Qataris stake their claim to a place at the top table of global dealmaking
With an eclectic list of interests united only by a belief in investing for the long term, the emirate’s sovereign wealth fund is being taken seriously at last
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Kim Jones interview: the beauty of menswear
Alice Fisher meets Kim Jones, the brilliant, bashful and very street-savvy designer who reinvented Louis Vuitton menswear
Watsonian Squire sidecar – review
Watsonian Squire may be Britain’s oldest sidecar maker, but the thrill of travelling by “chair” is still a novelty
London 2012: Danny Boyle thrills audiences with inventive Olympics opening ceremony
Director says getting the Queen to deliver Bond film’s immortal line was easy – but there were last-minute doubts about the ceremony
How Brooklyn became a writers’ mecca
Martin Amis at the coffee shop, Paul Auster in the park… New York’s newly gentrified neighbourhood is now full of novelists
Angela Hartnett’s Creole kitchen in Mauritius
When MasterChef put Mauritius on the foodie map, Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett decided to investigate. Lucy Cavendish went along for a taster