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Contents January 2016 20

Collection 27 | Rock around the clock Harry Winston’s Opus 14 has been inspired by 1950s America

Features 20 | Extraordinary places to visit in 2016 The most innovative and exclusive holiday experiences the world has to offer 52 | Flights of fancy A closer look at the career and creations of photographer Cathleen Naundorf

40 | Love of the game Put fitness first this month with stylish sportswear

28 | Jewellery news

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30 | Extreme watchmaking We uncover the story behind Richard Mille’s innovative horological craftsmanship 34 | Watch news

12 | Contributors 58 | Miró in Mayfair Mayoral gallery presents a recreation of the interior of Joan Miró’s Mallorca studio 66 | Formula for success McLaren’s 650S Spider is a supercar geared towards extreme performance 68 | Off the beaten track We go off-roading in the latest Range Rover Sport with Abercrombie & Kent 8

14 | Editor’s letter

Art

17 | My life in Mayfair Lady Bamford, founder of Daylesford Organic Farmshops and Bamford, on the area 18 | Couture culture Our latest dispatch of the arts, film and theatre releases 95 | Remembering Mayfair Smythson, New Bond Street

47 | Art news 48 | Exhibition focus POP at Halcyon Gallery

Fashion 37 | Style spy 39 | Style update

50 | Prize lots 54 | A real renaissance Gagosian Gallery’s Gary Waterston on Mayfair’s art scene and the rejuvenation of Grosvenor Hill s l u x u ry l o n d o n . c o. u k s

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Contents January 2016 mayfair

Resident’s Journal

Our insiders’ guide to Mayfair in association with The Residents’ Society of Mayfair & St James’s (from page 91)

interiors 62 | Interiors news 64 | Through the lens Exploring the stories behind the striking photographs in National Geographic Destinations of a Lifetime

Travel 73 | Travel news

74 | The great off-piste feast St. Moritz celebrates 150 years of winter tourism with a five-star, multichef dining experience 78 | City break Funchal, Madeira 80 | Suite dreams St. James’s Hotel and Club

Beauty

Food & Drink

82 | Beauty news

88 | Food & drink news

86 | Spa review We put the BIOTEC Skin Resurfacer facial to the test at House of ELEMIS

90 | Dining out The Restaurant at The Ritz London

Property 105 | Market insight Harvey Cyzer, partner and head of Knight Frank Mayfair, reports on the local property market 106 | Hot property Inside a striking six-floor town house on Betterton Street 130 | Property news We bring you the latest news in prime central London 134| Treasure island Why Barbados has much more to offer than idyllic beaches

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Editor Kate Racovolis Deputy Editor Katy Parker Contributing Editor Annabel Harrison Jewellery Editor Olivia Sharpe Watch Editor Richard Brown Editorial Assistant Marianne Dick Editorial Intern Emily Adams Brand Consistency Laddawan Juhong Senior Designer Grace Linn Production Oscar Viney Hugo Wheatley Jamie Steele Alice Ford General Manager Fiona Fenwick Executive Director Sophie Roberts Managing Director Eren Ellwood

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Carol is an art critic and editor. She organises the annual London Ice Sculpting Festival and is very active within the art scene, bringing us the latest happenings. In this edition, she reports on the opening of a contemporary gallery in Mayfair.

Jack is a freelance journalist who has been published in The Independent, The Guardian and The Telegraph. Ahead of the imminent recreation of Joan Miró’s studio in Mayfair, Jack uncovers the truth behind the artist’s work.

Lady Carole Bamford is a businesswoman and founder of Daylesford Organic Farmshops and Bamford. Having recently opened her store on Mayfair’s South Audley Street, this month she reflects on why the area is so special to her.

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Penelope Sacorafou Penelope is a historian and co-founder of Fox & Squirrel, a company that offers creative walks for the culturally curious. In this issue, she will be exploring the history behind one of the stalwarts of Bond Street, Smythson.

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#1 L’Air de Rien eau de parfum, £95, Miller Harris (millerharris.com)

#2 Sandringham mid-length Heritage trench coat, £1,195 Burberry (burberry.com)

n the spirit of a new year, and the new adventures that will no doubt come with it, we’ve dedicated our January edition to a subject that can, quite literally, expand your horizons: travel. While 2016 may start with cold, short days, we invite you to find inspiration for this year’s holidays and beyond, starting with our guide to the most extraordinary experiences in the most far-flung of destinations (page 20). From pearl-hunting in Tahiti and spearfishing in Sumba to sleeping under the stars in Kenya, these trips of a lifetime may make it hard to justify revisiting the same European beach resort yet again. Motoring aficionados can take to the open roads of another continent, thanks to Abercrombie & Kent’s driving experiences; these will have you heading for the rugged terrain of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains in the latest Range Rover Sport (from page 68). Meanwhile, for lovers of culture and art inspired by globetrotters and dreamers, we go behind the lens with fashion photographer Cathleen Naundorf; her beautiful images are soon going on show in New York (page 52). And in Mayfair, being the international hub that it is, January also promises to inspire; if travelling itself doesn’t stimulate your senses, go on an adventure of the mind. One such experience comes courtesy of famed Spanish artist Joan Miró’s Mallorca studio, which is being recreated by the Mayoral gallery; some 25 paintings and drawings by the artist will be on show, alongside some of the artist’s personal belongings (page 58). Even without your suitcase packed, in this edition, we shall take you around the world in some 140 pages.

above: cape weligama (see page 73)

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#3 Peekaboo bag, £3,220, Fendi (fendi.com)

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My life in MAYFAIR Lady Bamford founder of Daylesford Organic and Bamford

“Mayfair is such a fantastic centre for craftsmanship” – Lady Bamford

Clockwise from top: lady bamford (© mark cocksedge); geranium hand and body wash, £22, Jasmine Pebble Soap, £10-£16, double faced cashmere cocoon, £2,200, all bamford (bamford.co.uk); Hélène Darroze at The Connaught; hyde park (© royal parks); dish, Hélène Darroze at The Connaught

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hile I am a country girl at heart, I have always felt at home in Mayfair. The area has a lovely villagelike feel to it, with its mixture of great shops, art galleries and restaurants. There is a real sense of the ‘old British London’ here, while also welcoming new and exciting restaurants and shops. I particularly love lunch at 5 Hertford Street because of its beautiful courtyard, which combines elements of a traditional Mayfair members’ club with a contemporary feel. When it comes to dining elsewhere, it’s always a treat to go to Scott’s or Hélène Darroze at The Connaught. Of course I love to pop into Fortnum & Mason and I love the stores on Mount Street. Mount Street and South Audley Street have changed so much in recent years, with the streets becoming destinations for the best British and international fashion houses. I also find that they have a less hectic pace than Bond Street. When things do get busy, I find a walk in Hyde Park or Mount Street Gardens can be the perfect way to relax. The Farm Street Church on Mount Street is also a very special place for me and my family – all of my grandchildren have been christened there. Opening in Mayfair was a natural step for Bamford because many of our customers live or work in the area. We had been looking for a store here for a couple of years and when the opportunity came up on South Audley Street, we leapt at it. Our brand is a way of life – it’s a philosophy rather than a seasonal fashion label. Inspired by nature and travel, I wanted to make natural clothing and bodycare collections using the best artisans from around the world for those who value individuality. Bamford is about the simple pleasure of quality and this is evident in the incredible skill of the artisans who create each piece by hand. Mayfair is such a fantastic centre for craftsmanship. I was thrilled when The New Craftsmen opened in the area; it is so committed to supporting British craft and works with many makers of textiles, ceramics, furniture and much more. I also admire G. J. Cleverley & Co, who has been handmaking artisan shoes for over 50 years. Looking ahead, there is always a new season’s collection in the making, bringing a natural rhythm and renewal in the process. I am still very excited by the recent opening of our new store in Mayfair and look forward to welcoming new customers and embracing them into the Bamford family. 17

Palm Springs City Hall (Albert Frey) © Stephanie Kloss

agenda Stephanie Kloss’s photographs of 20th-century California architecture have a certain familiarity – reminiscent of an American age of glamour that is so often depicted in films, with an underlying sense of unease akin to a scene from a Bret Easton Ellis novel. One of the buildings photographed is, in fact, the distinctive Goldstein home, which has been used in many a backdrop, and another is Sinatra’s Twin Palms property – where it’s said that Marilyn Monroe and JFK enjoyed cocktails. Kloss’s sun-bleached California Dreaming series is now available to buy online at LUMAS, and a selection will also be held at the South Molton Street gallery. LUMAS London, 57 South Molton Street, W1K (020 3608 7590; uk.lumas.com)

Couture culture This month, we get the travel bug from Assouline’s new tome and the sun-soaked photography of Stephanie Kloss at LUMAS London

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Hangmen

artin McDonagh’s black comedy Hangmen originally opened at the Royal Court Theatre last year, where it basked in a month of sell-out performances. In light of this success, the play, which stars the reputable David Morrissey and up-and-coming actor Johnny Flynn, has now transferred to the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre. The plot revolves around the abolishment of hanging in the mid-1960s, focusing in

particular on a small pub in Oldham where the second-best hangman in England was regarded as a local celebrity. McDonagh was thought of as one of the most influential young playwrights of the ’90s, and after a ten-year hiatus from the London stage, he’s very much back in the thick of it with his Harold Pinter-esque edge, shamefully funny dialogue and deceptive twists. Hangmen runs until 5 March at Wyndham’s Theatre (hangmentheplay.com)

literary itinerary © Jean-Philippe Delhomme

When air travel was made commercially available to all, it was regarded as the height of sophistication – this was an era when fashion, politics and attitudes were becoming revolutionised, and flying became a part of this new and glamorous generation. Assouline has released an elegant and informative new tome entitled The Art of Flying which is dedicated to all aspects of air travel from its very roots through to the engineering of the future. The book documents the whole in-flight experience, including cabin-crew uniforms designed by Dior, private jets, celebrity passengers and extravagant interiors. In the modern world, it’s often easy to forget how lucky we are to have such advanced technology so readily available, but Assouline’s coffee-table read is bound to make you fall in love with flying all over again. The Art of Flying, £115 Text by Josh Condon, published by Assouline. Available at Maison Assouline, 196a Piccadilly, W1J and Assouline at Claridge’s, Brook Street, W1K (assouline.com)

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Travel in style with five of the finest accessories

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#1 Jewel case, £690 Louis Vuitton (louisvuitton.co.uk)

The Danish Girl

om Hooper, director of The King’s Speech and Les Misérables, has dramatised the life and memoirs of Lili Elbe, a 1920s landscape artist who lived as Einar Wegener before undergoing some of the earliest recorded gender confirmation surgeries. When Lili lived as Einar, she was married to an Art Deco illustrator named Gerda who gained success with her glamorous depictions of women, including herself and Lili. Their relationship is portrayed as intense and extraordinarily loving throughout – Gerda was an unwavering support in Lili’s life and someone who truly sympathised with her struggle as a woman in a male body.

Set against a vast, unspoilt Danish landscape and the elegant, decadent 1920s Parisian art scene, Hooper’s melodrama is typically cinematic and beautiful. Eddie Redmayne captures Lili’s journey with exceptional subtlety, while Alicia Vikander’s portrayal of Gerda is magnificent. The film may not be an explicit and up-to-date portrayal of transgender issues; however it signifies a welcome understanding, and a celebration of an incredibly brave story. It will almost certainly make you laugh, cry and leave with a sense that you’ve just watched one of the most important films of the year. The Danish Girl is out in cinemas on 1 January (universalpictures.co.uk)

#2 Colonia travel spray, £74 Acqua di Parma (acquadiparma.com)

#3 Cat Nap slippers & eye mask, £395 Charlotte Olympia (charlotteolympia.com)

#4 Passport cover, £100, Mulberry (mulberry.com)

Available at Smythson, 40 New Bond Street, W1S (020 7629 8558; smythson.com) and Roksanda, 9 Mount Street, W1K (020 7613 6499)

Smythson and Roksanda join fashion forces to produce seriously stylish stationery

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#5 Tile tracker & keyring pouch, £95 Aspinal of London (aspinaloflondon.com)

Extraordinary

Places

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2016 From dramatic Himalayan peaks to the dazzlingly azure waters of Bora Bora, Sarah Siese uncovers the most innovative and exclusive holiday experiences the world has to offer

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#1 Desert delights

Amangiri, Utah, USA

Anyone who visits this remote hideaway would agree with the pertinence of these words from The Little Prince: “I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...” Within the luminous canyons of the American Southwest, in a protected valley, Amangiri offers adrenaline-fuelled adventure and hypnotic stillness among dramatic, outsized landscapes. Derived from the Sanskrit words for peace and mountain, Amangiri inspires energetic explorations and serene wonder in equal parts. The magnificent Grand Canyon, Zion National Park and Monument Valley are all within easy reach, and the surrounding landscape – on Amangiri’s 600 acres and

beyond – showcases a stark natural beauty. Reflecting the holistic principles and healing traditions of the Navajo, the spa aims to restore your inner equilibrium using the four elements of life and destruction – earth, wind, fire and water. Heaven on Earth offers seven nights from £3,815 per person including international flights in a Superior Suite (heavenonearth.co.uk)

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#2 Find a pearl in Tahiti

Bora Bora

Powder-soft sand, sky the colour of forget-menots, a kaleidoscope of coral and fish in sparkling lagoons blend seamlessly with forest-clad mountains; the 118 islands and atolls of Tahiti in the South Pacific epitomise the world’s idea of paradise. The name Tahiti is commonly (and incorrectly) used to describe the whole of French Polynesia; it is in fact merely the largest island and home to the capital, Papeete. Taking full advantage of its magnificent setting on a private motu (islet) in Bora Bora’s turquoise lagoon, the views from Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora stretch across dazzlingly azure waters towards the verdant peak of the majestic Mount Otemanu, enough to cause even the most well-travelled visitor to linger admiringly. Perched on stilts over a shimmering lagoon, the romantic bungalows have ingenious glasspanelled floors, creating a fishy kind of Tahitian television – it’s all going on down there. Indoor pampering treatments use local ingredients, including the prized monoï (coconut oil with tiare) and black pearl powder. The Turquoise Holiday Company offers nine nights to Bora Bora via an LA stopover from £4,495 per person including flights (01494 678 400; turquoiseholidays.co.uk)

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#3 Trekking in style

Shakti Himalaya, India

If you’re captivated by the idea of visiting remote regions of northern India in search of space and peace, Shakti Himalaya will suit you down to the ground. It has worked tirelessly to sophisticate four wilderness houses – far-flung hide-outs removed from the noise and clutter of the modern world, with compelling views across the peaks. Walkers wander carefully chosen and graded paths, safe in the hands of charming, well-spoken guides. Upon returning to a cosy village house, relax and rejuvenate by means of gourmet cooking, fine wines, a crackling fireplace, and beds dressed in fine linen and pashmina blankets. This isn’t refuge walking with hordes of other ramblers, and it isn’t trekking between basic huts on well-trodden, often litter-strewn trails. It is Himalayan exploration in the lap of elegant-cum-rustic luxury, unparalleled in terms of comfort, fun, adventure and exploration levels. Its pioneering approach invigorates, ensuring that visitors really get under the skin of this outstanding landscape and experience it like no other. Cazenove+Loyd offers seven fully inclusive nights at Shakti Kumaon and Shakti 360° Leti from £4,800 per person (020 7384 2332; cazloyd.com)

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#4 The perfect beach

Sumba Island, Nihiwatu, Indonesia

Our little blue planet is heavily populated and it is rare to find a spot that offers real escapism in the truest sense of the word. The latest place to win over our hearts and minds is new-to-the-books Sumba. Just over an hour’s flight from Bali, it’s roughly twice its size but home to a tiny population. Part of Nusa Tenggara Timor, the isolated location means little has changed over the centuries, with the exception of Nihiwatu, a gateway to Sumba’s wildness that blends luxury with local rustic touches. The vision – to create a resort that encompasses Sumbanese culture and local community – has proved both successful and popular. This is a place to bury your mobile phone in the depths of your suitcase and embrace nature, culture and local Sumba life. Trek through jungles, picnic at waterfalls, ride along the beach, surf with pros, learn to spearfish, visit villages and enjoy (free) diving. Once this has worn you out, immerse yourself in the jungle spa before doing it all again the next day. The Turquoise Holiday Company offers seven nights at Nihiwatu from £5,995 per person in a Kanatar Sumba one-bedroom Duplex Villa on a full-board basis, including flights (01494 678 400; turquoiseholidays.co.uk) Nihiwatu

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#5 Sleeping under the stars

Loisaba, Kenya

The Loisaba Conservancy is outstandingly beautiful, with wildlife galore and accommodation (recently refurbished) beyond anything you’d imagine in the bush. Experience Africa’s world-class game drives, colourful bird-watching and expertly guided walks; there’s true Kenyan up-country life, rafting down the Ewaso Ng’iro and Ng’are Narok rivers, mountain-biking across country, and even camel-riding through the wild canyons with the local Laikipia Maasai tribe. Breakfast on the riverbank is one of those sublime African moments and if you’re at one with nature, sleep out under the stars in the unique star beds, among a kopje of rocks in one of the valleys overlooking the Kiboko waterhole. Eight kilometres further south on the banks of the Ewaso Ng’iro, steel yourself for being cantilevered over the rapidly flowing river, reached by footbridge from the opposite bank. Cazenove+Loyd offers six nights full-board at Loisaba including domestic and international flights from £2,760 per person (020 7384 2332; cazloyd.com)

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Rock around the clock

ach year, Harry Winston partners with some of the most creative minds in independent watchmaking to produce an extraordinary, limited-edition timepiece. In 2015, the company collaborated with ex-Greubel Forsey employee Franck Orny and Johnny Girardin, previously of Patek Philippe. The result? The Opus 14.

