Passions

A link with craft tradition

The firm behind Meghan Markle’s engagement ring, Prince William’s garter star and finery the world over, has now produced some exceptional cufflinks for Boisdale, writes Timothy Barber

Continental Reloaded

Bentley’s all-new version of the Continental GT is as good on the school run as let loose on the open road, Ben Oliver discovers

The Mountain Man

Boisdale Life talks to Britain’s greatest living mountaineer, Kenton Cool

Odds-on favourite to win

Like pigs finding an acorn, we all occasionally beat the bookies. But Ed Wray? He nearly broke them, and revolutionised the betting industry. Colin Cameron meets the man who changed the face of betting

The Master of Kingsclere

Presiding over the historic Park House stables, trainer Andrew Balding – racing royalty in his own right – is aiming for Antipodean glory at November’s Melbourne Cup, he tells Colin Cameron

The art of selling

Jean-Davide Malat, art-world boulevardier and adviser to the A-list, will go to any lengths to uncover the next big thing, finds Andy Jones

Lifting the lid on Steinway

At its Hamburg factory, Steinway & Sons has been making the finest pianos the same way for aeons. Timothy Barber steps inside the workshops of the most famous instrument maker of them all

The Lowdown with Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson reflects on the life lessons from his 40 year career

Stable Leadership

By Colin Cameron

Britain’s Hannon family has been picking winning horses for three decades. Current head of the stables, Richard Hannon Jnr, tells Colin Cameron about friends with four legs and legacies

Miami Dining

By Hugo Campbell-Dayvs

In the world’s most glamorous winter sun destination, man-about town Hugo Campbell-Dayvs hunts out the places to dine in style

From the Warwickshire to the West End

By Timothy Barber

Third-generation jeweller Charlie Pragnell talks to Timothy Barber about bringing fine watches and diamonds to Mayfair’s Mount Street, and why Patek Philippe and Rolex are hotter than ever

Meeting the Spielberg of Cigars

By Nick Hammond

Nick Hammond, author of new book Around the World in 80 Cigars, recalls an encounter with the man who put New World tobacco on the map

The Continuing Classics

By Adam Hay-Nicholls

At its old workshops in Newport Pagnell, Aston Martin has begun building new versions of a 1960s legend. Lucky blighter Adam Hay-Nicholls pays a visit, while taking a trio of vintage Aston beauties for a spin

Out with the Old

By Simon de Burton

An auction scandal over a 1939 Porsche, and a growing market for rather more recent vehicles, leaves lifelong classic car fan Simon de Burton wondering exactly what ‘classic’ now should mean