The City Magazine October 2014

Seal of Approval

How British craftsmanship is spearheading the renaissance of the signet ring

Darling Dickie Remembering the legendary Lord Attenborough

Executive Education The MBA Dilemma

Is returning to the books a good investment?

Global Rankings

The world’s best business schools revealed

Financial Gains

Salary expectations vs. post-study reality

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Stride the City streets with Campbell Cole’s simple and elegant Annex collection

FEATURES 29 DARLING DICKIE Celebrating the life and talent of the late Richard Attenborough; director, actor and visionary

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36 BUSINESS & WEALTH – MBA SPECIAL The MBA Dilemma: Is studying for an MBA a good investment?

53 SHERLOCK HOLMES Elementary, my dear Watson. Discovering the legend of one of literature’s most alluring luminaries

58 american cinema descends on DEAUVILLE

he films, glitz and glamour seen first-hand at the T 40th Deauville American Film Festival

91 SEAL OF APPROVAL

The renaissance of an enduring design classic, the signet ring 120

REDeFINING THE LANGUEDOC J ames Lawrence experiences a Gallic wine and food break in a class of its own

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FOOD: 2014’s HOTTEST HOTELS Nick Savage shares the insider lowdown on London’s most luxurious haunts LIFESTYLE: LIFE AFTER THE CITY Former equities trader Nick Appell on forming high-end luxury cleaning company CASNA

66 COLLECTION: ABSOLUTELY FABULEUX Annabel Harrison meets Vacheron Constantin’s artistic director Christian Selmoni to discuss its latest collection

82 FASHION: RETURN TO INNOCENCE Celebrating old school City style on location at Royal Holloway, University of London

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100 ART & INTERIORS: STRIKE A BALANCE Natalia Miyar of Helen Green Design takes us inside the stunning Belgravia residence, Lateral Apartment

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LIFESTYLE: TECH TALK See our pick of Hi-Fi speakers with sound quality to soothe the soul

112 MOTORING: THE WILLIAMS F1 TEAM EXPERIENCE

George Chapman joins the circus with VIP paddock access to the Formula 1 British Grand Prix 125 TRAVEL: OH (SOUTH) CAROLINA

Dave Waddell discovers the beauties South Carolina has to offer, immersing himself in the charms of the American south

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164 HOMES & PROPERTY: PRIME PENTHOUSE Discover luxury penthouse living in the Royal Docks at Wards Wharf

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n a month that witnessed record-breaking domestic temperatures (September did not, however, constitute an Indian Summer – they only occur from October onwards), we returned from our final, far-flung sojourns in the sun to come face-to-face with autumn and that familiar back-to-school feeling.

For some, the sensation is more than a result of a return to City-based work stations. For a considerable

number of City cohorts, autumn heralds a return to the books, the start of study, the beginning of an MBA. Executive Education has long been acknowledged as one of the fastest ways of increasing your salary. The latest

Financial Times MBA rankings reveal that alumni of London’s Cass Business School reported a 76 per cent increase in their salary just three years after graduating, taking their average wage to £68,500.

Of course, the benefits of further education extend far beyond monetary gains. The

‘there is much empirical evidence to demonstrate the radical improvement in pre and post study earnings. You are therefore right to view yourself as consumer, client and customer

8,000 students that graduated with an MBA from a UK institution last year now possess a raft of analytical, managerial and personal skills that they can apply to any job in any industry. Whether or not they choose to pursue a career in the City, chances are they’ll have gained a global network of important contacts, and, as one current student tells us, the ability to couch-surf across the globe.

Our foray into Executive Education begins on page 35. In the following pages we debate

of an education process.’

the true value of MBAs, rank the top institutions and discuss how to choose the right

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course for you. You’ll find comment from the country’s leading professors, an interview

with the Dean of the best business school Down Under and helpful tips on how to finance prospective study.

With the number of employers hiring MBA graduates having never been higher, and salaries for managerial positions now increasing at pre-recession rates, going back to school never seemed so appealing.

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As the terracotta leaves signal the change of the seasons, Henry Hopwood-Phillips digs out his best elasticated trousers and summons fellow food and drink connoisseurs to collate the best of Belgravia’s autumn dining scene (from page seven).

Hannah Kate Davies props up several local bars in a quest to find the perfect watering holes to take the family, or to woo the other half. Meanwhile, Henry meets the man shaking things up in Harrods’s food halls – the store’s director of food and restaurants Bruce Langlands. On the subject of change, Shay Cooper, the new head chef at The Goring, talks about taking to the stove at this British dining institution. He also shares his favourite fish pie recipe on page 10.

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Elsewhere, florist Neill Strain discusses blooms and Belgravia on page 16 and the Journal reminisces about satirical puppet show Spitting Image with its co-creator Roger Law, who now makes show-stopping ceramics. Flick to page 19 and prepare to be amused by his refreshingly honest take on the art world.

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THE CITY EDIT The commodities and consumables raising our interest rates this month

Tomorrow’s World, Nearly

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ccording to a recent survey, 30 per cent of Brits are a little bit stupid. A third of those polled believe that London will be unrecognisable by 2030. Perhaps The View from The Shard could waiver its usual £25 entry fee to educate the unenlightened, for a trip to the top will reveal that London will look pretty much the same in 16 years’ time, save for a cluster of towers in the City and along the South Bank.

The attraction, dubbed Futurescape, allows visitors to see what the capital will look like via the View from the Shard’s interactive telescopes. Created by leading ‘futurescasting’ company GMJ, the 3D map

takes into account approved planning applications in boroughs all over the city.

Unfortunately, the nifty device was launched just a week before it was announced that The Pinnacle has now been scrapped. A shame in The City Magazine’s eyes, for it was a building far more fetching than some of the other obnoxious wedges that now blight the skyline. So, as we pine for The Pinnacle, here’s a picture of what might have been, courtesy of the new and outdated Futurescape. theviewfromtheshard.com

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THE CITY EDIT The Italian Job

Art for All This month, dress up the des res with a trip to the Affordable Art Fair. Allowing us to procure real-world art at real-world prices since 1999, the fair returns to Battersea Park to showcase its usual array of all-encompassing pieces, each priced between £100-£5,000.

Snap up work from wellknown artists including Anish Kapoor, Damien Hirst and Marc Quinn, as well as from a raft of emerging talent. All art is available to buy and take home the very same day.

Affordable Art Fair, 23-26 October, Battersea Park, affordableartfair.com

Jetty by Richard Heeps. C-type photography, 65 x 107 cm, edition of 25. £595 at Bleach Box photography gallery

Possibly the world’s sultriest estate car (though, admittedly, not a title for which it vies with too much competition) the Aston Martin Virage Shooting Brake marks Italian coachbuilder Zagato’s 95th year and third Aston Martin customisation. Commissioned by an unnamed European customer and debuted at last month’s Chantilly Arts & Elegance Concours d’Elegance, the oneoff creation takes its inspiration from the V8 Vantage and Volante of the mid1980s. While the exterior may have been made more angular, under the bonnet sits an original AM 490bhp, V12, sixlitre engine. The Virage Shooting Brake completes Zagato’s tribute to 100 years of Aston Martin – a range started in 2013 with the DB9 Spider Zagato Centennial and DBS Coupé Zagato Centennial. astonmartin.com

Art meets Science The quantum vacuum – in contradiction to the classic vacuum – is, in fact, far from empty. It is a space where energy particles appear out of nothing, where quantum fluctuations produce virtual matter and anti-matter particle pairs – like constantly appearing and disappearing bubbles in a Champagne glass. The quantum vacuum is considered the lowest energy state of the universe. Artist Frederik de Wilde used it to create the first quantumencrypted sculpture. Pretty cool, don’t you think?

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Picture-Perfect Super-smart to look at, super-smart to shoot with, the new Leica X boasts 16.5 megapixels, is almost completely insensitive to flare and ghosting effects and will record videos in full HDformat. Durability is ensured thanks to the high-quality metals used throughout.

The Leica X, £1,550, leica-camera.com

Keep Calm, Ride On Following his series of limited-edition prints of New York and Paris, artist Thomas Yang issues his latest bicycle tyre-created artwork, this time inspired by London. God Save the Bike features Tower Bridge, meticulously crafted using 11 unique tyre tracks. As with all of Yang’s prints, only 100 were made. The originals have now been sold but artist’s proofs are available upon request.

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Cinematic Choreography Bang & Olufsen has just introduced an 85 inch behemoth to the market. The BeoVision Avant 85 comes 4K-equipped and promises to possess the sort of industry-leading sound quality for which the company has become famous. Fix it to your wall and push a button on its remote and the TV will find your favourite position, your favourite channel and your favourite sound setting. Switch it off and the speakers fold back and the TV returns to its discreet resting place close up against the wall. You’ll soon forget what the cinema was for.

BeoVision Avant 85, £16,595, bang-olufsen.com

Tailored Tech Aspinal’s Mount Street Tech Bag is the first bag to feature an interior battery pack and cable paths, meaning you can charge your phone and tablet on the move.

It comprises a spacious main compartment, two built-in phone pockets and a quilted iPad pocket.

A wardrobe staple for any season, the bag comes in two sizes and is available in Black Saffiano, Brown Matt Croc, Brown Saffiano and Grey Nubuck Croc.

Mount Street Tech Bag, from £595, aspinaloflondon.com

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KEEPING the epicure nourished WITH the square mile’s Latest launches and CULINARY CRAZES

Easy Meat

Mexican Wave

Among a spate of new online delivery services, Meat Porter caught our eye this month. Fine dining is on the cards seven days a week, as this in-theknow artisan butcher sources from the same suppliers as top hotels and Michelin-starred restaurants. Get prime cuts like pork loin and rump steak delivered to your kitchen, or office, in unique chill-boxes.

With free next-day delivery and a simple drag and drop order process, just add seasoning. meatporter.com

With ever-growing lunchtime queues for burrito chains like Tortilla and the popularity of relaxed restaurants like Wahaca, Mexican food is making ripples in London. Go authentic and road-test it at home with this latest foodie bible.

Act Your Age Silk & Grain specialises in barrel ageing, which seems fairly conventional until you learn it’s not about Whisky. This new barrestaurant experiments with wood, metal, leather and glass to mature and transform the humble cocktail.

The punchy Bloody Moira infused with beef broth and beetroot was a hearty addition to the rib-eye steak, while the zesty Hanky Panky went down a treat with homemade chocolate brownies. Doubters beware, it’s good.

33 Cornhill, EC3V 3ND, 020 7929 1378, silkandgrain.co.uk

Mexico: The Cookbook, published by Phaidon Press, 27 October, £29.95, phaidon.com

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Recipe Picks

The Lowdown

‘Shepherds’ Tacos’ (pictured) – pork and pineapple make an interestingly exotic combination, with chillies for kicks, of course ‘Day of the Dead Bread’ – we just enjoyed the name ‘Lamb in Cider Sauce’ – rich, winter-worthy cuisine ‘Tuna Ceviche’ – a guest recipe from internationally-renowned chef, author and television personality José Andrés

Mexico’s culinary roots go deep, with more than 9,000 years of colourful dishes, fresh ingredients, traditions and diversity. Mexico: The Cookbook, with 650 recipes, offers a small slice of this and its authenticity is key as the book is compiled

by Margarita Carrillo Arronte, a native Mexican, author, teacher and food ambassador for 25 years.

Organised sections from street food and snacks, to fish and seafood, make it easy to pick the dish you’re in the mood for (but this may depend on which mouthwatering image first catches the eye). Expect the classics upgraded, with enchiladas, quesadillas and tamales all making an appearance.

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Hotel Hopping

Three is the magic number with Laurent-Perrier’s Gourmet Odyssey londonrestaurantfestival.com

for cocktail

hour

Duck & Waffle’s cocktails are definitely worth climbing (albeit in a speedy lift) 40 floors. Richard Woods, Head of Spirit and Cocktail Development (a real job), is definitely worthy of Bombay Sapphire’s 2014 Most Imaginative Bartender title. His creative and unusual concoctions come with a punchy, savoury twist – just don’t confuse them with the food menu.

Duck & Waffle, Heron Tower, 110 Bishopgate, EC2N 4AY, 020 3640 7310 duckandwaffle.com

Starter

Main

Location: Holborn Dining Room at the Rosewood Hotel.

DISH: Salt baked heritage beets with goat’s curd.

TIPPLE: Laurent-Perrier Ultra Brut. verdict: Garden-fresh with beetroot in every shade of purple.

Location: Plum & Spilt Milk at the Great Northern Hotel.

DISH: Roasted loin of Cornish lamb, celeriac, black cabbage and rosemary.

TIPPLE: Laurent-Perrier Vintage. verdict: A rich and hearty but elegant take on a roast.

Fish to Fry

Dessert Location: The Northall at the Corinthia Hotel.

DISH: Warm hazelnut financier, spiced quince and brown butter ice cream.

TIPPLE: Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé. verdict: The best bit, and light enough to leave room for petits fours.

Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street, EC2M 1QS, 020 3227 0979, thefishandchipshop.uk.com

Soon to be a familar face in the City, we catch up with Des McDonald ahead of his two new openings. First up, The Fish & Chip Shop So you’re expanding The Fish & Chip Shop. What’s the secret to its success?

Everyone loves fish and chips. They also love Champagne, craft beer, oysters, crab and baked lobster thermidor. We’re just a little posh shop that folks seem to like.

Celery and Wasabi Bellini

Why open a branch in the City?

The City is now a mad, busy food destination that’s changed a lot in the last five years; many of our clients are City-based so it’s an obvious choice.

What or who inspired you to cook?

My family are farmers, bakers and chefs so it was a natural progression.

Why choose fish and chips?

I believe simple, quality brands and ideas work and I like developing restaurants that I like to eat in.

Chocolate and Blue Cheese Martini

Favourite kitchen gadget?

Currently my Vitamix, I love juicing.

Other British dishes you like?

You can’t beat roast beef on a Sunday and I’m a sucker for jam roly poly. If I’m being healthy I love native oysters, Isle of Bute smoked salmon and Devon cock crab.

Snapper with Tomato Consommé

Your next project?

A winter restaurant on Selfridges, rooftop, details will be revealed shortly, and Q Grill City (a barbecue restaurant) will open in November next to The Fish & Chip Shop City.

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Our man-about-town, Innerplace’s Nick Savage, gives you the insider lowdown on London’s most luxurious haunts

2014’s Hottest Hotel Openings

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orld-class hotel launches on London’s horizon include André Balazs’ hipster haven The Standard in King’s Cross, The Mondrian in South Bank and the second Hoxton Hotel in Holborn. However, 2014 has already witnessed a number of hotel launches that would pique the ire of a lesser city.

The following are four of the best.

Chiltern Firehouse The aforementioned Mr Balazs has earned the envy of many a hotelier for engineering some of the most stylish and exclusive spaces on the planet. The Chiltern Firehouse is no exception.

In fact, it might be the nonpareil example. Booking one of its 26 rooms can assist with access into the celebrity sanctums of the restaurant or the invitation-only bar The Ladder Shed, and the rooms are every bit as beautiful as the rest of the 19th-century building, with many of them boasting 270-degree views of Marylebone, working fireplaces and the effortless élan that has become synonymous with all of Balazs’ properties.

Inside Ham Yard Hotel, 1 Ham Yard, Soho, W1D 7DT

Shangri-La Perched at the apex of one of London’s most striking buildings is one of the capital’s most striking hotels: Shangri-La at The Shard.

Each room comes equipped with either binoculars or an augmented reality iPad with which you can better experience the vistas of London. The floor-to-ceiling windows and eyrie-like vantages do not lose their novelty factor. Whether you’re bathing, lifting weights at the gym, drinking cocktails at London’s highest bar or relaxing poolside at the adjoining infinity pool, the feeling of having the city so far below you imbues the experience with an almost regal air.

Exterior of The Beaumont, 43 North Audley St, W1K 6WH

Iconic City View Room at Shangri-La at The Shard, London Bridge, SE1 9SG

Ham Yard hotel It’s difficult to enumerate everything that Ham Yard Hotel offers.

Launched by the Firmdale Group and principally designed by proprietor Kit Kemp, it’s a bit of a village in itself, tucked away just moments from Piccadilly Circus. In addition to its 91 bedrooms and suites, it offers residential apartments, a bar and restaurant, a rooftop terrace bar and garden which provides many of its ingredients, a library and drawing room, a spa and gym, a plethora of private-event spaces and a striking 190-seat, avant-garde screening theatre that adjoins a beautiful drinking den named the Dive Bar. One of its most notable amenities is the Croc Bowling Alley, imported from Texas with custom-made maple lanes, Howard Hodgkin prints and Australian driftwood crocodiles along the wall.

It’s an easy strike and quite possibly the nicest alley in the country.

Exterior of Chiltern Firehouse, Marylebone, W1U 7PA

Innerplace is London’s personal lifestyle concierge.

Membership provides complimentary access to the finest nightclubs, the best restaurants and top private members’ clubs.

Innerplace also offers priority bookings, VIP invitations and insider updates on the latest openings. innerplace.co.uk

The Beaumont The Beaumont, Corbin and King’s first foray into hotels after captivating London with The Wolseley, The Delaunay and most recently Fischer’s was not completed during our visit but exhibits the same obsessive detailing as its foodie forbears. Featuring a precise Art Deco interior, The Beaumont borrows its inspiration from Roaring Twenties America, with the whisky-led American Bar and Colony Grill Room restaurant as its beating heart. One of the most prepossessing aspects of the hotel is the Antony Gormley ‘Room’, a monolithic sculpture-cum-bedroom constructed to resemble a gigantic human figure, hunkering down on the southern end of the building.

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The City Magazine has teamed up with Team Steam and bartender-extraordinaire Andy Mil to give you a sneak peak at Steam & Rye’s latest cocktail creations…

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nyone who’s ever stepped foot in Steam & Rye will tell you that it’s a place like no other. Founders Nick House, of Mahiki and Whisky Mist fame, and Kelly Brook have created a journey of eccentric escapism where the capital’s most innovative cocktails are served against a backdrop of live bands, dazzling dancers and theatrical stage shows.

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Life IN Fifteen minutes with the Square Mile stalwarts of which every City sybarite should be aware…

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Miss Toni Store manager of Jeffery-West City

orn and bred in Northampton, Jeffery-West is the creation of childhood friends Mark Jeffery and Guy West. What is now an international footwear brand began as two 16-year-old boys selling shoes from market stalls. Today, the brand takes its inspiration from ‘Regency dandies, fin de siècle decadence, 20thcentury subculture, literary and filmic references and a whole swathe of swashbucklers, wits and hell-raisers’. Perhaps it’s no surprise that Tom Jones, Rhys Ifans and Mickey Rourke are all fans.

Define Jeffery-West in three words: Decadence, sleaze and excess.

What makes the City a good location for a Jeffery-West store?

The City is an area renowned for its work-hard-play-hard culture and we do shoes for both.

Which three historical figures can you imagine wearing a pair of Jeffery-West’s?

At Jeffery-West we name our shoes after legendary gents who inspire us. These are three of my favourites: John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester, the original libertine; Oliver Reed, one of the most infamous hellraisers; and David Bowie, always on my list.

Favourite Book: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. It is said to have influenced Mick Jagger to write Sympathy For The Devil.

Film: Faster, Pussycat, Kill Kill! Russ Meyer’s most famous film and apparently Tarantino’s favourite. It’s the ultimate bad-girl movie.

City: It has to be London... For its pubs, restaurants, history and culture.

Restaurant: Vanilla Black near Chancery Lane. It has taken vegetarian food to a new level.

Holiday destination: I am a big fan of old Hollywood and rock n’ roll culture, so it has to be Los Angeles.

Which celebrity would you most hate to see in a pair of your shoes?

A lady never tells...

Brand of shoe you’d never be seen dead in?

When I’m dead I won’t care... It’s being alive that counts.

Which clothing brands do you most admire?

I’m currently wearing lots of 1950s’-inspired clothing like Vivien Of Holloway. In menswear, I like Soho tailor Tom Baker, La Rocka and Lewis Leathers.

Why should every man own a cane?

How else is a gentleman to stylishly steer himself through rush hour?

A cane also offers excellent support whilst being shown to the next whisky bar.

You also sell spankers…

Why should we not?... Play should never stop with school...

Best late-night spot in the City?

There are too many to name... I would usually start with a few rums in the shop. Then a cocktail at the Heron Tower, followed by some rum and cocktails at either Portside Parlour, a new rum bar in Shoreditch, or Happiness Forgets in Hoxton.

Best place to cure a hangover?

Hawksmoor Guildhall for power breakfasts and anti-fogmatics.

Give us your best piece of Jeffery-West-related trivia…

Our shoes are imprinted on the Hollywood Walk of Fame thanks to regular client Mickey Rourke.

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Life AFTER The Square Mile alumni making waves away from the fickle waters of finance

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ick Appell was a City trader before being convinced that where there was muck there was money. He formed Casna with his parents 25 years ago and having recently bought them out, today employs more than 600 staff from 42 countries and is responsible for cleaning in excess of 50 of London’s top hotels and private clubs.

With a turnover of more than £10m, clients include The Connaught, Four Seasons and the Royal Automobile Club. Forecast turnover for 2015 is in excess of £15m.

What inspired the move from commodities to cleaning?

I could see a real gap in the market for high-quality cleaning. I would not have wanted to spend the rest of my life wondering ‘what if ’.

What’s the most significant lesson learnt since going it alone?

That I don’t have all the answers. Nobody does.

Nick Appell Age: 47 Previous Life: Equities trader at various City firms Current Occupation: Managing director of Casna Group, London’s leading cleaning company

The key to running a successful business is...

I’d put people and listening near the top of the list. Get the best people you can, listen to what they say and empower them to do their job.

What’s the biggest risk you’ve ever taken?