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Inspired by 1950s America, the watch houses a patented miniaturised jukebox mechanism, and four discs display local time (‘Home-Time’), GMT time, the date and a star bearing the signature of Mr Harry Winston. Note, too, the vinyl-style finishes on the watch’s dials. Opus 14, £327,800, Harry Winston (harrywinston.com)

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Jewellery news WORDS: OLIVIA SHARPE

Clear as Crystal It was the Ancient Greeks who believed that crystals have spiritual healing properties. While the Mayfair team is slightly dubious as to the restorative power of stones, we can at least admit that Noor Fares’ new jewellery line, Krystallos, has renewed our faith in the power of fine jewellery to lift our spirits. The name of the capsule collection is taken from the Greek word meaning ‘ice’ and comprises an array of precious stones – from white and rose quartz to amethysts and lapis lazuli – that have been set into geometric pendants, earrings and rings. Krystallos collection, £3,000 to £8,000 (noorfares.com)

All ears Post-Christmas is the time to pinch pennies, but this is often when we are most in need of some retail therapy to get over the January blues. Fortunately for us, since launching its first store in 2012, Cadenzza has been committed to providing customers with trend-led fashion jewellery that won’t break the bank. Along with its wealth of luxury fashion brands – from Azzaro to Oscar de la Renta – Cadenzza also stocks its own private label and the latest pieces from the A/W15 Elementary collection include a number of covetable ear jackets, one of the latest jewellery statements to have hit the industry. Arriving in rose, yellow gold and rhodium-plated styles and starting from just £59, this is music to our ears. (cadenzza.com) 28

Monkey Business 2016 is the year of the monkey in Chinese astrology and jewellers have paid tribute to the animal with witty, inventive and playful designs. Known for her whimsical pieces, Lydia Courteille has created the Mono ring, which features a monkey’s head carved in 18-carat yellow gold and ornately decorated with green tsavorites, orange sapphires, amethysts and diamonds. Meanwhile, Spanish brand Carrera y Carrera has designed a number of new earrings, our favourite of which presents two monkeys dangling mischievously on either earring while holding a bunch of pink opals. (carreraycarrera.com; lydiacourteille.com)

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Extreme

Watchmaking

Purveyor of specialist sports watches for the seriously well-heeled, Richard Mille’s disruptive approach to timekeeping – along with the brand’s phenomenal growth – has left many in the watch world spellbound. More than manufacturing high-performance timepieces, the brand is in the business of creating uncompromising status symbols for the 21st century, as Richard Brown discovers

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here has, in the past two decades, been a trend for big-name watchmakers to abandon their posts at big-name watch companies and set up specialist ateliers of their own. The result has been a new type of haute horology – ultra-modern timepieces produced in super-limited numbers that are characterised, typically, by their renegade design, novel mechanics and preposterous price tags. Of the cluster of watchmakers that have come to define this realm – MB&F, Christophe Claret, Hysek, HYT and Urwerk (although there are others) – only one has successfully seeped into the collective consciousness of the watch-wearing public: Richard Mille. Thanks to partnerships with Felipe Massa and Rafael Nadal, and then with Yohan Blake and Bubba Watson, and through strategic sponsorship of teams like Lotus F1 and Manchester City Football Club, Richard Mille has ensured that its watches – or at the very least its logo – occupy a place in the public psyche that’s far more prominent than any of its avant-garde stable mates. De Bethune, Hautlence and Roger Dubuis all make fantastic watches. All remain unknown to the man on the street. Richard Mille, the man, established his eponymous company in 2001. Never having trained as a watchmaker himself, Mille had spent more than two decades in the commercial divisions of various watch and clock companies before having the entrepreneurial vision to create what was effectively his very own watch segment. Considering the current crop of calibres used in sports watches to be archaic and uninteresting, the Frenchman employed his old friend Fabrice Deschanel, general director of Renaud & Papi (movement makers to Audemars Piguet), to find a way of modernising the way watches are made. Mille’s aim, which became his slogan, was to manufacture ‘racing machines for the wrist’. Fourteen years after Richard Mille debuted his first watch – the skeletonised RM 001 borrowed subtle touches from watches Mille had

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worked on at previous employer Mauboussin, and established the now immediately recognisable tonneau-shaped case – the brand is now selling some 3,000 watches a year. Its loftiest creation, the RM 056 Felipe Massa Limited Edition Sapphire Tourbillon, will set you back a princely £1,560,000. Entry-level prices – for the RM 023, RM 029, RM 010 and RM 016 – start around £60,000. Even sales at this price point suggest an annual turnover of almost a quarter-of-a-billion quid. Not bad for a man who refused to do any market research, or study his competition, prior to launch. Mille, now 64, is as cool a cucumber as you’ll find in the watch industry – bespectacled, funny and full of bonhomie. Even so, the success his company has enjoyed must have taken even him by surprise? “Only at the very beginning,” Mille answers, implying success is something you quickly get used to. “I literally went from showing the first pieces to prospective buyers and hoping for their interest, to having to produce a larger number within only a few weeks. It has been a non-stop, high-speed ride ever since.” So, what’s Richard Mille the brand all about? In a word: performance. Performance under duress; performance when the wearer of the watch is pushing it to its limit. Most sports

RM 26-02 Evil Eye Tourbillon

watch ambassadors will remove their watch before they compete. Not Richard Mille’s. Bubba Watson wears his while driving golf balls over 310 yards; Nadal’s is subjected to serves of almost 120 mph. Such forces would affect even the most basic of mechanical movements; the ones inside Bubba’s and Nadal’s are tourbillons. Bubba’s, the RM 38-01, contains a mechanical G-force sensor that’s able to record the force of a golfer’s swing – a world first, unsurprisingly – while Nadal’s, the RM 27-01, is officially the planet’s lightest tourbillon wristwatch, weighing just 19 grams, including the strap. “For anyone looking for a no-compromise timepiece that is at the cutting edge of 21st century haute horlogerie, our watches perfectly fit the bill,” says Mille. He insists, too, that the profession of his chosen partners helps, rather than hinders, innovation at the company. “The collaborations are beneficial for everyone concerned. I am not talking only about money here; much more interesting for me is what we learn about watchmaking as we face new challenges with different disciplines. These experiences on track and field cannot be given a value, as the knowledge we gain working with each personality flows through the entire collection.” In trouble-shooting problems like the violent accelerations and vibrations experienced during a F1 grand prix, Richard Mille gives us things like baseplates made out of high-density carbon nanofibres. Once the preserve of the aeronautic and space industries, carbon nanofibre is created under 740 bars and a temperature of 2,000°C, making it highly resistant to shocks and thermal influences. When Felipe Massa crashed at 170mph during qualification for the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2009, his RM 006 proved completely unaffected – largely, it’s thought, because of the cutting-edge composition of the materials inside. Massa and fellow F1 driver Romain Grosjean, along with nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb, wear a Richard Mille every time they race. Though his creations may model things as far-out as dragon’s eyes (the RM26-02), magnolia plants (the RM 19-02) and diamond-encrusted spiders (the RM 19-01), Mille insists his watches

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RM 056 Felipe Massa Limited Edition Sapphire Tourbillon

RM 19-01 Tourbillon Spider

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are nonetheless “anti-bling”. “There are no gimmicks to be found in my watches; everything I do – absolutely everything – has a clear reason behind it. Great attention is paid to every single detail, even to such small items as specially-made screws, each of which takes 20 separate operations to create.” In the case of the examples above, this means that the five handcrafted petals of the magnolia flower open and close automatically to beautiful effect; that the ‘Evil Eye’ motif is actually a type of enamelling that requires applying several layers of oxides onto gold at temperatures of 900°C; and that the skeletonised baseplate of the RM 19-01 is machined into the shape of a spider’s web from 18K white gold before being decorated with hundreds of black sapphires. “If you are just looking for a big chunk of gold to wear, or a watch whose only interesting feature is that it has a magnesium and aluminum ring inside it, then I’m not your man. We have presented several new movements over the past five years; an unheard-of amount for a small company like ours. It’s even more crazy when you realise that some of these new, highly complex movements, like that for the RM 19-02 Fleur, RM 69, RM 031 or RM 27-02, were developed for only a handful of limited-series watches.” It’s not difficult, nowadays, to find a watch that will set you back the price of a twobedroom house in suburbia. Richard Mille’s pieces, though, will more regularly afford you an apartment in Fulham. When your creations command some of the highest prices in the industry – justifiably so or not – discourse has a tendency to centre on money rather mechanical mastery. By remaining uncompromising in its commitment to pushing boundaries, both in the movements it makes and the materials it uses, Richard Mille will at least be able to reassure its clients they are getting what they pay for. Richard Mille, 90 Mount Street, W1K (richardmille.com)

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Watch news WORDS: RICHARD BROWN

It’s complicated: we kick off the New Year by celebrating the most stupefying examples of mechanical mastery of the past few months

Perpetual innovation “I call perpetual calendars boomerang watches,” says Maximilian Büsser, founder of MB&F, “because they come back for repair so often”. The trouble with these watches – those that automatically account for months of varying lengths and leap years – is that mechanisms jam and dates jump when they shouldn’t. MB&F’s solution is the Legacy Machine Perpetual; instead of a conventional big-lever system to flick through dates, it uses a series of superimposed disks. This system eradicates the need to skip over redundant days, meaning there is no possibility of the date jumping incorrectly. Legacy Machine Perpetual, £109,340 (before tax) in platinum, MB&F (mbandf.com)

The most complicated watch ever made A complication, in watch speak, refers to anything a timepiece does over and above displaying the hours and minutes of the day. Launched in 2015, Vacheron Constantin’s Reference 57260 features 57 complications. It will tell you everything from the time in 24 cities, to seasons, equinoxes and signs of the zodiac. It has 31 hands, two dials and 2,826 parts. Owners must remember to correct its moon phases once every 1,027 years. Reference 57260; vacheron-constantin.com

Perfect Timing After subjecting the watch to five tests, including three measurement cycles, exposure to magnetic fields, and exposure to more than 150 impacts, judges at the biennial International Chronometry Competition 2015 named Louis Moinet’s Vertalor as the most accurate tourbillon of the past two years. The most precise mechanical watch ever created remains Greubel Forsey’s Double Tourbillon 30°, which won in 2011. Vertalor, £130,000, Louis Moinet (louismoinet.com) Art for Art’s Sake Jaquet Droz’s The Charming Bird has won the 2015 Mechanical Exception prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. The watch’s pièce de résistance, a miniaturised bird ensconced in a 47mm-diameter case, plays no part in telling the time and will only sing once activated. Instead, the piece pays homage to the micromechanical mastery of the company’s namesake – who built mechanical birds in the 18th century. The Charming Bird, approx £264,480, Jaquet Droz (jaquet-droz.com)

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January blues When it comes to design, Bugatti is in a league of its own, and we don’t just mean automobile design – when it turns its hand to fashion the results are just as extraordinary. The Ettore Bugatti Lifestyle collection has introduced Dutch model Mark Vanderloo as the new face of its menswear, which he models at the grand Palace of Venaria in Turin. The collection includes the capsule Blue Carpet Soirée line, awash with those distinctive sapphire hues so famously evocative of the brand. Ettore Bugatti Lifestyle collection, from a selection Bugatti, 24-26 Brompton Road, SW1X (bugatti.com)

Style spy WORDS: Marianne Dick

Time traveller Turnbull & Asser found a quote inside one of its shirts in the 20th century, which included the phrase: “I see a city full of inhabitants obsessed with time”. Travelling through time is a prominent theme within its new collection – which includes ties dotted with objects such as historic penny-farthings and, more whimsically, men sailing in teacups. Ties, £115 each, Turnbull & Asser, 4 Davies Street, W1K (turnbullandasser.co.uk)

Leather to treasure In 1786, a ship carrying hides from St. Petersburg sank and, upon discovery, they were transformed into Russian reindeer calf leather. Shoemaker Grenson has created a capsule collection for William & Son out of Horween hide – a high-quality replica of the original Russian cargo. The Fred brogue boots are heavyweight yet supple, and feature a distinctive hatch grain. Fred brogue boots, £495, Grenson for William & Son, 34-36 Bruton Street, W1J (williamandson.com)

A modern dandy Bally’s designs for the upcoming season continue to take gentle inspiration from the weird and wonderful films of Wes Anderson. The Voyage bag is the ideal companion for embarking on a new journey – its boxy shape provides a generous amount of space for a carry-on size holdall, and the additional badges add an element of frivolity; we hope you’re going on a thrilling adventure. Voyage bag, £1,350 Bally, 45-46 New Bond Street, W1S (bally.co.uk) s l u x u ry l o n d o n . c o. u k s

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Hermèsistible If you consider yourself something of a logophile, then Hermès’ whimsical website is sure to provide a few moments of light relief. Hermèsistible is an interactive ‘emotionary’ of new words that can be used to summarise familiar yet indescribable feelings; for example, ‘escapitude’ is the impulsive desire to pack your bags and run away, illustrated with a colourful, moving editorial featuring a selection of choice accessories. We definitely don’t need another excuse to lust over Hermès bangles, but now and again one gets an overwhelming feeling of ‘impulcie’. (hermes.com)

Style update WORDS: MARIANNE DICK

The silk road When you pore over Nazanin Rose Matin’s scarves, it becomes clear that the designer takes inspiration from a wealth of sources. British-raised Persian Nazanin began her career working under the creative eye of Alexander McQueen before spending seven years absorbing the world of Parisian high fashion. Happily for us, this experience has resulted in a vibrant collection of silk and cashmere scarves featuring exotic prints – a selection of which is now available in Fenwick of Bond Street. Cheetah scarf, £195, Nazanin Rose Matin Available at Fenwick, 63 New Bond Street, W1S (020 7629 9161; fenwick.co.uk)

Future classic As far as handbags go, there are a select few that can return year after year with continual success, and Céline’s Luggage Phantom is, for us, a leader within this elite group. For the upcoming season, the brand has introduced a selection of new colourways and fabrics; this navy blue nubuckstamped crocodile version is an excellent transitional piece, and ideal for travelling – with room for all your essentials without ever threatening to become too full. Luggage Phantom handbag (medium), £1,950, Céline, 103 Mount Street, W1K (020 7491 8200; celine.com) s l u x u ry l o n d o n . c o. u k s

Walk of fame Salvatore Ferragamo was renowned for his work with emerging designers and craftsmen so it seems fitting that, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his arrival in Hollywood, the brand has enlisted footwear’s designer du jour and Aquazzura founder, Edgardo Osorio, to design a capsule collection. Osorio’s designs are vivacious and exuberant, featuring distinctive Ferragamo details such as feathers, polka dots, laces and ankle straps in vibrant shades of blue and pink. We’d imagine that if you’re wearing these sort of shoes, it’s impossible not to have fun while doing so. Angie spotted cork d’Orsay sandal, £605, Edgardo Osorio for Salvatore Ferragamo 24 Old Bond Street, W1S (020 7629 5007; ferragamo.com)

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Combining clean lines with bold colours and statement pieces, this month we present activewear thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simply too good to save for the gym p h o t o g r a p h y: P h i l l i p W at e r m a n styling: Jess Stebbings

Jumpsuit, £180, No Ka’Oi (net-a-porter.com) The mayfair Magazine | Regulars Earrings, £1,995, Bee Goddess (harrods.com) Cuff, £400, Shaun Leane (shaunleane.com)

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ABOVE Jacket, £345, gilet, £225 and skirt, £195, all Christopher Raeburn (christopherraeburn.co.uk). Earrings, £2,280, Geoffrey’s London at Talisman Gallery (talismangallery.co.uk). Ring, £4,545, Bee Goddess, as before

RIGHT Dress, £245, Three Floor (threefloorfashion.com). Jacket, £1,350, Bally (bally.co.uk). Sandals, £895, Jimmy Choo (jimmychoo.com). Watch, £995, Maurice Lacroix (mauricelacroix.com). Earrings, £20,343, Shamballa Jewels (shamballajewels.com)

