It’s deceptively fast, surprisingly playful and remarkably agile for its size GARETH HERINCX ON THE CUSTOM-MADE £1.5 MILLION BENTLEY BACALAR, P80
The Issues
46 BITS AND PIECES
Arun Kakar explores the unlikely collaboration between the very different worlds of art and crypto – and the risks that come with it
50 BLUE SKY THINKING
Aircraft manufacturers are responding adroitly to demand for larger business jets that offer range and economy. Ben Griffiths measures them up
54 BORDER CHEQUES
John Arlidge looks at the rise of citizenship-by-investment programmes, and the resistance they’re now facing
56 THE NATURAL CAPITALIST
Alec Marsh visits the 8th Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall to learn how he’s hoping to start a revolution in farming and conservation methods
46
Arcadia
65 ARUN KAKAR
Marriage and work overlap neatly for actors Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari-Cox
66 ANNA SOLOMON
Family dynasties aren’t as bad as those in TV’s Succession – in most cases, at least
67 NICK FOULKES
Summer shirts and how to wear them
68 SAM LEITH
In defence of the vowel, as marketing execs make it an ndngrd spcs
69 DAISY DUNN
How Roman leaders carved out a favourable image for themselves
70 EDWIN SMITH
The vanity of small differences – and analogue pleasures in a digital age
67
The Good Life
74 STYLE COUNSEL
Our monochromatic clothing picks, plus jewellery with beachy vibes
78 POWER DRESSING
Timothy Barber takes the pulse of Patek Philippe’s latest update of one of its classic watches
80 OPEN-AIR OPULENCE
Gareth Herincx hits the track in the super-exclusive Bentley Bacalar
82 WHEN IN ROMA
Mark Walton says the new Roma shows that Ferrari can still fire on all cylinders
86 PLAYING WITH FIRE
Argentine chef Francis Mallmann brings a taste of Patagonia to Scotland
88 BLENDING THE RULES
Penfolds has taken wine blends to another level, says Jonathan Ray
90 DEPTH CHARGE
Christopher Silvester goes swimming with sharks off the Indonesian coast – and the sharks get away unscathed
93 THE ART OF THE CLOSE-UP
A new book promises to show you the Sistine Chapel just as Michelangelo would have seen it
98 MIDAS
With singer Rickie Lee Jones