Some years ago we took over a cleaning company about the same size as we were then. It was in trouble, the standards were low and all of its client contracts were hanging by a thread. We had a very limited window of opportunity to retrain the staff and show the clients that they were better off staying than leaving.

The thing you are most scared of is...

Something bad happening to my wife or children. The people you love are what it’s all about – anything else you can recover from, especially business, but your family are the cornerstone of everything.

Biggest ever indulgence?

I don’t have it yet but I am determined to learn to fly a helicopter then have one of my own one day. For now, it’s my BMW 1300S motorbike.

Three historical or living figures you’d most like to have dinner with?

Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Sir Ranulph Fiennes; three people who have attained the most awesome of human feats.

The person you’d most like to punch in the face…

George Galloway MP. You have to admit he has a very punch-able face, especially when he opens his mouth.

Things you would do as Prime Minister…

Bring back National Service. Such a scheme would promote discipline, respect, basic life skills, economic management and maybe even a sense of community and something to be proud of. It could even create a less selfish generation who actually took some responsibility for their actions.

What would you do if you lost everything tomorrow?

I’d start again. I think if you have built a successful business once, you’ve got the confidence to know that you can do it again. It’s just a matter of energy and enthusiasm, and I know I would have all the motivation I would need. I’d just look at my kids. casnagroup.co.uk

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DARLING DICKIE Westminster Live’s Neil Sean met Lord Attenborough on several occasions before his passing, to talk about everything from his accolades as an actor and illustrious directing career, to his defining moments and friendships with Princess Diana and Noël Coward. Together with The City Magazine’s Jo O’Donoghue, he looks back at ‘Dickie’s’ extraordinary life – and remembers one of Britain’s most beloved icons

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hen news broke on 25 August 2014 that Lord Attenborough had passed away the previous day, the media blossomed with tributes.

This “celebrated film-maker” (The Independent), “phenomenon” (The Telegraph), “irreplaceable man” (The Guardian) and “hero” (The Sunday Times) is a great loss to the world of cinema and the landscape of British arts and culture.

Born in Cambridge, the son of a university don, Attenborough was no stranger to the arts world, even from his earliest years. He often spoke of his boyhood attendance at recitals and lectures at De Montfort Hall and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from the age of 17.

Although appreciative of culture, Attenborough didn’t possess an ambition to act above all else and, looking back, there’s no doubt that it was his broad spectrum of interests that helped form his unique approach to all of his creative endeavours, from acting and directing to charity work and public speaking.

“I wanted to do something creative, but truthfully it changed almost daily,” he explained. “I think it’s part of the imagination and more so when you come

from my generation that did not have the distractions of TV and [video] games and so forth. I loved and fell in love with the movies – those great dark palaces in the high street that took me away to a place called Hollywood – yes, I was a movie buff and loved them all.”

And so he began with acting.

Attenborough won his first film role at 19 as a sailor in Noël Coward’s In Which We Serve (1942) – after impressing Coward during his time at RADA. Indeed, ‘the master’ was to remain one of Attenborough’s greatest friends and heroes: “I adored him,” he said of Coward, in an interview for The Big Issue. “Of all the great people I’ve known, he perhaps had the greatest aura. He was giving me a doctorate once, and I had to go forward and bow before him, in all the regalia, in front of all the academics. As I bowed, he leaned and said to me: ‘My, you do look pretty, dear boy.’ Well, I was f**ked, completely f**ked – I couldn’t stop giggling.

“Noël could do everything and that was the beauty really,” he said on another occasion. “He knew it and we all knew it too; he was known as ‘the master’ which he loved and woe betide you if you forgot that he was in charge on his film. He knew

Attenborough enjoyed a special balance of “fame, fortune and good friends” which allowed him to explore the potential of his heart and mind

Dickie’s Female Inspirations Sheila Sim “My wife and I acted together in the first Mousetrap. We were among the original cast members of the production, which opened in 1952 and is still running. After that, she said ‘If we are going to make this marriage work, I will have to give up acting.’

She never again wanted to say goodnight to the children and go to work. It kept her sane. I think the other secret was that we remained the very best of friends and never had an argument before going to bed. Always resolve arguments with cuddles and a feeling of warmth... Life really is too short, darling.”

Margaret Thatcher “A marvellous lady and a true thinker. I was not at all keen on her policies – but you know she had something; she was also a great actress and could put over what was required in any field or situation. I recall meeting her many times, but she was not that keen on the arts – she would support them, but I always felt she was in a rush to get things done and dreadful as an audience member, darling, no good at all.”

Princess Diana “Utterly charming, ladylike and so in tune with what others required of her. If anything, she would give more of herself than was needed and that left her exhausted – but for me, we became friends and I assisted her with her public speeches.

She was, as you would have expected, quite wonderful but even better when she went off script. She had a natural knack at making people feel at ease. She really was a one-off and we called each other Darling and she called me Dickie – she was a riot and I miss her daily.”

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all the lines because he had written them – so yes, you had to be word perfect. I miss Noël every day.”

Still in his late teens, Attenborough then won one of his most famous stage roles as Pinkie, in Brighton Rock in 1943 (shortly before joining the RAF). He later reprised the part on film in 1947 as “one of the most unforgettable bad guys ever seen on a cinema screen: the irredeemably evil teenage hoodlum Pinkie Brown, played with unblinking conviction by the late Richard Attenborough, himself only 23 at the time” (David Gritten, for The Telegraph).

Fast-forward to 1952 and another pivotal moment came in the form of the first stage production of The Mousetrap.

Did he have any idea it would be such a runaway success?

“None at all; in fact we heard that Mrs Christie was not keen on the play at all, to be honest. I think she loathed the idea of someone like us taking on the characters that she herself had created – and so we all thought it wouldn’t last that long,” he explained. “How wrong were we! It was and remains a classic, and I think even she would be thrilled as to how it all turned out.”

Of course, alongside a flurry of film roles (including The Great Escape (1963), The Sand Pebbles (1966) Doctor Doolittle (1967) and Jurassic Park (1993, 1997)), Attenborough was equally famed for his direction and production behind the camera. He made his directorial debut in 1969 with an adaptation of Oh, What A Lovely War and won both Oscars and Golden Globe awards for his 1982 epic Gandhi.

He named Shadowlands (1993), starring Anthony Hopkins and written by C.S. Lewis, as his finest directorial work. “[Hopkins] was simply amazing really and it shone through the screen. I am not sure of Tony’s feelings, but for me I did wonder if I could top that. While the film was hard work, it was a joy to see such wonder up there on the screen. I am awfully proud of that movie.”

Other production highlights included A Bridge Too Far (1977), A Chorus Line (1985), Cry Freedom (1987), which earned Denzel Washington an Oscar nomination for his role as Steve Biko, Chaplin (1992) and the BAFTA-winning Shadowlands (1993). “[Chaplin was a hero] because he was the movies to me and I adored them. I thought Robert Downey Jr. captured it so well. For me, I loved the fact that Chaplin was a rebel and started his own studio, dictated his own terms. I think that is why I made the movie […] to find out just who he really was.”

With such a diverse range of passions and interests, “My career blossomed in so

OPPOSITE PAGE Miracle on 34th Street (1994) © 20th Century Fox THIS PAGE FROM TOP Jurassic Park (1993) © Universal Pictures Flight of the Phoenix (1965) © 20th Century Fox

many different areas,” Attenborough said simply. And so, with a philanthropic streak running through his creative persona, he also decided to deliver on a large number of public service roles.

“An accomplished ‘public man’, in his element on committees, he served at various times as chairman, president or patron to some 30 bodies, including Unicef, Rada and Channel 4,” observed Gritten (The Telegraph). “But significantly he was also a towering presence within the British Film Institute, BAFTA and the National Film and Television School. To the public, he was for many years simply the face of British film.”

From the outside looking in, it seems Attenborough enjoyed a special balance of “fame, fortune and good friends” which allowed him to explore the potential of his heart and mind well into his eighties (his last directorial title was released in 2007, Closing The Ring). “I think friends are vital, and being loved. Success can be fleeting; I always thought after every film it would be my last and that I would be found out – but if you keep going and make a good fist of it, then who knows where you may end up. I am an eternal optimist – I think that is one of my best traits.”

Perhaps most poignantly, Attenborough spoke about how he would like to be remembered. “I don’t think I personally will be,” he said. “Maybe some of the films because they live on, don’t they?

“I think if I am remembered, it will be as someone who tried to make something worth seeing and, above all else, as a good father and husband. To me, that was far more important than any movie. It’s what we all should strive for really; making sure we show we love the ones closest to us.”

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THE GREAT DEBATE

Freedom

The right

of information VS to BE FORGOTTEN Words: JOSEPHINE O’DONOGHUE

What is ‘the right to be forgotten’?

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his summer, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made history by ruling that in some circumstances (“where personal information online is inaccurate, inadequate, irrelevant, or excessive in relation to data-processing purposes”) the

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links should be removed from Google’s search index.

In the process of recommending the deletion of links in the case of Mario Costeja González (who argued that articles on the sale of his property to repay debts in the 90s were no longer relevant), the ECJ has provoked international debate on the future of online privacy, freedom of expression and access to information – alongside the potential logistical nightmare

of practical implementation.

Divided opinion In a nutshell, ‘the right to be forgotten’ is based on the idea that the internet requires additional rights beside those that exist in normal everyday life. Simple in theory, but incredibly difficult to manage in practice, as so many of us live a good chunk of our lives with a digital element

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woven through it.

If we look at the premise in simple terms, offline we have no individual right to say that other people cannot talk about you or must forget your actions; so the argument asks, why have a different set of rules online?

Speaking at the launch of Wikimedia’s first transparency report this summer, founder Jimmy Wales spoke out against those seeking to use the “right to be forgotten” to remove links to Wikipedia.

“History is a human right and one of the worst things a person can do is attempt to use force to silence another,” said Wales.

“I’ve been in the public eye for quite some time. Some people say good things, some people say bad things … that’s history, and I would never use any kind of legal process to try to suppress it.”

For those who object to ‘the right to be forgotten’, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights helps back their stance, stating that “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers.” A phrase with which not many reasonable minds would disagree; it doesn’t leave much wiggle room for those individuals who might want links to personal details removed, particularly when it falls under the heading of editorial ‘opinion’.

Lila Tretikov, also of the Wikimedia Foundation, described the ruling as creating Orwellian “memory holes”.

“Accurate search results are vanishing in Europe with no public explanation, no real proof, no judicial review and no appeals process” she said to The Guardian.

“We find this type of veiled censorship unacceptable. But we find the lack of disclosure unforgivable. This is not a tenable future. We cannot build the sum of all human knowledge without the world’s true source, based on pre-edited histories.”

Notably, government officials have also taken sides, vowing to fight Brussels on the implications of the original ruling, not wanting the law to develop “in the way implied by this judgment” (Simon Hughes, Justice and Civil Liberties Minister).

Baroness Prashar of the Lords’

Committee stated that “We do not believe that individuals should have a right to have links to accurate and lawfully available information about them removed, simply because they do not like what is said. We also believe that it’s wrong in principle to leave search engines themselves the task of deciding whether to delete information or not, based on vague, ambiguous and unhelpful criteria.”

However, that’s not to say there isn’t a place for change in online regulations to protect individual privacy; indeed, in the case of Costeja González his debts had been resolved but the shadow of his financial past, despite being cleared, was damaging his professional future.

“I was fighting for the elimination of data that adversely affects people’s honour, dignity and exposes their private lives” he told The Guardian. “Everything that undermines human beings, that’s not freedom of expression.”

“The ruling confirms the need to bring today’s data protection rules from the ‘digital stone age’ into today’s modern computing world,” agreed EU Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding.

A seemingly endless debate, it’s incredibly difficult to reconcile privacy rights with rights to freedom of expression and access to information. The only helpful view to move forward with is that these rights are not absolute – and to resolve each unique situation, boundaries need to be flexible and a fair balance reached.

And of course, within the argument, remember that the information itself can never be erased; it’s really just about how easy it is to find.

POINT OF INTEREST It’s worth noting that ‘the right to be forgotten’ has become something of a catchphrase within the debate, and as such doesn’t accurately reflect the realities of the ruling or appropriate application of the ruling.

In a nutshell, ‘the right to be forgotten’ is based on the idea that the internet requires additional rights beside those that exist in normal, everyday life

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Rogue Trader Released Former Société Générale banker Jérôme Kerviel is out of the clink after serving just five months of his three-year prison sentence.

The rogue trader, who lost Société Générale £4.9bn back in 2008, will have to wear an electronic tagging bracelet and stay home on weekday nights for the remainder of his term.

£600k The pay from an average front office banking job. Emolument data, as published in the FT, suggests that professionals working in M&A, trading and capital markets in the City of London receive on average £600k in combined base pay and bonuses.

£85k The average bonus hedge fund directors received in 2014, according to figures from real-time salary data provider emolument.com. Although down from the 2012 average of £135k, it will still buy you a three-bedroom holiday home in Cornwall… or a parking space in Mayfair.

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The MBA Dilemma – Is studying for an MBA a good investment?

Choosing the right MBA – Some factors to consider

Why study for an MBA in London?

– How the capital is leading the international field

How to finance an MBA – How to cut the personal cost of executive education

MBA & Executive Education Supplement overview

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he decision to put your career on hold in order to study an MBA isn’t an easy one to make. The courses are famously hard and they certainly don’t come cheap – had you attended one of the 10 leading schools in the US last year, you could have expected to pay more than £37,000 – and that’s excluding accommodation and living expenses. The total cost of a top-ranking, two-year programme in the US stands closer to £125,000.

Yet on the other flip of the coin, MBAs have long been acknowledged as the fastest way of increasing your salary. Alumni of London’s Cass Business School reported a 76 per cent increase in their salary just three years after graduating, figures from the latest Financial Times MBA Rankings reveal. “The qualification signals to employers that you have the analytical, managerial and personal skills needed to succeed in a senior leadership role,” the schools associate dean Dr Sionade Robinson tells us on page 36.

Over the next 12 pages, we foray into the world of executive education. In addition to debating the true value of MBAs and discussing how to choose the right course for you, we consider the ways of financing your study and highlight how London has become one of the best cities in the world in which to enrol.

We rank the top institutions, speak to experts from higher-education specialists QS and leading lecturers from the London School of Business and Finance and discuss expectations versus reality with current students midway through their MBAs. Executive education can accelerate your career. It can help you build a global network of contacts and gain an international level of exposure. It can increase the digits in your bank account. It might just change the direction of your life.

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THE MBA DILEMMA Is studying for an MBA a good investment?

Words: chris johnson, CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL, cass.city.ac.uk

Top Business Schools in the UK 2013/14 1 London Business School, London 2 Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Oxford 3 Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge 4 Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, London 5 Cranfield School of Management, Milton Keynes 6 Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Warwick 7 Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester 8 University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh 9 Henley Business School, Reading 10 Ashridge Business School, Berkhamsted Source: topmba.com

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n MBA is not for the faint-hearted.

The fees are high and the work is challenging – but it continues to be a qualification that employers value. So why should you invest in an MBA? From one year full-time MBAs to part-time programmes – known as Executive MBAs – there are a variety of courses on the market. Here are six reasons to choose one.

Accelerate your career An MBA can accelerate your career, especially if it has plateaued or you’ve hit a glass ceiling. “The qualification signals to employers that you have the analytical, managerial and personal skills needed to succeed in a senior leadership role,” says Dr Sionade Robinson, associate dean of Cass Business School’s MBA. “An engineer who can complement those skills with in-depth academic insights and business nous is dynamite for employers.”

Change direction A career change is often high on the list of reasons students cite for going to business school. “Studying for an MBA is a good way to reinvent yourself – especially if you come from a one-track background,” says Dr Robinson. Most programmes allow students to tailor their MBA to specific career goals.

“By choosing the right electives and projects during an MBA, you can pave the way for a move into a new sector or different role altogether,” she adds.

Boost your salary Any postgraduate degree is a major investment and a salary increase is one way to measure the return. An MBA has long been seen as the fastest route to a higher salary. In the latest Financial Times MBA Rankings, for example, Cass Business School graduates reported a 76 per cent salary increase three years after graduating,

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with an average wage of £68,500. Some students experience an immediate increase in salary, while others see significant salary growth over time.

Improve your professional skills The great majority of MBA graduates use the qualification to build on skills and experience they already have. An MBA offers intensive training in managerial, interpersonal and technical skills, from strategy and leadership to marketing and accounting. “Some take the MBA path to accelerate a career change, either across industries or up the hierarchy,” says Graham Smith, a business strategist and Cass Executive MBA graduate. “For me, the plan was to improve my skills in business and to perform better in my role. As it turns out, six months after the MBA I moved roles to a different industry and a larger remit.”

Build a global network Many MBA graduates will often tell you that the most valuable thing they earned from business school was a global network of contacts. Highly-ranked schools create diverse cohorts and have vast networks of alumni you can tap into. “Every day you work with people who have very different backgrounds and perspectives,” says Cass MBA graduate David Finke. “I learnt a tremendous amount not just from classes but from my cohorts.”

Gain international exposure As business has gone global, so has business education. Many employers want candidates who can work across borders.

“Students are telling us they want two things from an MBA – career impact and international exposure,” says Cass’s Dr Robinson. In response, top schools now offer students a choice of international electives and the chance to conduct consultancy work in companies overseas.

Cass, for example, flies its students to destinations such as Iceland, Chile and South Africa.

So, while there are many reasons to invest in an MBA, your decision on whether to take the leap will be determined as much by where your career is now, as where you want it to go in the future.

Global MBA Ranking Rank in

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Harvard Business School

US

2

2

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Stanford Graduate School of Business

US

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4

4

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London Business School

UK

4

3

3

3

University of Pennsylvania: Wharton

US

5

5

5

5

Columbia Business School

5

6

6

6

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US France / Singapore

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7

9

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Iese Business School

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9

7

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MIT: Sloan

Spain US

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10

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University of Chicago: Booth

US

10

14

20

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Yale School of Management

US

16

16

26

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University of Cambridge: Judge

UK

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24

20

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University of Oxford: Saïd

UK

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28

27

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Warwick Business School

UK

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40

38

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City University: Cass

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Global Online MBA Ranking 2014 Rank Business School

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IE Business School

Global MBA+ Blended

136,034

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Warwick Business School

UK

MBA by Distance Learning

133,785

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Northeastern University: D’Amore-McKim

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D’Amore-McKim Online MBA 141,692

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University of Florida: Hough

US

Internet MBA

107,635

5

Indiana University: Kelley

US

Online MBA

124,494

6

Durham University Business School

UK

Global MBA

123,658

7

Babson College: Olin

US

Babson MBA Blended

146,636

Learning Programme

8

Thunderbird School of Global Management US

Global MBA Online

100,000

9

Syracuse University: Whitman

US

iMBA

119,736

US

Carey Online MBA

108,221

10 Arizona State University Source: ft.com

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Choosing the right MBA Dr Steve Priddy, director of research at the London School of Business and Finance, offers some factors to consider when deciding on the correct course for you

Dr Steve Priddy, director of research at the London School of Business and Finance

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I begin with some numbers: • Total UK education credits on an MBA programme – 180 • Hours of study associated with each credit – 10 • Total available billable hours, net of bank and company holidays, some illness and some training – 1,725 per annum In other words, whatever programme you chose to follow you can count on a full year of independent study. In particular, the dissertation or research project stage, typically 15,000 to 20,000 words, carries 60 credits and is almost solely your own piece of original work. Considerable intellectual and physical stamina will be required to do it justice.

Reflecting on the more than 500 students whom I have coached, mentored or supervised over the last several years at the London School of Business & Finance (LSBF), I offer the following advice to would-be MBA students.

In the first place, think clearly about your own personal circumstances and what

you would like out of the programme. For example, what is my work experience to date?

Am I seeking to deepen it through study, or to change my career path completely? What is my educational background and how well does it equip me for the MBA journey? What is my cultural background and how well will I fit in with my fellow students? What is the source of my funding – is it my own savings, those of my parents, a loan, a scholarship from an employer or government – and how much can I realistically afford? Might full or part-time study be appropriate to my circumstances? Apart from London, is there any other city in the world better suited to my career plans and the professional network I will need to build?

Dwelling on these considerations will help give you the necessary focus and motivation to make the right choice.

The title MBA and what it stands for – Master of Business Administration – belies the depth and breadth of the underlying qualification. Most emphatically, it is not about specialist disciplines such as

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economics, psychology, marketing or engineering. It is, however, the qualification most closely and directly linked to a step change increase in your earning power, and there is much empirical evidence to demonstrate the radical improvement in pre and post-study earnings. You are therefore right to view yourself as consumer, client and customer of an education process. Value for money must therefore be at the heart of your decision making.

Most programmes will come with clear exit points – Certificate, Diploma and Masters levels – and this will give you some flexibility should your own circumstances change. Increasingly, programmes are professionally accredited and offer reciprocal arrangements towards membership bodies such as the Chartered Management Institute and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. You may wish to investigate such accreditation possibilities.

Specifically-themed MBA programmes move in and out of fashion in UK higher education. For example, we have had considerable interest and success in designing a programme targeted at those wishing to make their career in the upstream oil, gas and energy sector. This programme is particularly relevant to the future of those who are already working in the sector and to students whose home countries have major natural resources.

Another question is the extent to which the programme facilitates networking and the building of enduring contacts. Most business schools like LSBF tend to boast an extensive and influential alumni association, attracting high-calibre speakers in the world of business, finance and management. Make the most of it – you will value those contacts in the future.

Finally, think about whether you have the inclination and the stamina to pursue a dual award with an international professional accounting qualification such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) or Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). Armed with any of those qualifications and an MBA, you’ll be a force to be reckoned with, wherever you are in the world.

