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Sense Check Q&A: Designer Victoria Ditting on the sights and smells that move her
Award-winning Creative Director and Designer VERONICA DITTING works with views of London's Barbican complex and is in her ‘cashmere phase’
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"Like a saddlery stitch": Hermès perfumer Christine Nagel on the creation of their newest scent
We speak with Hermès resident nose about the creation of Musc Pallida: a "sensual, carnal and extremely delicate" new fragrance
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Joana Vasconcelos reimagines the world of Valentino in a final, emotive collaboration
Conceived by Valentino Garavani, Venus pairs his couture with Joana Vasconcelos’s monumental works at the Rome foundation PM23 – Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti Foundation
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How Lucian Freud learned to think on paper
Focusing on works on paper rarely seen in the UK, ‘Drawing Into Painting’ at the National Portrait Gallery reveals the artist’s obsessive draftsmanship – and the emotional labour behind his most famous portraits
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London’s best set lunches for long, meandering afternoons
Some of the city's finest meals are served before 3 pm
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How to do the Winter Olympics in the Dolomites
As Le Corbusier once said: "There are mountains, and then there are the Dolomites – the most beautiful construction in the world"
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The destination designers taking bespoke travel to the next level
Meet the architects of your next adventure
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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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Your February cultural calendar
Things to book, watch and read this month
