Tag: The Observer
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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
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Watsonian Squire sidecar – review
Watsonian Squire may be Britain’s oldest sidecar maker, but the thrill of travelling by “chair” is still a novelty
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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
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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
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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