a great deal of natural light where it matters most. Carpeted throughout, this apartment also offers a piano for keen musicians or an ornamental centrepiece.

AVAILABLE NOW - This fantastic TWO BEDROOM apartment benefits from not just high ceilings but also tall windows, this gives a wonderful aura of both space and light. The property is offered to the market furnished and has wooden flooring throughout. Other key features include security entry system and is close to Blackfriars.

Charterhouse Square, EC1 £425 Per Week

St Pauls, EC1 £420 Per Week

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY FOR SHORT LET, RENT INCLUSIVE OF BILLS - This ONE BEDROOM apartment with its modern kitchen and bathroom has a WEST aspect overlooking the gardens of Charterhouse Square. Other key features include a SWIMMING POOL, SAUNA and small GYM there is also a fantastic ROOF TERRACE which has far reaching views.

AVAILABLE NOW - This ONE BEDROOM PROPERTY is located on the THIRD FLOOR of the building and enjoys a bright aspect. The Living room / dining area are a good size and just off the living area is a FULLY FITTED. The bedroom is also a good size with fitted wardrobe cupboards. Another key feature is that the building has a DAY CONCIERGE.

SOUTH LONDON’S LEADING AGENTS

Cape Apartments, Rotherhithe New Road, SE16

One bedroom from £399,995 Two bedroom from £499,995 Three bedrooms from £625,000

JUST LAUNCHED This luxury development is raising standards in the area, through welldesigned layouts and exceptional quality finishes. All eight apartments benefit from European Oak flooring, Smeg dishwashers, hobs, ovens, microwaves and fridge freezers. The position is great being under 700m from three stations: Surrey Quays (400 meters) Canada Water Jubilee line, and South Bermondsey (London Bridge 4 minutes) and it is less than 50 meters from Southwark Park. The location also has exceptional investment potential being between two of London’s most exciting regeneration areas; Bermondsey and Canada Water. The development is already proving popular, so book your viewings or request a brochure now.

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Smeg and CDA appliances Stone composite worktops Full height double glazed windows European Oak flooring Porcelain tiles to bathrooms Waterfall taps and rainfall showerheads

020 7403 0600 www.kalmars.com

Mill Lofts, County Street, SE1

Prices from £1,375,000

LAUNCHING NOW Mill Lofts is a terrace of four generously proportioned and contemporary styled two and three bedroom luxury live/work houses, all exceeding 2,300 SQ. FT. Designed by leading local architects, Alan Camp Associates, this character scheme has been carefully crafted to meet the needs of today’s creative professionals.

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Over 2,300 SQ FT Hardwood Oak flooring and staircases Crosswater large freestanding baths Power shower with Rainfall shower head Italian kitchens by Domia Materia with Corian worktops Miele intergrated appliances

County Street has an appealing quiet mews feel yet is very conveniently situated for the buzz of Bermondsey Street and Borough being less than 800 meters from both. It also has exceptional growth potential being within 400 meters of huge regeneration scheme happening at The Elephant and Castle.. MILL LOFTS

Leeward Court, West Wapping E1W

Burr Close, St Katharine’s Dock E1W

ea2 are pleased to offer for sale this 1st floor 2 double bedroom, 2 bathroom modern ea2 are pleased to offer for sale this 1980’s built 2 double bedroom duplex apartment built apartment within this popular West Wapping gated development. The apartment within this popular St Katharine’s Dock development. The apartment benefits from Wellington Terrace, Wapping E1W £695,000 comprises of a lounge with fully fitted kitchen, en-suite bathroom and family bathroom. kitchen, lounge, laminate wood floor. Garage. Views of St Katharine’s Dock. Close 2 double bedroom, 2 storey house set within this gated CCTV development. fitted The property has been fully modernised to include Floor to ceiling window in the lounge with Westerly facing views over residents to Tower Hill station and the City of London. double glazing, replacement ceilings, wood floors, , alarm, central heating system operated via remote control, smart phone or communal gardens and the Shard. Video-entry phone system. Laminate wood flooring. internet. Lounge. Fully fitted kitchen. Double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes. Garden. Secure Underground parking space. Allocated parking space. stations.