The Top 10 Masters in Finance courses for getting a job in Investment Banking Rank in

Rank in

2014

2013

1

12

College

Course

Country

IE Business School

Master in Finance

Spain

2

8

Esade Business School

MSc in Finance

Spain

3

18

HEC Paris

Masters in International Finance

France

Masters in Finance

4

1

London Business School

5

-

Stockholm School of Economics MSc in Finance

UK Sweden

6

15

University of Oxford, Saïd

Master in Finance and Economics

UK

7

2

London School of Economics

MSc Finance

UK

8

3

University of St Gallen

Master of Arts HSG In

Switzerland

Banking and Finance

9

4

Imperial College London

MSc Finance

10

13

Essec Business School

Advanced Master in Financial Techniques France

UK

Source: efinancialcareers.co.uk

MBA Salaries:

Expectations vs. Reality in 2014 (all figures are in US$) Area

Average Current Salary

Average Target Salary

Average MBA Salary

Africa and Middle East

31,000

100,000

76,457

Asia Pacific

27,000

105,000

85,076

Eastern Europe

40,000

120,000

72,109

Western Europe

52,000

126,000

105,901

Latin America

35,000

82,000

72,234

US & Canada

62,000

134,000

109,191

Source: QS TopMBA.com Applicant Survey 2014, topmba.com

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Why Study for an MBA in London?

Words: Mansoor Iqbal, MBA Online Content Writer, Topmba.com

L

ondon is one of only a handful of cities in the world that can truly vie for the position of its capital, whether your criteria for this accolade are cultural, commercial or academic.

This status among the world’s elite cities makes it a prime candidate for MBA and executive MBA study. The three aforementioned categories are as good a way to break down the city’s appeal as any…

The schools Let’s start with the academics – we are, after all, considering the city’s appeal as a study destination. The University of London is undoubtedly one of the world’s finest collections of universities and boasts its own business school – the London Business School.

Considered by the actively-hiring MBA employers annually surveyed by QS to be one of the world’s best, the school is the alma mater of business luminaries including former UBS CEO Huw Jenkins, Tata group chairman Cyrus Pallonji Mistry and Huffington Post CEO Jimmy Maymann, as well as a host of internationally prominent politicians.

But the London Business School is far from the city’s only option. STEM giant, Imperial College, boasts a leading business school that offers close access to

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Annual Tuition Fee Data

for Full-time Courses at UK Institutions, 2013-14 Institution MBA UK / EU MBA Overseas University of Aberdeen

£15,000

£15,000

University of Bath

£28,000

£28,000

University of Birmingham

£19,800

£19,800

University of Brighton

£13,140

£16,740

Durham University

£25,000

£25,000

University of East Anglia

£17,500

£17,500

University of East London

£12,900

£12,900

University of Edinburgh

£25,800

£25,800

University of Glasgow

£14,500

£14,500

University of Greenwich

£12,500

£13,350

University of Kent

£19,300

£19,300

University of Leeds

£19,500

£22,500

University of Liverpool

£12,000

£17,325

London Metropolitan University

£11,000

£12,600

University of Manchester

£38,000

£38,000

Manchester Metropolitan University

£16,500

£16,500

Newcastle University

£19,800

£19,800

Northumbria University

£16,750

£16,750

University of Nottingham

£21,000

£22,000

Source: timeshighereducation.co.uk

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CITY BRIEFING With cutting-edge science and technology being consistently produced at the city’s universities, and Oxford and Cambridge so close at hand that the former’s airport is now known as London Oxford Airport, opportunities for the entrepreneurially-minded abound. The energy, healthcare, tech and online sectors are all hiring MBAs in strong numbers.

For those seeking big-name employers, it is notable that the UK’s business-friendly 21 per cent rate of corporation tax is drawing in multinationals at an almost unprecedented rate. So from start-ups to global conglomerates, London will have something for the hungry executive.

Oh, and according to QS research, the average compensation on offer from MBA employers in the UK – and let’s face it, this means London – stands at just shy of £64,000.

a constant stream of cutting-edge science and technology, while City University’s Cass Business School affords proximity to London’s beating financial heart. The prestigious LSE offers a spate of executivelevel options, including the TRIUM Global Executive MBA, run with NYU Stern and HEC Paris.

You aren’t even limited to UK-based schools, with US schools Chicago Booth and Hult International Business School both laying claim to branches in London.

Whether it’s a full-time, two-year MBA or a short executive programme, you will find few cities with such strength in depth for business education options.

The business No small amount of London’s prominence on the global stage comes courtesy of the City; this is hardly a revelation. However, the significance of the Square Mile on the stage of global finance is certainly not London’s only draw for those considering their options.

Also rapidly shrinking in terms of revelatory powers as it grows in size and stature is the technology hub that has emerged around the Old Street roundabout – with the ‘Silicon Roundabout’ moniker now devoid of the irony with which it was first deployed.

The culture Whether your tastes are high or low, as anyone who has spent any amount of time in the City will be able to tell you, London offers more than enough to help you fill your time. With the City’s offerings ranging from fine dining, world-beating arts and theatre and exclusive members’ clubs, to a grittier music scene, a burgeoning street food culture and nightlife you’d be hardpressed to find better outside of Berlin or New York – we return once more to London’s status as a city with something for everyone.

And that really sums up this vast metropolis’ charm – to paraphrase Samuel Johnson, if you can’t find it in London, you’ll struggle to find it anywhere else…

If a London MBA is what you are looking for, the QS World MBA Tour is the perfect platform for you to meet admissions directors from top business schools like Cass, Imperial and LBS, as well as Cambridge and Oxford which are just a stone’s throw away. You will also be able to network with alumni and learn about their London MBA experience.

QS is the world’s leading information specialist in the higher education sector. Our communities include: QS TopUniversities.com, QS TopMBA.com, QS Global Workplace.com.

The QS World MBA Tour is the world’s largest series of recruitment and information fairs for business school applicants. topmba.com/city.

Nike may have recently lined the pockets of sponsor Rory McIlroy to the tune of £155m, but times don’t seem so rosy for the golf industry at large.

In England, the number of people playing the sport has dropped by 12 per cent since 2005. Only 675,000 people now have a club membership, compared with 882,604 in 2004.

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Million Butts Cigarette butts that is, are being dropped each year in the City.

The environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy has teamed up with the City of London Corporation to address the littering issue which contributes to London’s hefty £3.8m streetcleaning bill.

Marking its 800th anniversary, the 1215 Magna Carta will spearhead the launch of the new City of London Heritage Gallery at Guildhall. The exhibition space will showcase rare documents from the City of London Corporation’s archives, including one of only six existing examples of Shakespeare’s signature. Entry is free.

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MBA SPECIAL

How to Finance an MBA The cost of an MBA is one of the clearest sticking points for prospective applicants. Here are the options available...

Words: Mansoor Iqbal, Tim Dhoul, MBA Online Content, Topmba.com

you, ensure that you know the full extent of what you’re going to need to borrow, as well as having a solid repayment plan – listings of the debt levels of MBAs from leading US schools are certainly not for the faint-hearted.

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ttending one of 10 leading schools in the US in the 2013/14 academic year cost an average of more than £37,000 – excluding accommodation and living expenses. The total cost of attendance stands closer to £125,000 for a top-ranking two-year programme.

How does one go about raising such funds? Each year, QS surveys prospective applicants to find out. From the 2014 edition of this research, we know that fewer than 14 per cent of 5,600 respondents around the world intend to rely on personal or family funds to finance their MBA studies.

Here’s what they’re doing instead: 1. Landing scholarships We are seeing long-term growth in reliance on scholarships. Rising from 45 per cent in 2008, 62 per cent of prospective MBA students are now targeting scholarships in one form or another to finance their MBA, with 38 per cent dependent on landing funding.

Scholarships come in all shapes and sizes; the key is to devote time to researching and applying for opportunities.

As a number of scholarships are schoolspecific, this is an obvious place to start.

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But completion is intense, so you might find greater value in hunting down harderto-find scholarships targeted at specific professional or personal demographics.

2. Taking out loans In contrast to applicants’ appetite for scholarships, loans have become less appealing to tomorrow’s MBA students. The proportion of people who are happy to take on debt for the sake of an MBA has now fallen to less than one in seven globally. The decline, from more than 25 per cent back in 2008, reflects caution on the part of both candidates and lenders in the turbulent times of most of the past decade.

North America is an outlier here, with 26.9 per cent of prospective students considering loans, adhering to an established culture of personal debt to fund their education. The figure in Western Europe, on the other hand, stands at 13.5 per cent.

Typically, MBAs will look to clear themselves of debt in six to seven years to avoid the interest associated with longer terms of repayment. That they can do this comfortably stands as testament to an MBA’s ROI. If you think a loan is the right option for

3. Securing company sponsorship More and more prospective students are looking to company sponsorship as a means of financing their MBA – rising from less than three per cent in 2008 to today’s total of more than 10 per cent worldwide.

Asia has traditionally been a stronghold for company sponsorship and indeed this is a route that just under a quarter of applicants in the region intend to take.

Employers in Asia have long seen the advantages of professional development in a formalised academic setting.

However, employers in other regions seem increasingly alive to these benefits – especially in light of increasing parttime and distance provision. Retaining talent is a key concern for companies facing competition the world over and, provided you’re not looking for a complete change of direction or company from your MBA, financing an employee’s studies and raising their skillset should be an attractive proposition for many firms.

This point is particularly relevant to part-time and executive MBA programmes where knowledge and experiences from a course can be put into practice on behalf of the sponsoring company immediately.

Either way, it’s worth touching base with someone at your company on an informal level to see if it’s something they have done in the past or would clearly be interested in supporting now.

Whether it is through a scholarship, loan or company sponsorship, MBA funding is always challenging for prospective applicants. At the QS World MBA Tour in London, you will not only have the opportunity to meet admissions directors from more than 70 of the world’s top business schools face-to-face, but also apply for exclusive QS scholarships worth US £1.1 million. The event will take place on 11 October at the Lancaster London Hotel. Find out which schools are attending at topmba.com/city.

Warwick Business School At The Shard, London h MSc Finance, part-time The Financial Times ranks our full-time MSc Finance course as the UK’s top pure finance course. From January 2015 our MSc Finance will be taught part-time at The Shard, and is designed for working professionals looking to boost their career.

h The Warwick Executive MBA Ranked in the world’s top 25 by the Financial Times, the Warwick Executive MBA offers flexible study while you work, and will help you take your career to the next level.

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distance learning programmes Why there has never been a better time to study part-time Words: Justin O’Brien, MBA director, Royal Holloway, University of London

T

he benefits of studying for an MBA are endless, from making you more marketable and boosting your earnings, to achieving a sense of personal accomplishment and greater credibility. However, perhaps the biggest factor in the popularity and success of current MBA programmes is the way the courses have been structured to fit into people’s already busy lives to make juggling work and family commitments possible.

At Royal Holloway, University of London our flexible and distance learning programme and part-time route to the existing intensive yearlong course means it has never been easier to study for an MBA. Of course, distance learning should not be underestimated as an easy option, nor should it be a decision taken lightly. Studying after work in the evenings and on weekends requires the highest levels of motivation. Getting back into reading text books and prepping for exams after a significant gap, for most, can be daunting. But for those with the determination and desire to study for an MBA, distance learning is an option that has now made it possible for thousands of students who would simply not have been able to consider taking the course beforehand.

Whilst the full-time programme at Royal Holloway is delivered using an intensive 9am-6pm weekday campus programme, the new part-time option operates on campus Mondays and Tuesdays in the first year and Thursdays and Fridays in the second, requiring the equivalent of a day a week over a whole year. Executive profile distance learning students, 35 years old on average and ranging from 25-45, study in the evenings and weekends for 10-15 hours a week, often whilst working and busy with a family life.

The flexible and distance learning programme is incredibly flexible, and very popular with jet set and expatriate career paths, as students control the intensity of their studies according to their home/work situation with six-

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“There was an overall 14 per cent increase in MBA job opportunities in 2013 and MBA hirers have predicted a greater jump this year”

month study blocks and the ability to take up to five modules at one time.

The exit velocity ranges between two and five years, with three years being the average. It is not uncommon for students to request a study break as their motivation to study for an MBA, or a promotion, has been achieved and requires them to give work more bandwidth for a while.

One of the particular strengths of the Royal Holloway MBA is the international make-up of candidates. This year, students from 15 different countries are taking our MBA programme and each has a different reason for enrolling.

Clearly all would welcome the opportunity to be paid more, but Royal Holloway MBAs, in my impression, are not overly motivated by short-term movements in their salaries. Some choose to move out of well-paid jobs that do not make them feel fulfilled and use their studies to develop their skill sets and knowledge of management and help them find work that will make them happy. A recent Royal Holloway MBA graduate gave up his lucrative security business to set up as a notfor-profit-focussed consultancy and is planning to build his company brand using a pro bono approach for the first year of operation.

Every year, QS Top MBA carries out a survey of MBA employers to find out who’s hiring and where. The good news is the latest survey shows there was an overall 14 per cent increase in MBA job opportunities in 2013 and MBA hirers have predicted a greater jump this year.

Earning an MBA degree is no small undertaking and requires serious commitment and self-discipline – and choosing an MBA distance learning programme is certainly not for the faint-hearted. But those who succeed, as most do, say that not only have they gained invaluable business knowledge, but that they have developed a powerful capability to look at the world differently, are better equipped to solve problems and feel manifestly richer for it. royalholloway.ac.uk

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MBA SPECIAL

Meet the Dean Professor Zeger Degraeve, Dean of Melbourne Business School, talks to The City Magazine about the advantages of studying an MBA, advice for prospective students and why Melbourne may be the place for you

Going to business school is a great opportunity to investigate a completely different part of the world before launching yourself into the business arena

P

rofessor Zeger Degraeve joined Melbourne Business School in November 2011 as Dean.

On 1 May 2013, he also became Dean of the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics. A leading expert in decision-making, risk, operations research and managing project portfolios, Professor Degraeve spent 12 years at London Business School. At LBS, he was inaugural Associate Dean of the Executive MBA Program and then Deputy Dean Programs, and a member of the School’s Governing Body.

What are the advantages of studying an MBA outside of the financial benefits?

One of the main benefits of doing an MBA is that you are empowering yourself in many different ways – it enables you to take up opportunities that may not have been available to you prior to the MBA. At Melbourne Business School, our MBA students graduate equipped with the knowledge, skills and attributes to become effective leaders anywhere in the world. They have the agility, resilience and critical thinking skills to operate in complex and ever changing environments.

How does a prospective student choose the right course for them?

My advice is to take the time to really evaluate what it is they want from their MBA and see how each school can meet those needs. Assuming that the school you are considering is internationally ranked and accredited, what are the characteristics that are important to you? We are finding that our oneyear program is very attractive to some top-quality students because they can immerse themselves in an intensive year of study and achieve a much faster return on investment than a two-year program.

Similarly, going to business school is a great opportunity to investigate a school in a completely different part of the world, and live in a different culture before launching yourself into the business arena.

Prospective students should also consider the strength of the cohort experience that they want to have – at MBS, our class size is small enough for you to develop lifelong friendships and not sacrifice the diversity of the learning experience.

What can a student expect from an MBA from the Melbourne Business School?

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MBA SPECIAL At Melbourne Business School, we help students to become the global business leader they aspire to be. Our graduates are just as effective in a boardroom in New York as they are in Melbourne.

They work in London as easily as in Singapore.

Our alumni are working in more than 70 countries around the globe.

Our full-time MBA is a one-year intensive experience designed for maximum impact. In providing a personalised learning experience, we work closely with each student to fully develop

All students participate in a core module where they travel to Shanghai and work on real-world consulting projects

their potential. Our method of teaching is strongly focused on leadership development and the encouragement of collaborative learning. We take pride in our small class sizes and high level of diversity, where students can form relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds.

Not only will students learn through lectures, case studies and group work – in finance, strategy, marketing, operations, accounting and others – we will also coach each one individually in personal effectiveness skills – such as communication, negotiation, networking, teamwork, influencing and specific skills coaching.

To help develop global business skills, all students participate in a core module – ‘Business in Asia’ where students travel to Shanghai and work on real-world consulting projects for companies looking to investigate the Chinese market.

Another core aspect of our program is getting students to provide consulting services to social entrepreneurs who are pitching to attract seed capital for their business ventures. Our strong relationship with the business community means that our students have opportunities to undertake internships as part of their program, in a variety of organisations in multiple sectors, including banking, health, environment, marketing and the not-forprofit sector.

Throughout the year, and even before commencing classes, our career management team partners with new students to work with them individually to help them develop the strategic plan for their career and to support them with job search strategies and skills.

And of course, there is Melbourne, and there is no other city quite like it. Voted the most liveable city in the world for the fourth year in a row, it is hard to beat. From the beaches to the food and from art and culture to an array of global sporting events, there is no shortage of activities for students to experience.

Why should employers value job applicants who possess an MBA? The MBA provides a distinction in the business world for students when compared against all other candidates. An MBA is a highly respected and international qualification that crosses borders and enhances a student’s ability to work in a team and with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Our graduates will have had real experience in investigating international markets. They will have had the opportunity to hone their skills as an intern.

They will all have provided consulting services to real social entrepreneurs. They will have been rigorously prepared for the workplace and be able to achieve immediate impact when hired.

What tips would you give to a student about to enrol on an MBA course?

Choose your school carefully. Talk to alumni. Be clear about what you want to get out of your MBA. Prepare. Commit yourself to excellence. And enjoy the experience of a lifetime.

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MBA SPECIAL

Student Stories The decision to put a career on hold to study an MBA isn’t an easy one to make. If it’s a choice you’re considering, take heed of the advice of two students who’ve taken the plunge

Name: Zain Hirani, zain.hirani@insead.edu Course: MBA PROGRAMME College: insead, paris

Why I chose to study an MBA… After seven tough years in investment banking, when we went through the worst recession in living memory, and after I had personally come out the other side of five rounds of redundancies, I decided it was time to re-evaluate the direction of my career. I had learnt a lot about business, people and making money, but I was acutely aware that my learning curve was tailing off.

I spoke with MBA alumni and decided that pursuing an MBA was the right path for me. The key components were the mix of people, the diverse subject base and the recognition of the degree amongst top employers.

Why INSEAD? INSEAD is recognised as the leading business school outside of the US, one of the top schools globally and offers the best oneyear MBA course. There were other factors though. The age for going to business school in the US is lower than in Europe (an average age of about 25 in the US versus 29 in Europe). At my stage in life I didn’t want to take two years out of my career from a personal and financial perspective and, therefore, I felt staying in Europe gave a better return on my investment.

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What I expected from the course...

I expected to be challenged every step of the way in an intense programme full of late-night studying, lots of case studies and early-morning parties! People say that part of the value of the MBA is the address book of contacts you come away with, and socialising and making friends is a good way of creating a strong network of ‘future business leaders’.

Has the course lived up to expectations?

I can categorically say that the course has exceeded my expectations.The quality of learning and opportunities is beyond what I imagined. I find myself up until the early hours doing my reading and actually enjoying it. I have found that it is the people (professors as well as students) that really enhance the experience. My classmates are from all corners of the globe and I genuinely think I could couch-surf across the world.

Tips I would give to a prospective MBA student...

1) Don’t let the cost put you off. Yes, it’s expensive but in the long run I believe it will pay for itself. 2) Research the school you want to go to before making the decision. All schools are very different. 3) Do not get put off by the GMAT. It is not the be-all and end-all of your application.

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Name: James Donald, james.donald13@imperial.ac.uk Course: WEEKDAY EXECUTIVE MBA College: IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

Why I chose to study an MBA… I wanted to acquire a broad business education and be exposed to a network of talented professionals and different business sectors. I felt the MBA would give me the industry skills and requisite knowledge to allow me to make the transition from the Royal Marines into the wider business world. I chose the Executive (part-time) programme because I wanted to accumulate real world business experience at the same time as studying. Coming from a military background, it was important to me that I could demonstrate to employers that I could use what I had been taught and not just regurgitate theory.

Why I chose to study in London…

The key driver was the question of where I wanted to be employed after my MBA. London was the answer and since the

“The key components were the mix of people, the diverse subject base and the recognition of the degree amongst top employers”

majority of my time in the military was spent abroad I was keen to experience living and working in London. In addition, the part-time nature of the Executive MBA ensured that the decision was based on practicality as much as anything else. I was initially concerned that studying in London as a local would mean that I’d miss out on the diversity or internationality that studying abroad could offer. However, in this regard the course has exceeded expectations and I am fortunate that Londonbased business schools attract MBA students from all over the world. The cohorts I study with are diverse and international, both of which have made for an enhanced learning experience.

Has the course lived up to expectations?

I expected to be kept very busy for two years and to be intellectually challenged. I am now halfway through and I have been impressed with the structure of the course, the content and the standard of the lectures.

Tips I would give to a prospective MBA student...

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As the Museum of London launches an exhibition dedicated to the fabled Baker Street detective, we consider the attraction of one of literature’s most alluring luminaries WORDS: JACK WATKINS

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arry him, murder him, do anything you like with him,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle casually remarked to William Gillete, the first performer to recreate the character of Sherlock Holmes on stage. But when the author tried to kill off his most famous creation in The Adventure of the Final Problem, which appeared in The Strand Magazine in 1893, cartloads of abusive letters from dismayed readers poured through his letterbox. He was even physically attacked by an elderly lady, who spotted him in the street and hit him with her handbag.

For eight years, Conan Doyle, who fancied himself as a writer of historical fiction, resisted the pressure to bring Holmes back. He finally relented in 1902 with the publication of The Hound of the Baskervilles. He was still writing the detective stories in the late 1920s, by which time caricaturists were portraying the longsuffering Conan Doyle with chains round his ankles, shackled to the super sleuth.

Between 1887 and 1927, Sherlock Holmes appeared in four novels and 56 short stories. The author outlasted him by only three years, dying in 1930. To this day, our appetite for reading the tales, or for watching dramatisations of the adventures of this most cerebral of master detectives, seems insatiable. He’s one of the relatively few fictional figures to transcend literature and enter the pop-cultural landscape.