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ABOVE Jumper, £445, Callens (selfridges.com). Earrings, £20,343, Shamballa Jewels, as before

LEFT Yellow jacket, £1,372, Fabiana Filippi (fabianafilippi.com). Black jacket, £550, Hugo Boss (hugoboss.com). Earrings, £5,222, Shamballa Jewels, as before

credits Hair: Eliott Bssila at Terri Manduca using Aveda Make-up: Katie Pettigrew using YSL Beauty Model: Carolina at Next Models Photography assistant: Kiti Swannell Styling assistant: Katie Sykes Shot on location at Lee Valley VeloPark

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Q&A with… Clockwise from top left: S Bolton Gardens bouquet, 2015 by Ken Howard, Oil on board; Basilica S.M.D. Salute, morning light by Ken Howard, Oil on canvas (both images courtesy of richard green gallery, london); © Tyler Shields (image Courtesy of Maddox Gallery and Imitate Modern 2015); Snowdonia Landscape, Cottages at Deiniolen by Sir John ‘Kyffin’ Williams KBE, RA (1918-2006), oil on canvas, monogrammed, £58,500 from Haynes Fine Art of Broadway

James Nicholls talks about the inaugural exhibition he has curated at Maddox Gallery

Art news We kick off the year in style with a new gallery opening and exquisite treasures at The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair words: carol cordrey

From Venice with love Ken Howard has spent a lifetime painting with a gifted touch and exceptionally skilled draughtsmanship, earning him a string of accolades, including an OBE, and meaning that he follows in the footsteps of the great Turner, Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy Schools. London and Venice are where Howard particularly loves to work en plein air, producing compositions of great style that are characterised by the fleeting, dramatic effects of light and shade. His portrayals of sunshine on water are especially dazzling, but all his work is so keenly collected that Howard remains the first living artist to be represented exclusively by the esteemed Richard Green Gallery. Highlights of the exhibition include the depictions of Venice in morning light. Ken Howard: From London to Venice, 13 January – 6 February (richard-green.com)

All the fun of the fair For the fourth year running, The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair will satisfy all of our interests by bringing dozens of top dealers into the neighbourhood with the best examples of silverware, paintings, sculpture, jewellery, furniture, ceramics and rugs. The numerous highlights include a signed Andy Warhol screen print, Marilyn – Invitation, 1981, from Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, a large, an Eiffel Tower mantel clock by Japy Frères, a rare, pineapple-shaped porcelain Spode stand courtesy of Carolyn Stoddart-Scott, a pair of Van Cleef & Arpels sapphire and diamond earrings and Snowdonia Landscape, Cottages at Deiniolen by Sir John ‘Kyffin’ Williams. The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair, 7–10 January (mayfairfair.com)

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Q: What prompted you to choose this particular London location? A: We had been looking for a Mayfair space and were delighted when the Maddox Street venue became available, with two beautiful ground and lower ground floor spaces, plus a third floor for entertaining private clients. The building has undergone a major renovation and is now one of the most elegant in the area. Q: What was the rationale behind your choice of artworks for your launch? A: We specialise in diversity – impressionist, abstract expressionist, pop art, post-war contemporary and contemporary modern masters and photographers. For the first exhibition we wanted a variety of highly talented artists and sculptors and those who are gaining success but have not been represented in the UK. They will include Bradley Theodore and photographers Tyler Shields and Tony Kelly. Q: How do you see the future of Maddox Gallery in terms of client spectrum, designers and art fairs? A: We have an existing client base that is very excited about the new space and we already collaborate with some of the leading interior designers. We are keen to welcome new audiences into our space and encourage art lovers to stop by. In the future we look forward to being at a number of international art fairs. Art Fusion, until 30 January (maddoxgallery.co.uk)

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POP

at Halcyon Gallery Marianne Dick reports on the new exhibition at Halcyon Gallery, which explores the lasting impact of the pop art movement since its revolutionary â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s heyday

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left to right: Hulk Print on Canvas signed by Stan Lee; marilyn crying by russell young, 2009; Iron Man Print on Canvas signed by Stan Lee, images courtesy of halcyon gallery

hen Andy Warhol predicted that everyone in the future would be famous for 15 minutes, he spookily foretold the culture of our generation. The emergence of pop art was part of an era of tremendous change: a time when hemlines rose, rock ‘n’ roll was king and the notion of celebrity was novel. The movement lived up to its title and almost 60 years later it remains an important and common influence upon the modern world – it never ceases to enthral. POP, which is currently showing at Halcyon Gallery, studies the movement from its early days until now; it documents a refreshing range of pieces, from Russell Young and Warhol’s iconic portraits through to more contemporary artists such as Mauro Perucchetti and Santiago Montoya. Perucchetti’s recent work includes the white marble statue Modern Heroes, which depicts the characters Superman and Batman in a pose reminiscent of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco The Creation of Adam. This provocative, tongue-in-cheek work is inspired by the issues surrounding the gay community and their appeal for equal rights. Coinciding with the recent release of the much-anticipated blockbuster, and certain to be

to the delight of film fans, the exhibition will also present six exclusive Star Wars artworks signed by the Marvel comic creator Stan Lee. Further signed pieces starring classic Marvel cover stars such as the Hulk will be shown too – representing the cultural rise of the superhero genre that seems to permeate film, television, literature and art today. In 1957, one of the founding fathers of pop art, Richard Hamilton, described the movement in a letter to friends as: “Popular (designed for a mass audience), Transient (short-term solution), Expendable (easily forgotten), Low cost, Mass-produced, Young (aimed at youth), Witty, Sexy, Gimmicky, Glamorous, Big business”. While his vision of the movement was essentially correct, it seems perhaps that Hamilton didn’t fully anticipate the almighty resonance that these works – many of which are pastiches of other significant imagery – would have independently. In the modern world fame may only last for 15 minutes, but, as long as it exists pop art will live forever. POP runs until 16 January Halcyon Gallery, 144-146 New Bond Street, W1S (020 7100 7144; halcyongallery.com)

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#1 The dance of the nymphs by Edouard Bisson

#2 Enamel and diamond brooches, Boucheron

This artist gained popularity at the end of the 19th century thanks to his paintings of the ladies of the Belle Époque era. In a break from his traditional subject, this oil painting depicts an ethereal scene of dancing nymphs; however Bisson’s soft palette and use of light remain recognisable in what is a glorious piece of art. Estimated value £4,000-£6,000 19th Century European Art at Christie’s London, 20 January (christies.com)

These floral brooches signified a change in style in the post-war era, at a time when Dior was revolutionising sartorial shapes with his ‘New Look’. Many women took on the traditional roles of men during the war but this design reflects a return to femininity. It’s no surprise that Boucheron was inspired by Russian jeweller Carl Fabergé. Estimated value £6,000-£8,000 Jewellery sale at Christie’s London, 20 January (christies.com)

#3 St. Moritz by Plinio Colombi The annual Christie’s Ski Sale has swung around again, and on offer this year is a selection of vintage tourist posters, including this Plinio Colombi advertisement for St. Moritz from 1929. This style of poster is highly desirable at the moment, perhaps because it is a nostalgic reminder of the excitement and glamour of the era – making it an excellent addition to an alpine chalet. Estimated value £10,000-£15,000 The Ski Sale at Christie’s London, 21 January (christies.com)

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#4 German gilt-bronze mounted sculptural drinking horn This month an eclectic collection of items from the property of aristocratic European estates is being auctioned at Sotheby’s. One such noble family is the princely House of Bismarck; notable is Otto von Bismarck, a cult political figure in the latter half of the 1800s. This intricately sculpted drinking horn is likely to have been made in Berlin. Estimated value £4,000-£6,000 Of Royal and Noble Descent at Sotheby’s London, 19 January (sothebys.com)

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#5 Early 20th-century diamond ring This sale at Bonhams comprises a treasure trove of unusual pieces, and the striking shape of this exquisite diamond ring has caught our eye. The ring is estimated to be from the early 1900s, an era of decorative style and soft curved lines. The central stone is 1.50 carats (approx.) but with a piece like this its true significance lies in the fetching Art Nouveau design. Estimated value £2,500-£3,000 Jewellery sale at Bonhams London, 27 January (bonhams.com)

#6 The Scream (after Munch) by Andy Warhol The sale of an original version of Edvard Munch’s The Scream broke auction records nearly 30 years after Warhol recreated the influential image in his own bold style in 1984. Always a purveyor of the popular and iconic, his screen prints give the infamous artwork a new slant within modern culture. Estimated value £200,000-£300,000 Evening & Day Editions at Phillips London, 21 January (phillips.com)

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L’arche de Noé XXXIII by Cathleen Naundorf Designer: Elie Saab

Flights of fancy Ahead of the photographer’s first solo exhibition in New York, Annabel Harrison takes a closer look at the career and creations of the widely travelled and globally renowned Cathleen Naundorf

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Portrait of Cathleen Naundorf

s Mr Einstein once said, “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere”. This sentiment couldn’t be more apt when considering the fact that Cathleen Naundorf’s career has taken her from photo-reporting on Indian tribes in Amazonia and shamans in Siberia to shooting runway shows in Paris for Condé Nast, and subsequently the world’s top couture houses, via spending time with the Dalai Lama (of all people). “My photographs are a reflection of my imagination,” said Naundorf earlier this year, “and that’s where the narratives come from… I find inspiration everywhere when I travel. I was a photojournalist for a long time, so a curiousness for discovery is in my blood.” This is not hard to believe. The FrenchGerman photographer’s oeuvre comprises images that are all, to varying degrees, fantastical and eccentric, while at the same time being opulent and exquisitely composed. Working with a large-format camera, Naundorf’s distinctive technique is inspired by photographer Horst P. Horst, who she met in the early ’90s. He became both a mentor and a friend, inspiring her initial move into fashion in 1997; by 2005, she was working on a series called Un Rêve de Mode, with six couture houses, including Chanel, Lacroix, Dior and Valentino. She was given access to gowns from their

archives for her elaborate, theatrical shoots and the results can be seen in her book Haute Couture: The Polaroids of Cathleen Naundorf. The eagle-eyed among you may recognise this issue’s cover image, shot by Naundorf; it was on show at Mayfair’s Hamiltons gallery earlier this year in an exhibition entitled Noah’s Ark. “The umbrella (which is for protection against the sun, not the rain),” Naundorf clarifies, “is from Burma. I travelled through the southern part of the country for one month via the old English train from the 1940s. Along the way, I discovered these amazing handmade paper umbrellas… On my last day, a local I had befriended brought me a present to take home, and it was one of these umbrellas! When the opportunity to shoot the Noah’s Ark series came up, I chose a hand-painted background of the sky and one of the umbrellas I had found on my travels.” If you love this image, get in touch with the gallery; although it is among the selection for Naundorf’s upcoming solo exhibition in NYC at the Edwynn Houk Gallery, it is still available for purchase through Hamiltons, and we expect to see more from Naundorf in Mayfair over the coming months; drawn by the “positive energy and dynamism, British humour and eccentricity [of this] multicultural, open-minded city”, Naundorf liked it “so much that I moved here!” Selected photographs from the Haute Couture series will be exhibited at Cathleen Naundorf’s first solo exhibition in New York from 14 January to 27 February 2016 Edwynn Houk Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, NY 10151 (houkgallery.com) Hamiltons, 13 Carlos Place, W1K (020 7499 9493; hamiltonsgallery.com) (cathleennaundorf.com)

My paradise bird I by cathleen naundorf Designer: Chanel

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cy twombly 2015, gagosian gallery, 20 grosvenor hill by Mike bruce, image courtesy of gagosian gallery © Cy Twombly Foundation

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Renaissance With the opening of Gagosian Gallery marking a turning point for the area, Katy Parker speaks to one of the gallery’s directors, Gary Waterston, to uncover the story behind Grosvenor Hill’s new groove

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n 2014, a journalist for a national newspaper wrote that Mayfair’s galleries were “going, going, gone”. Now, at the beginning of 2016, this statement could not be further from the truth. Exemplifying the area’s revived interest in art is the opening of the Gagosian Gallery on Grosvenor Hill, which is the gallery’s third London outpost and its 15th venture worldwide. Founded by Larry Gagosian, the group originated in Los Angeles before flourishing in New York and being marked out for global domination; the gallery’s presence

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now spans three continents, with spaces in Paris, Geneva and Hong Kong. Upon speaking to one of the London gallery’s directors, Gary Waterston, about what drew Gagosian to Mayfair he responded: “Historically, if you look back at Cork Street, Anthony d’Offay on Dering Street and the auction houses all around Mayfair, you can see that the area has always been an important centre for art. There was a moment in the mid-’00s when the art world was looking to East London – to Hoxton and Shoreditch – but

“London is probably one of the most diverse visitorships that we get anywhere in the world” the reason we’ve spent the past few years trying to find a place to expand in Mayfair is that the other galleries have returned here, and as a result you get that collective momentum. This makes it very interesting for both the artists and the collectors that we work with.” The gallery has enjoyed a stellar few months since opening in October 2015, with a striking display of works by American painter Cy Twombly. Opening with this exhibition was, Waterston says, “a real challenge” as the artist sadly passed away in 2011. Having had the privilege to hang works with the man himself at previous shows only increased the pressure, Waterston reflects.

And who has been visiting the gallery at its new location? “London is probably one of the most diverse visitorships that we get anywhere in the world,” comments Waterston, “We have a very active, engaged general public and an incredibly active student visitorship, which reflects the diversity, and also the ambitions, of the art schools here.” What has surprised the team the most is the amount of people visiting the space who are setting foot in the area for the first time. Waterston comments: “Every day people are coming into the gallery saying ‘I’ve never been down this street before; I didn’t know it existed’.

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It’s particularly interesting having the Mayfair residents stop by who live five streets away and have never strolled down Grosvenor Hill.” This is something that the Gagosian Gallery, together with Grosvenor, is trying to achieve with the opening of the gallery and the rejuvenation of the surrounding area; transforming this charming locale just north of Berkeley Square into a destination in its own right. Location director at Grosvenor, Haydn Cooper, speaks of his vision: “If you look at the map it’s a wonderful little enclave. We just thought that it couldn’t remain a backwater and so set about creating a natural link between Bond Street and Mount Street and we hope that the pedestrian route there will become stronger over time.” Alongside the opening of the Gagosian Gallery, the area has seen the arrival of fashion newcomers such as Hussein Chalayan on Bourdon Street. “Chalayan was a good example of the first of our recent garage-to-retail conversions. Having a designer of that calibre so close to Davies Street is wonderful and we

definitely want there to be more of an art and artisan scene in the not-too-distant future.” I ask Cooper what he thought about Mayfair’s dwindling art scene a few years back, and the recent resurgence. “There has been renewed interest from galleries wanting to be in the heart of Mayfair,” he confirmed. “The art scene here goes back a long way and it is part of the evolution of the area itself, which is always improving. In my mind this is why the galleries want to be back at the centre of it, such as Phillips and Gagosian.” And will the success of the Gagosian Gallery lead other international galleries to follow suit? “Absolutely,” Cooper says. “I can say that we’ve had an increase in enquiries from international galleries about units in Mayfair and also interest from people who are seeking to turn office space into galleries. In this way, the snowball effect of the presence of art in this area continues.” Albert Oehlen will be exhibiting at Gagosian Gallery from 5 February – 24 March, 20 Grosvenor Hill, W1K (020 7495 1500; gagosian.com)

clockwise from left: cy TWOMBLY Lemon, (Gaeta) 2008 (Edition of 6) GG; Cy TWOMBLY Light Flowers, 2008 (Edition of 6) GG; CY TWOMBLY Strawberries (Gaeta), 2008 (Edition 4 of 6) Gagosian Gallery; CY TWOMBLY Studio with Bacchus Painting (Gaeta), 2005, all © nicola del roscio foundation