Potential to extend into the loft subject to planning permission. £650,000 Close to Wapping station and local amenities.

Hermitage Court, West Wapping E1W

£740,000

Chancellor House, Wapping E1W

ea2 are pleased to offer for sale this modern built 1 bedroom apartment within this ea2 are pleased to offer for sale this stunning 2 double bedroom ‘mansion block’ style popular West Wapping development. The apartment benefits from separate fully fitted apartment set within this popular development within the heart of Wapping. The Tudor Tower SE1 £1,595,000 kitchen,House, 3 piece bathroom suite,Bridge, lounge, private terrace and laminate wood floor. Secure apartment benefits from a fully fitted kitchen, lounge, 4 piece bathroom suite, Upvc 6thunderground floor luxuryparking 2 Double Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, PlanClose Reception Room, large balcony. Master bedroom with en-suite space. Residence communal courtyard.Open Porterage. to St double glazing and laminate wood flooring. Located close to Wapping station, local bus andKatharine’ walk inswardrobe. Modern Integrated Kitchen, Balcony, 24 Hour Porter byroutes Harrods Estates, Residents Gymnasium, Swimming Dock and Tower Hill station. and amenities.

£495,000 Pool, Lifts to all floors. Close to Local Shopping Facilities, Walking Distance to London Bridge.

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£600,000

Matilda House, St Katharine’s Dock E1W

Portland Square, Wapping E1W

Rental Price: £340 Per Week

Rental Price: £640 Per Week

Cape Yard, West Wapping E1W

Royal Tower Lodge, Tower Hill E1

ea2 are pleased to offer to let this modern built 3 bedroom, 3 storey townhouse within this popular gated development within the heart of Wapping. The property comprises per week of lounge, newly fitted kitchen, dining room, master bedroom£1,300 with en-suite shower ea2 are pleased to be able to show you this 6 bedroom 4 bathroom house for rental with a garden. This property is a room, family bathroom, utility room with separate Wc and garden. Laminate wood very unique property and has views over the canal. Would suit 6 professional people. Close to and Tower Hillspace. and Close Wapping floors. Garden. Garage parking to Wapping Station, local bus routes and amenities. Overground and close to Waitrose.

ea2 are pleased to offer to let this 3rd floor 1 bedroom ex local authority flat. Lounge with views of River Thames. Fitted kitchen. 3 Piece bathrooms suite. Close to Tower Hill Roding E1W stations and StMews, Katharine’Wapping s Dock.

ea2 are pleased to offer to rent this 3 bedroom 4th floor brand new build apartment ea2 are pleased to offer for let this 2 double bedroom modern built apartment within within this secure popular development. The apartment benefits from open plan lounge this popular gated West Wapping development. The apartment comprises of lounge, and fully fitted kitchen, en-suite bathroom to the master bedroom with further fitted kitchen, 2 bathrooms, wood flooring and an allocated parking space.The Cascades Tower,laminate Docklands E14 £500 per family week bathroom, mood lighting,Comprising laminate wood flooring and 2 terraces with South East views. apartment been re-furbished throughout a high apartment standard including brand good modern 2 doublehas bedroom, 2 bathroom 11thtofloor within thisnew secure development. a reception Close to St& Katherine’ s Dock, the City additional of London and Tower Hill station. quality appliances. Close to St fitted Katharine’ s Dock,master Tower Hill station andwith Waitrose. roomkitchen with water/ City views, kitchen, bedroom walk-in wardrobe en suite bathroom,

Rental Price: £500 Swimming Per Week Rental Price: £795 Per Week shower room. Balcony. pool, Gymnasium & Tennis court. Concierge.

Beckenham 020 8663 4433 Bromley 020 8315 5544

Farnborough Park BR6

Chislehurst 020 8295 4900 Locksbottom 01689 882 988

£1,899,950 F/H

A contemporary five double bedroom, five bathroom detached executive luxury home with a bespoke finish. Located on one of Kent’s most prestigious gated private estates, ‘Farnborough Park’, this family home offers spacious modern living with a number of unique design features.