The Museum of London’s new exhibition follows in the footsteps of its recent highly successful Dickens and London show, which apparently drew 10,000 visitors through its doors. It’s curated by Victorian London expert Alex Werner, and not only attempts to delve into the brain of “the brilliant obsessive”, but examines the relationship between Holmes and London, so vividly described in Conan Doyle’s tales as to often seem like a character in the stories.

“It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London,” Holmes once remarked. Then, of course, it was a gas-lit city, full of shadows, of clattering horse hooves and carriages, of footmen and errand boys. Class demarcation was so sharp you could still tell a man’s background by the cut of his jib. And of course, as the nexus of the British Empire, London drew a wide range of exotics into its realm, meaning the stories often had an international dimension even when the prime setting was the capital.

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Added to this, Conan Doyle had a gift for physical description and for conveying atmosphere. He was wise in giving his hero a foil, though. Holmes was a master of the shrewd observation – “The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact – of absolute undeniable fact – from the embellishment of theorists and reporters” – but for all his phenomenal powers of deduction, he could have been a dull fish had his partner not been the more reflective, romanticallyinclined Dr Watson.

Holmes was morose, introspective, given to depression and lurked in his chambers, poring over the newspapers.

Watson, bluff, clubbable and a veteran of the Afghan War, brought a much-needed breath of the outdoors. In The Adventure of Silver Blaze, it’s Watson who is alive to the glories of the landscape, the rich, ruddy browns and faded ferns of Dartmoor and the poetry of the scene in the evening light.

Another vivid, though more occasional, character was Holmes’ elder brother Mycroft. He was blessed with even superior powers of observation and deduction, but happiest in his comfortable chair at the Diogenes Club (no talking allowed), or in his rooms just off Pall Mall.

Other pluses were Sidney Paget’s illustrations, which accompanied the stories in The Strand Magazine. It was Paget who fixed the image of Holmes, with his “sharp, eager face framed in an ear-flapped travelling cap,” as the thin, bony, cleanshaven figure, contrasted with the more conventional, moustachioed Watson.

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And who, having seen the stories in their original published form, can forget Paget’s thrilling drawing of Holmes and Professor Moriarty grappling on the edge of the fearful abyss at the Reichenbach Falls?

Moriarty was “the organiser of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city” of London, maintained Holmes. The Museum of London’s show aims to forensically peel back the layers of this 19th-century underworld. Also among the exhibits, which include a clutch of Paget’s illustrations, is his oil-on-canvas portrait of Conan Doyle himself, never displayed in public before and on loan from the Conan Doyle Foundation, having just undergone restoration work in Switzerland.

There is the original manuscript of The Adventure of the Empty House and the costumes worn by Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC’s highly popular, if a little too self-satisfied, re-imagining of the stories, Sherlock. The show also traces the various portrayals of the detective on stage and screen from Gillette, through to Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett and on to Mr Cumberbatch. Who came up with the definitive interpretation? Not even Holmes himself could answer that one.

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Sparring Partners SHERLOCK Sherlock has won numerous awards, including Best Leading Actor in a mini-series and Best Supporting Actor in a mini-series at the 2014 Emmys. Set in modern-day London, the show follows misanthrope detective Sherlock Holmes, portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch, and Dr John Watson, played by Martin Freeman, as they assist Scotland Yard with seemingly unsolvable crimes. Co-creator Steven Moffat says of the series “Conan Doyle’s stories were never about frock coats and gaslight; they’re about brilliant detection, dreadful villains and blood-curdling crimes – and frankly, to hell with the crinoline. Other detectives have cases, Sherlock Holmes has adventures, and that’s what matters.”

Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson in BBC One’s Sherlock.

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Sherlock Holmes: Benedict Cumberbatch Dr John Watson: Martin Freeman Professor James Moriarty: Andrew Scott Location: London Aired on: BBC One and PBS Debut: 25 July 2010 Highest rating: 7.5 million Did you know: In the closing titles of the show some letters are highlighted in red. These letters spell out a word that relates to the episode just shown.

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unlikely that a US version of Sherlock Holmes would do Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic literary figure justice. The famous detective feels as inherently integral to London’s Victorian history as Jack the Ripper. However, now in its second season, Elementary has won over many sceptics and is proving a worthy adversary to the BBC’s Sherlock.

Amid heated debate between fans, it is hard to compare two shows that on one hand offer a decidedly similar theme and on the other appear rather purposefully the antithesis of each other.

Benedict Cumberbatch has picked

up three Emmy awards so far for his cynically relatable, if not always likeable, Sherlock. There is a steely arrogance that he injects into the character, presenting an effortlessly amused intelligence throughout each episode. Freeman has also scooped his fair share of awards, portraying the astonished Dr Watson with well-placed double-takes and superb comic timing. The camaraderie and chemistry of Holmes and Watson underpins the entire premise and overwhelming success of Sherlock. Playful belittling of Watson by Cumberbatch’s Sherlock creates a sympathetic and

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The game is afoot in the tale of two Sherlocks as adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective dominate TV ratings. Sherlock and Elementary both have a loyal transatlantic following, so perhaps two deductive detectives are better than one?

ELEMENTARY The CBS show follows Johnny Lee Miller as British detective and recovering drug-addict Sherlock Holmes after a stint in rehab.

Upon his arrival in Manhattan, Holmes’ wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare – a sober companion, Dr Joan Watson. Aided by Watson, played by Lucy Liu, the two help NYPD crack the most impossible cases in New York City. Creator Robert Doherty said his reason for casting Watson as a woman was to show how men and women can “work and live together and not end up romantically entangled”.

Sherlock Holmes: Johnny Lee Miller Dr Joan Watson: Lucy Liu Jamie Moriarty: Natalie Dormer Location: New York City Aired on: CBS and Sky Living Debut: 23 October 2012 Did you know: In the show, Sherlock studies bees as a hobby, homage to Arthur Conan Doyle’s His Last Bow, where Sherlock Holmes has retired to the Sussex Downs to keep bees.

Johnny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr Joan Watson in CBS’s Elementary.

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wholeheartedly endearing relationship between the two, which is a joy to watch.

Across the pond, Jonny Lee Miller’s portrayal of the detective and recovering drug addict appears less abrasive than Sherlock. There is plenty of arrogance but with a more visible vulnerability, creating an air of roguish charm. Elementary’s Dr Watson is played by Lucy Liu, a controversial casting choice that has proven popular with viewers.

Clear mutual respect resonates between the two, with Liu’s Watson continually calling Holmes on his condescending behaviour.

In recognising Holmes’ character failings,

Elementary highlights a connection between the protagonist and his environment, something Sherlock overlooks.

Although wildly removed from Conan Doyle’s original novellas, CBS has relied upon a safe and pandering formula. For want of a better word, Elementary feels unapologetically American due to the show’s dependence on the standard police procedural formatting. With far more episodes than its British counterpart, Elementary suffers filler storylines but benefits from a familiarity of viewership.

Airing weekly, we are able to witness

Holmes develop as a character in depth through the US show. The BBC allows fans a rare opportunity, only three episodes per year, to immerse themselves in the wonderfully written world of Sherlock.

Each adaptation has its strengths and drawbacks, but of the two Sherlock has absolute superiority in cinematography. Its 90-minute episodes read like a blockbuster film, dynamic and thrill-packed from start to finish. For now, Elementary holds its own but only time will tell if it can avoid the feared second-season slump to which so many procedural formats fall victim.

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Cinema descends on DEAUVILLE Tiffany Eastland takes us onto the red carpet and behind the scenes at the Deauville American Film Festival

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In fact, for the past 40 years, the town of Deauville has hosted some of Hollywood’s biggest names for the annual Deauville American Film Festival.

One need only walk along the Promenade des Planches to see beach closets named in honour of past attendees.

And while it may not be on the same scale as Cannes, this festival has certainly seen its share of big-screen talent: Rita Hayworth, Elizabeth Taylor, Gene Kelly and Roger Moore, to name-drop just a few.

However, I’ll admit, I had my doubts at first, particularly when we touched down at Deauville International Airport (or that landing strip in the Normandie countryside), in a plane one might mistake for a private jet – due to its mere size (not so much the plush interior).

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Known as the home of French high society, certainly in years past, Deauville is often referred to as the Parisian Riviera on glitz and glamour during my stay. I was actually rather taken aback by all there was to discover, just an hour’s flight from London City Airport.

Located in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France, Deauville is perhaps best known for its equine industry, marinas, conference centre, Grand Casino and luxurious hotels. Known as the home of French high society, certainly in years past, Deauville is often referred to as the Parisian Riviera. It’s also better known for

its role in Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, and as the former stomping ground of Coco Chanel.

Today, it maintains charm and elegance; minus the elitist nature and pretension it was perhaps once labelled as having. And a prime example of this is the fact that the Deauville American Film Festival is the only festival in the world to offer the general public access to 24-hour screenings over the 10 days. I arrived in Deauville on the Friday, which was day one of the festival, so I was just in time to catch the opening ceremony of what was the 40th anniversary.

In true star-style (not), I travelled to the red carpet by taxi and without my entourage. I battled my way through security, clutching my highly coveted golden tickets, before I was eventually granted access. I was quickly ushered into the auditorium and off the red carpet by security, a response to the complete lack of interest from the paparazzi and fans who were far too preoccupied with Jessica Chastain, to give this nobody a second glance – despite my best but failed attempts to look the part.

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The opening ceremony paid an emotional tribute to the late Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, as well as the first of this year’s honourees, Jessica Chastain.

Throughout this year’s festival, tributes were paid to Will Ferrell, Ray Liotta and director John McTiernan, while Mick Jagger, Pierce Brosnan and Dame Helen Mirren were among the festival’s star-studded guest list.

After the official proceedings, it was time to get the film festival under way with a premiere of the latest Woody Allen film Magic in the Moonlight, starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone. The film received a mixed reception both at the festival and since, with the consensus being that, it’s not Allen’s worst film, but it’s far from the triumph that was Blue Jasmine.

After the film, I had by some stroke of luck landed myself an invite to the gala dinner at the Casino Barrière, where I was seated just a few tables from Jessica Chastain. As much as I tried to contain it, I was rather starstruck and had to try hard not to stare throughout the next three courses.

I was faced with this challenge once again when I crossed paths with Dame Helen Mirren on night two of the film festival. Yet again I was being shuffled along into the auditorium when we ran into each other on the red carpet. Ok, when I say we ran into each other, I mean I stood and stared at a distance where

security ensured that I remained. All eyes remained on Mirren during the premiere of The Hundred-Foot Journey, a feel-good film directed by Lasse Hallstrom which I thoroughly enjoyed, despite many critics suggesting a lack of substance.

Reviews and red carpets aside, during my three days in Deauville, I came to truly appreciate the value of this destination.

Trust me when I say there’s much more to this seaside resort than the film festival – in fact, there’s an entire picture-perfect region to discover.

ABOVE Jessica Chastain at the opening ceremony © Naïade Plante BELOW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT Normandy Barrière © Patrice Le Bris Les Manoirs de Tourgeville Royal Barrière © Fabrice Rambert Brasserie Le Central Spa treatment Throughout their summer season*, CityJet operates five flights a week direct to Deauville from London City Airport. Return flights start from £136 - including all taxes, charges, check-in baggage and on-board refreshments. cityjet.com *CityJet's summer season ends on 24 October and will resume around Easter next year.

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For the film buff I’d recommend either the Normandy Barrière or Royal Barrière. It’s here you’ll have the greatest chance of crossing paths with your Hollywood hero either in the lobby or at breakfast. Both hotels are stunning in their own way; the Normandy Barrière for its charming Norman architecture and the Royal Barrière for its incredibly sumptuous interior. lucienbarriere.com

For those who are a little camera-shy and would prefer to steer clear of the paparazzi, I’d suggest Les Manoirs de Tourgeville.

Situated just outside Deauville, approximately a 15-minute drive from the town centre, Les Manoirs de Tourgeville boasts the most picturesque views of the Norman countryside. lesmanoirstourgeville.com

Enjoy a glass of Champagne at the Etrier Bar late afternoon or between film viewings. The snack menu offers a great selection of light bites to tide you over to dinner, while the drinks menu boasts a rather impressive selection of Champagnes and rums. A small piece of trivia: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas met here during the 1998 Deauville American Film Festival. lucienbarriere.com

Brasserie Le Central is something of a cult address and a must-visit during your time in Deauville.

While not technically in Deauville, but rather neighbouring Trouville, Brasserie Le Central is literally on the other side of the marina. If you intend on having moules during your stay, which you should, this is the place to enjoy them. le-central-trouville.com

Late nights and dodging the paparazzi can be exhausting, even for those who are accustomed, so finding time for rest and relaxation is essential.

Thalasso Deauville is the answer to your prayers, and the Algoéclat Facial, which boosts radiance, will leave you feeling redcarpet ready. thalasso-deauville.com

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

a Little Princess As part of Harrods’ own Biennale des Antiquaires – the legendary Parisian exhibition (now in its 27th year) will be recreated in the Fine Jewellery and Watch Rooms this month – London-based Swiss watchmaker Backes & Strauss has created a unique piece for the occasion in partnership with Gemfields. The timepiece honours both its heritage as the ‘Master of Diamonds’ as well as Gemfields’ legacy as the world’s leading ethical gemstone supplier.

Christened the Harrods Princess, the watch has been set with exceptional Zambian emeralds and white diamonds. Other brands taking part in the Biennale celebrations honouring the craftsmanship within the world of fine horology include Roger Dubuis, Vacheron Constantin and Richard Mille.

29 September – 12 October; harrods.com; backesandstrauss.com

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Each month we select our timepiece of the moment from the watch world’s most exciting creations

Singlehanded Simplicity For those who’ve yet to discover MeisterSinger, the German brand is the master of singlehand timepieces. The company draws on the heritage of old sundials and tower clocks to create watches that are highly-legible and highly-striking. The MeisterSinger N° 03 incorporates a case that measures 43mm in diameter, an automatic movement and is available with either a leather strap or steel mesh bracelet. We’d opt for the bracelet.

N° 03, £1,380 on strap, £1,670 on steel bracelet, MeisterSinger meistersinger.net

Flying Colours Following the Victory and the Codebreaker – the former incorporating original oak from HMS Victory and the latter pine from Bletchley Park – Bremont’s next limited edition was always going to have to be something special. And we’re pleased to report that the brand hasn’t disappointed.

Launched at an appropriately lofty bash at the Science Museum, the Wright Flyer makes use of fabric from the first ever powered aircraft of the same name. Just as significantly, the watch uses Bremont’s first ever unique movement, partdeveloped and designed in Britain. Now, how are the English brothers going to follow that?

Black Bay Blue or Red on steel, £2,330 Black Bay Blue or Red on leather, £2,120 tudorwatch.com

A robust 41mm steel case with a refined finish, a coloured, anodised aluminium crown tube and well-made interchangeable bracelets make Tudor’s Heritage Black Bay perhaps the best watch in its price bracket

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Fabuleux Annabel Harrison meets Vacheron Constantin’s artistic director Christian Selmoni to find out more about the newest Metiers d’Art collection, entitled, grandly and enigmatically, Fabuleux Ornements

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This night at the museum came courtesy of Vacheron Constantin and the private showcase of its four new Metiers d’Art timepieces. For 2014, ladies (unlike fashion, which refers to women and womenswear, the haute horlogerie industry tends to prefer the moniker ‘ladies’) are invited to “celebrate the ornamental beauties of the world drawn from the decorative arts of several cultures… inspired by dreams of faraway places”.

This particular collection has been two years in the making, demanding thousands of hours of slow, highly skilled work for an end result of just 80 pieces; why, I ask Christian, are the Metiers d’Art so important to Vacheron? He references the fact that even at the end of the 18th century Vacheron’s pocket watches, although made for men, were engraved and set with stones. “We combine technical watchmaking with the decorative crafts; to me, this is fantastic. These crafts have been in the company since the early years so the Metiers d’Art concept is part of our DNA. It offers a great amount of room for creativity.

Although we only make a few, they are designed and engineered with the highest quality in mind.”

Despite the fact that early on in the creative process, there were 12 Fabuleux Ornements designs, which, Christian says understatedly, “were all quite nice”, only four made the cut; the master artisans created reinterpretations of Ottoman architecture, Chinese embroidery, Indian manuscripts and French lacework.

Aesthetics were, of course, the first reason for whittling the numbers down but commercial sensibilities were also at play.

“The choice of the Asian ornament was very clear for us. It’s a market that loves these sorts of watches. We have to make

Artisans have taken inspiration from Ottoman architecture and Chinese embroidery things which people want”. It is this watch, crafted in pink gold with a dial carpeted in ruby, cuprite and garnet flowers, which was also the most complex, involving glyptics, gemstone cloisonné work and engraving.

“It’s almost ridiculous to do things like that but there is something really magical when you look at it”, Christian declares.

Because the flowers being carved and engraved are so small and delicate, “they give us many problems… but they deliver beautiful results! The more difficulties you encounter, the better the result is.”

“It’s about the story behind the creation,” he adds. “To do something which is pleasurable for the eye is not enough.

It’s important to transport the client somewhere, to tell them a story and make it extra special.” These stories concern China and its ancient embroideries, India and its colourfully illustrated manuscripts, the Ottoman Empire and its beautiful architecture, and France and its exquisite lacework. Indian manuscripts are reflected within a pink gold case and ten vibrant enamel colours on the dial. “The contours of its decor are traced using the champlevé technique to create cavities separated by thin gold partitions in order to apply the

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In making a watch, “the more difficulties you encounter, the better the result is” enamels. These ten different hues represent a daunting challenge in terms of mastering the successive firings.” The foliage, which is meticulously hand-engraved after enamelling, is one of the most delicate stages, since even the slightest slip of the hand can jeopardise the entire creation.

The French lacework model involves guillochage, Grand Feu enamelling and gem-setting; the luminous white gold lacework pattern is intended to remind us of traditional, French-style embroideries, an ancestral art ingrained in the national culture. The Ottoman architecture timepiece is my favourite, though, with its pink gold moucharaby (wooden lattice) motif formed by the dial and of which every edge is delicately bevelled by hand.

The natural white mother-of-pearl base is embellished by gold gridwork studded with half-pearl beads, aiming to echo the majesty of the scrolling patterns in Middle Eastern architecture. This is truly a beautiful piece and, the closer I look, the more its craftsmanship takes my breath away; the care taken over it requires a certain level of passion as well as skill.

Passion is evident at the company’s highest levels too; while CEO Mr Torres has been with Vacheron for three decades, Christian is “still here after 24 years because it’s never been a job to me; it has always been a pleasure.

I honestly feel excited every morning I wake up to think about all the things I can do in Vacheron Constantin.” He is more reserved than Mr Torres but full of surprises in his own way; I discover a passion for tattoo artistry; how useful it must be to have such an eclectic set of creative and cultural references.

Next year marks the 260th anniversary of Vacheron Constantin, a milestone that no other watch brand can claim to have celebrated. As such I am expecting the 2015 Metiers d’Art collection to soar to even greater creative heights. Christian is full of excitement but tight-lipped: “The anniversary will include a collection of technical watches. It will be a cool combination of complication and design; technical watchmaking in a very Vacheron aesthetic”. Watch this space. vacheron-constantin.com

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Edge To celebrate Antoni Gaudi’s birthday which took place earlier this year, fine jeweller D’Joya has created 25 pieces, 20 of which are on display and five are bespoke commissions, inspired by the pioneering artist and his most famous works:

On the Flip Side One seemingly unproductive afternoon when she was playing with some matchsticks, Cypriot designer Myriam Soseilos was suddenly struck with an idea of creating jewellery pieces which could move and adapt. From this, the Transformers collection (which won her the accolade of Designer of the Year 2013 at the Treasure jewellery show) was born. Comprising bracelets, rings, necklaces and earrings, each piece has a simple, geometric design inspired by modern architecture.

The aptly-named Rubik’s Cube ring features sides made up of different coloured precious gemstones which can be swivelled around to create a multi-faceted effect. The designer’s latest Naked Square collection explores the “grammar of shapes” and turns any preconceptions of classic diamond jewellery on their head by combining traditional materials with cutting-edge designs.

MyriamSOS, available at Wolf & Badger wolfandbadger.com

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“Antoni Gaudi was a visionary, a tour de force, a creative genius and an inspiration… The collection pays homage to this celebrated Catalan modernist, who transformed buildings in Barcelona into glittering works of art. His decorative approach to ceramics, ironwork and stained glass evolved into a distinctive aesthetic that still enthralls today” - Victoire de Castellane -

Two Birds, One Stone Arguably the most important event in the jewellery calendar, the Biennale des Antiquaires recently took place in Paris and once again, it did not disappoint. One of the most talked-about pieces on display there was this Bird Cage clock by Chanel, a beautiful interpretation of a miniature jewellery birdcage found in Coco Chanel’s 31 Rue Cambon apartment. Those of you who had the misfortune to miss the event will now be given an opportunity to see some of its finest pieces at Harrods; the department store will be hosting its own exclusive rendition this month. Nine of the official Biennale brands – including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chanel, Boucheron and Dior – will present a selection of their most show-stopping pieces. harrods.com

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1 Gold-tone bar cuff, £315, Chloé, net-a-porter.com 2 Serpent Bohème ring, £13,850, Boucheron, 164 New Bond Street 3 Petra bib necklace, £42,203, Kara Ross, kararossny.com 4 Emerald mesh bracelet, POA, G London, harrods.com 5 Sunrise bracelet in yellow gold with diamonds, yellow sapphires & red lacquer, POA, Chanel Fine Jewellery, chanel.com 6 Serpentine coil necklace, £149, Layana London, layanalondon.com 7 One-of-a-kind peach drusy earrings, £6,070, Kara Ross, as before 8 Large Cava cuff in onyx and rock crystal, £18,214, Kara Ross, as before 9 Yellow gold & oxidised silver open circle-link hoop earrings with white diamonds, £3,175, by Armenta at Talisman Gallery, 020 7201 8582 10 Morning in Vendôme ring, POA, Chanel Fine Jewellery, chanel.com 11 Gold, opal & diamond bracelet, £4,650, Jennifer Meyer, net-a-porter.com

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STYLE HER

The leading ladies and latest looks guiding this season’s style

The Masters Celebrating 12 of fashion’s most distinguished designers, from Marc Jacobs to Jean Paul Gaultier, The Masters is a creative project hosted by Selfridges this autumn. It looks to the pioneering creative vision that has shaped the landscape of fashion and changed the way we look at clothes. Each fashion heavyweight involved in the project has been given a mastering title to convey their unique contribution to fashion; Oscar de la Renta is understandably, ‘The Master of Elegance’. As part of the creative campaign, the ‘Master of Elements’, Rick Owens, will launch a collection exclusive to Selfridges in ‘The World of Rick Owens’ which marks 20 years of his renowned fashion label.

