Ian Fleming’s Love Letters Charting High Society And the Rise of James Bond to be Offered at Auction

  Ian Fleming‘s Love Letters Written to His Wife, Ann to be Offered at Auction. A significant series of letters exchanged between author Ian Fleming and the great love of his life, Ann (“Darling Darling Baby”, “Dear Monkey”, “Darling Pig”), will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s next month. The correspondence chronicles two decades of … Read more

Airport caviar outlets failing to warn fliers on customs limits

Exclusive: staff at one chain gave incorrect advice on how much can be taken outside EU

The ‘Billionaire Effect’ is alive and well across the world – and shows little sign of slowing

    The billionaire boom of the past five years has now undergone a natural correction. Report. Billionaires are transforming the business of global philanthropy. Billionaire-controlled companies have returned almost twice the average market performance over the past 15 years. This is one of the findings of the annual UBS and PwC Billionaires Insights report, … Read more

Desert ski slopes and outdoor aircon: can the scorching emirates really go green?

It is one of Earth’s biggest carbon emitters, a place where SUVs roar from manmade islands to malls with ski slopes. Can an architecture triennial in the UAE really teach us how to go green?

Is carbon neutrality the silver bullet fashion has been hoping for?

The industry’s carbon footprint is under increasing scrutiny, but critics argue that offsetting lessens guilt rather than reducing harm

‘Sheet masks are the new plastic straws’ – the movement to streamline your skincare

For a long time beauty routines only seemed to get more elaborate. But thanks to environmental concerns – as well as questions about the effectiveness of layering products – some corners of the industry are finally arguing that less is more