Contact Locksbottom 01689 882 988

West Wickham BR4

£1,550,000 F/H

The Old Rectory is without doubt one of the area’s finest Grade II listed homes. Built in the 17th Century with an abundance of original features. • Six Double Bedrooms • Four Reception Rooms

• Detached House • Energy Efficiency Rating F

Contact West Wickham 020 8432 7373

Orpington 01689 661 400 West Wickham 020 8432 7373

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Five En-suite Double Bedrooms Heated Swimming Pool Gym and Cinema Room Energy Efficiency Rating C

Orpington BR6

£835,000 F/H

Occupying one of Orpington’s most sought after locations is this elegant detached residence. A spacious family home boasting character and charm. • Four Bedrooms • Three Reception Rooms

• Contemporary Fitted Kitchen • Energy Efficiency Rating E

Contact Orpington 01689 661 400 A member of

The Acorn Group, incorporating:

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Surf

Putt

Dive

Dine

Here in Barbados, every day is just waiting for you to design it. From diving our wrecks and working up an appetite for the day’s catch. To sporting action on land and sea – or total inaction involving a lounger, a book and a glass. We’ve also taken the magic inside. Our architect-designed two to five bedroom residences are exquisitely finished, and located right on the shoreline.

UNNA Luxury Resorts & Residences

For holidays and home ownership visit portferdinand.com and stpetersbaybarbados.com. Then call 0800 097 0847.

Beautiful places to press pause

SALES

£1,380,000

Sugar House, 99 Leman Street EC4A • Arranged over the top floors

• Concierge service

• Grade 2 listed site

• 2 car-park spaces

• East facing balcony

• less than 0.1 miles from Aldgate East Station

For more information call our Tower Bridge branch on: 020 7234 0666

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SALES

£875,000

1 Pepys Street, Tower Hill EC3N • Located at the heart of London City. • 860 sq ft.

• Luxury on-site concierge. • Moments from Trinity Square gardens.

For more information call our County Hall branch on: 020 7620 1600

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LETTINGS

£420 pw / £1,820 pm

Duckman Tower, Lincoln Plaza E14 • 22nd floor winter garden

• Snooker room

• Swimming pool

• Meeting rooms

• Residents gym

• 24hr concierge

For more information call our Canary Wharf branch on: 020 3668 1030

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LETTINGS

£520 pw / £2,253 pm

Duckman Tower, Lincoln Plaza E14 • 22nd floor winter garden

• Snooker room

• Swimming pool

• Meeting rooms

• Residents gym

• 24hr concierge

For more information call our Canary Wharf branch on: 020 3668 1030

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DEVELOPMENT SHOWCASE

Take The Liberty

t an exclusive event in February, in the Four Seasons Canary Wharf, Telford Homes launched The Liberty Building, an exciting 26-storey residential tower in Limeharbour. The one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and duplex penthouse will take full advantage of exceptional views of Canary Wharf and the River Thames, with spacious outside balconies or terraces on offer. Inside, each apartment will be finished to the highest specification with integrated Siemens appliances, feature lighting

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The one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and duplex penthouse will take full advantage of exceptional views of Canary Wharf and the River Thames

and underfloor heating throughout. Residents will benefit from a 24-hour concierge service and a state-of-the-art private gymnasium. With house prices in the area anticipated to grow 37 per cent between 2014 and 2019, The Liberty Building is expected to yield substantial returns. First completions are expected from spring 2019.

PRICES FROM ÂŁ495,000

The Liberty Building, E14 020 3538 4859 telfordhomes.london/libertybuilding

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Set minutes from Canary Wharf Offering Fantastic Value for Money One bedroom prices from only £495,000*

AN EXCLUSIVE & STYLISH 26 STOREY TOWER WITH A COLLECTION OF ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS ALL WITH AN OUTSTANDING SPECIFICATION. MOST FEATURE FANTASTIC VIEWS TOWARDS EITHER THE RIVER THAMES, THE O2, CANARY WHARF OR THE CITY ■ 1 minute walk to Crossharbour DLR station ■ Connections into Canary Wharf (4 mins) ■ Benefiting from the new Crossrail station with speedy connections from Canary Wharf (from 2018) ■ Private outdoor space ■ High internal specification ■ Access to 24 hour concierge service ■ Private residents’ gymnasium ■ Landscaped piazza ■ Private courtyard garden ■ Completions from Spring 2019 ■ Stamp Duty paid ■ Rental yields of between 4.7% - 5.1%

