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Food

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Hands garnishing plates of spaghetti with clams on a wooden table, seen from above.

The Long Lunch Is Back

Why the best tables in town now open at one and close somewhere near five.

7 min read

Fashion

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A woman dressed all in black crouching against a pale wall on a Paris street, looking over her shoulder.

After Dark, In Black

Black, sharp and easy to wear from the first coffee to the very last bar.

5 min read

Restaurants

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A restaurant with cream velvet banquettes beneath a curved window looking out under the sea.

Dinner Below the Waterline

Inside the restaurant where the view is the sea, seen from underneath.

8 min read

Fashion

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A man with shoulder-length hair in a brown tweed jacket, navy jumper, patterned neck scarf and pocket square.

The Tailor Will See You Now

Made to measure is quietly becoming the smartest thing in the wardrobe.

6 min read

Food

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A close-up of a pile of fresh green pea pods.

A Market Morning

Fresh peas, six good stalls and the case for shopping well before nine.

4 min read

Restaurants

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A small bar with four red-topped stools, bottles on wooden shelves and two orange pendant lamps.

Natural Wine, No Lecture

Where to drink something interesting without a twenty-minute introduction.

5 min read

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