Lifestyle
Splashing the Cashes: A peacock of a summer night’s dream
In which William Cash throws an Elizabethan bash at Upton Cressett to celebrate his wife's birthday, his father's knighthood, and a local planning triumph.
Decorex 100 Top Interiors Tweeters
Interior design show Decorex - which moves to Syon Park this year - has been rounding up the design trendsters on social media to come up with a list, the #Decorex100, of "the top 100 interior design…
Paradise Saved? Heritage triumphs in the Battle for Shropshire
After three years of hard feuding, plans for an 80-metre wind turbine in Shropshire's heritage heartland have been withdrawn.
Marylebone’s Tasty Times: Chiltern Firehouse causes rent rises
Snazzy foodery the Chiltern Firehouse is responsible for a significant increase rents in the local Marylebone area, says Knight Frank.
Average rents have climbed by 10.
One of Scotland’s biggest estates sells for over £11m
One of the largest Scottish estates to become available in recent years has just sold for over its £11m guide price.
Grosvenor unveils ‘inhabitable sculpture’ for Corbin & King’s new Mayfair hotel
Grosvenor has unveiled an "inhabitable sculpture" by Anthony Gormley that will be attached to Chris Corbin and Jeremy King's new hotel venture, The Beaumont, when it opens on Brown Hart Gardens in Mayfair…
Romancing the Stone: The houses built by love
Many a man has been driven to great lengths by love, and architecture is often a rewarding (though insatiable) mistress for such a passion, says Matthew Beckett...
Winkworth sponsors race day at Cowes Classics Week
Winkworth has decided to go three sheets to the wind and sponsor a race day at Charles Stanley Cowes Classics Week this summer.
INTERVIEW: Stiff + Trevillion’s Mike Stiff, the quiet man of great architecture
Stiff + Trevillion has quietly established itself as one of the UK’s most successful architecture practices.
What makes luxury real estate buyers tick?
The rich in the US, UK, Brazil and China are "more likely to purchase a lifestyle property now than they were five years ago," says Sotheby's International Realty in its new Luxury Lifestyle Report,…
Rich Pickings: Global billionaire behaviour at a glance
As part of its Spring Review, Beauchamp Estates has fittingly given us an insight into the global billionaire population and how the super-rich are currently waxing their oodles of cash.
London’s super-prime property market drives private aviation boom
Homebuyers may not agree, but London's rocketing prime property market has been very good news for some.