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Miró in Mayfair Jack Watkins is transported into the world of acclaimed artist Joan Miró as Mayoral gallery presents an immersive recreation of the interior of Miró’s Mallorca studio

t may share the same ground, being a primarily visual medium, but cinema has mainly steered clear of the world of artists. And when it has sought to dramatise it, the subjects have tended to be painters whose lives could be depicted in bold Technicolour, such as Caravaggio, Van Gogh, ToulouseLautrec and Picasso. It’s no great wonder that the Spanish painter Joan Miró has yet to be the subject of a screen biopic. Unremarkable in appearance, neither

strikingly good-looking nor fascinatingly ugly, he seems to have lived a life of blameless moral rectitude, centred round long hours in his studio. Almost an anti-bohemian, a steadfast husband and shunner of the limelight, interviewers found him quiet and noncommittal. When he visited the US for the first time in 1947, the art critic Clement Greenberg was somewhat dismayed to encounter a short, neat little man in a dark blue business suit. It left Greenberg wondering “what could have brought this bourgeois to modern painting, the Left Bank and surrealism?” During his decades in Paris before the Second World War, Miró associated with the likes of Picasso and Man Ray. In their confident company no doubt he was somewhat overshadowed. His refusal to align himself with any particular movement, alongside his retiring personal manner, meant no personality cult attached itself to his name. But Miró was not destined to die an overlooked genius. He received international acclaim during his lifetime, and in his later years there were major retrospectives in Paris, New York and London. The Fundació Joan Miró museum in Barcelona – where he was born in 1893 – opened in 1975 and remains a popular part of any good cultural tour of the city. And, in 1992, in accordance with Miró’s wishes, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró was inaugurated in Palma de Mallorca, where from 1956 the artist had worked in a large studio,

this page: Joan Miró, Son Abrines, 1978, Photography: Jean Marie del Moral opposite: Joan Miró’s studio, Mallorca, 1973, Photo Francesc Català-Roca © Photographic Archive of the Historical Archive of the College of Architects of Catalonia

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“When he closed the door behind him he knew he was cutting all contact with the outside world and entering into his imaginary universe” which his friend Josep Lluís Sert had built according to the artist’s instructions. It was from here until his death in 1983 that Miró worked with almost unrelenting vigour. After years of travel, in France, the US and Japan, this private man, whose heart was always rooted in the soil of Spain, had found the permanency he craved. As his grandson Joan Punyet Miró says: “When he closed the door behind him he knew he was cutting all contact with the outside world and entering into his imaginary universe. This imaginary space, his reality, was arranged upon a background of Mediterranean light, colours and shapes.” Residents of and visitors to Mayfair will this month be offered an insight into his creative retreat in Miró’s Studio, presented by Barcelona’s Mayoral gallery. This initiative recreates Miró’s studio as an ‘immersive installation’ with a wealth of archive material,

as well as 25 of Miró’s paintings and drawings, including oils such as Femmes V, Woman in front of the moon, and Painting, all pieces created by Miró in Mallorca. The artist had been making plain his craving for such a large studio since the late 1930s. His early years in painting had not been easy, and it’s possible to conclude that his regular working habits, his discipline and determination to use his skills to the full – not just painting, but pottery, engraving and sculpture – stemmed in some degree from a desire to gain his father’s approval. Miró Snr was a goldsmith and watchmaker whose own father had been a blacksmith. His mother – born in Mallorca, as was Miró’s wife Pilar – was the daughter of a cabinet-maker. Both sides of the family had built successful businesses out of craftsmanship, yet looked scornfully on the idea of “making pictures” for a living. Miró was sent to business school but his

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OPPOSITE PAGE AND RIGHT: Son Abrines studio, Photo Jean Marie del Moral

first job as a bookkeeper brought on a nervous breakdown. Only then did his father accept that office life was not for his son, but financial support was still given grudgingly to the artist. In recent times appreciation for Miró’s output has sometimes narrowed to focus on a range of stock bright and breezy surrealist images. The emphasis has been on his childlike simplicity, the colour of his paintings and their lack of depth. More perceptive critics have pointed out the importance of nature in his work, and the complexities of a style in a state of constant evolution. As the man himself once said when interviewed in his Mallorca studio in the late 1960s: “I might look calm, but inside I am tormented.” Still Life with Old Shoe, painted in oil in 1937, wasn’t exactly a lightweight work. Miró admitted it had unexpectedly become his own Guernica (Picasso’s response to the Spanish Civil War). It expressed his revulsion at the horrors in his homeland through humble objects such as a gin bottle wrapped in paper, a loaf of bread and an old boot, set against an uneasy, dark backdrop, conveying decay, disease and death. But back in the 1920s, his early surrealist works such as The Tilled Field and Catalan Landscape were grounded in the earth, even while reflecting Miró’s ‘dreamlike’ approach to painting, inspired by hallucinations, which in themselves were brought on by the hunger arising from poverty. Mallorca represented a return to his origins, says Elvira Cámara, director of the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in a catalogue essay for the installation. Summer holidays with his mother when he was a child enabled him to immerse himself in nature, the landscape and local traditions. He’d also returned to Mallorca when fearing the Nazi invasion of France during the war, but setting up an atelier there enabled him to begin “probably the most prolific and free period in his creative career,” says Cámara. “Nowadays we can see the studio just as Joan Miró left it,” she continues, “full to the brim with little pieces of furniture where he

bunched together his work tools, rocking chairs, stools, easels, rush mats, objects of various origins, notebooks, newspaper and magazine cuttings, postcards and dozens of paintings in different phases of creation.” It has been calculated that Miró’s colossal artistic output amounted to at least 2,000 oil paintings, 500 sculptures, 400 ceramic objects, and 500 drawings and collages. The studio in Mallorca still conveys the impression that the artist has just popped out for a moment. Cámara sums it up perfectly: “It is a universe that allows the spectator to go through a life entirely devoted to art.” Miró’s Studio, 21 January – 12 February, Mayoral at 6 Duke Street (galeriamayoral.com)

Joan Miró, Woman in front of the moon, 1978, Oil on canvas, 27 x 22cm Courtesy of Mayoral

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Made in Italy Rossana has been a pioneering force in Italian kitchen design since it was founded in 1953, and it is regarded as one of the first companies to introduce the stand-alone island, adored by sociable urbanites across London. Rossana has a distinctive aesthetic; sleek, industrial fittings are made from top quality, hand-crafted materials including brushed, burnished brass and marble. The new London flagship store opened on Duke Street recently and displays a stylish range, including the eponymous DC10 set-up by Vincenzo De Cotiis – an exceptional design that looks more sophisticated and artistic than you thought your kitchen ever could. Rossana, 17 Duke Street, W1U (rossana.it)

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Cool runnings Kvadrat unveiled its first Raf Simons-designed interiors line in March 2014, a collaboration that remained relatively under the radar in comparison to Simons’ achievements in the fashion industry. Now the celebrated designer has extended his collection and the products are more readily available in the Skandium concession in Selfridges. Displaying a clear Scandinavian influence, the cushions and throws are clean, graphic and texture-focused, and come in a range of intricate twill weaves that make for unusual fusions of colour. Cushions, starting at £155, Kvadrat x Raf Simons, available at Selfridges, 400 Oxford Street, W1A (selfridges.com)

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Blendworth and Wedgwood have collaborated to produce a distinctly British interior collection, which includes this striking monochrome Fabled Crane print. The wallpaper is a modern reimagining of an original Wedgwood ceramic design, which depicts an exotic bird adorned with colourful intricate flowers – making it perfect for a heritage-inspired feature wall. Fabled Crane Wallcovering 5, £80 per roll Wedgwood Home x Fabrics & Wallcoverings by Blendworth (blendworth.co.uk)

FINISHING TOUCH William & Son has created an ingenious accessory to brighten up even the darkest January mornings. This castle-shaped contraption is in fact a three-part sterling silver breakfast set with two egg cups and a toast rack that can be removed from the rosewood base – giving the phrase ‘boiled egg and soldiers’ a whole new level of meaning. Breakfast Like a King set, £3,350, William & Son, 34-36 Bruton Street, W1J (williamandson.com)

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ring inspirational travel into your home this month with the visually spectacular tome from the master of natural photography, National Geographic. Destinations of a Lifetime takes you on a journey through the world’s most extraordinary destinations, all of which can be visited if you want to embark on a trip to remember this year. Locations range from natural to man-made and are pictured in photographs taken by some of the world’s most esteemed travel photographers. Hotel suites in New York and beachside villas in Barbados will seem the height of tedium after one glance through the coffee table book; page upon page of remarkable beauty – from ancient monoliths and electric cityscapes to white-sand seashores, rainforests and ancient cobbled streets – inspire serious wanderlust. The images run alongside detailed information on each destination, including the best times to go, what you should do when you get there, and recommendations for the best local hotels and restaurants. Every picture in the book has been chosen because of the way it tells its story. Sossusvlei, Namibia (pictured top right) by Annie Griffiths depicts the home of the largest sand dunes in the world, shaped entirely by the wind. The distinctive glowing hue here is created by the high levels of iron in the sand. Machu Picchu, Peru (left), shows a llama’s-eye view of the legendary Inca settlement at Machu Picchu, as the animal stands isolated high in the Peruvian Andes. Photographer Amy Toensing speaks passionately about the story behind her shot entitled Lijiang, China (above, right). “I’m not a huge fan of photographing performances but I have to say this one blew me away visually. There were around 400 performers gathered from ten different Chinese ethnic groups and many times, as in this image, it appeared they were all onstage together, dancing, singing, and playing instruments. The show takes place

‘Sossusvlei, Namibia’ by Annie Griffiths depicts the home of the largest sand dunes in the world at about 10,000 ft [3,048m], with the 18,360-ft [5,596m] Jade Dragon Snow Mountain [Yulongxue Shan] making a stunning backdrop.” So forget about the ski trip or the poolside holiday; this is the perfect excuse to broaden your horizons and do something spectacular in 2016. National Geographic Destinations of a Lifetime (nationalgeographic.com)

TOP LEFT: MACHU PICCHU, PERU, Photo by Jim Richardson/National Geographic Creative ABOVE FROM TOP: SOSSUSVLEI, NAMIBIA, photo by Annie Griffiths/National Geographic Creative; LIJIANG, CHINA, Photo by Amy Toensing/ National Geographic. all images featured in National Geographic Destinations of a Lifetime

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Formula for Success McLaren’s 650S Spider is what happens when you inject road-legal F1 technology into a supercar, writes David Taylor

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ut a man in a dark room – he’s hot, it smells bad – versus a guy in a cool room, well-lit, smells nice... When you throw a decision at those two individuals, who’s going to be better equipped to effect good judgment and take a good decision?” That was the thinking of Ron Dennis, chairman and CEO of McLaren Automotive, talking to the International Herald Tribune in 2011 about McLaren’s brand new Woking-based HQ. The space-age facility had been designed by

Lord Foster for a reported cost of £300m. Dennis’ thinking has since proven astute. In the four years since its completion, the facility has given birth to the 12C, the P1, the 570S, the 675LT, the 650S, and this, the 650S Spider. As the bolder, convertible big brother of the 12C, the 650S Spider is a car unconditionally geared towards performance. From the steering to the as-standard carbon-fibre ceramic brake discs, the 650S is made-in-Britain technology personified. The Mayfair Magazine took one of the drop-dead

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gorgeous convertibles to this year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa. Throughout its history, McLaren has taken innovation from F1 and let it loose on the road. The 650S Spider is the evolution of that philosophy. The steering wheel is smaller than usual, the shape evoking something you’d find in F1. There are no buttons on the wheel, however, creating an organic relationship between driver and car. Speed is not compromised by the retractable roof; the Spider does 0-60 in 2.9 seconds and has a top speed of 204mph. When the roof is down, the design of the Spider means that any extra drag on the car is limited to a tiny three per cent. The roof can be raised or lowered at up to 19mph, so no more stopping on the hard Car: McLaren shoulder to struggle in a 650S Spider sudden downpour. Weight: 1,370kg The ride is smooth Engine: M838T 3.8 litre twin turbo V8 with the roof raised, Power: 650PS/7,250 rpm, the thick back window Performance: 0-60 mph muting the V8 twin in 2.9 seconds turbo engine. However, Top speed: 204 mph for best results, drive with Price: From £215,250 the roof down: the roar almost ripped the pines off the Belgian conifers. An extra 52 litres of luggage space is available when the roof is raised – helpful when you’ve got two crates of Belgian beer to get back. The 650S Spider also sports a seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox, which enhances gearshift speed and is controlled by an F1-style rocker shift paddle. Normal, Sport and Track modes offer a wide range of driving options. Good luck not flicking to Sport whenever the opportunity arises. (mclaren.com)

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McLaren: A History McLaren was established by legendary New Zealander Bruce McLaren in 1963, originally an engineer who competed in his first hill race aged 14. In 1968, with Bruce at the steering wheel, the McLaren F1 team picked up its first championship win at the Belgian Grand Prix, Spa. This began a driving success story, with 20 drivers’ and constructors’ titles in F1, total domination in Can-Am racing, and wins in Indianapolis and Le Mans. Ron Dennis took control in 1981 in a merger with his Project Four Racing team – the name lives on through the MP4 designation sported by all McLaren race cars. Dennis helmed the most successful period in McLaren’s history, with Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna winning seven drivers’ championships between them. In 1988, Prost and Senna won all but one of the year’s races. McLaren Automotive was founded in 1989 to take F1 technology onto the road. The company created the seminal McLaren F1 in 1993, at the time the world’s fastest road car.

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Caroline Blake tackles the awe-inspiring Moroccan terrain while off-roading, in the latest Range Rover Sport, on one of Abercrombie & Kent’s new adrenalineinducing itineraries

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s we ascended the Atlas Mountains via a series of hairpin switchbacks, I was reminded of the dinner conversation the night before, when one of my companions announced that she wanted the real four-wheel driving deal; not a wimpy experience. Wimps need not apply to one of Abercrombie & Kent’s (A&K) Land Rover itineraries. Our group had arrived the night before on a flight from London and was immediately whisked off to Hotel Tigmiza, a five-star gem of a property in Marrakech’s Palmeraie, outside the main city. Over a table groaning with the weight of tagines and colourful Moroccan salads, we speculated about the days that lay ahead. A mixture of ages with varying off-road driving experience, we were all nonetheless feeling equally keen (and a little competitive) about testing out our skills in the hands of the A&K and Land Rover seasoned experts. The following morning, installed in the latest Range Rover Sport vehicles and flanked by five of the finest instructors in lead cars, we set off towards the Atlas Mountains. Over the next few days, we were treated to a road trip adventure that was as exciting as it was varied, surprises and challenges at every twist in the road – a road that would transform within minutes from vertiginous and rock-strewn to a sand-covered desert dune. And when on Moroccan

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highways away from the urban hustle and bustle, there is a chance to open up the throttle and really put your foot down. A&K has more than half a century’s experience in pioneering adventure travel across the globe. Its first journey was undertaken by the company’s founder, Geoffrey Kent, who escorted clients in a Land Land Rover Rover across Kenya, all the while Adventure Travel to Morocco with Abercrombie & playing host and whipping out Kent costs from £4,995 for four nights silver candelabra from the based on two sharing. The price back of his car for decadent includes meals and excludes international bush suppers. That journey flights. The 2016 departure dates are 20-24 subsequently inspired a October and 26-30 October. Call spent under canvas at concept of seamless luxury Abercrombie & Kent on 01242 547 898 A&K’s luxury mobile tented paired with adventure that is to speak to a specialist or enquire online at abercrombiekent.co.uk/ camp. With no electricity or ingrained into every A&K landrover/morocco.cfm mobile signal, no sounds holiday. The company’s pierce the deafening desert partnership with Land Rover is silence. Here can be found another therefore entirely fitting, providing remote gastronomic experience, which guests with a slick and exciting experience was accompanied with light-hearted in the world of 21st century travel. reminiscences about the day around the As well as the knowledgeable Land Rover crew, campfire. Dinky en-suite bathrooms with solara walkie-talkie system between vehicles allows our experienced A&K guides to inform and educate us heated showers and proper flushing loos ensure on all manner of topics relevant to the destination. that guests are suitably refreshed after a night spent under comfortable goose down duvets, The walkie-talkies are also invaluable when ready for another day at the wheel of the navigating Marrakech’s answer to the M25, with indomitable Range Rover. calm directions dispensed from the lead car as It’s not all diesel and adrenaline-fuelled, clapped-out bangers, scooters with whole families however; R&R at both the beginning and end of on board and the inevitable donkey passengers vie our tour came courtesy of Tigmiza’s beautiful for the tarmac space. family-run property. This boutique hotel includes The beauty of the Range Rover Sport is that 10 capacious suites, three houses and 14 villas, all of the itineraries allow for exploration far off each with its own private pool and terrace. the beaten track. It’s not all about the driving; Attention to detail is key and nothing is too much adrenaline rushes are punctuated with welcoming trouble; impromptu movie screenings in the pit stops, including a leisurely lunch at Auberge hotel’s cinema with popcorn and homemade Benija, for instance. A tiny guesthouse in Douar Tnirt village, far into the Atlas Mountains, it is only lemonade, an intense hammam to scrub off the desert dust and a rooftop dinner sampling the accessible to tourists for a handful of months of finest Moroccan cuisine ensured that we returned the year due to the extreme weather conditions to London feeling completely revived. (for the most part, it’s covered in snow or You may have already visited Marrakech and unforgivably hot). Here you can enjoy simple food trawled the souks but I can guarantee you won’t prepared using ingredients taken from the have experienced the city in quite the same way surrounding gardens, followed by a post-lunch as you will on A&K’s Land Rover tours. Take my wander around the charming Berber village. advice and book now. One of the highlights of our trip was a night

