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ISSUE 24
FOOD & DRINK
88 THE TWO BOTTLE LUNCH:
VIVEK SINGH
Cinnamon Club co-founder Vivek
Singh tells Bill Knott about his role in
London’s Indian restaurant revolution.
90 LEVANTINE DELIGHTS
Michael Karam explores Lebanese
cuisine, from fragrant mezze to
home-spun tabkha.
94 SEDUCED BY
RESTAURANTS
William Sitwell chronicles 25 years of
London’s restaurant scene and reveals
his new métier as a restaurateur.
98 WILD LARDER
Tom Radford explores Britain’s wild
edible treasures, and offers some
culinary inspiration.
102 APHRODISIAC FOODS:
REAL OR NO DEAL?
Boisdale Life’s resident medic,
Dr Feelgood, examines
aphrodisiac foods: do they work?
104 DIVING IN: A JOURNEY
THROUGH WINE, FRIENDSHIP,
AND THE COLD
Terry Pennington re昀氀ects on four
decades in wine and the joys of
friendship.
CULTURE & ARTS
108 THE HORROR!
Tom Parker Bowles recounts his lifelong obsession with horror 昀椀lms and
picks eight of his favourites.
112 HOW TO BLUFF AT..
THE VISUAL ARTS
Richard Holledge offers a guide to
bluf昀椀ng at the visual arts, from the
Renaissance to the modern day.
116 THE CURIOUS CASE OF
THE OLIVIER TRIUMPH
Theatre producer Richard Darbourne
recounts the genesis of The Curious
Case of Benjamin Button.
118 FINDING SONGS FOR
THE KING
Don Reedman recalls his lifelong
passion for Elvis Presley and his
collaborations with the RPO.
120 MICA PARIS: MY LIFE SO
FAR
Mica Paris recounts her journey from
South London gospel choirs to the
global stage.
A TIME TO
REMEMBER
126 CHURCHILL AND THE
GOLD STANDARD
Bruce Anderson explores Churchill’s
controversial political career, focusing
on his role in the British economy.
130 BRIDGE TO VICTORY:
HOW MONTGOMERY CROSSED
THE RHINE
Peter Wall recounts Montgomery’s
meticulously planned Rhine crossing
in 1945.
Ratcliffe conceived the Ineos
Grenadier.
154 THE WATER OF LIFE
Mark Thomson pours £150k-worth
of Duncan Taylor’s 昀椀ne whiskies... in
one Boisdale evening.
156 INDEPENDENT WATCHMAKING, THE BOISDALE WAY
Alon Ben Joseph celebrates the
master craftsmen who create
timepieces entirely by hand.
158 LEADING THE CHARGE
FOR AN INDUSTRY AND ITS
FUTURE
Ricardo Carioni talks cigars with
Joshua Habursky, CEO of the
Premium Cigar Association.
162 BOISDALE CIGAR
REVIEWS
A curated selection of ten superb
cigars.
134 A PERILOUS QUEST
Count Nikolai Tolstoy tells the story
of the forced post-WWII repatriation
of Cossacks and Yugoslav refugees.
138 DECODING THE MIDDLE
EAST
Simon Mayall examines the
historical, religious, and geopolitical
evolution of the Middle East.
142 ME STANLEY, YOU JANE
Stanley Johnson re昀氀ects on his
encounters with primatologist Jane
Goodall.
TRIVIAL
PERSUITS
146 LUNAZ PHANTOM V:
DRIVE
Adam Hay-Nicholls takes the wheel
of Lunaz’s electric revival of the
1960s Rolls-Royce Phantom V.
150 FAITH IN THE DEFENDER:
THE INEOS GRENADIER
Ben Oliver charts how Sir Jim
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