Providing us with stunning fashion to revel in post-London Fashion Week, The Masters includes archival pieces, bespoke fashion films and new capsule collections at the legendary department store. selfridges.com

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Over the rainbow

Artisan offerings

Christmas has come early as Nicholas Kirkwood launches a limited-edition Bottalato Loafer holiday collection.

With 11 covetable metallic colours from which to choose, there is no excuse not to click your heels together with joy. Available from 15 October at both Nicholas Kirkwood flagship stores and stockists, we’re guessing these soft leather pumps won’t stick around for long.

In perfect timing for Wool Week (6-12 October), Harvey Nichols and Woolmark have teamed up to showcase Rahul Mishra’s gorgeous new collection. The capsule line features six pieces made from the finest Merino wool; crafted into sculptured silhouettes using traditional artisan techniques and intricate hand embroidery.

Bottalato loafer holiday collection, £295, Nicholas Kirkwood, nicholaskirkwood.com

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“Elegance

Check Mate

In line with autumn style Deep marine hues with a short-andsharp 60s A-line shape, this Kenzo satin creation emulates some of the season’s biggest trends. Inspired by the luminous lights of the Pacific Northwest, the crossing neon lines give a modern structure whilst remaining feminine.

Paired with Diane von Furstenberg’s sophisticated golden clutch, the neonplaid print dress is ideal for dinner dates as the weather becomes a little crisper.

Neon-plaid print dress, £480, Kenzo, matchesfashion.com

PERFECT PAIRINGS

is the discipline

of life ”

— Oscar de la Renta —

Hypnotic beauty Montauk is the latest art exhibition by Raphael Mazzucco, the noted Hollywood fashion photographer turned contemporary artist. Castle Fine Art at the Royal Exchange showcases the bold collection, featuring layered art prints of beautiful women in equally romantic settings. Mazzucco’s artistic style has evolved over the years and now incorporates his passion for painting, drawing, photography, collage and resin. Each piece of Montauk possesses an almost hypnotic quality. The exhibition will run until 31 October. castlegalleries.com

Evil Eye metallic elaphe box clutch, £285, Diane von Furstenberg, net-a-porter.com

Chicory round sapphire drops, £187, CARAT*, caratlondon.com

Patent leather-trimmed velvet pumps, £530, Gianvito Rossi, net-a-poter.com

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a lot to be desired welcome to this season’s most captivating beauty launches

in the spotlight

brow down All hail the original queen of the eyebrows; Brooke Shields is back and making waves in the beauty scene.

Cult brand MAC can’t resist a collaboration, and Brooke’s exciting product line-up launches this month. Brow liner aside, we love the peachy shades in the Veluxe Pearlfusion Shadow, the bold red, appropriately named Knockout Lipglass and the two-tone Crème Colour Base.

Dior is reaching for the stars with its latest liquid creation. The ambitious Diorskin Star foundation aims to capture the enviable glow of studio lighting in a bottle. Its claim to illuminating properties stands out from the crowd thanks to its Light Pulsion™ technology, while skin deep active ingredients target your natural glow. Added colour-filter pigments subtly even out your skin tone, and with 16 shades available, you’re sure to find a match made in heaven. Used to the glow of the spotlight, Natalie Portman stars in the ad campaign; she definitely has us convinced.

Diorskin Star Fluid Foundation 30ml, £32, selfridges.com

MAC Brooke Shields, from £12, maccosmetics.co.uk

NEW Fragrance

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My Burberry, from £45 for 30ml, Burberry, uk.burberry.com

Artistic,

sophisticated, rare ingredients

Arquiste 50ml, £78, J.Crew, available in store

Fashion,

theatrical,

distinctive,

icon

from £135 for 50ml, Diana Vreeland, selfridges.com

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Look the part, feel the part, from breakfast to boardroom to bar

Hole in One Berluti’s latest nod to sporting traditions is the Swing, a ready-to-wear golf shoe launching this month. Reminiscent of a brogue, the lace cover fringe is removable and both two-tone models use supple kangaroo leather on the upper. The traditional look is backed-up by technical features to keep you on par, with an absorbent, lightweight carbon enhanced insole. After victory, detachable studs allow a smooth course to clubhouse transition.

Swing Golf Shoe, £1,980, Berluti, 43 Conduit Street, W1S, berluti.com

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Made in England When we first spotted the simple, elegant approach and clean lines of Campbell Cole’s new Annex collection, we were thinking Swedish minimalism, yet the home-grown brand designs and manufactures everything in England. Inspired by modern living architecture, the bags work as practical spaces, right down to the carefully planned pockets that mean you’ll never lose your keys again. The pared-back approach allows the premium leather to take centre stage. campbellcole.co.uk

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Industrial Revolutions

The Runwell Watch 47mm, £470, Shinola, mrporter.com

Detroit’s manufacturing scene is back on the map with these hand-assembled timepieces

The Brakeman Watch 46mm, £535, Shinola, mrporter.com

The Runwell Contrast Chronograph Watch 47mm £685, Shinola, mrporter.com

Lord of the Manor Never mind country bumpkins; launching this month, J.M. Weston’s Country Gent collection brings French sophistication to the table. Tailoring is key with smart jackets and blazers, but the brand has been crafting shoes for more than a century and its artisan background is particularly evident in their square-toe, double-sole Oxford shoes and the leather eyelet boots.

J.M. Weston, 60 Jermyn Street, SW1Y, jmweston.com

“Country life is no longer a complete departure from elegance and style:

it’s an art of living” -MICHEL PERRY, Artistic Director, J.M. Weston

Waxworks British heavyweights Barbour and Land Rover have joined forces to create a new clothing collection.

We’re big fans of the blending of city and country inspirations.

Slick, modern editions of Barbour’s wax jackets in black sit alongside more rural, olive green versions, each with an exclusively-designed tartan lining. Accessories include scarves and a durable, waxedcotton briefcase. barbour.com

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THE SMELL OF SUCCESS Masculine scents for the sophisticated City gent

Fragrance is an extension of a man’s character – an olfactive handshake if you will. Invisible and intoxicating, a signature scent is the ultimate accessory. From deep and woody to fresh and floral, the fragrance counter can be a minefield so cast aside advertising visuals and follow your nose for the perfect product. Here are our olfactory heroes...

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1 Dior Homme Intense Eau de parfum (50ml), £53, Dior, dior.com 2 L for men perfume spray (50ml), £225, Clive Christian, clive. com 3 Allure Homme Eau de toilette (50ml), £48, Chanel, chanel.com 4 Tobacco Vanille, £330, Tom Ford, tomford.com 5 Courage Collection Eau de parfum (100ml), £150, Boadicea the Victorious, boadiceaperfume.com 6 Armani Privé Oud Royal Eau de parfum (100ml), £155, Giorgio Armani Beauty, armanibeauty.co.uk 7 Royal Oud spray (75ml), £210, Creed, creedfragrances.co.uk 8 Spicebomb Eau de toilette (50 ml), £48, Viktor & Rolf, viktor-rolf.com 9 Colonia Leather Eau de cologne (100ml), £140, Acqua di Parma, acquadiparma.com 10 Santal Majuscule Eau de parfum (50ml), £88, Serge Lutens, sergelutens.com

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“If one is looking to create an impression of superiority with their fragrance then Chypré’s are the most effective scent family, with mosses and woods at their core, counterpointed by citruses. Their disciplined structure conveys a sense of authority.”

- Roja Dove, Master Perfumer, The Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie at Harrods

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Return to INNOCENCE Photographer: Dominic Nicholls Stylist: David Hawkins

Grey flannel double-breasted suit, £895, Charcoal double-faced texture wool coat, £1,495, all by Gieves and Hawkes, gievesandhawkes.com; Leather day bag, £1,095, Troubadour, troubadourgoods.com

OPPOSITE PAGE: Modern-fit wool suit, £895, Slim-fit cotton shirt, £195, Military ribbon stripe wool silk sweater, £395, all by Burberry London, uk.burberry.com; Leather wingtip brogues, £495, Burberry Prorsum, uk.burberry.com Top right: Dark grey wool silk herringbone unstructured single-breasted jacket, £595, Navy wool single breasted overcoat, £650, Navy check houndstooth shirt, £150, Chocolate/washed navy wool reversible knitted tie, £120, Charcoal wool silk Prince of Wales check trousers, £250, all by Hardy Amies, hardyamies.com Bottom right : Navy wool three-piece pinstripe suit, £1,305, Paul Smith London, paulsmith.co.uk; Purple shirt, £165, Richard James, richardjames.co.uk

OPPOSITE PAGE and top left: Herringbone wool coat, £730, Paul Smith London, as before; White shirt, £139, PS by Paul Smith, as before; Polka dot silk tie, £80, Paul Smith, as before TOP RIGHT, BOTTOM LEFT AND BOTTOM RIGHT: Grey wool suit, £560, Cotton shirt, £135, both Paul Smith London, as before

OPPOSITE PAGE AND TOP: Khaki trousers, £175, Pea coat, £785, Burgundy polo, £125, Brown leather driving gloves, £175, all by Kent and Curwen, kentandcurwen.co.uk; Black fringed Costello loafer, £300, Paul Smith, as before; Stainless steel and leather watch, £275, Thomas Sabo, thomassabo.com BOTTOM: Dark Grey leather and sheepskin jacket, £3,995, Ivory turtleneck cable knit, £450, Navy trousers, £395, all by Bally, bally.com

Art Direction: Delia Sievers | Grooming: Gemma Kimmings Model: Greg Kheel @ Storm Model Management Photographer’s Assistant: Aurora Scheftel Shot on location at Royal Holloway, University of London - royalholloway.ac.uk Aston Martin Vantage V12 S kindly loaned by Aston Martin - astonmartin.com

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Seal of APPROVAL

Celebrating the skill of British craftsmanship through the renaissance of an enduring design classic, the signet ring Words: TIFFANY EASTLAND

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nyone who’s ever been gifted an heirloom will know the sentiment and significance it can carry.

Irrespective of monetary worth, more often than not they’re valued and considered among our most treasured possessions. It’s hardly surprising considering they offer a link to our ancestors, not to mention an insight into the lives they led, something that’s perhaps most important of all.

A study conducted by two psychologists at Emory University in Georgia, USA, Dr Marshall Duke and Dr Robyn Fivush, found that the more a child knew about his or her family history, the greater sense of control they had over their own lives, the higher their selfesteem and the more successfully they believed their families functioned. But for those of us who have inherited very little, be that possessions or knowledge, all is not lost. During a recent visit to the Rebus workshop, a division of R.H. Wilkins Engravers in Hatton Garden, it became

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apparent just how possible it is to recreate your own little piece of history in the form of a signet ring.

Long considered the mark of a gentleman, signet rings originally served as seals. Now a regular on the pages of popular fashion and celebrity magazines, there’s an increasing number of notable signet-wearing celebrities including Rufus Wainwright, Dame Helen Mirren and Jennifer Carpenter. Rebus Signet Rings’ managing director Emmet Smith says: “Once a sign of wealth and status, spotted mainly on society pages, the classic signet ring is now experiencing a remarkable renaissance. In the current economic climate, it seems that customers wish to invest in jewellery design that has heritage and style, without the obvious ostentation and ‘bling’ of former decades.”

Specialising in heraldic seal engraving, Rebus boasts an award-winning team of craftsmen and is one of the few remaining businesses with its own workshop. In the same way that a Savile Row tailor would operate, the craftsmen at Rebus Signet Rings involve their customers throughout the process, starting with the design and continuing with updates throughout.

For some customers, the stamps will be initials or an intricate design that they’ve worked on for months, but for many it’s their family crest, which is searched for in Victorian reference books or through the Crest Finder App that launched last year. Backed by an extensive online database, the Crest Finder App allows customers to search by name and select an affordable design that will complement a contemporary market and reflect a wealth of heritage. Smith says, “Customers really invest a lot of time and energy into this –

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“For some customers, the stamps will be initials or an intricate design that they’ve worked on for months, but for many it’s their family crest” after all, they’re putting their own literal stamp into it.”

When the design is finally locked in and confirmed, the customer is taken to the workshop floor, where they’re introduced to the craftsman who will spend up to a month working on their signet ring, depending on the complexity of the design. It’s here that customers can witness the craftsmen working under magnification, creating some of the most incredibly intricate engravings.

“You can just lose yourself for hours and hours in that little area of metal when you focus in on it,” says Smith.

Smith leads a clearly passionate and dedicated team, many of which have joined the company during a five-year apprenticeship indentured through the

Goldsmith’s company. It’s here that the apprentices fine-tune their skills working on signet rings, while also engraving for ceremonial, religious and governmental proceedings as part of R.H. Wilkins. “We’ve done quite a lot for the Cabinet, government presentations, Tony Blair and John Major,” says Smith.

Perhaps a rather obscure apprenticeship, Smith says few people realise just how these creations are achieved, and often it’s assumed machines or some sort of wax impressions are used. Smith says it’s not until the customer meets the craftsman and witnesses them at work that they’re truly able to appreciate what it is they’re investing in. rebussignetrings.co.uk

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FITNESS

The tips, cheats and training kit you need to stay at the top of your game

French Fancy Café du Cycliste fuses traditional French style with modern garment technology. Founded in the Cote d’Azur, the Nice-based company has gone from strength-to-strength, creating both high performance and casual, urban cycling wear. A twist on classic French design is evident in its sporting collections and clearly reflects one belief; if you’re spending hours in the saddle, you should look damn good while doing so.

Old-school vintage and state-of-theart fabrics provide astute but elegant threads to withstand all the physical stresses of road cycling. Even if you are cruising casually, the relaxed aesthetics mean you can bring a touch of Riviera chic to your City cycle. cafeducycliste.com

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Going the distance Get motivated by adding some serious colour to your workout kit with these flexible soles.

From terrain and road running to hardcore gym sessions, these trainers are guranteed to provide the kick you need

Head for Heights Altitude training is the intense fitness facility taking the City by storm. The Altitude Centre offers a wealth of hypoxic exercise sessions in oxygen reduced air, proven to maximise personal performance. Whether preparing for a mountaineering expedition, sports training or recovering from an injury, hypoxic training can increase oxygen capacity and your general fitness.

Men’s F-LITE 192, £100, Inov8, inov-8.com

6 Trump Street, EC2V

Supplements made simple Prime Location Located a stone’s throw from Monument, American Golf ’s new flagship store is in a prime location for City golfers. In celebration of the opening, special events have been announced hosted by Ping, Titleist, Garmin and Nike to name but a few.

Offering free delivery to your home or office and custom fittings in store, there’s never been a better time to improve your game.

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Carbs followed by sugar followed by carbs followed by sugar. That’s a balanced diet, right? OK, well perhaps not. But when you work so hard, stay up so late and drink far too much, what’s a girl to do?

How about removing the hard work and getting a range of supplements delivered to your door. Enter the Supplicity team, Londonbased brothers-in-law Jonny Taylor and Ben Robertson.

Taylor, a fitness trainer, works with some of London’s most successful business people, while Robertson, a consultant at Chelsea and Westminster, is the company’s resident medical expert. With the guidance of registered dietician Tom Hollis, the Supplicity team have produced a line of supplements comprising the highest-quality, handpicked vitamins, minerals and micronutrients.

Understanding that so few people have time to trawl through health food stores, Taylor and Robertson have set up a convenient postal subscription plan.

Presently, the range features three formulas: gender specific multivitamins, Omega-3 fatty acids and one multivitamin designed specifically to boost energy.

One month’s subscription (including postage and handling), from £18, Supplicity, supplicity.co.uk

Women’s All-terrain Super2, £95, Reebok, reebok.com

Women’s 1080, £130, New Balance, newbalance.com

Women’s Free TR Fit 4 iD, £125, Nike, nike.com

Men’s Glycerin 12, £130, Brooks, brooksrunning.co.uk

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The Art and Design Window GALLERies: Galleries showcase up-and-coming artists, designers and craftspeople and are located in Canada Place. Showing this month are:

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Samantha Couto  Canada Walk Since early childhood Samantha’s inspiration has come from her fascination with the human race and its position in the universe, and her passion for colour. She combines both to create multi-layered paintings, working in oil, acrylic and pastels, through which she achieves a variety of textures and effects.

VISUAL ARTS Take a break to explore and enjoy Canary Wharf’s temporary exhibitions and permanent art collection around the estate

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Past Present: Sculpture

by Bridget McCrum  Until 14 November

Lobby, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, E14 Free

Mahtab Hanna  Jubilee Walk Culture, religion and politics play a large part in the inspiration process leading to Mahtab’s creations.

Conveying these convictions through her jewellery is important to her, and she achieves this using traditional as well as new techniques on both precious and non-precious materials.

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The exhibition covers all major areas of Bridget McCrum’s work, from an early carving at age 16 to bronze and carved TOUR stone sculptures made in 2014, her 80th year. In Tuesday 28 October, from sculptures that convey her innate feeling for the natural 6.30 to 7.15pm world, her favoured subject matter is animals and Curator Ann Elliott tours the birds, whose forms she may merge with those of exhibition with Bridget ancient artefacts such as tools and ceremonial weapons McCrum – the curve of a wing may evoke the shape of an axe or The tour is free but please knife. She also brings drawing into her sculpture, contact Canary Wharf Public especially in carved pieces where she creates surface Art Office at visualart@canarywharf.com textures that throw the form into greater relief or to reserve a place indicate a soft area of downy feathers. She has a painter’s sensibility for patinating bronze, demonstrated here through the range of rich colour and tonal variation she achieves across the surface of both small and large pieces. McCrum is represented by Messum’s.

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This October, two rare and unmissable performances by two celebrated musical acts are taking place in Canary Wharf, plus there’s comedy for the kids

COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS – WORKSHOP & SHOW

After Hours with…

Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook ‘The At Odds Couple’ Tour Warm-Up Show In 1973 in South London, teenage friends Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook formed Squeeze, the band that saw them dubbed ‘The New Lennon and McCartney’. Over 35 years and two Ivor Novello awards later, they have written some of the most enduring and best-loved songs of A return our time – Up The to stage Junction, Cool Wednesday 29 For Cats and October Labelled With 7.45pm (doors 7pm) Love to name but East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf a few. Their legacy £25 is as vital as it has

ever been and few artists have left such an indelible impression on the UK’s music scene. As they gear up for ‘The At Odds Couple’ tour, their first outing as a duo in nearly 20 years, we are delighted to welcome Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook to Canary Wharf’s East Wintergarden for an exclusive, acoustic duo warm up show.

Brighten up your half term with a comedy day created especially for families. The Comedy Club 4 Kids is simply a comedy club that kids are allowed into, with the best stand-ups from the international circuit doing their thing for an audience of children and their parents – and appealing to both in equal measure. It’s family friendly but in no way childish and there are definitely no clowns or rude words! The afternoon workshop for 7 – 15 year olds is in a fun, 90-minute format featuring lots of creative writing, sketch-based comedy and comedybased games – perfect half term entertainment for all your little comedians.

Tickets: Workshop: £5 per child Workshop & Show: £10 per child Show Only: £7 Adult or Child Show Family Ticket: £24 (4 tickets)

Laughter Special

Tuesday 28 October Workshop 3 – 4.30pm Show 6.30 – 7.30pm (doors 5.45pm) East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf

BOOKING: Book tickets on 0871 220 0260 or at seetickets.com. Booking fee applies. Tickets are also available on the door subject to availability.

Unreserved seating, full bar and cloakroom available.

BOOKING: Book tickets on 0871 220 0260 or at seetickets.com. Tickets are also available on the door subject to availability. Unreserved seating, full bar and cloakroom available.

COMING SOON

After Hours with…

Ed Harcourt Plus special guest tba Of Ed Harcourt’s six albums to date, one was Mercury nominated and the rest have picked up an array of plaudits from the music press. He’s toured with the likes of REM and Snow Patrol, performed with everyone from Patti Smith to Nick Cave, and written songs with Paloma Faith and Lisa-Marie Presley. Most recently, he’s been working with Beth Ditto, Marianne Faithful, played piano on Lana Del Rey’s forthcoming album, as well as on tour with Sophie EllisBextor whilst producing her new album.

This very busy and talented musician and singer-songwriter arrives at Canary Wharf for a special evening. Join us at the East Wintergarden as he performs his melancholic piano-pop along with a smattering of gonzo-lullabies from his weathered trunk of songs.

Music Magic

Tuesday 11 November 7.45pm (doors 7pm) East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, £18

BOOKING: Book tickets on 0871 220 0260 or at seetickets.com. Tickets are also available on the door subject to availability. Unreserved seating, full bar and cloakroom available.

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COURTING CONTROVERSY Mark Westall has been working in, and writing about contemporary art, for almost 20 years. An advocate of emerging talent, each month he uses this space to introduce an artist that he thinks is on the cusp of greatness...