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Travel news From one remarkable natural wonder to another, this month we take a look at a stylish new hotel in the heart of the Alps and a Sri Lankan resort perched above a whale-watching hotspot

Cape Weligama rests on a cliff top above the Weligama bay, offering an expansive 270 degree view of the Indian Ocean. This part of the coast is well-known for its whale-watching opportunities and you can experience the mammals’ amazing displays from the comfort of the hotel’s speedboat. The resort boasts 12 acres of grounds and is designed with local themes in mind, but the real magic of Cape Weligama lies in its location – it’s hard to imagine a more spectacular spot for an intimate dinner in a Teppanyaki pavilion or a dip in a curved cliff-edge infinity pool. (capeweligama.com) image courtesy of White 1921 Courchevel

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White 1921 Courchevel, France From the sands to the slopes; LVMH Hotel Management has opened the White 1921 boutique ski lodge in Courchevel 1850 following the success of the original Saint Tropez hotel. Designed by the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, the hotel is located on the illustrious Croisette at the centre of Courchevel 1850, allowing its guests prime access to the resort. White 1921 will cater to your every need, from gourmet breakfasts to fully equipped ski services and indulgent spa treatments for when you return from the slopes. The experience removes any possible stress, which leaves you free to soak up the magnificent scenery, fine food and inimitable alpine atmosphere. (white1921.com)

The great off-piste feast James Lawrence celebrates 150 years of winter tourism in St. Moritz with a five-star, multi-venue dining experience to remember, featuring a host of the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most celebrated chefs

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o visit St. Moritz without the intention of skiing may initially seem as perverse as booking into a luxury suite and pitching up a tent in the hotel’s garden. But then, Switzerland’s most glamorous and historic winter resort has long offered visitors a plethora of diversions from the traditional pursuit of skiing; mountain hiking, bobsled and tobogganing, for starters. In fact, St. Moritz has a far older heritage as a health and wellbeing destination, with its first spa dating back more than 3,000 years. Skiing is a relatively recent addition to the town’s tourist income sources. This is fortunate, as journeying to the top of the resort’s many pistes was the last thing on my mind. I was lured to this beacon of winter tourism instead by the promise of superlative gastronomy, marking the 21st edition of the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival. In recognition of the fact that the resort was celebrating 150 years of winter tourism – spearheaded by British tourists in the 19th century – the organisers had invited nine master chefs from Great Britain to spend a week in St. Moritz in January, cooking, entertaining and enthralling. With an admirable sense of camaraderie, various five-star hotels in St. Moritz would host each of the chefs, working together to bring the finest British culinary talent to the Swiss palates. It made me hungry just thinking about it and I could scarcely contain my anticipation at London’s City airport. But first things first – St. Moritz is not exactly down the road. It takes almost four hours to carve a tour through the magnificent Alps from Zurich, but the scenery is so spectacular that this seems relatively slight compared to a hellish car journey in the UK. On arrival, we were whisked away to the Carlton Hotel, our destination for two nights. Only the most jaded of travellers could fail to be impressed by the views afforded from this super-deluxe hotel. Facing St. Moritz lake – which is used for several important events during the winter season – and the majestic Alpine peaks, it is truly awe-inspiring. An apology for the cliché, but no adjective really does the vista justice.

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Admiring the hotel fully, however, would have to be postponed as we were late for our inaugural festival appointment – the Grand Opening at the Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains. Here, all nine chefs would offer up sample dishes; a foretaste of the delights in store, accompanied by live music and, of course, Champagne and fine wines in abundance. The line-up alone was worth that four-hour drive – Murano’s Angela Hartnett, Jason Atherton, Claude Bosi and Atul Kochhar of Mayfair’s Benares, to name but a few. They’re all chefs whose restaurants I know and admire, but to see them together in one crowded room, swapping dishes and anecdotes, was nothing short of surreal. I stopped to chat with Bosi, but he politely declined the offer as apparently “Jason has been waiting to try my dish all evening!” Hartnett was on impeccable form, insisting I help her carry some glasses of wine to get her team “through the evening”. Her first foray into the festival clearly won’t be her last, judging by how much she seemed to be enjoying herself. “I might even find time to get in some skiing lessons,” she says, with a wry smile. Not tonight though, as Hartnett and co expect to be up until the early hours. The following morning afforded more

time to get acquainted with the Carlton. Founded in 1913 and completely refurbished in 2006, the hotel has long been one of St. Moritz’s grandest addresses, a byword for unsurpassed luxury and glamour in the resort. This is quite an achievement considering that there is a glut of high-end accommodation in St. Moritz. What sets it apart is not so much the amenities – all five-star hotels have spas and top-flight restaurants – but the service, which was unfailingly faultless throughout, thanks to staff dedicated to going that extra mile. However, visitors expecting to book a standard double room will leave disappointed – the Carlton doesn’t trifle with such things. Instead it offers 60 suites and junior suites designed by Swiss maestro interior designer Carlo Rampazzi.

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His avant-garde style is renowned the world over; my suite was eclectically adorned with antique furniture and more modern pieces, offset by a vibrant color scheme and plenty of rich fabrics, not to mention my own balcony. As you’d expect, the room was a generous size, but nothing compared to the hotel’s pride and joy, the Carlton Penthouse. Boasting the title of St. Moritz’s largest suite, it offers 386 sq m of unparalleled luxury, including those allimportant views. Even a five-minute glimpse was enough to make our group swoon. Thankfully, you don’t have to fork out for the top suite to enjoy the panoply of perks that the Carlton offers, such as a superbly wellequipped gym and Michelin-star Italian restaurant – Da Vittorio. The hotel’s public spaces are also suitably grandiose, complete with high ceilings and no more than a whisper from its inhabitants; indeed, they lent the Carlton a distinctly Agatha Christie air. Its crowning achievement is undoubtedly, though, the spa, set across three floors of pure indulgence. I spent most of the afternoon enjoying its decadence; like the hotel’s choice bedrooms, the lavishly equipped spa enjoys spellbinding views of the lake and Alpine peaks. I had no complaints either with the impressive list of amenities on offer: single-sex and mixed saunas, steam bath, gym, Jacuzzi, salt grotto and indoor pool. Its star attraction was the open-air heated pool, where I spent many hours lazing on bubbling waterbeds gazing at snow-capped mountains. A brisk hike around Lake St. Moritz got me in the mood for the evening’s gastronomic feast, presided over by Hartnett herself. Throughout the week, the series of dinners across the various participating hotels were open to any paying member of the public and this particular meal conjured up by Hartnett evoked fond memories of visiting her Mayfair stalwart Murano. She specialises in precise, Italian-influenced cooking that manages to be both creative but not overwrought. Dishes such as halibut fillet with gnocchi and loin of venison accompanied by roasted Jerusalem artichoke were exquisite.

visiting her Mayfair stalwart Murano”

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The wine offering was similarly impressive – glass after glass of Pinot Noir from Switzerland’s Valais region. And the service? We were looked after by an army of courteous staff, clearly trained with Teutonic precision, bar none. The hotel once again showed its true colours when I committed a slight faux pas in my choice of attire – the Carlton’s Romanoff restaurant insists on formal jacket in the evenings, an unnecessary imposition perhaps, but one that the hotel manager waived. Instead of making a fuss, he kindly and quietly told the maître d’ that it, “didn’t matter tonight”. A formula for other aspiring luxury hotels to follow; flexibility, and an unwillingness to slavishly impose strict rules on its guests justifies the Carlton’s claim of being St. Moritz’s finest hotel. A sophisticated cut above the rest indeed.

The Essentials Getting there SWISS offers flights from London City and London Heathrow to Zurich. Buy a Swiss travel card to cover your train journey to St. Moritz in advance at swisstravelsystem.co.uk. Note James travelled to London Heathrow via Reading, with Great Western Railway (gwr.com) Carlton Hotel Via Johannes Badrutt II 7500 St.Moritz Switzerland Tel: +41 (0) 81 836 70 00 (carlton-st.moritz.ch) Junior Suites start at CHF 900 ( £630) per night in low season.

he dramatic cliff-top island of Madeira is a popular year-round destination, famed for its eponymous wine, exotic flora and fauna and elaborate embroidery. The sub-tropical climate has allowed the island to blossom and, for gardeners and botanists alike, Madeira showcases an unparalleled selection of plant life. Giant valleys dominate the island, fanning out across the terraced terrain, covered in swathes of laurel, eucalyptus, and banana crops. Arum lilies grow like weeds, as does bougainvillea in February, while the kapok tree is covered in sausages of ‘teddy-bear stuffing’, and orchids and protea abound. First impressions are akin to tropical Africa, hardly surprising as the archipelago is part of the African Plate, only 400 miles off the coast. But it belongs politically and culturally to Portugal – with surprising whispers of Scottish, Mediterranean and Swiss scenery. Apparently it was in Madeira, while married to his Portuguese sweetheart, that Christopher Columbus learned his navigation skills and envisioned his voyage to America. Small enough to explore and big enough not to feel claustrophobic, Madeira is just 36 miles long and 14 miles wide. Its friendly population of 250,000 live mostly in the pretty capital Funchal and speak excellent English. Down by the capital’s shoreline there are many opportunities for dolphin and whale watching, while the more adventurous might want to try their hand at deep-sea fishing – it has been known for someone to hook a 1,000lb marlin, which lets out 600 metres of line so fast that it smokes. Landlubbers should take the gondola from central Funchal up to the Monte Palace tropical gardens, created by José Berardo and holding one of the most important tile collections in Portugal. Afterwards, visit the church at Monte and then enjoy a ride down the winding roads in a Madeiran wicker-basket sledge for two.

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Funchal, Madeira

Boasting a sub-tropical climate and cliff-top views, Sarah Siese uncovers why the island of Madeira attracts visitors to its shores all year round

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Where to stay Set on Madeira’s postcard-perfect cliff-tops overlooking the Atlantic Ocean is the superb Belmond hotel, Reid’s Palace. For more than a century it has been a standard-bearer for hospitality quality across Europe; it was to here that Sir Winston Churchill escaped, to paint and write his war memoirs. The 163 rooms and suites are set in ten acres of subtropical gardens, in walking distance of Funchal’s centre.

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Where to eat For foodies, the hotel’s afternoon tea is legendary, while dinner is equally impressive in any one of the five restaurants, offering al fresco dining wherever possible. Champagne and canapés are followed by a four-course dinner from a menu of sumptuous dishes such as lobster salad with a 20-year Madeira sauce, rack of lamb with artichoke hearts, black truffles and duck foie gras, followed by a flambé created at the table. ALl hotel images courtesy of Hotel Belmond Reid’s Palace

Mayfair recommends Do save time on your last day for a visit to the pretty fishing bay of Câmara de Lobos, which Sir Winston took the time to paint. Activities at Reid’s itself include masterclasses that will promise to instruct guests in the niche skills of ballroom dancing – classes are held three times a week – and perfume-making. Nicolas de Barry, a distinguished maître parfumeur, explores Madeira’s scents by visiting the gardens of Quintina das Ervas for inspiration. (belmond.com)

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Suite dreams St James’s Hotel and Club W o r d s : K at y Pa r k e r

eaving hectic Piccadilly, thronged with tourists and commuters, and arriving in the quiet cul-de-sac, I was overwhelmed by a sense of calm and the feeling that I was heading towards one of central London’s true hidden gems. As I climbed the charming 19th-century steps of St James’s Hotel and Club, I was greeted warmly by the hotel’s reception staff in a welcoming foyer and became even more convinced of the fact. As I awaited the arrival of a tardy boyfriend I was escorted to the Terrace Suite, a vision of chic, well-executed design in a palette of soothing neutrals. Renowned German designer

Anne Maria Jagdfeld is responsible for its decor, which includes impeccable finishing touches such as handmade silk wallpaper and Murano glass chandeliers. In addition to a living room, bathroom, bedroom and dressing room, there was a private outdoor terrace, which would have been divine were it not for the inclement British weather putting a dampener on our al fresco fun. I could see why the hotel was a firm favourite among Fashion Week attendees looking for a discreet place to reside during their time in London. Once the aforementioned delayed boyfriend had arrived, we headed down to dinner in the

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hotel’s Michelin-star restaurant, Seven Park Place. The restaurant is one of the smallest Michelin-star eateries in Europe, and as such is the perfect spot for a cosy dinner on a dank and dismal winter’s evening. A haven for art lovers as well as foodies, the walls are adorned with works from the hotel’s impressive private collection, which comprises more than 450 paintings, pictures and sculptures dating from 1920 to 1950. Eagle-eyed guests will notice fine examples of Impressionist, Expression and Cubist work dotted throughout the space. Once we were seated with a glass of Champagne, executive chef William Drabble took us on a mouth-watering journey of gastronomic discovery with his French menu, which features only the finest regional produce. Drabble loves working with lobster and lamb, so I put his passions to the test and chose the poached lobster tail with cauliflower purée and butter sauce to start and the saddle of Lune Valley lamb in herb crust with turnips, onions and thyme jus as a main. Both were exquisitely cooked and seasoned to perfection. It was clear that Drabble has a real respect for his ingredients, allowing the quality of the produce to speak for itself. St James’s Hotel and Club prides itself on its service, and he and the whole team were exemplary during our stay. For my boyfriend, dessert is always a must and we opted for the milk chocolate mousse flavoured with gingerbread spices, orange jelly and salted caramel ice cream, which proved to be a delicious cacophony of flavours. Unable to manage another mouthful and tired after a long week, I was suddenly very grateful that bed was only a lift-ride away. And once there, after a wondrous soak in the Jacuzzi bathtub and wrapped in a fluffy white robe, I went to sleep happy in the knowledge that I had uncovered a local treasure, and delighted that it was my home for the night. 7-8 Park Place, SW1A (020 7316 1600; stjamesshotelandclub.com)

all images courtesy of St James Hotel and Club

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On the glow There’s nothing more satisfying than the natural, fresh glow of your complexion after a crisp, wintry walk, but unfortunately for many of us this is a luxury of time that can rarely be afforded. Chanel has, thankfully, come to the rescue with the launch of its new Les Beiges Healthy Glow Foundation. The silky fluid contains a medley of super ingredients, such as titanium dioxide, which illuminates the face, and kalanchoe extract, which helps to shield the skin from harm. The natural look appears to be here to stay, and Chanel continues to provide us with the tools to recreate outdoor radiance all year round. Les Beiges Healthy Glow Foundation, £36 Chanel, 54-55 Burlington Arcade, W1J (020 7629 7621; chanel.com)

Beauty news Start the year afresh with some radiant new products, and take a trip to the sweetest-smelling address in Mayfair Words: Marianne Dick

Bohemian like you Yves Saint Laurent always thrills us with its gorgeous make-up collections and its Boho Stones line is no exception. Launched this month, the products have a fresh, springtime look with a focus on two colours: green jasper and pink opal. Just like the gemstones, the palettes and nail varnishes create an iridescent effect with metallic shades shimmering throughout – and the packaging is aesthetically appealing enough on its own. Boho Stones Face Palette Collector Gypsy Opale, £42.50, YSL Beauté (yslbeauty.co.uk)

Daily detox There’s a new hero product in town, and it comes courtesy of the magnificent Mr Ford. The Purifying Cleansing Oil is a refreshing, conditioning facial complex suitable for both morning and evening use. Containing nutrient-rich natural oils to rid the skin of any traces of make-up, impurities and toxins picked up throughout the day, it leaves the complexion feeling smooth and tingly fresh – ready to be made up, moisturised or left dazzlingly bare. Purifying Cleansing Oil, £58, Tom Ford (tomford.com) 82

An aromatic address The Burlington Arcade must be the most divinely scented area in Mayfair following the recent arrival of Roja Parfums at number 51. The brand’s first boutique sits alongside other members of the perfume elite, including Frederic Malle, and to celebrate this opening Roja Parfums has created new fragrances and a candle for the home. The 51 collection has an oriental bouquet containing notes of lemon, lavender and jasmine, which are complemented by hints of cinnamon and benzoin, resulting in a traditional scent with a lively and contemporary character – rather like its eponymous new address. The 51 Collection, from £75 Roja Parfums, 51 Burlington Arcade, W1J (rojaparfums.com)

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We speak to Lauren Mothershaw, specialist dietitian at The Wellington Hospital about how making small changes can help you stay on track to meet your goals in the long term. Although Christmas Day can be one of the most indulgent of the year, the overdoing it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

usually stop there. In reality, the festive feasting begins long before the 25 December; with desks piled high with seasonal treats. This often carries on well into the new year, until all the selection boxes and turkey sandwiches are completely consumed. The post-Christmas diet has become a greater and greater challenge. There are, however, a few small sacrifices that can be made to set you off on the right course to stick to your New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Resolutions, providing some relief later in the year when you might only want to lose a pound or two, rather than a stone.

