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Sep 8, 2024 | 
worldofinteriors.com | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
There can be few potentates in European history as mesmerising as Maximilian I, a Holy Roman Emperor and Medieval polymath with a mind that would have made him fit to dine with the gods. Imperial warlord he may have been, in the tradition of his ancestors, but the man named after an obscure saint his father saw in a dream was a ruler with many facets.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
In this approach, embedded in a sense of 'the place', the surroundings were the draw not the house itself. The large farmhouse, romantically remote and reassuringly stolid, was recognised by Jane as a harbinger of stability and an anchor in 'the part of the world I love the most, filled with childhood memories.' Tucked into the Berwyn Mountains, the house's name means, ‘the crossing of nightingales’.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
India home fixtures 2024: Gwalior to host first T20I vs Bangladesh; Chennai-Kolkata swap games in England T20IsThe first T20I between India and Bangladesh set to be played on October 6 later this year has been moved from Dharamsala to Gwalior, as BCCI …
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
Sonam Kapoor may be one of Bollywood’s most loved actors, but she is also, with growing stealth, a renaissance woman. With an eye for heritage—belying her 39 years, Kapoor has curated a succession of interiors that startle with her innate sense of craftsmanship and detail.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
1 / 12Tour Actor Sonam Kapoor’s Ornate Mumbai HomeIn the living room, a collection of Thanjavur paintings hangs against a mural by Vikas Soni. A bespoke sofa lined with pillows crafted from antique textiles surrounds a cluster of tables by Ravi Vazirani. Sarouk wool rug. Art: Vikas SoniThe Bollywood star composes an ode to the decorative arts of IndiaOriginally Appeared on Architectural Digest View comments
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
worldofinteriors.com | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
Perhaps only in India can you find an educational establishment that connects Franz Kafka, a family of English baronets and championship cricket. The son of Rajkumar’s then vice-principal Sir Rodney Pasley, Fourth Baronet, was born to great fanfare here in 1926.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
worldofinteriors.com | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
Push open a gate after wandering past the crumbling Art Deco Cine-Palace in Marrakesh’s Guéliz district and you enter into a cool tunnel of climbing jasmine. Here something elegantly heroic has been achieved: the restoration of a 1930s pétanque club, once frequented by linen-jacketed colonials escaping the frenzy of Sahara life in the tranquil walled garden that surrounds the low building.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
“There are two elements to Joe’s style, playful and eclectic but also that of a thoughtful historian,” says Joe Tohme’s cousin and former business partner Ramy Boutros, as we stand in the courtyard of the late antiques dealer’s home outside Beirut. A revered and well-known figure in the decorative arts world, Tohme was a collector par excellence with an unerring eye for the best Orientalist and Levantine antiques—and for creating striking vignettes.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
Delhi15 hours agoMan Smashes Truck's Windscreen, Gets Run Over Moments Later In DelhiNDTV - Mukesh Singh Sengar • 15hThe truck driver, 35-year-old Sapan Singh, tried to flee the scene after running over Manzoor.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Cosmo Samuel Brockway
On a recent night at Lal Kothi, the Delhi farmhouse of textile and fashion designers Peter and Cecile D’Ascoli, candlelight and the full moon glowed together as guests gathered sur l’herbe for dinner. “It’s like dining at an Indian Versailles,” remarked author William Dalrymple over masala aubergines sprinkled with gunpowder and Sri Lankan pepper. In this verdant corner, tucked away from the city’s hustle, the couple has quietly established themselves as creative tastemakers.
