Daily Archives: May 31, 2015

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French river cruises | Viking longships | French countryside | castles and wine

Garbo
Cool, understated elegance that belies inner sparkle and sizzle.

From the Mekong to the Amazon, Bordeaux to Budapest, river cruises are proving the new “nine-to-five adventure”. Longships are tapping into what seems an insatiable desire for good food, fine wines, providore markets and ancient towns along the waterways of France. Susan Skelly reports from the comfort zone. If proof were needed that river cruising…

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Statement jewellery | Tiffany & Co | NYC Blue Book launch | Francesca Amfitheatrof

Monroe
Sexy and glamorous. Red carpet ready. Did someone say 'rescue fantasy'?

  Tiffany & Co has a history of stellar designers such as Jean Schlumberger, Elsa Peretti and Paloma Picasso. Now Francesca Amfitheatrof adds to the 178-year-old jeweller’s legacy. In New York, Susan Skelly previewed the artistic director’s first Blue Book. In the icy month of February, traffic isn’t the only thing that’s being disrupted in…

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Sign of the Sleuth | London | West End |Sherlock Holmes

Groucho
Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

London’s East End got all the love in the lead up to the Olympic Games, but, reports Susan Skelly, the West End has always been a precinct of interest for sleuths. Just ask Sherlock Holmes. London W1: home to The Ritz, Claridges, The Dorchester, Brown’s Hotel, Charlotte Street and the Sanderson. One of its oldest…

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