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Simple switches you can make to save a few calories without putting a dampener ON the party spirit

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DIETETICS AT THE WELLINGTON HOSPITAL The Nutrition and Dietetic Service is available for all inpatients and outpatients during their treatment at The Wellington Hospital. The Dietetic department is a highly skilled team of specialist Dietitians, all of whom are currently registered with The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and are trained to degree or masters level.

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Full English

Grilled bacon and poached egg on granary toast

Creamy prawn cocktail starter

Smoked salmon and low-fat cream cheese on blinis

Sausage meat stuffing

Sage and onion stuffing

Brandy butter

Low-fat custard/ reduced-fat cream

Top tips to not let things slip 1. Keep active Try and offset some of the mindless munching with a bit more physical activity. January is a month where we often have to watch the pennies, so why not challenge your friends and family to a competition on the Wii or dance mat. Or try and fit in a pre-dinner stroll, wrap up warm and take in the festive lights. 2. Alternate alcoholic drinks with soft drinks Alcoholic drinks can be extremely high in calories especially the winter favourites; Baileys, eggnog and mulled wine. Bear in mind that alcohol stimulates the appetite and also stifles your self-control. Do your best to limit your intake by having one alcoholic drink followed by water or a sugar-free soft drink. 3. Hide the chocolate tin We're all guilty of it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you see the chocolates in the shiny tin and it's impossible not to take one each time you pass. So help yourself to be good and keep them tucked away; out of sight really is out of mind!

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4. Fill your dinner plate with vegetables Put the veggies on your plate before your meat and potatoes. With less space you'll be less inclined to take that extra roastie or stuffing ball. For further information, or if you would like to arrange an appointment at The Wellington Hospital, please contact the Enquiry

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Helpline on 020 7483 5004 or visit thewellingtonhospital.com

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slightly over-indulgent festive period coupled with the sudden change in season has taken its toll on my complexion recently, leaving it blemish-prone and somewhat dull in appearance. Having heard great things about ELEMIS and its recently opened flagship store and spa, I pay a visit in the hope that an hour in the hands of one of the brand’s therapists will give my skin a new lease of life. I’m led upstairs to the Penthouse, a vast space with two treatment rooms, a living area and its own private bathroom. The Skin Lab (which is in fact a consultation machine) takes an in-depth – and frankly unflattering – photograph of my face, and a series of yellow dots point out my dry patches, sun damage and signs of aging. Skin thoroughly examined, my therapist suggests that I have the hydrating BIOTEC Skin Resurfacer facial to combat my dry, weather-weary skin, but she promises to spend some time on my blemish-prone areas too.

My face is prepped with a cleanser before an ultrasonic peel – a quartz tool that vibrates 27,000 times a second – is used to exfoliate and remove any impurities and dead skin cells. Afterwards, a deep-cleansing mask is layered over my problem areas, and I momentarily drift off to sleep as my skin soaks it in. At the beginning of my session, my therapist had guaranteed that I would walk out with a rejuvenated complexion, and when I wake up I’m happy to see that she has delivered on her promise. My pores are visibly smaller, my cheeks feel baby-skin soft and, best of all, there’s no leftover oil lurking on my face (a post-facial problem I’ve encountered several times before). In fact, I’m so happy with the results that I spend the rest of the day make-up free. My first trip to the House of ELEMIS may have been a long time coming, but it was certainly worth the wait. House of ELEMIS, 2 Lancashire Court, W1S (elemis.com)

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New Year, new look Locals will be pleased to hear that Savile Row’s Sartoria restaurant is reopening following an extensive refurbishment. The revamped space includes a new bar and cicchetti counter (serving Italian small plates), two private dining rooms and a wine cellar where head sommelier Michael Simms will host private tasting events for budding oenophiles. Italian chef Francesco Mazzei is at the helm in the kitchen, rustling up dishes from his native Calabria and other regions of Italy. Sartoria, 20 Savile Row, W1S (020 7534 7000; sartoria-restaurant.co.uk)

Food & drink news Banish the January blues this month with sushi-making classes at Nobu London and food to warm the soul at Thomas’s at Burberry W O R D S : K AT Y PA R K E R

Fashionable food Burberry’s in-house café, Thomas’s, has introduced a warming winter menu to ease you through what could be considered the dreariest month of the year. The café is serving comforting dishes such as fish pie and rhubarb crumble and, after your appetite is sated, browse the Burberry collection to your heart’s content – now that’s what we call retail therapy. Thomas’s at Burberry, 5 Vigo Street, W1B (020 3159 1410; burberry.com)

Time for tea Teatime has never been so stylish thanks to this beautiful new set from French master of the macaron, Ladurée. The porcelain teacups and teapots are decorated with dainty floral and butterfly designs and each piece is a different shape, giving you the perfect excuse to buy the entire collection. We’d like an Earl Grey please. Teapot, £73, and teacup, £44 both Ladurée (laduree.com) 88

Maki magic Sushi-making is an culinary art which dates back to the second century. This January, Nobu London is giving diners the opportunity to master this ancient and delicate craft with the introduction of its sushi masterclasses. Over the course of two-and-a-half hours, guests can try their hands at making classic nigiri and maki rolls before sitting down to a Nobu London lunch, including dishes of their own making. Tickets are priced at £250 Nobu London, 19 Old Park Lane, W1K (020 7447 4747; noburestaurants.com)

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DINING OUT

The Restaurant at The Ritz London W O R D S : K at e R a c o v o l i s

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n cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection,” as Auguste Escoffier once said. The wisdom of these words – coming from the chef and restaurateur who is responsible for granting haute cuisine its global popularity, and who also established The Restaurant at The Ritz London with César Ritz when it opened in 1906 – is more important than ever today. One such chef who seems to have an innate respect for this mantra is chef John Williams MBE, who has headed up the hotel’s prestigious kitchen for an impressive eleven years. Dining at this particular restaurant is a culinary experience quite unlike any other in London. While some boast Michelin stars, or shiny new interiors, for more than a century The Restaurant at The Ritz London has stood quietly, and most elegantly, in this historic hotel, serving what can only be described as haute cuisine. The menu changes regularly, as Williams and his team pride themselves on using the best-quality British produce. During a recent visit, I tried a lean, tender piece of veal, which was accompanied by equally perfectly prepared sweetbreads, and potatoes cooked

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innovatively – in the shape of crisps, and puffed up into crunchy little pillows. Simple, unfussy, and yet completely indulgent. For dessert, I enjoyed an unforgettable Mont Blanc – arguably the best in town – with a sweet chestnut flavour and mountain of whipped cream. The theatre of it all, of course, is what makes you feel as though you couldn’t be anywhere else but at The Ritz London. Dishes such as delicate, thin sheets of smoked salmon are sliced with incredible precision at your table and it’s this kind of exactitude that Escoffier believed was an art form in itself. Of course, there are many opulent details offering a total antithesis to this, such as the decoration, which is all French château-style with Louis XVI furnishings, as with the rest of the hotel. Each item on the menu is so beautifully presented and served that somehow, simple just doesn’t quite capture the full majesty that can be found here in The Restaurant at The Ritz London. The Restaurant at The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, W1J (020 7300 2370; theritzlondon.com)

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In Association with The Residents’ Society of Mayfair & St James’s Committee Members (enquiries@rsmsj.com) Chairman Lois Peltz (Policy & Traffic)

Secretary Richard Cutt (Crossrail & Finance)

Planning Applications Ronald Cottee (Planning)

Membership Howard Evans (Events & Membership)

Traffic Lois Peltz

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A Doorman, the Ritz by Lucy Dickens

Berkeley Square, Early Spring by Lucy Dickens

Casino by Lucy Dickens

A Dickensian Mayfair Charles Dickens was a shrewd observer of London life, from the beautiful to the bleak – a trait which appears to have been passed on through generations. His great-granddaughter is the artist Lucy Dickens, a self-confessed “people watcher, a nosey parker with a vivid imagination”, who has captured fascinating Mayfair scenes in her bold paintings. These focus on the area’s nightlife – from the glowing bulbs of The Ritz Club to the grandeur of Claridge’s – and the subjects include everyone from glamorous guests to smartly uniformed porters and doormen. One immediately recognises the familiar façade of a building or the interior of a powder room, yet Dickens also manages to inject wonderful vitality into the scenes, capturing that indescribable Mayfair mood. If you’d like to see Dickens’ Mayfair paintings in all their glory, they will be exhibited in the Osborne Studio Gallery in April. (lucydickens.com)

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First plaice? In what is regarded as the ‘Oscars’ within the fish-frying world, The Mayfair Chippy has battered the competition (excuse the pun) to become one of the top three new fish and chip shops in the UK. Our beloved local is in the running for the number one spot at the 28th National Fish & Chip Awards ceremony at The Lancaster London on 20 January. The Mayfair Chippy, which has been given an AA Rosette award for Culinary Excellence and is included in the Michelin Guide 2016, is a quintessential British fish and chip shop with a luxury twist, boasting a carefully selected wine list, cocktails and sumptuous traditional décor. To us, it is certainly a worthy winner. (fishandchipawards.com)

Come wine with me Lovers of fine wines, rejoice; the concisely named 67 Pall Mall is opening its doors in the heart of St James’s. Housed in Sir Edwin Lutyens’ former Banking Hall, this private members’ club is on a mission to provide a home from home for wine connoisseurs, in which they can explore, savour and share the world’s finest (and rarest) Burgundys and Beaujolais’. Alongside the best food and wine, members will also have access to exclusive events, talks, tastings and dinners with the world’s best château owners, winemakers, and industry experts. Cheers! 67 Pall Mall, 67 Pall Mall, SW1 (020 3000 6767; 67pallmall.co.uk)

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The year of the garden This year marks what would have been the 300th birthday of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, the godfather of landscape gardening. Brown created some of the most recognisable grounds in England including St. James’s Park and the Buckingham Palace gardens. Brown also had a particular affinity to Mayfair – he was an advisor in the design of the private South Audley Street garden. To celebrate the milestone of this great British icon, 2016 will be given the honourable title of the Year of the English Garden and a nationwide festival and programme of events based on the life and work of Capability Brown will be introduced. (capabilitybrown.org) 93

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Planning & Development Ground-level developments and societal structural changes this month

The Peninsula London

Planning applications in the local area DATE RECEIVED: 4 November PROPOSAL: Installation of a new entrance door and external lighting ADDRESS: 20 Berkeley Street DATE RECEIVED: 5 November PROPOSAL: Construction of a single-storey extension at roof level ADDRESS: 96 Park Street DATE RECEIVED: 20 November PROPOSAL: Replacement of three ground-floor bay windows on Park Lane elevation ADDRESS: Dorchester Hotel, 53 Park Lane DATE RECEIVED: 26 November PROPOSAL: Use of the basement, ground and first floors as a private members’ club (sui generis use) ADDRESS: 1A Chesterfield Street

Major plans set to transform Grosvenor Place are given green light Joint developers Grosvenor Britain & Ireland and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited have been granted permission to go ahead with plans for a new development on Grosvenor Place. The Peninsula London, a 190-room hotel including shops, restaurants, a spa and a ballroom, will replace the existing 1950s and ‘60s office block. The construction will also create a number of high-quality apartments, alongside 23 intermediate affordable homes. The project has been envisaged by Britishbased Hopkins Architects whose designs include a palazzo-style internal courtyard. The redevelopment of the area will see public spaces such as Grosvenor Place and Grosvenor Crescent completely transformed. Research by Volterra suggests that The Peninsula London – construction is scheduled to start in summer 2017 with a view to completion in 2021 – will support more than 2,000 jobs and pour £60m annually into the London economy. For further enquiries contact Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, 70 Grosvenor Street, W1K (020 7408 0988; grosvenor.com) IMAGE courtesy of Grosvenor

Planned roadworks and closures in January STREET

PLANNED WORK

DATES

WORKS OWNER

Grosvenor Street

Installation of telecoms chambers and ducts in footway and carriageway

4-17 January

City of London Telecoms 0808 129 6000

Waverton Street

Trial holes in footway

8-12 January

Virgin Media (formerly Telewest Communications) 0845 454 1111

Wood’s Mews

Lay new supply to property

11-17 January

National Grid Gas Plc 0845 605 6677

Bruton Place

Install concrete chamber and polyduct in carriageway, and polyduct in footway

18-20 January

British Telecommunications Plc 0800 800 150

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The mayfair Magazine | Regulars Smythson Boutique, 54 New Bond Street, c. 1933 courtesy of smythson

Remembering

MAYFAIR Smythson, new bond street

mythson has been located on New Bond Street since 1887, where it has sold stationery and leather goods for more than a century. The company shot to fame in 1908 when Frank Smythson created the world’s first practical, portable diary. With its featherweight paper and pliable binding, it was light and able to fold. The creation was affectionately nicknamed ‘the Panama hat of books’ as like the hat, its design embodied the same degree of flexibility. You can view the company’s first creations in the store’s grotto, a room decorated with a shell mosaic. It’s there that New Bond Street’s stationery experts display an array of items from its archive, from customised stationery for the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Abyssinia to handmade and personalised leather diaries. Irrespective of the item’s age, one thing is certain – these items are all still considered the height of luxury. Smythson was awarded its first Royal Warrant from Her Majesty The Queen in 1964, and since then the company has been awarded three more from HRH the Prince of Wales, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh and Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Until 2007, when the Queen Mother’s warrants expired, Smythson was one of only eight establishments to ever have held all four simultaneously.

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The products were so exceptional that they were requested by overseas royalty as well as British. In the 1920s and ‘30s, Smythson produced intricate bespoke stationery for the Maharajas of India; some of the most decadent designs included hand-bordered paper, mother of pearl inlays and a finely detailed personal monogram. The company’s extraordinary customers did not stop at the monarchy, however, and in 1955 silver screen icon Katharine Hepburn requested two special edition address books to be customised with gold lettering. The words ‘London, California, New York’ and her initials graced each cover; a precious shield for what one can only imagine would contain invaluable notes. It was this type of limitless personalisation that set Smythson apart from the rest – and it continues to do so to this day. Smythson’s grotto in Mayfair brings to mind the timeless nature of luxury, and how certain brands and designs can transcend centuries thanks to an unwavering commitment to quality and innovation. This is demonstrated impeccably by Smythson’s Panama, with its crisp leaves of gilded featherweight paper bound to supple leather, which has remained unchanged since its very first edition. Words: Penelope Sacorafou

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London, Hyde Park & Bayswater 44 Connaught Street W2 2AA 020 7402 1552 (sales) 020 7371 3377 (lettings)

50 Belgrave Road SW1V 1RQ 020 7834 4771 (sales) (hamptons-int.com)

JACKSON STOPS & STAFF 17c Curzon Street W1J 5HU 020 7664 6644 (jackson-stops.co.uk)

Savills

Mayfair & St James’s John taylor 48 Berkeley Square W1J 5AX 020 3284 1888 (john-taylor.com)

London, Marylebone & Regent’s Park 37 New Cavendish Street W1G 9TL 020 7486 8866 (carterjonas.co.uk)

Mayfair

47 South Audley Street W1K 2QA 020 7629 4513 (sales) 020 7288 8301 (lettings)

Hanover

West End 49 Welbeck Street W1G 9XN 020 3540 5990

102 St John’s Wood Terrace NW8 6PL 020 7722 2223 (hanover-residential.co.uk)

Marylebone & Fitzrovia 22 Devonshire Street W1G 6PF 020 3527 0400

Knight Frank

139 Sloane Street SW1X 9AY 020 7730 0822 (savills.co.uk)

Mayfair

120a Mount Street W1K 3NN 020 7499 1012 (sales & lettings) (knightfrank.co.uk)

Hyde Park 1 Craven Terrace W2 3QD 020 7871 5060 (sales) 020 7871 5070 (lettings)

Marylebone

Westminster & Pimlico 10 Gillingham Street SW1V 1HJ 020 3411 8386 (sales) (chestertons.com)

36 North Audley Street W1K 6ZJ 020 7578 5100 (sales & lettings)

Sloane Street

St John’s Wood ChestertonS

Rokstone 5 Dorset Street W1U 6QJ 020 7580 2030 (rokstone.com)

55 Baker Street W1U 8EW 020 3435 6440 (sales) Harrods Estates

Strutt & Parker

London Head Office 13 Hill Street, W1J 5LQ 020 7629 7282

Knightsbridge 66 Sloane Street, SW1X 9SH 020 7235 9959 (struttandparker.com)

Knightsbridge

82 Brompton Road SW3 1ER 020 7225 6506

Mayfair Hamptons International

Chelsea

134 Fulham Road, SW10 9PY 020 7717 5433 (lettings)

61 Park Lane W1K 1QF 020 7409 9001 (harrodsestates.com)

Pastor Real Estate Ltd 48 Curzon Street W1J 7UL 020 3195 9595 (pastor-realestate.com)

