Matthew Drummond

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Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statementThe journey to the Swiss village of Mürren is a masterclass of Swiss precision. You take a train to Lauterbrunnen, then a cable car that whisks you up into the mountains where another train waits in the snow to take you to your destination. Each transfer involves a wait of no more than five minutes.

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May 24, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? If you’re dreaming of celebrating a special occasion at the stately top floor of Neil Perry’s Chinese restaurant Song Bird, in Sydney’s Double Bay, you’d better get in quick.

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Apr 28, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Inside the Eva and Marc Besen Centre are 64 large wire racks that store and display 300-odd artworks from the late couple’s collection – including paintings by Arthur Boyd, John Brack, Rosalie Gascoigne, John Olsen, Jeffrey Smart and Brett Whiteley.

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Apr 9, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Cars. I see lots of cars,” says Hublot chief executive Julien Tornare in summing up this year’s Watches and Wonders in Geneva. “It’s like a parking lot out there.”The world’s biggest fair of mechanical watches attracts thousands of retailers, wholesalers and journalists to the Swiss capital each April.

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It’s 10pm on Wednesday at the Hublot Big Bang party at the Geneva Arena, and flamboyant pop star Mika is cavorting about the stage in a neon-pink suit. Guests include footballing superstar Kylian Mbappe and sprint legend Usain Bolt, plus about 500 international watch retailers, influencers and journalists. They’re being fed by not just one but five chefs flown in from Michelin-starred restaurants around the world. Each has been coaxed into making dishes inspired by Hublot’s watch-making materials.