This month: TYLER SHIELDS THIS PAGE: LEFT Dreaming of Paris BELOW Three Witches

OPPOSITE PAGE: FROM TOP Girl’s Night Out Green Lace Whip Rumer’s in the Boot

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hat’s so interesting? It takes a special sort of creative mind to paint with controversy, and, more than just raising a stink, use it to make a serious point. Tyler Shields’ photography is just one element of a body of work that, by its provocative, celebrityfilled nature, subverts the channels through which we consume so much celebrity gossip. Nubile starlets appear caught in the act of creating carnage, and Shields’ own incendiary statements ensure the images are forced through channels such as TMZ and our own social networks, highlighting our own part as drivers of a machine hungry for fresh celebrity blood.

The dark side of celebrity as a commodity is a conceptual space that requires, as a mark of authenticity, that the artist has seen the machine from the inside, and it’s true in the case of Shields.

A latecomer to art, having cut his teeth making music promos in Hollywood’s music industry, his path put him into contact with the creative community who now people his images.

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He once collected the blood of 20 celebrities for a work in his Life Is Not a Fairytale exhibit

Whilst a social circle of young Hollywood aristocracy has clearly influenced Shields, it’s evidently a twoway street, with young stars begging to be included in his work. Famously, he declined an offer to photograph Kim Kardashian.

Instead, each new work uses the freshest young Hollywood talent, casting them in frequently disturbing (though because this is Hollywood, invariably beautifully lit) scenes, pushing them to physical and emotional extremes, and revelling in the resultant furores.

Previous work has often involved images of violence and blood-splattered celebrities. He once collected the blood of 20 celebrities for a work in his Life Is Not a Fairytale exhibit, while the series of images of a bloodied knife and gunwielding Lindsay Lohan saw him charged with portraying women as victims, a charge he denies absolutely. “Girls and women are the most powerful creatures on this planet. Without them, nothing exists. Period,” he said.

His latest work, Provocateur, sees the sheen of Hollywood glamour applied to some very dark, very intimate moments of human sexuality. Featuring Rumer Willis and Ana Mulvoy-Ten, it’s unlikely that these images will live on gallery walls alone – the artist has already promised “the most provocative show yet”, so expect to see the gossip columns acting as unwitting participants in the work of an artist who might just be the most post-modern conceptualist since Warhol.

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Find the work London The Provocateur exhibition runs: 4 October-1 November at Imitate Modern, 27a Devonshire Street, W1G, imitatemodern.com Los Angeles Guy Hepner, 300 N Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood CA, 90048, guyhepner.com Sydney McLemoi Gallery, 45 Chippen Street, mclemoi.com

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WORDS: TIFFANY EASTLAND

STRIKE A BALANCE Helen Green Design’s Natalia Miyar takes us inside a stunning Belgravia residence, the Lateral Apartment

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f there’s one thing this project succeeds at, it’s balance. Aside from boasting the Helen Green Design aesthetic of liveable luxury, the Lateral Apartment achieves what many attempt but fail; it somehow finds that happy medium, appealing as much to him, as it does to her.

Situated on a beautiful 19th-century crescent in Belgravia, the Lateral Apartment spans approximately 2,400 square feet of living space.

Inspired by a mixture of natural materials, this project layers contrasting textures and finishes to create a truly stunning home.

From its beautiful big entrance to the bedrooms and ensuite bathrooms, attention to detail has been paid at every turn.

Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom. All images courtesy of Helen Green Design

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ABOVE Drawing room BELOW Metallic leaves installation

Design director, Natalia Miyar explains: “It is important to concentrate on the property as a whole as well as each room individually. To create a continuous flow each corner of a property needs to be carefully considered.”

While Helen Green Design prides itself on treating all of its clients with the same level of integrity, it also proudly adopts a very unique and personalised approach to each project it undertakes. So much so, that for some projects Helen Green Design will create a bespoke furniture offering on top of its existing line. The company will also source artwork from all

over the world, travelling to art fairs with clients to help pick out unique pieces to incorporate into the home.

For the owners of this property, a couple, comfort was just as important as aesthetics. Using a very neutral colour palette, they wanted a home that was beautiful to look at, yet relaxed at the same time. The master bedroom, perhaps the best example of this, combines contrasting colours and prints for a truly effortless yet chic feel. But for Miyar, the highlight is an installation of metallic leaves: “We spent quite some time getting the sequence right.” The outcome? “Tactile and airy at the same time.”

To ensure they’re achieving what they set out to do, Miyar and her team involve the client at every stage of the process by meeting on a regular basis. This particular project took approximately six months from the initial concept development through to completion. “We usually have two designers working on a project of this size, along with an interior architect if need be,” explains Miyar.

For the team at Helen Green Design, every project is a learning curve: “We take something new and exciting from each project we work on, whether it’s the creation of a new, bespoke, specialist finish or the combination of two materials, we enjoy the challenges involved in creating something new.” helengreendesign.com

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ROSENTHAL STUDIO-LINE SURFACE AND OPENING VASE Multi-faceted shapes are in the style spotlight right now, adding a clean, contemporary twist to any room, and the Surface Vase does not disappoint in providing a futuristic asymmetric shape.

Sculpted from the finest porcelain and finished in matte black, the Opening Vase is its perfect pairing. For a touch of personality, add bunches of contrasting, coloured flowers. £270, luxdeco.com £385, luxdeco.com

MISSONI HOME TOBAGO CUSHION For a touch of designer style, it is difficult to fault the iconic zigzag lines of Missoni. The Tobago Cushion would sit proudly on any contemporary bed or sofa and works especially well paired with Janisey and Vevey designs.

Effortlessly modern, the cushion features monochrome shades and is made from 100 per cent cotton. £82, amara.com

ELLE SOFA

Comfort in the age of

Elegance Modern design meets relaxed elegance for a cool contemporary style and a touch of laid-back charm Words: AMY WELCH

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Complementing a soft appearance and plush down cushions, the L shape of the Elle Sofa retains a crisp and tailored form. Providing optimum comfort and support, the deep cushions have been engineered with a layered foam core and wrapped in a generous amount of feather and down. £POA, chaplins.co.uk

| ART & INTERIORS | MAELSTROM #28 ORIGINAL ARTWORK Estonian-born artist Jaanika Peerna focuses on the elements of light and line through her work. A perfect contrast to casual soft furnishings, the quick and gestural marks convey a highly expressive mood of movement. Through her Maelstrom series, Peerna has used wax pigment on mylar to create spiralling shapes, highlighting a sense of chaos with fast, urgent strokes. £2,200, luxdeco.com

STONE SIDE TABLE This stone side table is the perfect geometric addition to any luxury home. Boca do Lobo’s furniture is entirely handmade in Portugal.

Made from rich mahogany, the table is finished in black lacquer and a high glossy varnish. £2,775, mpdshop.co.uk

MINT GREEN and LILAC MERINO and CASHMERE THROW Luxuriously soft, this pastelhued throw is made from the finest merino wool. Ideal for a cosy evening during the winter months, the chunky throw adds a laidback charm to your abode.

Whether neatly folded or casually draped over the back of a chair, the gentle mint and lilac will quickly soften a crisp modern space. £128, heals.co.uk

“To create a continuous flow, each corner of a property needs to be carefully considered” – Natalia Miyar, Helen Green Design

EICHHOLTZ COLUMBIA CHAIR This stylish Eichholtz lounge chair would surely be a welcome addition to any home or office thanks to its rich noir upholstery, which is accented by a smart black and white diamond pattern. Featuring a relaxed, sloped shape, the Eichholtz Columbia design exudes elegance. Completed with shiny nickel stud detailing and dark wooden legs, the chair oozes sophistication. £792, occa-home.co.uk

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TECH TALK

Essential apparatus for keeping ahead of the curve

SOUND SOLUTIONS

Dynaudio’s best tweeter, the renowned Esotar², has received additional glassblasting to achieve the finest finish

Offering sophisticated style and sound quality to soothe the soul, these speakers are the perfect all-rounders Confidence is a pretty apt name for Dynaudios’ latest Hi-Fi offering. Possessing the outstanding sound quality we have come to expect from this Danish brand, the C4s offer both exquisite craftsmanship and top build quality. Boasting the same refined spec as the earlier C2s, the Platinum range features Bird’s Eye Maple real wood veneer, stained in dark brown and finished with clear piano lacquer. It’s pretty obvious that no corners have been cut in the production of these acoustically superior floorstanders, which promise to add a touch of class to any audio set-up.

The Confidence woofers include ultra-light, thermally-stable aluminium coils wound on special Kapton formers for a precise and dynamic bass performance

BEST OF THE REST New Platinum design aesthetics feature all aluminium parts finished in satin black

The cabinet, crafted by master carpenters, is polished by hand and available in Mocca (pictured), Rosewood, Bordeaux and Piano Black

Dynaudio C4 Confidence Platinum Price £17,699 Power handling 300W Sensitivity 87 dB/w/m Impedance 4 ohms dynaudio.com

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Bowers & Wilkins

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Price £995 Power handling 150W Sensitivity 90 dB/w/m Impedance 6 ohms qacoustics.co.uk

Price £2,999 Power handling 300W Sensitivity 90 dB/w/m Impedance 8 ohms bowers-wilkins.com

Price £4,900 Power handling 120W Sensitivity 92 dB/w/m Impedance 8 ohms triangle.com

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Digital Vision After an astonishingly successful KickStarter campaign, raising 700 per cent of its target, Japanese company FRM brings artwork into the digital age. FRAMED has a sole purpose of displaying art via its own vast art store available through your smartphone. A 720p camera and motion sensors ensure superb visual clarity, with a minimalist wooden surround to fit stylishly in the most forward-thinking home.

FRAMED, from £240, FRM, frm.fm/en

Plastic Fantastic

Round the Bend As the Premier League returns to our screens, view every highlight through incredible fourcolour pixel definition. Curved sets have been dividing opinion in the tech community but we cannot fault the OLED TV technology in LG’s curved screen. The perfect balance of dark black levels and dynamic brightness mean a highly-detailed picture clarity that is just plain awesome to view.

55" 55EA980W curved OLED TV, £3,999, LG, johnlewis.com

Bring me a dream Ensuring a sound night’s sleep, Sense is an innovative KickStarter project that aims to completely optimise your sleeping pattern. Numerous sensors monitor sleeping conditions, assessing everything from environmental noise to humidity. Shedding light on how you can improve your sleep cycle, Sense uses a 6-axis accelerometer and gyroscope to record even the tiniest of movements.

Arts and crafts just got serious. 3D printers are the way of the future and American tech frontiers 3D Systems has revealed its latest device, which is safe for at-home use. Amazingly user-friendly, the Cube boasts preloaded filament jets and an auto-levelling print pad for 70 micron high-resolution. You can even print directly from your mobile device through the new Cubify mobile app for iOS, Android and Windows.

With over 20 colour jets, your imagination is the limit in printing a vast array of objects and models.

Cube 3, £839, 3DSystems, cubify.com/en

Sense, £TBA, hello Inc., hello.is

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DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE It’s the most exciting science lesson ever as the BMW i8 reveals its space-age secrets Words: Jennifer Mason

THE POWERHOUSE The 1.5-litre, 231bhp, three-cylinder turbo rear engine is rated at 134.5mpg, producing 49g/km CO2

DRIVE TIME Lightweight, sports seats remind drivers that this is not your average hybrid car HIDDEN EXTRA A hidden motorgenerator boosts the petrol engine to an impressive 362bhp, with four-wheel drive

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CLASSIC COOL Wing doors emphasise the space-age technology

SIGNATURE STYLE The paintwork can be specified in a choice of four colours, three of which are bespoke exclusives to the BMW i8

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The BMW i8 starts from £99,845 OTR, for more information visit bmw.co.uk

Tagged as the ‘most progressive sports car ever’, the BMW i8 has certainly caused a stir in the motoring world since its release in July. Fans of classic BMW models might expect all the usual tricks from this latest concept, but the i8, created by the brand’s quasi-mysterious i department, is something altogether new; a true hybrid of the eco-friendly electric car and the deliciously decadent sports car. And, frankly, it looks good enough to have even supercar aficionados itching to get behind the wheel.

The sleek, futuristic lines appear as if from the fantasy world of Star Wars, although each curve and contour is designed practically to improve aerodynamics, stability and efficiency – at odds with the impression the bodywork gives – namely, that drivers are headed for a galaxy far, far away. I doubt Chewbacca would fit in the back of this Millennium Falcon, though – the i8 is certainly your typical sports car in that respect.

But enough shallowness. It’s time to stop staring open-mouthed at the i8’s luscious outer shell and delve into the nitty-gritty of what launches this car light years ahead of its contemporaries.

ECO-FRIENDLY ENGINE

THE HANDLING

OUTER BEAUTY

An ultra-low centre of gravity gives better grip and road position in sharp turns

The car’s thermoplastic and aerodynamic carbonfibre body shell is 50 per cent lighter than steel, and super strong

The 131bhp, front electricdrive engine stores enough power to drive 21 miles with zero emissions and zero gear changes, and will reach 75mph

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A question of

sport

A stylish newcomer replaces the venerable Freelander Words: matthew carter

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hey’ve been busy up at Gaydon, where Jaguar and Land Rover are based. As Jaguar launches its most important car for decades, the XE, so Land Rover unveils the Discovery Sport, its replacement for the Freelander.

Although a compact SUV, i.e. smaller than the existing Disco – Land Rover has managed to squeeze seven seats into the car… though, as LR refers to it as 5+2 seating, it suggests that the rearmost set of seats will be best used by children only.

Being a Land Rover, the fourwheel drive Discovery Sport will be an accomplished off-roader. It has longtravel suspension and a phalanx of electronic traction aids to ensure it will

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wade through the thickest of mud. But, unlike the Freelander, it has a new multilink rear suspension to make sure it adds comfort and superior on-road handling to its armoury.

Inside, there’s a new 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system and standard tilt-andslide row-two seating to allow easy access to the rear seats.

Due to go on sale next January, the Discovery Sport will be powered by Land Rover’s existing 2.2-litre, 190hp turbo diesel and coupled to a nine-speed automatic or six-speed manual. Later in the year, a twowheel drive version will also be offered as Land Rover accepts that not everyone will want to get its wheels dirty.

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Being a Land Rover, the four-wheel drive Discovery Sport will be an accomplished off-roader

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The Williams

Valtteri Bottas walking on the track in Bahrain

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F1 Team Experience

– Joining the Circus As unique sporting experiences go, VIP paddock access to the Formula 1 British Grand Prix is something rather special. In a similar league to other top-flight sporting events such as Wimbledon or The Grand National, the British Grand Prix has been running every year without fail for nearly 65 years, with 2014 being the 50th time it has been held at Silverstone – the ‘Home of British Motorsport’

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rriving at Silverstone as a guest of Dominic Reilly, ex-Williams F1 team member and founder of Williams’ official partner luggage brand Dom Reilly Ltd, has its perks. Not only a charming host, Dominic was the British team’s marketing manager for many years, arranging the necessary sponsorship deals that help to fund the travelling circus that is a Formula 1 team – as a result, he remains very close to the team. During that period of travelling the world, the idea for the Dom Reilly brand was born – luggage and accessories that combine the highest standards of traditional quality with the leading-edge design capabilities of an F1 team.

Arriving early on the Friday, practice day, the first task is to carry two beautifully made crash helmet cases from Dominic’s car to the Williams Martini Racing hospitality suite located in the paddock, where, according to Dominic, a cooked breakfast

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awaits. “They’re gifts for William’s F1 team drivers Valtteri and Felipe,” says Dominic. “F1 helmets are worth a small fortune these days and are very personal items for the drivers. These cases are built to withstand an accidental drop, which would otherwise deem a damaged crash helmet useless.”

The range of products also stashed in the boot of his car includes a stylish briefcase, signature weekender bag, watch roll, laptop, as well as iPhone and iPad cases. Dominic also produces collections for the Williams F1 team crew, the Financial Times and the Raffles Hotel, Singapore.

Inside the brand-new, three-storey Williams Martini Racing motorhome, an upmarket breakfast service is taking place under the instruction of highly-respected chef Michael Caines. One of Britain’s most acclaimed chefs, Michael holds several prestigious appointments in the UK but is best known as executive chef at Gidleigh Park, Devon where he has retained a two-Michelin star rating for the past 12 years. With BBC presenter Suzy Perry and ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert enjoying their full-English on a nearby table, Dominic explains that: “Michael and I have known each other for many years; we both grew up in Devon. He’s a huge petrolhead, so I put him in touch with the team and he now gets to combine his two passions – food and motor racing.”

Vacating our dining table and rubbing shoulders with racing presenter Eddie Jordan in the process, Dominic leads a tour of the paddock to inspect the range of team motorhomes – each acting as travelling HQs for the teams when competing in mainland Europe. While each is equally impressive in its own right (Bernie Ecclestone’s UFO-style, blackedout pod included) only Williams’pod, with its open-door policy and charming sense of ‘Britishness’, installs a dining area supported by a chef of Michael’s talents.

With the second practice session under way, an opportunity arises to watch the pit crews in action from inside the team garage. The much debated, quieter sound of 2014’s hybrid-powered F1 cars is in many ways a blessing for the teams, even if it means the sport has lost much of its ear-piercing excitement from a spectator’s point of view. Peering in from the back of the garage and listening to team orders through a pair of headphones, watching a Formula 1 team in action, is, even on practice day, quite something to behold.

Ruthlessly well-organised and under the watchful eye of team boss Frank Williams, the mechanics go about their tasks with the least amount of fuss.

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“While each team’s travelling HQ is impressive in its own right, only Williams’ pod installs a dining area supported by a chef of Michael’s talents”

LEFT Felipe Massa coming off Chris Evans’ yacht RIGHT FROM TOP The Dom Reilly crash helmet case with two pit crew helmets Claire Williams (deputy team principal) with her Dom Reilly briefcase

Walking back into the paddock Dominic explains that practice day allows for a much more relaxed atmosphere compared with qualifying or race day.

Drivers and team bosses can afford to relax a little. Taking lunch within the Williams Martini-branded fine-dining suite, VIP guests are treated to a service many permanent restaurants would be proud of.

Michael’s Brixham scallop ceviche starter and succulent Dartmoor beef are quite simply divine. As he appears from the motorhome’s kitchen following the lunch service, he receives unanimous praise from the other diners. Greeting Dominic with a warm handshake, he’s quizzed on the favourite dishes of the two Williams drivers, “Felipe enjoys my beef dishes, whereas Valtteri enjoys lighter meals. It’s a great honour to cook for these guys, they’re my heroes really.”

Retiring to the motorhome’s top-deck terrace bar for an ‘obligatory’ Martini cocktail, as Dominic refers to it, the day’s Williams Formula 1 experience draws to a close. It’s a strange and exclusive world Formula 1, but for those who run away to join its circus-like atmosphere, it’s a world that is clearly very difficult to leave behind.

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LONDON CALLING As the highly-anticipated 2014 NFL International Series returns to Wembley, The City Magazine previews the best seats in the house

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ollowing the immense success of the last series, the NFL returns to Wembley this autumn for the 8th year of International Series games. Actionpacked and highly exclusive (all fixtures have limited tickets left), Club Wembley hospitality packages are one way to secure yourself stellar seats amongst the 84,000-strong crowds.

Capturing the imagination of the British public, the NFL’s Anglo home at Wembley has been a catalyst in the American sport’s international takeover. Complementing Wembley Stadium’s already diverse calendar of sporting and entertainment events, the NFL games have hit upon a mass British fan base and generated a monumental demand for tickets.

With an impressive trans-Atlantic following, this series is set to be one of the most talkedabout sporting events in London. Tailor-made packages with Club Wembley allow fans to experience the electric atmosphere of the games in style, fully immersing guests in each, energy-fuelled matchup. Diamond package holders will benefit from a Champagne reception on arrival and a premium ticket located on the halfway line in the sought-after Bobby Moore Club seating block. Located either side of the players’ tunnel, guests will be at the very core of NFL showmanship, where fireworks, cheerleaders and A-list entertainment take centre stage.

Spearheading ground-breaking landmarks for the International Series, NFLUK have extended last year’s run of two games and added a third, with the second of the three games scheduled to kick-off at a new, earlier time of 1.30pm. Sapphire and Diamond hospitality guests can take full advantage of each game with pre-match dining experiences and commemorative VIP passes. Offering a host of match-day privileges in front of world class sport – courtesy of teams like the Jacksonville Jaguars, who have committed to playing in London through to 2016 – it’s no surprise that Wembley is helping the NFL take London by storm.

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NFL Wembley – The Dates SEPTEMBER 28 – 6pm Oakland Raiders v Miami Dolphins

OCTOBER 26 – 1.30pm Atlanta Falcons v Detroit Lions

NOVEMBER 9 – 6pm Jacksonville Jaguars v Dallas Cowboys

Hospitality packages start from £329.

Please call 020 8795 9744 for more information or visit clubwembley. wembleystadium.com

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With an impressive trans-Atlantic following, this series is set to be one of the most talked-about sporting events in London

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Treat the

team

Reward a year of hard work by throwing the ultimate work Christmas Party.

Whether you want an elegant dinner, canapés at the bar or a big celebration, take a break from the City and let Canary Wharf’s diverse selection of restaurants look after you and your team

Traditional Tastes Boisdale of Canary Wharf is famous for its roasts, so who better to trust to cook the perfect Christmas dinner? A party at Boisdale means live jazz, a bar crowded with choices of fine whiskies and a heated cigar terrace to finish the night on. You can book for parties of 13 to 22, and there are four menus to choose from priced £42 to £75. Each menu offers a meat, fish and vegetarian main course to suit all tastes.

Little extras are optional to make the night more special, such as a cheese course for a £9 supplement per person or – to salute Boisdale’s Scottish roots – a course of mini haggis followed with a noggin of Scottish Whisky for £8.