Wetherell 102 Mount Street, W1K 2TH 020 7493 6935 (wetherell.co.uk)

For estate agent listings please contact Sophie Roberts at s.roberts@runwildgroup.co.uk

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SOLD

Jermyn Street, St James’s SW1 Guide price: £875,000

St James’s Street, St James’s SW1 Guide price: £1,495,000

South Audley Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £4,500,000

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Gilbert Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £1,750,000

Charles Street, Mayfair W1J Guide price: £3,500,000

Green Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £3,000,000

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Davies Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £15,750,000

Green Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £6,295,000

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Bourdon Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £4,750,000

Dunraven Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £7,000,000

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Upper Brook Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £3,750,000

Pall Mall, St James’s SW1 Guide price: £999,950

We pride ourselves on exceptional service and unrivalled market knowledge, with a global network of 417 offices across 58 countries that can showcase your property to the widest possible audience. Early indications suggest strong market conditions for 2016, so call us today on: +44 20 8166 7484 to arrange your free market appraisal. KnightFrank.co.uk/mayfair mayfair@knightfrank.com

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Duke Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £3,250,000

Maddox Street, Mayfair W1S Guide price: £1,150,000

@KnightFrank KnightFrank.co.uk

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Queen Street, Mayfair W1J Guide price: £6,500,000

Upper Grosvenor Street, Mayfair W1K Guide price: £17,500,000

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Carlton Gardens, St James’s SW1 Guide price: £11,950,000

Chesterfield Hill, Mayfair W1J Guide price: £13,950,000

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SOLD Hyde Park Street, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £9,700,000

SOLD Seymour Street, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £3,250,000

SOLD Clifton Place, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £1,595,000

SOLD Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater W2 Guide price: £950,000

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SOLD Sussex Square, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £5,500,000

SOLD Sussex Place, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £2,750,000

SOLD Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater W2 Guide price: £1,200,000

SOLD Hyde Park Square, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £875,000

SOLD Albion Street, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £4,950,000

SOLD Cleveland Square, Bayswater W2 Guide price: £2,200,000

SOLD The Lancasters, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £1,150,000

SOLD Westbourne Crescent, Lancaster Gate W2 Guide price: £750,000

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SOLD Hyde Park Gardens, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £3,500,000

SOLD Craven Hill Gardens, Bayswater W2 Guide price: £3,450,000

We pride ourselves on exceptional service and unrivalled market knowledge, with a global network of 417 offices across 58 countries that can showcase your property to the widest possible audience. Early indications suggest strong market conditions for 2016, so call us today on 020 3544 6140 to arrange your free market appraisal. KnightFrank.co.uk/hydepark hydepark@knightfrank.com

SOLD Gloucester Square, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £1,875,000

SOLD Craven Hill Gardens, Bayswater W2 Guide price: £1,125,000

SOLD Hyde Park Gardens Mews, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £3,250,000

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SOLD Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £1,700,000

SOLD Hyde Park Gardens, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £1,100,000

SOLD Radnor Mews, Hyde Park W2 Guide price: £2,950,000

@KnightFrank KnightFrank.co.uk

SOLD Queens Gardens, Bayswater W2 Guide price: £1,095,000

SOLD Queensborough Studios, Bayswater W2 Guide price: £2,550,000

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King Street, St James's SW1 A three bedroom duplex apartment of grand proportions A beautifully presented ground and lower ground floor maisonette situated in a Grade II listed period building, benefiting from 24 hour concierge and its own street entrance. 3 bedrooms, dressing room, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, kitchen, study, 2 guest WCs, concierge. EPC: D. Approximately 318 sq m (3,420 sq ft). Share of Freehold

Guide price: £5,750,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/mayfair mayfair@knightfrank.com 020 8166 7484

@KnightFrank KnightFrank.co.uk

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Mount Street, Mayfair W1K Newly refurbished apartment This beautiful 2 bedroom apartment is located on one of London's most prestigious streets. Interior designed throughout and featuring exceptional ceiling height and plenty of natural light. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen and dining area. EPC:D. Approximately 113 sq m (1,220 sq ft). Available furnished

KnightFrank.co.uk/lettings mayfairlettings@knightfrank.com 020 8166 7799

Guide price: £2,250 per week KnightFrank.co.uk/MAQ230355 All potential tenants should be advised that as well as rent, an administration fee of £276 and referencing fees of £48 per person will apply when renting a property. Please ask us for more information about other fees that may apply or visit KnightFrank.co.uk/tenantcharges

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WHAT'S YOUR NEXT MOVE? To find out how we can help you or to arrange your complimentary market appraisal please contact us: KnightFrank.co.uk/lettings marylebonelettings@knightfrank.com 020 3641 5853 KnightFrank.co.uk/lettings hydeparklettings@knightfrank.com 020 3641 7941

Guide price: £3,750 per week

Stanhope Terrace, Hyde Park W2

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An impressive town house finished to a high specification, offering 2,939 sq ft of living and entertaining space. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen/dining room, cinema room, study, roof terrace and patio garden. EPC: D. Approximately 273 sq m (2,939 sq ft).

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 KnightFrank.co.uk

hydeparklettings@knightfrank.com Office: 020 3641 7941

Guide price: £5,350 per week

Montagu Square, Marylebone W1 A magnificent town house split across 6 floors with lift offering 4, 255 sq ft of living and entertaining space. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 kitchens, staff accommodation, cinema room, study. EPC: D. Approximately 395.3 sq m (4, 255 sq ft). marylebonelettings@knightfrank.com Office: 020 3641 5853

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The mayfair Magazine | Property

market

insight

Partner and head of Knight Frank Mayfair, Harvey Cyzer, reports on why Mayfair is outperforming other prime central property markets

ayfair has outperformed other prime central London property markets against the backdrop of cooling demand over the last year. The primary cause of the slowdown in demand was a rise in stamp duty for properties worth more than £1.1m, which has curbed transaction levels and dampened price growth. The result was a 19.5 per cent decline in prime central London sales volumes in the first half of 2015 compared to 2014. However, transactions in Mayfair only fell -0.9 per cent over during the same period, which was less than a decline of -27 per cent in Knightsbridge, -37 per cent in Chelsea and -6 per cent in Marylebone and Kensington. There are several reasons for this relatively stronger performance, including the global cachet of the Mayfair name, the high quality of the area’s development pipeline and the fact price growth has recently started to catch up with London’s other ‘golden postcodes’. Indeed, price growth in Mayfair has outperformed most other prime central London districts over the last year. An increase of 2.9 per cent in the year to September compares to 1.3 per cent growth across the whole of prime central London, while prices were flat in Belgravia and there were declines of -3.6 per cent in Knightsbridge and -1.6 per cent in Chelsea. A further indicator of how demand has held up is that the number of viewings of Mayfair property

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increased 6.4 per cent in the three months to September 2015 compared with a fall of -21 per cent across the whole of prime central London. The first reason for Mayfair’s outperformance is its scope for price growth versus other established prime central London markets. Mayfair has been the strongest-performing prime central London market in the 40 years since the Knight Frank prime central London index was established in 1976. A house bought in Mayfair for £250,000 in June 1976 was worth £18.1m in September 2015. However, that outperformance has eased since the financial crisis. Prices grew 57.5 per cent between the last low point in March 2009 and September 2015, which is less than 76 per cent in Kensington, 75 per cent in Knightsbridge and 63 per cent in Chelsea. This has provided potential for growth. The result of this is that buyers are more discerning about what they buy, but less narrowly-focussed on the ‘golden postcodes’. As a result, Mayfair is less able to trade on the cachet of its name alone and successful developers are combining the appeal of the area’s name with the sort of exceptionally high-quality finish and services such as 24-hour concierge, gym and business facilities. Mayfair’s global reputation for luxury, scope for price growth and premium development pipeline give it a particular cachet that will remain strong as the prime central London property market overcomes a period of more subdued demand.

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ust a short walk from the twinkling lights of Theatreland and nestled on the tranquil Betterton Street is an extraordinary six-floor town house refurbishment by Form Architecture. The property’s towering façade is reminiscent of the period buildings that line Amsterdam’s canals and the decorative metal entrance suggests that a Parisian boutique may lie within, rather than a four-bedroom prime central London home. Access to this soaring 4,618 sq ft house is made easier via a centrally located lift with a staircase that entwines around it. This dominant feature virtually halves the property; however the use of divided space is excellent, striking a balance between areas that are ideal for entertaining and more private residential spaces. Form Architecture has also made creative use of the restricted natural light, resulting in a beautifully spacious and airy property.

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The basement holds a gymnasium, steam room and state-of-the-art private cinema room. Climb, or elevate, one floor up and you’ll find that the open-plan kitchen – complete with integrated Miele appliances – and dining room back on to a private patio, which is revealed through double-height glass windows and doors. These also allow natural light to illuminate the first-floor mezzanine living area. The second and third floors are home to four bedrooms; the two master suites, which include personal bathrooms, are situated at the back of the property and have a view of the private patio. The guest bedrooms – each with an en suite shower room – sit at the front of the property overlooking the leafy street. Finally, the top floor – accessible only by stairs – provides another reception or living space, designed with the same cool and contemporary aesthetic that runs throughout the property. There are terraces at both the front and the back of the fourth floor, making this an ideal rooftop space for entertaining. This property – with its beautiful European façade, stacked layout and clean design – is truly one of a kind. If it wasn’t for the fact that so many of London’s cultural landmarks and fabulous boutiques are just a stroll away, it would be easy to forget which city you were living in. Guide price £6.5m. For further enquiries, contact Simon Burgoyne at Knight Frank Mayfair, 120a Mount Street, W1K (020 8166 8474; knightfrank.co.uk)

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Drawing of St Dunstan-in-the-West by SPAB Scholar Ptolomy Dean

Founded by William Morris, the SPAB protects the historic environment from decay, damage and demolition. It responds to threats to old buildings, trains building professionals, craftspeople, homeowners and volunteers and gives advice about maintenance and repairs. Since 1877 countless buildings have been saved for future generations.

Information about maintaining your home is available through events, courses, lectures, publications and telephone advice. To support our work why not join the SPAB? Members receive a quarterly magazine, our list of historic properties for sale and access to our regional activities.

www.spab.org.uk 020 7377 1644 A charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales. Company no: 5743962 Charity no: 1113753 37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY

Beyond your expectations www.hamptons.co.uk

Reeves Mews, W1K A well-proportioned two bedroom apartment on the third floor (with lift) of this well run block with resident caretaker. The reception room opens onto a balcony and there is a fully fitted modern kitchen. Reeves Mews is located in the heart of Mayfair and is moments from Hyde Park. EPC: D

£1,730 per week Furnished • • • • •

*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

Hamptons Mayfair Office Sales. 020 7717 5465 | Lettings. 020 7717 5467

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Established 1897

Park Mount Lodge, Mayfair W1 A newly renovated and well-propor tioned two bedroom apar tment on the third floor (with lift) of this well run block with resident caretaker. The accommodation comprises a large living room with space for dining, that opens onto a balcony, fully fitted modern kitchen, master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, excellent storage and access to a second smaller balcony, second double bedroom and bathroom. Reeves Mews is located in the hear t of Mayfair and is moments from Hyde Park. Available, furnished. EPC rating D.

Price: £2,400 per week plus property fees* (£180 admin, £180 checkout) References: £42 per person *http://www.harrodsestates.com/tenants 020 7409 9158 robin.boghhenrikssen@harrodsestates.com

KNIGHTSBRIDGE OFFICE: 82 BROMPTON ROAD LONDON SW3 1ER T: 020 7225 6506 MAYFAIR OFFICE: 61 PARK LANE LONDON W1K 1QF T: 020 7409 9001 CHELSEA OFFICE: 58 FULHAM ROAD LONDON SW3 6HH T: 020 7225 6700 KENSINGTON OFFICE: 48-50 KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET W8 4DG T: 020 3650 4600

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Established 1897

Park House Apartments, Mayfair W1 A luxuriously designed, lateral two bedroom apartment on the fifth floor of this landmark development overlooking Oxford Street. The accommodation of approximately 1,919sq ft comprises an open plan reception / dining room / kitchen, master bedroom with ensuite shower room, second double bedroom with ensuite bathroom and a guest cloakroom. The apartment has been meticulously designed in a contemporary style, featuring the latest in smart-home technology, comfort cooling and fully integrated smart-home technology and AV systems. Residents in the building benefit from a 24-hour concierge and security services and underground parking. Available now, furnished. EPC rating D. Price: £3,000 per week plus property fees* (£180 admin & £294 checkout) References £42 per person *http://www.harrodsestates.com/tenants 020 7409 9158 robin.boghhenrikssen@harrodsestates.com

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Established 1897

Hay Hill, Mayfair W1 A bright one bedroom apartment (approximately 637sq ft/ 59sq m) in this ornate red brick building adjacent to Berkeley Square. The accommodation comprises a spacious reception room, separate kitchen, master bedroom and bathroom. The apar tment also benefits from the buildings 24-hour por ter. Berkeley House is located moments from the restaurants and boutique shops of Mayfair and the open spaces of Green Park. EPC rating D.

Guide Price: ÂŁ1,525,000 Leasehold: Approximately 149 years remaining

020 7409 9205 henry.browne@harrodsestates.com

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Established 1897

The Tower, Vauxhall SW8 A spacious three bedroom river-facing apar tment (approximately 1,420sq ft / 131.92sq m) situated on the fourth floor of the tallest residential tower in the UK, offering amazing views over central London and the Thames from the principal rooms. The apar tment benefits from a large, open-plan kitchen / reception room with access to a sky garden, a master bedroom with ensuite bathroom, two fur ther double bedrooms and a family bathroom. The Tower offers 24-hour concierge and security by Harrods Estates Asset Management and residents have access to a fabulous leisure suite, valet and underground parking. The development has already established itself as an iconic London landmark, setting a new benchmark for luxury, EPC rating B. Guide Price: ÂŁ2,550,000 Leasehold: Approximately 983 years remaining 020 7409 9047 robert.cox@harrodsestates.com

HARRODSESTATES.COM @HarrodsEstates

Merry Craysmas to all our clients and colleagues and very best wishes for 2016

020 7221 1117 www.crayson.com

10 Lambton Place London W11 2SH

Planning permission has been granted by RBK&C to join this pair of semi-detached houses into one substantial property measuring 9,895.5 sq. ft./ 919.3 sq m. Potential to create 4 floors of lateral space and a sweeping carriage driveway for 5 cars. Pembridge Villas, W11 Guide Price ÂŁ15.5 million

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Buckingham Street, WC2N The last remaining 1,468 sq ft (136 sq m) two bedroom, two bathroom apartment in this boutique development with interiors by LINLEY. 19 Buckingham Street is positioned on a quiet cul-de-sac nestled between Covent Garden and the Victoria Embankment Gardens. NEW YEAR SPECIAL OFFER - A bespoke furniture package worth ÂŁ75,000 (T&Cs apply).

