50. the bird-man of the tuileries

In August 1904, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and other New York newspapers could announce that a unique and novel attraction had come to town: Enigmarelle, the ‘Automaton Mystery’. This extraordinary cont

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Lydia Slater writes a love letter to Le Bristol on the occasion of its 100th anniversary

The piece I’d never part with

Clutter-free grandeur How the artist changed her untidy ways to create a stately studio workspace

JOAN heard a raised voice as she ushered her charge into the hallway, and went cold. Sir Ivo Templeton was angry about something – and she heard her name as his voice thundered out from behind the shu