Eilidh Hargreaves

Feb 21, 2025 | tatler.com | Eilidh Hargreaves

Can you hear the slamming of Mercedes doors? The tac tac tac of stiletto on paving stone? The swish of a fashion swan’s Nour Hammour suede coat as she sashays towards her front row seat? Baby, it’s fashion week in London and high society is out. There is nowhere better to crash into bed after a night of cocktails than The Broadwick, the five-star hotel in Soho – in prime Fashion Week territory on the corner of Broadwick and Berwick street.

Feb 13, 2025 | tatler.com | Eilidh Hargreaves

In Place Vendôme, pillars of French culture stand strong: Cartier, Dior, Chanel, all pointing inwards to the Colonne Vendôme from which Napoleon I holds court against the azure sky. Power, luxury and legacy are united in one grand statement.

Feb 3, 2025 | tatler.com | Eilidh Hargreaves

Snaking through Alderley Edge on a sodding wet morning feels ironic: red brick houses are being thatched; a stacked runner is pounding the puddling pavements slick in Under Armour; and a sparkling grey Ferrari speeds past like one might on the Cote d’Azur. The terrace of Real Housewives of Cheshire hotspot, San Carlo, is dripping; and Caffé Nero – Coleen Rooney’s coffee stop off – is buzzing.

Dec 20, 2024 | tatler.com | Eilidh Hargreaves

Keir Starmer has selected Labour grandee Lord Mandelson to become the new US Ambassador, which means the Prince of Darkness is back in the spotlight and heading for Embassy Row, Washington DC. The Labour Director of Communications (variably known as ‘spin doctor’ and ‘Prince of Darkness’ owing to his fierce relations with the media) between 1985 and 1990, MP for Hartlepool from 1992-2004 and former Cabinet Minister, Mandelson is a legendary force in the Labour party.

Dec 9, 2024 | tatler.com | Eilidh Hargreaves

British-Trumpian relationships seem to have taken an uptick this past week, with Donald Trump and the Prince of Wales meeting in Paris. Thumbs up, Trump told William he was doing ‘a fantastic job’. The papers proclaimed it a much needed diplomatic victory; and it certainly did Starmer a favour – because in Trump’s legacy-driven world, the glamour and significance of the house of Windsor rings better than ‘son of a toolmaker’.