CALL US NOW TO BOOK YOUR PRIORITY APPOINTMENT:

020 3620 8004 or visit www.liberty-building.london Aerial photograph of Canary Wharf with The Liberty Building (CGI) in the foreground. Computer generated images of typical interior style and concierge & reception area at The Liberty Building. *Price correct at time of going to press.

Selling Agent:

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Join our opening celebrations with superb savings through March!

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PRICES FROM £425,000 Actual view from upper level apartment

STUNNING VIEWS Sales & Marketing Suite Marine Wharf, Plough Way, SE16 7FN

020 3770 2188 galliardhomes.com/City Terms & conditions apply to all incentives.

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LIVE IN AMAZING KING’S CROSS

Lewis Cubitt Park, the principal green space at King’s Cross, provides the perfect place to relax and unwind

LIVE IN AMAZING KING’S CROSS You have restaurants, cafés, parks and fountains; you have shops, squares and the joys of a canal; you have the best national and international rail connections in London and an extraordinary choice of some of the Capital’s most extraordinary homes. Move in now and experience living at King’s Cross.

You have 6 tube lines, 3 mainline stations and a Eurostar. Live just 5 minutes from Oxford Circus and Covent Garden and a mere 8 minutes from Victoria and Piccadilly Circus.

Please contact us at: enquiries@livingatkingscross.co.uk or call +44 (0)20 7205 4246 kingscross.co.uk/homes

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CALA HO ME S

IT’S TIME TO...

TALK PART EXCHANGE * Photography of The Belmont

Images include upgrades at an additional cost

100% PART EXCHANGE* Plot 1, The Belmont, our stunning 4 bed end-terraced show home, offers 2,320 sq ft of space, with double garage (24’1” x 20’7”), open plan kitchen/ dining area with French doors leading onto the garden. Complete with all fixtures and fittings. Ready for immediate occupation. Priced at £1,150,000

Sales & Marketing suite open daily, 10.30am to 5pm. Last 4 bedroom home remaining. Viewings are by appointment only.

CALA HOMES AT MILLBROOK PARK, MILL HILL NW7 1PQ

CALL 0203 733 0694 CALA.CO.UK

CWMAR *CALA will obtain 2 independent valuations based on achieving a sale in a 4-6 week period, part exchange considered subject to CALA’s purchasing criteria, terms and conditions. Up to 100% part exchange and other incentives available on selected plots, subject to terms and conditions and not in conjunction with each other or any other offer. Visit cala.co.uk/terms for full terms and conditions and purchasing criteria. Visit cala.co.uk/terms for full terms and conditions. Images shown are taken from Millbrook Park showhome and feature, fittings, décor, flooring and soft furnishings which are not included as standard in a CALA home. Images are used to suggest possible finishes which can be achieved in your home at an additional cost. Please consult a Sales Advisor for further details. Some images have been enhanced.

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Launching two new riverside buildings at Royal Wharf

2 5 T H F E BR UA RY One, two and three bed apartments Prices starting from ÂŁ395,000

Bond Street 27 minutes

Marketing Suite at West Silvertown DLR

London Waterloo 21 minutes

London Bridge 18 minutes

Canary Wharf 12 minutes

West Silvertown DLR

Pontoon Dock 2 minutes

London Custom City Airport House 4 minutes 10 minutes*

A JOINT DEVELOPMENT BY

020 3538 9575 MARINERSQUARTER.COM *Walk time. Journey times calculated from West Silvertown DLR station and sourced from www.tfl.gov.uk. Price correct at time of going to press. CGI is illustrative only.

