‘The retro obsession of the pre-pandemic years has given way to something more unfettered and fun’

HOW LUXURY WATCHMAKERS FOUND THEIR MOJO, P84

The Issues

40 HOUSE OF CARDS

Chris Hawes investigates whether Companies House is equipped to protect the UK from financial skulduggery

46 MODERN FAMILY

As the ‘Queen Bees’ of family law edge towards retirement, we ask 13 leading figures of the next generation how they see the industry evolving

54 MURDER ON THE TRADING FLOOR

Trading markets are suffering volcanic shocks, says Robert Jackman – nowhere more so than the London Metal Exchange

58 A STERN APPROACH

Patek Philippe president Thierry Stern tells Timothy Barber why he chose to stop making the venerable brand’s most popular watch

58

Arcadia

63 NICK FOULKES

The twin joys of New York and architect and interior designer Thierry Despont

64 DAISY DUNN

Why the Romans could tell us a thing or two about coping with inflation

65 RORY SACHS

Sri Lanka faces political worries, but tourism will be key to its recovery

66 JOHN ARLIDGE

The moral dilemma facing publishers of luxury titles and their advertisers

67 SAM LEITH

Apple TV’s Severance is dystopian – but it doesn’t have to be that way in reality

68 EDWIN SMITH

On sailing manoeuvres with watch brand Richard Mille on (and around) St Barth

70 JOHANNA DERRY HALL

Whisky makers are showing plenty of entrepreneurial spirit

68

The Good Life

75 EL PALACE’S NEW KING

The influence of El Bulli at Barcelona’s most exciting new restaurant

76 PRIMEUR SUSPECTS

Jonathan Ray sizes up the 2021 Bordeaux en primeur vintage

77 TEAM SPIRIT

Two beloved luxury brands have paired up to produce a product to savour

78 MATTERS OF IMPORT

Petrossian is going to great lengths to make the UK a major hub for its caviar

80 BELLISSIMA!

Mark Walton marvels at the MC20, perhaps Maserati’s last petrol supercar

84 A FAIR SHAKE UP

Timothy Barber found a burst of innovation and fresh thinking at the first major watch show in almost three years

88 KEEPERS OF THE FLAME

How the revered glassmaker Lalique continues to charm the world as its factory reaches its centenary

94 BUSINESS CARDS

Daisy Dunn finds out why spirituality has gone luxe, with CEOs and HNWs looking for advice from the great beyond

98 MIDAS

With Julie Montagu, aka Viscountess Hinchingbrooke