D Boisdale of Canary Wharf, Cabot Place, 020 7715 5818

Something Different If by December you start to feel a little saturated with mince pies and potatoes, shake things up at Ibérica Canary Wharf with vibrant Spanish cooking, seafood and salty slices of Iberico ham. Ibérica’s Christmas set menu offers regional Spanish dishes including the likes of octopus a la gallega, ensaladilla rusa with tuna, and crispy confit of Segovian

suckling pig. The restaurant itself is intimate. Its sheltered mezzanine floor is a wonderful space for entertaining and captures the buzzing atmosphere of the main restaurant floor below. The Christmas menu is £45 per person and available for groups of eight or more.

D Ibérica Canary Wharf, Cabot Square, 020 7636 8650

Room with a view If you’ve chosen Canary Wharf for your location, why not make the most of the scenery? At its spot on the fourth floor of Canada Place, Plateau’s floor-to-ceiling windows look out at One Canada Square tower and views of Canada Square Park, which is transformed each winter into a fairy-light lit, outdoor Ice Rink Canary Wharf. Up to 50 seated guests can be accommodated in the more informal Bar & Grill, where a three course menu starts at £32. Alternatively, there’s space for 40

guests in the restaurant with a price of £45 per person. The staggered menus cater for all budgets, group sizes and tastes, and in this thread head sommelier Thomasz Kusznerukcan can suggest wines best suited for your party. Plus, having a French head chef and all, look out for French touches such as a starter of pumpkin velouté, or tarte tartin to shake up typical British Christmas fare.

D Plateau Restaurant, Bar & Grill, Canada Square, 020 7715 7100

O n e f o r a k ne e s up For an event that’s a little more informal, enjoy drinks and canapés at Rocket Restaurant & Bar. Or, for a real blow out, a 100 can sit for dinner, where they will be treated to their own private bar, a rooftop terrace, and DJ and dance floor.

You can even hire casino tables with professional croupiers, themed ice luges for after dinner vodka shots and photo booths – if you dare – to capture the night’s antics.

Tailored To You If you want an event finely tailored to suit your company, Tom’s Kitchen, Canary Wharf offers a fully customisable experience. The restaurant has a range of spaces available for private or semi-private hire, with the option of seating as little as six to standing as many as 100. At £55 per person, the Christmas menu includes half a bottle of house wine. However, wine and festive canapé packages are also available, the latter including winter drinks such as

Big Bash

mulled wine and mint chocolate martinis.

Here, enjoy a classic Christmas menu with Tom Aiken’s – Michelin-starred chef and Tom’s Kitchen’s founder – touch.

Highlights include turkey flavoured with sage and onion stuffing served with roast potatoes crisped in duck fat, and steaming Christmas pudding with a dollop of brandy cream.

D Rocket Restaurant & Bar, Churchill Place, 020 3200 2022

D Tom’s Kitchen, Canary Wharf, Westferry Circus, 020 3011 1555

O n e f o r la rg e g roups The Pearson Room is brilliant for big groups: its restaurant and bar can accommodate up to 150 seated guests and 350 standing. For more intimate parties there’s a choice of lounges, semi-private rooms and even a wine cellar. Better still, it has a dedicated events team who will ensure everything runs smoothly.

D The Pearson Room, Canada Place, 020 7970 0920

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Redefining the

Languedoc James Lawrence experiences a Gallic food and wine break in a class of its own

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Château les Carrasses is easily accessible from both Beziers (25 minutes) and Montpellier airports (1 hour). Ryan Air has daily flights in the summer season to Beziers from London Stansted, Easy Jet flies to Montpellier from London Gatwick. I travelled to London Gatwick via Reading, with First Great Western, firstgreatwestern.co.uk

he Languedoc is France’s oldest wine region, a sleepy and still unspoilt part of France that ironically now boasts its most unique and avant-garde rural destination – Château les Carrasses.

Since opening its gates to the world in August 2011, les Carrasses has successfully redefined the concept of an upmarket Gallic retreat: offering superlative gastronomy, amenities and accommodation without the stiff formality and pretense that so often plagues Château hotels in France. However, as owner Karl O’Hanlon is eager to point out, his venture is not a hotel; neither is it simply luxury self-catering accommodation or a winery with rooms. It’s a glamorous amalgamation of all three.

This is a far cry from the picture 27 years ago, when the winery was abandoned by its former owners and the Château left to slowly decay. Les Carrasses was originally built in 1866, on the foundations of a site that was an important pit stop on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Its heyday nicely coincided with the Languedoc’s rise to ascension in the 1870s; after the newly installed railways reached this corner of France, large quantities of cheap and cheerful jug wine were shipped to the recently industrialised north. Unfortunately, the market collapsed in the 1980s for the once ubiquitous Vin de Table cheap category and properties such as les Carrasses suffered.

Then, as fortune would dictate, former city trader and Dubliner O’Hanlon immigrated to the region and decided to embark on a restoration project like no other.

“We wanted to prove to visitors that self-catering can also mean luxury,” enthuses O’Hanlon. “France is full of grand yet starchy Château hotels and indifferent selfcatering venues, but no one had successfully combined the two, until now,” he continues.

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location. Based near the charming canal-side village of Capestang in south-west France, guests who care to dine alfresco enjoy sweeping panoramic views that take in Narbonne’s 13th-century cathedral, endless vineyards and, on a clear day, the Pyrenees outline. And if that wasn’t enough, the fortified city of Carcassonne, a World Heritage Site, is 70 minutes away and Beziers, with its 13th-century cathedral and notable Musee des Beaux Arts, is a 30 minute drive.

But first things first – a drink on the Château’s enticing terrace. We are offered a recent vintage of their Chardonnay, a refreshingly light and un-oaked example, perfect for those who detest typically unctuous, over-ripe Californian incarnations. Les Carrasses, with the help of a neighbours’ winery, produces a range of excellent value wines and even the rosé hits the right notes. It also boasts an impressive list of amenities; heated infinity pool, barbecue area, indoor and outdoor dining, table tennis, boules pitch, free bike hire and hammocks for the weary.

It’s not an easy proposition, but do attempt to drag yourself away from all the hotel’s creature comforts.

The Languedoc is a veritable food and drink paradise.

A revolution has been sweeping this vast region in recent years, as intense competition from countries like Chile and Argentina continues to focus the efforts of the area’s vignerons – some truly great wine is now made across the board and plonk is rapidly being replaced with premium. This is, with some notable exceptions, red wine country; generally blends of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre and Carignan.

With the help of Wendy Gedney, who runs a wine tourism firm Vin en Vacanes, we visit Château Capitoul in the La Clape sub-region near Narbonne.

Gedney offers guests at les Carrasses tailored wine tours to suit their needs, ours is a typical offering with a winery tour, overview of the property/region’s history, winemaking facts and, of course, a tasting.

Lunch was provided for at Chez Bebelle in Narbonne’s famous Les Halles market. A must visit for lovers of theatre as much as great steaks, it’s run by a former rugby-star and heartthrob, according to his waitresses who seemed to perk up considerably whenever he approached, particularly when his wife was absent. Orders are taken, the host then grabs a megaphone and demands your dinner package from nearby butchers; voila steaks fly through the air and

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Château les Carrasses, 0845 686 8067, lescarrasses.com.

Château suites start at €169 (£139) per night in low season. For a seven night stay or more, the price falls to €125.

For guided wine tours vinenvacances.com

apparently he is yet to drop the ball.

An afternoon strolling around the old town of Pezenas helped our group work up an appetite for dinner. A quintessential Languedoc town, Pezenas is quaint but not tourist ridden; full of winding streets, picturesque squares and a famous Saturday food market, notable for its wide selection of local cheeses and seafood. After a leisurely cafe au lait in the main square, we wander around its ancient streets which house a surprising amount of seasonal art exhibitions and galleries.

Don’t be fooled into believing that a trip to Languedoc is solely about the wine. A wealth of other attractions await, including sailing down the Midi on a canal barge, endless opportunities for cycling and hiking across Languedoc National park and a bevy of picturepostcard villages and towns desperate to be explored.

The coastline is also just over an hour away if you tire of your own private pool. Culture nuts can head out to Carcassonne, Montpellier, Bezier, the list goes on.

This beguiling and exciting region remains one of France’s best kept secrets and has been compared to Provence before the hordes of tourists arrived. It’s quieter, the towns and villages feel like ‘real’ places rather than ersatz tourist haunts, the people are friendlier and the food and wine indefinitely more interesting and varied. But if Château les Carrasses imitations start to catch-on, it’s only a matter of time before Montpellier airport becomes as busy as Nice and the magic fades. My advice is to visit sooner rather than later.

FROM ROAD TO RACE TRACK Swap your business suit for a race suit with an allinclusive route into British motorsport as part of the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club, created specifically for the first time racing driver.

Travelling to some of the UK’s finest circuits behind the wheel of your very own, fully road legal Ginetta G40 Club Car, the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club is a simple and fun route into motor racing for the as-yet uninitiated.

Once a Ginetta Racing Drivers Club member, you will enjoy oneon-one circuit tuition, and be guided through your ARDS test before you embark on your maiden racing year, with a four round championship and full factory support, numerous Ginetta lifestyle events and a road trip to the famous Le Mans 24 Hours. Best of all, at the end of it, the car is yours to keep!

Book onto a Ginetta track day to experience the Ginetta G40 Club car for yourself, you don’t need any prior racing experience or a car, just a valid UK driving licence.

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Oh (South)

Carolina Dave Waddell takes a road trip through the American South to discover a self-affirming state where music, manners and modesty take centre stage

The South Carolina State House in Columbia

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have a most shameful confession. For years I have known the state of South Carolina to be somewhere south of the Mason Dixie Line. Beyond that, I am embarrassed to say I couldn’t have told you whether it was nearer to Texas than Florida, or that the word Charleston is much more than a dance, or that for the state capital’s citizens, Columbia is first home, and then a space shuttle, an Ivy League university or somewhere in Canada. My ignorance knew few bounds.

Worse, having made amends, and found that South Carolina is in fact on the Atlantic coast, next to Georgia and closer to Miami than it is Houston, and so booked a family summer break aimed specifically at supplementing my now newly achieved primary school level of geographical knowledge with a real bone fide south-east American experience. I swiftly researched Charleston, our first port of call, and upon discovering its various America’s Most Friendly accolades, went as far as to question the veracity of a place that should happily advertise itself on the basis of something so immeasurable as the manners of its inhabitants. My arrogance knew no bounds.

Truth is, as I was to discover time and again, South Carolina is an extraordinarily beautiful state. And it’s packed to the rafters with extraordinarily friendly people, a friendliness born of a sense of hospitality that has as its starting point the notion that taking the time to meet and speak with another person, known or unknown, is neither duty nor chore. Rather, it’s what you do. Communicate, interestingly. Here’s the gospel: we did not meet on a self-drive stay that took in Charleston, a high-end island retreat and the upcountry joys of laidback Greenville and nearby Gap Jones Park a single unhelpful soul. We did not.

Instead, and in just one mindbogglingly busy week, we experienced a history, a geography and a culture that both confounds and reinforces whatever imaginings you may have of the American south. South Carolina is indeed the south that you may have read of in history books – displaced Indians, settlers, Spanish conquistadores, Bermudian lords, European misfits, French Huguenots, the Shephardic Jews of London, Lutherans, Puritans, thousands of indentured and enslaved West Africans, a land grown fat off the back of rice, indigo, cotton and forced labour. Rebellious to the hilt, it was the prime agitator in the split that divided the colony of Carolina into two; the first of the founding states to sign the Articles of Confederation; and first in line for seceding from the Union, less than a century after helping form it.

Sticking it to the Man was for much of its time a mark of South Carolinian pride.

It’s a long and rich and mixed history, and one that lives on in everything you see, hear and taste. The word Carolina is a simple adaption of Carolana, Latin for Land of Carlos (Charles), while Charleston is a post-

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Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Charleston

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Cooper River Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, Charleston

Charleston hasn’t turned its soul over to the visiting dollar, which is why visiting it still feels so very special.

You’re in someone’s home, not the circus Myrtle Beach, Horry County

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Further Information Dave Waddell and his family were hosted by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism They stayed at: Francis Marion Hotel, francismarionhotel.com King Charles Inn, kingcharlesinn.com Hyatt Regency Greenville, greenville.hyatt.com Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort, omnihotels.com (Hilton Head) Return flights with United Airways from Heathrow to Charleston cost from approximately £468 in the low season to £1020 in the high

independence reaction to the much more colonised-sounding Charles Towne, each an etymological clue to very different times. I was particularly taken by the accents, one of which, found in the so-called Lowcountry (Coastal Southern) is markedly different to the southern drawl you might associate with the American south. Perhaps I’ve been watching too many films. Anyway, much wiser heads than mine point to the influence of, as well as Irish, Scottish and Northern English, the Gullah language, a perfectly alive-and-well ex-slave Creole with links to West Africa’s Sierre Leone. The music’s great.

The food’s out of this world. South Carolina’s a cultural melting pot, no mistake.

And nowhere more so than Charleston: As said, and to confess more deeply, on first learning of its charming reputation, I imagined, at best, a very tidy, very large seaside town, one typified by wide empty streets, a baseball stadium, well-kept lawns, white porches, a great fluttering of the Red, White and Blue, droves of maniacal newspaper tossing cyclists and a mayor with one or two dark secrets. At worst, I’d imagined exactly this and less the mayor.

Charleston, of course, is not the Middle America of my private Hollywood. Rather, it is – despite being struck square on by earthquake in 1886; or sitting since 1670 along the western flank of so-called Hurricane Ally; or the decimating effects of the Civil War – a packed and unbroken testament to almost 300 odd years of southeastern American architecture: Georgian, Federal, Art-Deco, Greek and Italian Renaissance Revival, Victorian, Queen Anne – to name but a few. Walk its streets. Take a boat along the Battery, home to a string of

some of the largest and diverse waterfront homes I’ve ever laid eyes on. It really is one of south-eastern America’s greatest monuments to the modern era. It’s a gem.

And yet, Charleston’s no museum.

For as a tour of the city quickly reveals, for every building given over to timeless perpetuity (the Nathaniel Russell House on Meeting Street being a fine example), thousands are occupied, lived in, used for businesses, adapted to purpose. I can’t speak for everywhere, but what I especially loved about the downtown Charleston I saw is the fact that it’s a very modern, bustling hub of activity, a perfect example of South Carolina’s growing trade and service industries, a place where each street shows something of everything, from the near dilapidated to the pristinely restored, a place, therefore, and because of its very aliveness, where it doesn’t take much to begin to imagine pirate attacks, the Union blockade, the faith, the battles for Fort Wagner, sailors on Bay Street, James P Johnson discovering on the docks the beat to his Charleston Dance. It’s a real and occupied space, a place of nooks and crannies, small and surprising squares, hidden gardens, markets, restaurants, churches, churches and more churches, pubs, clubs and cocktail bars, a place living in the very now, surrounded by much evidence of how it got here.

In short, Charleston hasn’t turned its soul over to the visiting dollar, which is why visiting it still feels so very special. You’re in someone’s home, not the circus. So mind your manners, enjoy and please eat your shrimp and grits – every day. It’s delicious.

However, whatever the wonders of a Charleston-based stay (at the Francis Marion, if I may be so bold, not just one of the city’s more salubrious hotels, but also further evidence – if the seemingly happily sanctioned existence on its roof of homeboy Shepard Fairey’s giant OBEY graffiti sign is anything to go by – of the city’s famous capacity for tolerance), whatever it’s many wonders, there is in South Carolina a whole world beyond the Lowcountry’s crown jewel, a world of cypress and tupelo swamps, rivers, forests, mountains, mainland beach and barrier islands – all very much worth exploring. Short on time, we only managed golf-mad Hilton Head Island and upstate Greenville County, a tiny piece of the foothills of the Appellation Mountains, and much driving in between, which in itself is an education.

So, South Carolina. I know where it is. I believe the hype. Sun, sea, beach, mountain, river or plain; village, town, city; rural or urban; wild and sophisticated... It’s a state with everything, a state that while proud of having everything, refuses to commodify for the sake of commodification. It’s eye on a long and sustainable future, it’s an inherently modest state – and all the more beautiful for it. A week’s not long enough. We’ll be back.

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SALES ANDREW GROOCOCK, partner and department head at Knight Frank Canary Wharf, comments on the trends in the residential sales market Having had an extremely busy first six months of 2014, where we agreed more deals than in any of our preceding 20 years in Docklands, we then had our usual quietest month of the year in August. All indicators suggest that from September and moving forward into Autumn we should see a return to the high levels of activity that we experienced at the start of the year.

The core values of the market remain the same in Canary Wharf.

Vendors need to be realistic in terms of marketing price in order to make sure their property sees plenty of activity, whilst ensuring that they choose the best placed agent in the market to ensure they get the optimum value from the best buyer. In my opinion, the best placed agents will be those who are able to market the property in the best light and to the widest audience whilst having a solid track record of performing within the area. At the very least, a vendor should expect their chosen agent to be using professional photographers and floor planners. Remember that you have one opportunity to launch your property and as a result you want the ¼ inch thumbnail that appears online to show the property at its best. In conjunction with this, make sure that your agent is giving your property maximum exposure. Ensure that it is displayed in the local office window to attract the all-important walk-in trade, make sure it’s uploaded to the relevant web portals, and ideally choose the agent that can offer you an international platform to show your property too.

Knight Frank Canary Wharf 020 7512 9966 knightfrank.co.uk/canarywharf

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Interior motive Breathe new life into that rather dated room with the help of interior decorators and fabric specialist’s Violet & George. Offering a niche, fabric-driven, interior design service, the team at Violet & George boasts 70 years of combined experience, while the upholsterers share over 60 years of experience. Offering bespoke oneto-one consultations, the company prides itself on remaining made in Britain and harnessing old-fashioned Victorian craftsmanship.

Founder Nicky Mudie says: “I am keen to keep fabric and textiles talent here in Britain and to keep it alive.” violetandgeorge.com

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Commercial success Redrow London has unveiled four penthouse apartments, marking the completion of its flagship at One Commercial Street in Aldgate.

Boasting luxurious interiors, open-plan living and a unique view of London’s skyline, each stunning, three-bedroom penthouse brings together the finer things in life. Ranging in size from 2,250 square feet to 2,800 square feet, penthouses have been purposely designed to make the very most of panoramic views. Perched on the 21st floor, the penthouses feature floor-to-ceiling glass windows that showcase vistas of the Shard, Gherkin and Tower Bridge. Located within what is an architecturally impressive complex on the city fringe, these contemporary penthouses reflect the transformation of the surrounding areas. And if that’s not enough, round the clock concierge and a Zone 1 location makes life at One Commercial Street, quite easy to get used to. onecommercialstreet.com

More than 48,000 homeowners have used the government’s

Help to Buy scheme since it started, figures have shown.

Home talent All eyes are on MARI IANIQ, a stunning new Britishbased furniture brand that’s inspired by elements of haute couture and jewellery. Mari Pauline C. Janiq, the woman behind these highly-coveted collections, lives and designs in London where she creates bespoke furniture that’s exquisitely crafted yet extraordinarily comfortable.

Decorex 2014 has seen the launch of five lines from her extensive collection, each of which received the highest acclaim. mariianiq.com

LETTINGS GARY HALL, partner and department head at Knight Frank Wapping, comments on the trends in the residential lettings market With a constant rise in approved planning applications, new build residential schemes are starting to dominate the London skyline and this is an exciting option for corporate tenants relocating to and within central London. I have previously spoken about the quality of the residential developments coming out of the ground and how each development is out-doing the last in terms of facilities and specification, but the popularity of “lifestyle” schemes on the rental market in central London is continuing to grow, as the demand for rental property follows suit.

In line with Knight Frank’s residential expansion programme we are delighted to launch two new on-site offices in prime residential schemes to support the vast local and international investment in London and the private rental sector. The first to be opened in October is Arthouse in Kings Cross Central, one of London’s most exciting new neighbourhoods and the gateway to Europe.

With a mixture of restaurants, bars, galleries, museum’s and green spaces, it attracts a diverse community. Kings Cross is also home to the world famous arts college Central Saint Martins and soon to be home to Google’s London headquarters.

The other is One Tower Bridge on the south bank, which is due to open in December. The Southbank, Shad Thames, London Bridge and the surrounding areas are fast becoming the location of choice for tenants who want everything on their doorstep, along with the draw of the River Thames. These are very exciting new ventures for Knight Frank and we are thrilled to be a part of these fantastic schemes and locations.

Knight Frank Wapping 020 7480 6848 knightfrank.co.uk/wapping

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KnightFrank.co.uk Telfords Yard, Wapping E1W

Warehouse conversion A characterful apartment in immaculate condition, boasting original warehouse features, close to the City and St Katharine Docks. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen and porter. EPC rating C. Approximately 114 sq m ﴾1,229 sq ft﴿

Available furnished Guide price: £595 per week

Wapping Lettings KnightFrank.co.uk/lettings wappinglettings@knightfrank.com 020 8166 5366 ﴾WAQ134915﴿

Exchange Building, Shoreditch E1 Prime Shoreditch location

Impressive third floor flat in a popular Art Deco building with high ceiling and full of natural light. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms ﴾1 en suite﴿, reception room, kitchen, dining area, porter and garage parking space. EPC rating B. Approximately 126 sq m ﴾1,360 sq ft﴿

Available unfurnished Guide price: £850 per week

Wapping Lettings KnightFrank.co.uk/lettings wappinglettings@knightfrank.com 020 8166 5366 ﴾WAQ168806﴿

All potential tenants should be advised that, as well as rent, an administration fee of £276 will apply when renting a property.

Please ask us for more information about other fees that may apply or visit KnightFrank.co.uk/tenantcharges

KnightFrank.co.uk One Commercial Street, Aldgate E1 Luxury new build

Impressive and contemporary apartment to rent in a luxury development in Aldgate. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, dual aspect reception room, kitchen, terrace and 24 hour concierge.

