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Your February cultural calendar
Things to book, watch and read this month
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Fashion’s long-standing love of pink hair
Soft yet subversive, pink hair has surfaced across centuries of fashion imagery. From punk to Paris Couture, we explore its history
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Claridge’s Hotel opens a bakery with a modern British twist
Acclaimed baker and sourdough specialist Richard Hart reinvents classic loaves, bakewell tarts and sausage rolls freshly made to go.
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The seductive power of the silk foulard
That’s a wrap: the foulard transforms from coiffure protector to flirtatious accessory – and everything in between
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Fashion & Beauty
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The Blend's Valentine's Day gift guide
Love is in the air – so let's go shopping, for him and her
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Guerlain captures its six signature scents in wax
A new candle collection sees Guerlain distil the six raw materials that define its legendary Guerlinade accord into sculptural, refillable wax vessels
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As it turns 80, fashion's favourite shoe gets a new look
The Michael, a much-revered shoe by specialist maker Paraboot, turns 80 years old
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The art of the ancient bath
Referencing Cleopatra, Roman ambition and time-honoured bathing rituals, Sharmadean Reid’s 39BC reframes cleansing as a richly imagined act of self-care.
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American Heritage shoemaker Allen Edmonds unveils a collaboration for the ages
Charlie Teasdale visits Daiki Suzuki's shoe factory
By Charlie Teasdale
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Watches & Jewellery
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Richard Mille reimagines the Worldtimer for the modern traveller
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Why brown is jewellery’s most surprising new power colour
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Vacheron Constantin celebrates its 270th anniversary with a landmark creation
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Piaget revisits Andy Warhol's favourite watch for an update of its Deco-inspired 'Black Tie'
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Sense Check: a Q&A with jewellery designer Fernando Jorge
By Felix Bischof
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food & drink
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Is cider the new Champagne?
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Three-sip drinks are London's hottest bar trend
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Chef Stevie Parle on good design and great London restaurants
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Who will take the panettone crown?
By Charlie Teasdale
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Travel & Culture
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Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey to reunite on London stage
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London art exhibitions to see this winter
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SHOCK HORROR! Gossip-mongers are nothing new
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Join the ranks of 'Racontourists' and discover the world of the Ancients
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Ascendant artists to know in 2026
By Emily Steer
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