Lucinda Baring

1 week ago | countryandtownhouse.com | Lucinda Baring

The Duke of Richmond (c) Uli Weber The Duke of Richmond (c) Uli Weber Lucinda Baring meets the Duke of Richmond as he launches what he hopes will become the world’s greatest art foundation in the grounds at Goodwood House. Inside The Goodwood Art Foundation George Stubbs, The Charlton Hunt, 1759, Courtesy of the Goodwood Estate ‘Come with me.’ I am sitting in the Duke of Richmond’s private study, a charming little antechamber to the library, reached through a concealed door in the...

3 weeks ago | countryandtownhouse.com | Lucinda Baring

The Saut Hermès in Paris (© Madeleine Bergsjo) The Saut Hermès in Paris (© Madeleine Bergsjo) Whether you’re buying a silk square or a new saddle, horses have always been at the heart of Hermès. Inside Hermès’ Bespoke Saddle Service Think of Hermès and likely it is a Birkin or Kelly that comes to mind, but the brand that was founded in 1837 as a harness maker for carriages still puts its equestrian métier at the heart. ‘Our first customer is the horse; the second, the rider,’ former chairman...

3 weeks ago | countryandtownhouse.com | Lucinda Baring

Billy Porter (© Meredith Truax) Billy Porter (© Meredith Truax) Billy Porter loves London’s sex positivity and escaping to the beach in Sitges, finds Lucinda Baring. Interview: Billy Porter What’s bringing you joy at the moment? Cabaret. I absolutely love doing this show. And I have a new man, after a divorce, so I’m very joyful. Advice you’d give to your 15-year-old self? Keep going, no matter what. Be your authentic self, always, and don’t let anybody change that. People will say it can be...

1 month ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Lucinda Baring

Lucy Laucht Spending a few days in the Italian capital in one of the best hotels in Rome is right up there on most people’s wishlist: this extraordinary living museum that invites us to reimagine ancient civilisation as much as wander off grid – spying private spaces with wisteria and ivy-draped courtyards – to that quiet piazza or less-visited basilica, doors open to the cool, candle-lit interior, moments so beguiling in the mix with pinch-yourself places from the Raphael Rooms at the...

1 month ago | countryandtownhouse.com | Lucinda Baring

Welcome to C&TH’s second golf special – Swing! – bringing you everything you need for summer on the green, from the hottest courses opening around the globe to sartorial updates for golfing in (much improved) style. A Look Inside Swing!Read our interview with Tommy Fleetwood – one of British golf’s brightest stars, beloved for clinching the point that won the Ryder Cup for Europe in 2023.