The World’s Most Expensive Toys review – watch before your Christmas shop
A Swarovski-crystal-encrusted rocking horse and luxury doll’s house complete with miniature posh family are probably not what your children need
Television
In praise of … Top Chef, the Michelin-starred reality TV show
Heading into its 14th season the reality show for real foodies doesn’t need to deal in wine throwing and hissy fits, it’s far too good for deep-fried cliches
Poldark country: the glories of Penzance
Come for the extraordinary locations, stay for the Michelin-starred chefs and historic pubs
Bang on the money? Insiders reveal what TV gets right and wrong about the super-rich
Champagne, private jets, holiday fortresses … how do TV’s mega-wealthy stack up to reality? Our panel of experts size up shows from Billions to The Night Manager
200 items from Joan Rivers’s New York penthouse to go up for auction
The items for sale, which range from $500 to $200,000, include Cartier jewels, and a custom engraved Tiffany’s water bowl used by Rivers’s dog Spike
The World’s Most Expensive Food review: ‘Escargot pearls’? The super-rich will eat anything if it’s pricey enough
I’m enjoying television’s obsession with obscene wealth – the rich may as well amuse and entertain the rest of us, as well as themselves