EPC rating B. Approximately 92 sq m ﴾987 sq ft﴿

Available furnished Guide price: £895 per week

Wapping Lettings KnightFrank.co.uk/lettings wappinglettings@knightfrank.com 020 8166 5366 ﴾WAQ201194﴿

Jacana Court, St Katharine Docks E1W South facing dock views

Attractive and spacious apartment to rent in the popular City Quay development. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, private balcony, kitchen, underground parking and 24 hour concierge. EPC rating B. Approximately 108 sq m ﴾1,155 sq ft﴿

Available unfurnished Guide price: £695 per week

Wapping Lettings KnightFrank.co.uk/lettings wappinglettings@knightfrank.com 020 8166 5366 ﴾WAQ86132﴿

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Please ask us for more information about other fees that may apply or visit KnightFrank.co.uk/tenantcharges

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West India Quay, Nr Canary Wharf E14

Ivory House, St Katharine Docks E1W

An immaculately presented two bedroom apartment situated within one of Canary Wharf's most prestigious developments. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen, concierge. EPC rating B. Approximately 87 sq m ﴾945 sq ft﴿

A charming flat in a prominent position within this historic listed building in the heart of St Katharine Docks, with dock and lock views. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen, terrace, lift, porterage and parking space. Approximately 86 sq m ﴾926 sq ft﴿

Leasehold 115 years 3 months

Two bedroom apartment

Leasehold Guide Price: £735,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Canary‐Wharf cwharf@knightfrank.com 020 3641 6112 ﴾CNW140187﴿

Characterful conversion

Guide price: £1,500,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/wapping wappping@knightfrank.com 020 8166 5372 ﴾WAP140023﴿

Discovery Dock, Nr Canary Wharf E14 Two bedroom apartment

A beautifully presented two bedroom apartment situated on the eighth floor within Discovery Dock East. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen, balcony, concierge, parking. EPC rating C. Approximately 88 sq m ﴾947 sq ft﴿ Leasehold Guide Price: £735,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Canary‐Wharf cwharf@knightfrank.com 020 3641 6112 ﴾CNW140047﴿

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Trafalgar Court, Wapping E1W Superb river views

A first floor flat overlooking the River Thames and the development's well maintained communal gardens. 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, open plan kitchen and reception room, balcony, parking space and 24 hour porterage.

EPC rating C. Approximately 46 sq m ﴾495 sq ft﴿

Share of freehold Guide price: £535,000

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KnightFrank.co.uk Ivory House, St Katharine Docks E1W Characterful conversion

A charming flat in a prominent position within this historic listed building in the heart of St Katharine Docks, with dock and lock views. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen, terrace, lift, porterage and parking space. Approximately 86 sq m ﴾926 sq ft﴿

Leasehold 115 years 3 months Guide price: £1,500,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/wapping wappping@knightfrank.com 020 8166 5372 ﴾WAP140023﴿

Trafalgar Court, Wapping E1W Superb river views

A first floor flat overlooking the River Thames and the development's well maintained communal gardens. 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, open plan kitchen and reception room, balcony, parking space and 24 hour porterage.

EPC rating C. Approximately 46 sq m ﴾495 sq ft﴿

Share of freehold Guide price: £535,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/wapping wappping@knightfrank.com 020 8166 5372 ﴾WAP140142﴿

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Montevetro Building, Battersea SW11 Sensational west facing Thames views

Set on the first floor of the prestigious Montevetro building designed by Richard Rogers, this three bedroom apartment is spacious, contemporary and enjoys uninterupted views of the Thames. 3 bedrooms, reception room, 3 bathrooms, kitchen/breakfast room, residents’ leisure facilities including a gym, tennis court, steam room and sauna. EPC rating B. Approximately 150 sq m (1,615 sq ft) Leasehold Guide price: £1,850,000 (RVR140173)

KnightFrank.co.uk/riverside riverside@knightfrank.com 020 3597 7670

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Park Hill, Clapham SW4 Beautiful substantial house

Semi-detached house in immaculate order with off street parking set within the popular Abbeville village. 6 bedroom, 5 bathrooms (4 en suite), double reception room, kitchen/ dining room, downstairs cloakroom, playroom/cinema room, wine store, utility, 57ft garden, off street parking. EPC rating D. Approximately 377 sq m (4,058 sq ft) Freehold Asking price: ÂŁ3,850,000 (WND140090)

KnightFrank.co.uk/wandsworth wandsworth@knightfrank.com 020 3597 7680 Douglas & Gordon Clapham Sales clapsthsales@dng.co.uk 020 8675 4400

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IVORY HOUSE, e1w

Double reception room ø kitchen/breakfast room ø 5 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø guest w.c ø utility room ø garden ø private gated entrance ø Grade II Listed ø 193 sq m (2,079 sq ft) ø EPC=E

Reception ø kitchen ø 2 bathrooms ø 2 bedrooms ø balcony ø underground parking ø daytime porterage ø 88 sq m (950 sq ft) ø EPC=C

Guide £2.495 million Leasehold

Guide £1.5 million Leasehold

Savills Wapping mmacfarlane@savills.com 0207 456 6800

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FREE TRADE WHARF, e1w

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Reception room ø kitchen ø 2 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø guest w.c ø balcony ø underground parking ø 24hr concierge ø swimming pool ø 98 sq m (1,058 sq ft) ø EPC=D

Reception room ø kitchen ø bedroom ø bathroom ø balcony ø daytime porterage ø 39 sq m (417 sq ft) ø EPC=C

Guide £600,000 Leasehold

Guide £450,000 Leasehold

Savills Wapping mmacfarlane@savills.com 0207 456 6800

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ST CLEMENTS HOUSE, e1

3 bedrooms (2 en suite) ø further bathroom ø balcony with marina views ø porterage ø allocated parking ø Council Tax=G ø EPC=D

2 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø study room ø reception room ø wrap around balcony ø allocated parking ø day porter ø Council Tax=G ø EPC=E

Furnished £2,350 per week

Furnished £1,150 per week

+ £276 inc VAT one-off admin fee and other charges may apply* Savills Wapping jpuodziukaite@savills.com 020 7456 6824

+ £276 inc VAT one-off admin fee and other charges may apply* Savills Wapping kdabrila@savills.com 020 7456 6817

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PORT EAST APARTMENTS, e14

2 bedrooms (1 en suite) ø further bathroom ø reception room ø balcony ø allocated parking ø communal gardens ø 24hr porterage ø Council Tax=G ø EPC=C

Bedroom ø bathroom ø reception room ø juliet balcony ø 24hr porterage ø Council Tax=G ø EPC=D

Furnished £650 per week

Furnished £495 per week

+ £276 inc VAT one-off admin fee and other charges may apply* Savills Canary Wharf lbrunning@savills.com 0207 531 2523

+ £276 inc VAT one-off admin fee and other charges may apply* Savills Canary Wharf ibates@savills.com 020 7531 2522

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Wheler Street, E1 £1,000,000 Leasehold A stunning 2 bedroom lateral warehouse apartment in Spitalfields. EPC: C

Martin Lane, EC4 £1,150,000 Leasehold An exceptional two bedroom duplex apartment. EPC: D

Commercial Street, E1 £1,100,000 Leasehold An exceptionally spacious Spitalfields flat with parking. EPC: B

Bishopsgate, EC2 £630,000 Leasehold A one bedroom penthouse apartment with terrace. EPC: E

Conant Mews, E1 £400,000 Leasehold A stunningly refurbished apartment with balcony, parking and loft. EPC: B

Fleet Street, EC4 £795,000 Leasehold A stunning 2 bedroom period apartment near Covent Garden. EPC: C

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

River View Heights £550,000 Leasehold One bedroom apartment with a South Facing aspect. EPC: B

The Cooperage £999,995 Leasehold A three bedroom split level apartment in Shad Thames. EPC: D

Vogans Mill £1,150,000 Leasehold An 1,181 sq ft two bedroom apartment EPC: D

Tamarind Court £1,100,000 Leasehold A large 1,124sqft warehouse apt in the heart of Shad Thames. EPC: C

Evans Granary £695,000 Leasehold A fourth floor 642 sq ft one bedroom apartment. EPC: B

Dockhead Wharf £650,000 Leasehold A dock facing one bedroom warehouse apartment. EPC: C

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

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High Timber Street, EC4 £450 per week (charges apply*) Modern furnished one bedroom apartment located in this riverside development. EPC: B

Bartholomew Close, EC1 £620 per week (charges apply*) Recently refurbished two bedroom apartment in this superb quiet location near to St Pauls. EPC: G

Ludgate Square, EC4 £365 per week (charges apply*) A stunning studio apartment in this quiet City street with a mezzanine sleeping area. EPC: E

Macklin Street, WC2 £1,500 per week (charges apply*) Stunning conversion apartment in the heart of Covent Garden offering a private roof terrace. EPC: D

Lamb Street, E1 £400 per week (charges apply*) Modern one bedroom apartment superbly located in the heart of Spitalfields, moments from the famous market. EPC: C

High Timber Street, EC4 £540 per week (charges apply*) A two bedroom, two bathroom apartment in this popular development on the north bank of the River Thames. EPC: B

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

*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

Victor Wharf £1,800 per week (charges apply*) Duplex Penthouse with balconies and further roof terrace boasting river views. EPC: D

Butlers Wharf Building £1,500 per week (charges apply*) A duplex penthouse apartment with a 38 ft terrace with views of London.

Hermitage Water Side £795 per week (charges apply*) Three bedroom mid-terrace house situated just off of St Katherine’s Dock.

Sudrey Street £750 per week (charges apply*) A two bedroom penthouse apartment in Borough boasting a wrap round balcony. EPC: D

EPC: C

Vogans Mill, SE1 £595 per week (charges apply*) A two double bedroom apartment which has been refurbished throughout.

EPC: C

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

EPC: D

Colnbrook Street, SE1 £440 per week (charges apply*) A double bedroom apartment with lower ground study, excellent storage and terrace. EPC: D

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020 7337 4000 jll.co.uk/residential royalsales@eu.jll.com royallettings@eu.jll.com 16-17 Royal Exchange, London, EC3V 3LL

Cityscape, E1 Prices From ÂŁ565,000 We are pleased to present to the market a selection of one, two and three bedroom apartments in the soon to be completed Cityscape development. All units feature a balcony, and will be finished to a high specification with great attention to detail and top of the range appliances built-in. The apartments will boast open plan living/dining areas and kitchens, and spacious bedrooms. Some units benefit from an allocated parking space.

Cityscape offers exclusive residents’ facilities including a boutique style entrance reception with 24 hour concierge service, state of the art gymnasium, landscaped piazza and roof terrace with 360 degree vistas of London.

Located a short walk from the City of London, Liverpool Street and Aldgate East underground stations (zone 1), with excellent connections to Canary Wharf and the West End. Completion Q1/Q2 2015.

The Heron, EC2 £995 Per Week

Lothbury, EC2 £672 Per Week

Luxury 2 bedroom apartment in the sought after Heron development. This stunning apartment is fully furnished and boasts an extremely high specification. Comprising 2 bedrooms, 2 luxury bathrooms, open plan kitchen, spacious reception area with access to large balcony and floor to ceiling windows.

A rare opportunity to rent within this Grade II* listed conversion in the heart of the City. This luxury 1 bedroom apartment is situated on the 3rd floor, with views directly into the Bank of England. Offered fully furnished with a contemporary fitted kitchen and luxury bathroom.

The Heron, EC2 £725 Per Week

Avantgarde Tower, E1 £825 Per Week

Stunning 1 bedroom apartment in the sought after Heron development. This luxury apartment is offered fully furnished and comprises a double, luxury bathroom, contemporary kitchen and reception / dining area on the corner of the building with floor to ceiling windows.

A brand new 3 bedroom apartment located in the heart of Shoreditch. This apartment offers 2 double bedrooms, additional guest bedroom, 2 contemporary, reception with access to balcony, stunning views of the City Skyline and on towards West and North London and a fully fitted kitchen.

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HEATH HERO

This outstanding nine-bedroom, double-fronted, detached house dates back to 1906. Situated on one of Blackheath’s most prestigious roads, Kidbrooke Grove is located within walking distance of Blackheath Village and its mainline station, shops, bars and restaurants. The property would benefit from internal modernisation, but boasts an impressive 166’ x 70’ west facing garden and a self-contained flat on the top floor.

West Grove is an impressive detached Victorian house located on the edge of the Heath, commanding outstanding views to the rear.

The house is presented in superb order having been the subject of meticulous and sympathetic improvement works by the current owners, with quality materials used throughout. The stunning rear, landscaped garden measures in excess of 100 feet in length, and to the front is a drive with off-road parking.

£3,000,000 Kidbrooke Grove, SE3

£3,250,000 West Grove, SE10

JLL, 020 8104 1119, jll.co.uk

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PRIME PENTHOUSE The JLL Residential Agency in Canary Wharf has launched The Penthouse at Wards Wharf, a stunning apartment that takes luxury living in the Royal Docks to exciting new heights. Spanning over the 16th and 17th floors, this unique apartment boasts 3,000 square feet of luxury living and incredible views of the River Thames towards the City, The O2, and the Thames Barrier. The penthouse is comprised of three double bedrooms all featuring en-suite bathrooms, floor-toceiling glass and large, open-plan rooms that flow around a spiral staircase, which connects the two levels. Two large, open terraces, 24-hour concierge and new gym facilities, make it very easy to call The Penthouse home.

ÂŁ1,650,000 Wards Wharf Approach, E16 020 7715 9700 jll.co.uk

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The City market soars, outperforming the West End and Canary Wharf Diana Alam, Head of Development Sales & City office at JLL

JLL Central London development annual price growth Price growth in year to Q2 2014

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he residential City market has experienced exceptional growth this year, largely due to the lack of stock available on the market. Within the first half of the year, JLL research reports growth of 19 per cent in the City market, which outperformed the West End and Canary Wharf at 13.2 per cent and 11.6 per cent respectively.

What are the reasons for this growth?

There are factors other than stock level in the new build market, which has increased rapidly with a number of schemes coming in the pipeline, such as Principal Tower launching this autumn. These are still competitively priced when compared to the West End, plus we have seen a real appetite from buyers and investors foreseeing growth factors such as the infrastructure and delivery of Crossrail and the fact that East is still cheaper than Central West, although the gap in pricing in these markets is closing and we predict the City market to continue to see price growth of 5.6 per cent Y-O-Y up to 2018.

We are now seeing an average pound per square foot of £1,300£1,600 from the City fringe to the Square Mile respectively; with the West End still predominantly £1,800 per square foot, upwards to £7,000 in prime locations.

Why buy in the City?

The accessibility from the City is diverse and it is still more competitively priced than the West End. We expect that the delivery of Crossrail will send prices soaring, and for those City workers, the commute is ideal.

JLL 020 7337 4004 residential.joneslanglasalle.co.uk

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Stukeley Street, WC2 Prices from £950,000

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Colebrooke Place

ÂŁ1,000,000 freehold

Islington N1

An exceptional 2 double bedroom maisonette with its own private entrance, nestled away in a small unassuming turning in the heart of Islington. The apartment has been finished an exacting standard with high quality fittings. The accommodation comprises a stunning open plan kitchen/ dining/reception room on the raised ground floor, with Siemens appliances & a lavish master bedroom suite, a shower room & a generous 2nd bedroom with built in wardrobes occupies the 2nd floor. Located within close proximity to the amenities of upper street & Islington Green.

EPC rating C

Sales

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Mildmay Grove South

Islington N1

A bright & spacious 1 double bedroom mezzanine apartment on this quiet residential street close to Newington Green. The property offers an abundance of space & natural light with a stylish open plan reception room with fully fitted kitchen, modern bathroom & mezzanine bedroom with ample storage & separate shower cubicle. Mildmay Grove South benefits from easy access to Newington Green, Essex Road & Dalston station.

EPC rating D

Additional charges apply.

Administration: £222 (VAT included).

References per tenant: £42 (VAT included)

£425 per week

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Wellington Terrace, Wapping E1W

£695,000

Capital Wharf E1W

£850,000

2 double bedroom, 2 storey house set within this gated CCTV development. The property has been fully modernised to include double glazing, replacement ceilings, wood floors, , alarm, central heating system operated via remote control, smart phone or internet. Lounge. Fully fitted kitchen. Double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes. Garden. Secure Underground parking space.

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

ea2 are pleased to be able to show this 1 bedroom amazing apartment set within this very sought after development. The property comprises of a 4 piece bathroom and a separate cloak room. The Lounge has doors leading to the large terrace with breath taking views of the River Thames and Tower Bridge. The large bedroom also faces the river with spectacular views. Use of residents Gym and 24 hour concierge and secure underground parking.

Tudor House,Tower Bridge, SE1

6th floor luxury 2 Double Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Open Plan Reception Room, large balcony. Master bedroom with en-suite and walk in wardrobe. Modern Integrated Kitchen, Balcony, 24 Hour Porter by Harrods Estates, Residents Gymnasium, Swimming Pool, Lifts to all floors. Close to Local Shopping Facilities, Walking Distance to London Bridge.

£1,595,000

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Dundee Court E1W

Vinegar Street E1W

Rental Price: £425 per week

Rental Price: £435 per week

1 bedroom 3rd floor warehouse conversion. Lounge. Fitted Kitchen. Character features to include exposed brickwork and cast iron beams. Porterage. Secure Underground parking space. Close to Tower Hill Stations and St Katharine’s Dock.

ea2 are pleased to show you this modern built 2 double bedroom, 2 storey house.

The property benefits from a bright and airy lounge with an open sided staircase.

Fitted kitchen. 3 Piece bathroom suite. A west facing garden. Quiet Location, off street parking space. Close to Wapping station and local bus routes.

Roding Mews, Wapping E1W

ea2 are pleased to be able to show you this 6 bedroom 4 bathroom house for rental with a garden. This property is a very unique property and has views over the canal. Would suit 6 professional people. Close to Tower Hill and Wapping Overground and close to Waitrose.

£1,300 per week

Hermitage Waterside E1W

Prusoms Island, WappingHigh Street, E1W

Rental Price: £550 per week

Rental Price: £595 per week

Dunbar Wharf, Narrow Street, Limehouse E14 Modern built 2ndTower, floor apartment.

2 bedrooms,E14 2 bathrooms, fitted kitchen and Cascades Docklands

Teal Court, St Katharine’s Dock E1W Stunning modern built 1 bedroom 5th floor apartment. Fully fitted kitchen, lounge £500 per week

ea2 are pleased to offer to let this modern built top floor 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment within this secure development. The apartment benefits from separate fitted kitchen, balcony with views over basin. Floor to ceiling windows. Secure underground parking space. On-site caretaker. Close to Tower Hill stations and St Katharine’s Dock.

Spacious 1st floor. Warehouse conversion apartment. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge and fitted kitchen. Secure underground parking and caretaker. Close to Wapping station and local bus routes.

and balcony with views of St Katharine’s Dock. Secure underground parking space lounge. River views and secure underground parking space. Close to Limehouse 2 double bedroom, 2 bathroom 11th floor apartment within this secure modern development. Comprising a reception and 24 hour concierge. Close to Tower Hill stations and the City. marina and Limehouse stations.

room with water/ City views, fitted kitchen, master bedroom with walk-in wardrobe & en suite bathroom, additional shower room. Balcony. Swimming pool, Gymnasium & Tennis court. Concierge.

Rental Price: £600 per Week Rental Price: £600 per week

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Moorgate, Barbican Underground stations and Liverpool Street are within walking distance.

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West Smithfield EC1 £395 Per Week

Monument EC3 £595 Per Week

Brilliantly located 395 Sq Ft one bedroom apartment in a newly completed development on the fifth floor. The property offers a fully fitted kitchen with full size fridge freezer, dishwasher & washer dryer. The flat is finished with very high quality fixtures and is Available Now.

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£430 p/w

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£430 p/w

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£1,275,000

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TOWERING HEIGHTS London’s most exclusive riverside development, Berkeley Homes’ One Tower Bridge, has launched The Tower, a 21-storey collection of 14 one-bedroom apartments, two-bedroom duplexes and a three-bedroom triplex that boasts a roof terrace with breathtaking views, a hot tub and outdoor kitchen.

As the luxury development’s standout, landmark feature, The Tower injects an exciting new architectural dimension into the celebrated Southbank skyline and follows the recent, successful launch of Cambridge House, also designed by acclaimed architects Squire and Partners.

Each apartment in The Tower is arranged across its own floor and offers unrivalled luxurious accommodation in one of London’s last remaining great riverside locations, amidst some of the world’s most iconic landmarks. Residents will enjoy exclusive access to a range of onsite facilities including a 24-hour concierge service managed by Harrods Estates, a residents’ pool, gym and spa and a virtual golf facility.

The adjacent, existing Grade II-listed St Olave’s school is being transformed into the boutique Lalit hotel, complete with a restaurant that will offer fine dining.

Prices at The Tower start from £1,350,000* Berkeley Homes 020 7871 0011 onetowerbridge.co.uk

*Prices are correct at time of going to press

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A world class lifestyle in a world famous location One Tower Bridge: the address says it all. This is the ultimate development that provides both a unique view and world class facilities. Enjoy the private health club and spa with fully equipped gym, virtual golf; 24 hour Harrods concierge; beautiful landscaped gardens and stunning views of the historic River Thames and Tower Bridge. With proximity to Michelin star restaurants, world famous cultural attractions, the City and Canary Wharf, One Tower Bridge is simply extraordinary.

1, 2, 3 & 4 bedroom apartments and penthouses. Prices from ÂŁ1,350,000.

New Sales & Marketing Suite (Off Potters Fields Park) London, SE1 2AA In the last ten years, the Berkeley Group has invested ÂŁ260 million in the facilities communities need Including ÂŁ1.3m towards healthcare, education, public realm and renewable energy as a result of One Tower Bridge

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