ÂŁ2,750,000 Leasehold

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Eaton Place, SW1X A first floor one bedroom flat with direct lift access and a roof terrace accessed from the bedroom, located 0.3 miles from Victoria station. Reception room, kitchen, double bedroom, bathroom. EPC rating D

ÂŁ1,950,000 Leasehold

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King Street, WC2E A split level penthouse located in a development just 0.1 miles from Covent Garden underground station. Entrance hall, two reception rooms, separate kitchen/dining room, en suite master bedroom with dressing room, two double bedrooms, two bathrooms; private terrace. EPC rating E

ÂŁ3,750 per week (fees apply)*

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Lowndes Square, SW1X A four bedroom apartment arranged over the 3rd and 4th floors (with lift) of a building on a garden square in Knightsbridge. Entrance hall, kitchen/dining room, reception room, guest WC, study, en suite master bedroom, three further bedrooms, bathroom, shower room. EPC rating D

ÂŁ2,950 per week (fees apply)*

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Mayfair the year be

good to you

Here to help with all your property resolutions this year. Sales • Lettings • Property Management • International • Residential Development Land & New Homes • Surveying & Consultancy • Country Houses • Professional Services • JSS Private Client

T: 020 7664 6644 jackson-stops.co.uk mayfair@jackson-stops.co.uk

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MAYFAIR

Guide £15.95 million

MAYFAIR

Guide £12 million

Guide £10.5 million

CULROSS STREET W1K

4,017 sq ft

EPC=F

MAYFAIR

Guide £5.5 million

ALBEMARLE ST W1S

3,599 sq ft

ST JAMES’S ST SW1

1,981 sq ft

ST JAMES’S ST SW1

1,952 sq ft

EPC=B

EPC=C

MAYFAIR

Guide £6.5 million

MAYFAIR

Guide £750,000

MAYFAIR

Guide £1.35 million

CARLOS PLACE W1K

2,057 sq ft

GREEN STREET W1K

395 sq ft

MASONS YARD SW1

546 sq ft

EPC=D

EPC=C

EPC=D

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£1,800 pw + fees apply*

£895 pw + fees apply*

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£2,250 pw + fees apply*

GREEN STREET W1K

1,981 sq ft

DAVIES STREET W1K

811 sq ft

MOUNT STREET W1K

1,002 sq ft

EPC=E

EPC=B

MAYFAIR

£1,375 pw + fees apply*

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£2,000 pw + fees apply*

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£1,100 pw + fees apply*

JERMYN STREET SW1

1,378 sq ft

GREEN STREET W1K

1,324 sq ft

HERTFORD STREET W1J

1,033 sq ft

EPC=B

EPC=E

EPC=B

...Move. MAYFAIR

£2,300 pw + fees apply*

DUKE STREET W1K

1,341 sq ft

EPC=D

If you are considering a move in 2016, contact your local Savills team in Mayfair. savills.co.uk

* Fees to include drawing up the tenancy agreements and reference change for one tenant – £276 inc VAT one-off fee. £36 inc VAT for each additional tenant/occupant/guarantor reference where required. Inventory check out fee – charged at the end of or early termination of the tenancy and the amount is dependant on the property size and whether furnished/unfurnished. For more details visit savills.co.uk/fees

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carterjonas.co.uk

THE WATER GARDENS Westminster W2

A bright and well-presented apartment situated in a popular portered building on the Hyde Park Estate. The flat has been renovated to a very high standard and boasts stunning views from the 16th floor overlooking Hyde Park. Reception room • 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms • Balcony • Porter EPC rating B

Guide price £1,500,000

Hyde Park & Bayswater

020 7402 1552 oliver.johnson@carterjonas.co.uk

ST. JAMES’S PLACE ST. JAMES’S SW1

A Grade II listed freehold townhouse, presented in good condition throughout. This charming residence is located in a quiet location within close proximity to Green Park. Reception room • Master bedroom with en suite bathroom & dressing room 4 further en suite bedrooms • 2 guest cloakrooms • Kitchen/family room Dining room • Study • Air conditioning Integrated audio visual system EPC rating E

Guide price £6,300,000

Mayfair & St James’s

020 7493 0676 mayfair@carterjonas.co.uk

Holland Park ————— A stunning, beautifully refurbished three bedroom apartment in a classic Grade II stucco fronted Holland Park Villa

Holland Park W11 £6,999,995 - Share of freehold

Situated in this highly sought after road in fashionable Holland Park is this spectacular 3 double bedroom, 3 bathroom apartment in a stunning, classic Grade II listed, white, stucco fronted Holland Park Villa. This gorgeous apartment has been meticulously refurbished to the highest standard and specification. Boasting an impressive double aspect living & dining room that is over 36ft long and 21ft wide with 12ft ceiling height and two large double height bay windows overlooking the private courtyard. Holland Park is one of London’s premier locations with wide tree lined avenues and stunning white stucco fronted houses. The area is well served for shops, transport connections and restaurants as well as Holland Park itself.

020 7486 9665 | www.hanover-residential.com

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Montpellier Square SW7 Asking price £15,950,000

The Knightsbridge SW7 Asking price £15,950,000

Sold

Wilton Place SW1X Asking price £10,500,000

A selection of properties sold & let by Hanover in 2015 Let

The Regent W1 Asking price £6,500 Per Week

Let

Elm Tree Road NW8 Asking price £4,995 Per Week

Let

Parkview Residence NW1 Asking price £2,500 Per Week

020 7486 9665 | www.hanover-residential.com

TO LET 38 SHEPHERD STREET, MAYFAIR W1J

£4,000 per week (furnished)

Unique modern house located on a quiet Mayfair street offering superb accommodation with many bespoke features including Lutron lighting, Crestron media system, central vacuuming, air conditioning and private parking.

FURTHER DETAILS:

Extending to 2837 sq ft (264 sq m) the accommodation comprises reception hall with bi-fold doors to walled garden, state of the art cinema room, custom built kitchen/ dining room with terrace, reception room with gas fire, TV and bar area, master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, dressing room and terrace, two further double bedrooms, two shower rooms, guest cloakroom and double length integral garage. Available now.

Mollie Crowley T +44 (0)20 3195 9595 E lettings@pastor-realestate.com

PASTOR REAL ESTATE 48 CURZON STREET, LONDON, W1J 7UL • T +44 (0)20 3195 9595 F +44 (0)20 3195 9596

www.pastor-realestate.com

TO LET MARYLEBONE LANE, MARYLEBONE W1U

£1,300 per week (furnished)

Exceptional three bedroom duplex apartment with two private terraces in a luxury development ideally located close to Bond Street tube. Extending to 1,239 sq ft (115 sq m) on the 5th and 6th floors, the apartment comprises entrance hall, reception room with wood flooring, three double bedrooms, two bathrooms (one en-suite), fully fitted kitchen with granite worktops, air conditioning. Available beginning of February 2016.

FURTHER DETAILS: Spencer Taffurelli T +44 (0)20 3195 9595 E lettings@pastor-realestate.com

TO LET ST. ANSELM’S PLACE, MAYFAIR W1K

£800 per week (furnished)

Well presented one bedroom apartment with the benefit of a private roof terrace, quietly located a few minutes walk from Oxford Street and Bond Street tube stations. The property is fully furnished in a modern style and the spacious accommodation comprises entrance hall, large bright reception room with floor to ceiling windows, fully fitted kitchen, double bedroom with excellent storage and tiled bathroom. Available now.

FURTHER DETAILS: Spencer Taffurelli T +44 (0)20 3195 9595 E lettings@pastor-realestate.com

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Grand designs Mayfair’s ‘largest luxury apartment’ hits the market

three-bedroom apartment on Albemarle Street has been launched on the market as ‘Mayfair and the West End’s largest luxury apartment’. The 3,588 sq ft ‘mega-lateral’ residence in The Mellier has a 25-metre, eight-window frontage and what we’re told are the largest room dimensions and ceiling heights of any new apartment in London’s West End.

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Packing in a mighty 47 ft x 25 ft reception room, a separate 24 ft x 19 ft family room and a 21 ft x 17 ft master, the space takes up the entire first floor of the 17,000 sq ft six-storey, Beaux-Arts building, which was originally built in 1905 as a grand Edwardian mansion for furniture magnate Charles Mellier. Just a few years after it was built, however, much of the building became a car showroom. Lancia moved into it in 1908, and then, from 1920, it became the HQ of Buick and Cadillac dealer to royalty, Lendrum & Hartman and became known as Buick House. Glebe bought The Mellier building in 2011, bagging planning consent for conversion to five lateral residences in March 2012. Eric Parry Architects designed the entrance foyer, interior layouts and remodelled the rear façade, while Sally Mackereth of Studio Mackereth was responsible for the interior design. The specification includes bespoke full-height doors finished in white lacquer, American black walnut and ivory, handcrafted oak parquet flooring, a fully fitted Bulthaup kitchen, an advanced lighting system, KNX comfort cooling, home automation, entertainment and security systems. Wetherell, Savills and Knight Frank have all been instructed as joint agents.

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Branching out

On the up

Mayfair estate agent teams up with Israeli and New York firms

The average London property price tops £500,000

urzon Street-based Beauchamp Estates has signed a brace of deals to expand its international reach to the USA and Israel. The firm, founded in 1979 and fronted by Gary Hersham (pictured), has teamed up with ultra-prime real estate advisor Leslie J. Garfield in New York and with Iltam Real Estate in Tel Aviv. Iltam was set up in 1987 by Ilana Shimshowitz and has been the go-to name at the upper-end of the Israeli market ever since; Garfield was founded in 1972 and positions itself as is the city’s leading specialist in luxury residential property and landmark commercial buildings. Beauchamp now enjoys cross-referrals and marketing opportunities with both agencies, shares market intelligence on local markets and prime trends, and collaborates on market research, reports and other thought-leadership and marketing material. The firm already has offices in central London, Cannes, Mykonos and Florence.

rices across the country nudged up by 0.4 per cent in the latter part of last year, while London values increased by 1.8 per cent to take the average price to £503,431, according to the Land Registry’s October data. Property prices in the capital have now risen by 10.6 per cent over the last 12 months. Kensington & Chelsea is still the most expensive London borough, with an average price of £1,348,409 after a +0.1 per cent monthly change. Hammersmith & Fulham is the only London borough to see an annual fall in prices, of -0.9 per cent. The annual price increase across England and Wales now stands at +5.6 per cent, taking the average property value to £186,350.

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Divine agency Guy Kelsey, sales and acquisitions manager at Jackson-Stops & Staff, reflects on the importance of using a search agent in today’s current market

n recent times, the role of the search agent within the prime central London property market has become increasingly pivotal, as more clients seek out properties based upon highly

personal criteria. With these bespoke requirements, such clients are prepared to wait as long as it takes to find the perfect home; one of the search agent’s many roles is therefore to be aware of every single property available within their client’s chosen geographical area. However, there are many other things that a search agent can and should bring to the table. I recently found

a delightful mews house for one of my retained clients, a property that ended up going to competitive bids despite being marketed quietly, off-market. Our offer was the second-highest bid put forward, but proved successful because the seller felt that having a search agent involved was more likely to ensure that the transaction proceeded smoothly and successfully. With the higher offer being more than £50,000 above my client’s, our involved negotiations were potentially able to save my client more than £25,000, including our fee. Such tangible results make for a satisfied search agent and most importantly, a happy client. For further enquiries, contact Guy Kelsey at Jackson-Stops & Staff Mayfair, 17c Curzon Street, W1J (020 7664 6644; jackson-stops.co.uk/london)

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One Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X A spectacular park side Candy and Candy designed 3 bedroom apartment with study, offering views right across Hyde Park to The Serpentine. The drawing room opens onto a full length terrace which feels like part of the park itself. Formal and informal entertaining areas also include the dining room/games room, sitting room/media room (85 inch plasma) and a private courtyard for outdoor dining. All three bedrooms are ensuited and open onto courtyards. This apartment includes an underground car park, and a large storage room, 24 hour concierge provides parking and valet service and room service from the adjacent Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The building is renowned for its security and private facilities including a squash court, cinema, dining hall, sitting room/library, games room, swimming pool and a private Spa. EPC Rating C. John Taylor UK 48 Berkeley Square, London W1J 5AX Tel: 020 3284 1888 Email: london@john-taylor.com

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TRIP ADVISOR REVIEWERS K N OW HE AV EN W HEN THE Y SEE IT.

It’s always good to listen to people who’ve actually been to a destination. So we’re proud of what you’ll read on Trip Advisor about Saint Peter’s Bay, Barbados. This select collection of properties is beautifully designed, equipped – and just a few shimmering steps from the fabulous beach and ocean. Around you, the best of everything: pampering, watersports, fitness, gastronomy and all the fun a family can handle. Join us. Come for a holiday and, who knows, even acquire your own piece of heaven.

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THE WORLD AGREES, IT’S A WORLD APART.

Treasure Island Aside from the beautiful weather, white beaches and relaxed lifestyle, Barbados offers tax bonuses and the opportunity to emigrate. Hannah Lemon chats to Alistair Brown about the astounding benefits for ultra-high-net-worth individuals on the Caribbean isle

he lush tropical habitation and laid-back setting of the Caribbean is attracting a growing population of the uber rich. And it’s not just the rum punch and sandals that have captivated the super wealthy – the Caribbean’s real estate market presents unique opportunities for their bank accounts too. According to Wealth X, a leader in providing intelligence on ultra-high-networth individuals, there has been a rise of inherited wealth, which has been disproportionately invested in real estate. The Caribbean provides an exciting venture for this audience; although properties there remain below their 2008 peak, they increased in value by 9% in 2014 alone. Barbados is one such island that can offer good business, as well as being a glamorous getaway. Alistair Brown, sales and marketing director of UNNA Luxury Resorts & Residences, deals in super-prime properties with price tags to make

your eyes water and has an expert understanding of this market and its investors. “Previously, people looked anywhere for a place in the sun, regardless of the benefits,” he says. “Now, however, before buying a home, investors look at tax, emigration and residency permits as part of the package, as well as the lifestyle and beautiful weather.” Government incentives are key to the attractive nature of investment opportunities. Barbados, in particular, offers appealing tax regulations. “The market in the UK has become overly inflated and prime and super-prime properties are heavily taxed. Barbados, on the other hand, has favourable tax rates and the government offers low rates on foreign currency,” explains Alistair. “Sometimes as low as 0.5%.” Other attractive elements of this economy are the dual tax treaties with countries such as Canada, China, Singapore and the UK, which means that investors do not

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need to re-register their business in the Caribbean. The overall Caribbean economy grew at 3.6% in 2014 and is predicted to grow at 3% for the next three years. If you so wish, buying a house in Barbados can also mean becoming a Barbadian. Since 2014, the island has offered a special residency permit available for those with $5 million or more in net assets on the basis that they invest $2 million into the nation’s real estate or government bonds. “Clients can use this as an opportunity to invest in the country and its infrastructure,” comments Alistair. Although the majority of high-net-worth individuals are from the US, Canada and the UK, there is a steady growth from countries further east such as Russia and Kazakhstan. Investing in the island is like joining an exclusive social network; having ultra-wealthy neighbours means that you can share your leisure and business interests. Access to flights through the Caribbean is increasing, as well as access via boat to Saint Peter’s Bay and Port Ferdinand (where Alistair has additional prime residences). Most importantly, it provides a safe haven for family and friends to enjoy time together, whether they’re lying on the

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stunning white sandy beaches, sipping Champagne aboard a private yacht or visiting heritage sights. “In the winter, it is one of the few places you can guarantee the weather,” highlights Alistair. The relaxing and tranquil atmosphere of island life is tailormade for a new property, whether it is to become a holiday retreat, a home for retirement or inheritance for future generations. Alistair’s latest project is Palazzate, which provides all of the above and more – you just have to reach into your pocket for $125 million. The beachfront mansion is designed as four separate 13,000 sq ft, five-bedroom apartments, ideal for a billionaire’s family looking to enjoy the four infinity-edge swimming pools, underground parking for 18 cars, spa facilities and boat berths at the nearby Port Ferdinand marina. Interested? All you need to do is request access to the Palazzate app, which allows you to peruse the estate via detailed descriptions and beautiful images, including a virtual tour of the house. Everything is set in place – luxury design and services – without the buyer having to lift a finger. There’s no doubt that whichever lucky sunseeker chooses Barbados to invest, preserve and enhance their wealth, they will have a pretty good time doing it. Palazzate, Barbados; Alistair Brown +1 246 262 8112

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Farm Street - £25,000,000 New Low Built House with Swimming Pool

Bourdon Street - £18,000,000 The Ultimate Bachelor Pad

North Row - £9,200,000

Charles Street - £7,750,000

Beautiful Four Bedroom Lateral Apartment

Classic Two Bedroom Apartment in Mayfair

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Grosvenor Square - £11,500,000 17 Windows with Grosvenor Square Views

Mount Street - £7,150,000 Immaculate First Floor Apartment

Green Street - £7,500,000 Three Bedroom Garden Duplex

Curzon Street - £2,200,000 Two Bedroom Apartment in Vibrant Shepherds Market

Traditional Mayfair Exteriors with Elegant Brand New Interiors Wetherell have the finest selection of ‘turnkey’ properties in Mayfair

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mayfair 2015 End of Year Report

BY Peter Wetherell

Founder and Chief Executive of Wetherell

highlights £ PSF We have tracked the £ p.s.f. value of a preowned 2/3 bedroom apartment in Grosvenor Square from 1984 to 2015 showing a rise from £280 p.s.f. to nearly £4,000 p.s.f. EFFECTS OF SDLT We highlight a price band where there has only been ONE transaction in 2015 due to transaction costs of stamp duty. We compare transactions volumes with the rest of PCL. MAYFAIR AVERAGE £ PSF COMPARED TO REST OF PCL Mayfair is within a ‘whisker’ of regaining the crown for London’s No.1 area only beaten by SW1X.

% OF MAYFAIR SALES ACHIEVED BY PRICE BAND TO REST OF PCL 26% of properties sold this year achieved in excess of £5M compared to 13% across PCL. PRICE REDUCTIONS So important to correctly price at the outset. 39% of sold Mayfair properties were after a price reduction. ABOVE SCOTT’S We track the value of the same apartment over 30 years. MAYFAIR RENTAL MARKET Mayfair now achieves the highest rental values per square foot then any prime London neighbourhood. OLD FASHIONED RATES PAYABLE VERSES COUNCIL TAX We look at the difference and adjust by RPI the 1984 rates payable compared to present day. FORECAST FOR 2016 The residential market in Mayfair is currently seeing its most exciting decade for nearly a century.

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CURZON STREET MAYFAIR W1 Outstanding 3,469 Sq Ft Duplex Penthouse with Parking for Two Cars ÂŁ15,500,000

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