Travel & Culture
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The first Orient Express hotel opens in Rome
For those planning a Roman holiday, the first stop should be Orient Express La Minerva
By Bill Prince
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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’
By Felix Bischof
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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
By Emily Steer
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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"
By Simon Mills
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The destination designers taking bespoke travel to the next level
Meet the architects of your next adventure
By Delilah Khomo
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Your February cultural calendar
Things to book, watch and read this month
By Olivia Cole
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Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey to reunite on London stage
The Wicked co-stars have been cast in Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical, Sunday In The Park With George
By Charlotte Gunn
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London art exhibitions to see this winter
From historical fashion to big-hitting cinematic archives, heavyweight retrospectives, innovative forward-facing technology and more, we round up the must-see exhibitions in the capital this winter
By Lisa Wright
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SHOCK HORROR! Gossip-mongers are nothing new
In the 50s and 60s, Confidential magazine was the go-to for celebrity scandal
By Simon Mills