OXLEY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS

Coming Soon A SLICE OF KENTISH TOWN

A collection of warehouse apartments in a transformed furniture factory One, two and three bedroom apartments Prices starting from ÂŁ525,000* Scheme completing in Summer 2016

W W W.T H E M A P L E B U I L D I N G .C O M R EG I S T E R YO U R I N T E R E S T N O W +44 (0) 203 8 1 1 1 304 O R E M A I L N E W H O M E S @ S AV I L L S.C O M * p r i c e c o r re ct at time of prin t

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COMPLETION 2019 SAFE AS HOUSES

Buy into the rock solid trend that has consistantly outperformed the market.

THE STAGE IS SET FOR DECADES TO COME. Suites, apartments and penthouses with a proven track record for long term growth NEW AMAZON HQ

AND 6 YEARS GUARANTEED INCOME FROM EXCHANGE UP TO 2022!* PRICES FROM £695,000

LONDON HOUSE PRICES

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RESIDENTIAL AGENT

RELEASING 5PM THURS 17TH MARCH THE STAGE MARKETING SUITE, FAIRCHILD PLACE, SHOREDITCH, EC2A 3EN

THESTAGESHOREDITCH.COM/CITY APPOINTED LETTING AGENT

020 3621 0517 sales@thestageshoreditch.com

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO PRESTIGE PROPERTY As we approach the end of the financial year, now may be the time to consider investing in property. This month, Galliard Homes, CALA Homes and Barratt Homes, put forward three notable new builds, which all promise to yield sizable returns. Get in there now, before it’s too late

THE STAGE Galliard Homes and Cain Hoy, alongside other joint venture partners, are redeveloping the original 2.3 acre site of William Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre, where it is believed plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Henry V were first staged. The theatre’s sunken remains will be unearthed and showcased in a public square at the centre of the development. In contrast, the 37-storey residential tower is strikingly modern, and offers 412 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and four-bedroom duplex penthouses. Lifestyle facilities include a business centre with boardroom, screening room, 24-hour concierge services and a Sky bar and terrace on the 32nd floor. Residents will also receive a complimentary three year fitness club membership. The Stage launches on 17 March from the marketing suite at The Viaduct, Fairchild Place. The Stage, EC2A from £695,000 020 3770 2154 thestageshoreditch.com

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LANDMARK PLACE Barratt London’s prestigious new development is situated in the heart of the City on the north bank of the Thames. Its two interconnected buildings, due to complete in 2018, will be a mix of 165 one-bedroom suites, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses. The Private Residents’ Club allows for entertaining with a lounge and cinema room, while private gardens and a health suite with a 20-metre swimming pool, jacuzzi and steam room are ideal for relaxation time. Its prime riverside location means that over 80 per cent of the buildings are made from glass to maximise views. Interiors have been inspired by The Barcelona Pavilion – an early example of architecture’s Modern Movement constructed from glass, steel and marble. Landmark Place, EC3 from £750,000 020 7048 0344 barrattlondon.com/landmarkplace

MILLBROOK PARK CALA Homes has opened its newest show home at its North London development, Millbrook Park, for the final phase of sales. A townhouse spread over three-storeys with a garden at the rear, it showcases the larger three- and four-bedroom houses that are

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available on the development. Alongside these, the site also offers 65 one- and two-bedroom apartments. Larger than average windows offer particularly bright rooms while clever storage solutions allow the flowing spaces to remain uncluttered. The properties are set within 14 acres of park and open countryside – with private and communal gardens –

but despite the leafy surroundings, the development has easy access to Mill Hill East underground station. Other local amenities include a golf club and equestrian centre. Millbrook Park, NW7 from £349,950 0208 3434997 cala.co.uk

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Discover Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youngest landmark Now Launched Berkeley Homes and Foster + Partners are proud to present South Quay Plaza, two iconic buildings just moments from Canary Wharf. At 68 storeys and with world class facilities, South Quay Plaza will redefine London living.

Suites, 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments available. For further information, please call 020 3811 1532 or email southquayplaza@berkeleygroup.co.uk Details are correct at time of going to press and subject to apartment type and availability. Computer generated image depicts South Quay Plaza. ÂŠ DBOX for Berkeley Homes.

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