Taste test: the best chocolate Easter eggs and hot cross buns

The cook and author Melissa Hemsley tastes and rates Easter confections

Nature and the east inspire the Armani/Casa 2019 Collection

    Armani Casa‘s 2019 Collection unveiled for Milan Design Week 2019/ Salone del Mobile transforms parallels and similarities. The elegant furnishings and textiles bring the timeless elegance of the Armani aesthetic into the home. The aesthetic of Armani/Casa expresses an unexpected harmony between different cultures. An almost ethereal sensation is conveyed by the reference … Read more

La Grande Dame 2008 vintage is depth and silkiness combined with lightness and elegance

     Veuve Clicquot unveils La Grande Dame 2008, a new vintage in the cuvée created in homage to Madame Clicquot. In 2008 the grapes ripened in exceptional conditions across the Veuve Clicquot vineyards, resulting in rare quality and remarkable acidity. A few months after the harvest during tastings of the still wines, Master Cellar … Read more

Fussy afternoon tea, tedious tasting menus: luxury is overrated

The revelation came to me one Sunday morning in bed – sometimes the good things in life simply aren’t that good

Lladró Nightbloom by Marcel Wanders and Ice Cream Dreams

    Coinciding with Euroluce 2019, Lladró announced the launch of Nightbloom in collaboration with the celebrated Dutch design studio Marcel Wanders.This collection of white porcelain chandeliers is inspired by the way the petals of a flower delicately dance in the wind and breeze. Sculpted by hand with a sense of natural randomness, each 3D-relief … Read more