‘I want to be a peacemaker, and the best way to do that is to help grow economies’ RICHARD ATTIAS ON CONNECTING POWER PLAYERS IN SAUDI ARABIA, p42
The Issues
42 THE CONNECTOR
Meet Richard Attias, the influential mover behind the scenes of Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the Desert’
50 PRIVATELY FURIOUS
Labour’s planned VAT grab on independent school fees is causing alarm throughout the industry, says Martin Vander Weyer
54 POST WAUGH INFLUENCES
How the owners of the home that inspired Brideshead Revisited are nurturing its renaissance
66 ALL QUIET IN THE GREAT MALL OF CHINA
John Arlidge reports on the sharp slowdown in luxury spending in China, and what it means for leading brands
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Arcadia
71 NICK FOULKES
Inside the theatrical branding of ‘Mayfair’s most decadent cocktail’
72 DAISY DUNN
What Roman emperors might have made of slimming drug Ozempic
73 SAM LEITH
Authors of fiction can be divided into ‘architects’ and ‘gardeners’
74 ROBERT JACKMAN
How both Monaco and Formula E are pushing their own expansion plans
75 CHRIS MADIGAN
Who will produce the first 100-year-old single malt – and does it matter?
76 RORY SACHS
The blossoming relationship between a private jet company and a yacht maker
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The Good Life
80 THE LONG ROAD TO DUBLIN
New York’s favourite chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, has arrived in Ireland
83 BACCHUS TO THE FUTURE
Jonathan Ray predicts what the wine industry of the future will look like
84 A LUCKY ESCAPE
The tiny Greek island of Folegandros is an undiscovered gem
92 BLAST FROM THE PAST
Mark Walton savours the MST Mk1, an Escort that’s not actually an Escort
96 WORTH THEIR WEIGHT
The watch industry is hoping to strike gold with a new ra of bracelet watches
100 JEWELLERY
How the Boghossian family are building on their sparkling record
106 MIDAS
With entrepreneur Luca Maggiora, the man behind the rebirth of Tramp
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