Five things worth your time this week, selected for their quality, character and quiet excellence.
Fresh from a Tuscan honeymoon and already suffering serious pasta withdrawal, I’ve turned to London’s flourishing crop of new Italian restaurants. From elegant osterias to bustling trattorias, these are five of the capital’s most exciting openings.
From billionaires and playboys to family dynasties and self-made entrepreneurs, a yacht’s name often reveals more about its owner than any guest list ever could.
Setting up a Ponzi scheme is easy. You promise handsome returns and foolhardy investors give you their money accordingly — and then you pay these investors out based on the deposits of further foolhardy investors, and the wheel turns. The problem, of course, is getting out. In this week's edition of the Friday Five, we meet the most notable fraudsters who didn’t.
With paparazzi revolts, fake dead pigeons, canine Palme d’Ors and Lars von Trier melting down on cue, no film festival does spectacle quite like Cannes — where glamour, chaos and absurdity have always shared the same red carpet.
London’s pub gardens are under threat, so here are five glorious places to smoke, squint at a QR code, and inhale the absolute peak of Western civilisation.
A summer guide for those who’d rather avoid the algorithmic parade of beach clubs, bottle service and barefoot saxophonists in Saint-Tropez. We asked five famously well-travelled friends for the destinations they’d quietly return to tomorrow
With King Charles taking a curious turn on the transatlantic comedy circuit, we revisit the Royal Family’s long and uneven relationship with humour, from Prince Philip’s barbs to the Queen’s deadpan, and the many questionable punchlines in between.
A new AI-driven Guinness index offers a quietly revealing snapshot of modern pub culture.
With yet another Zuckerberg film on the horizon, the tech world’s favourite disruptors are once again under the spotlight, here are the five portrayals that captured their brilliance, delusion and everything in between.
In London, they used to say you were no more than five feet away from a rat. Nowadays they say you're no more than five feet away from a members club. I hope the rats have blazers.
French etiquette expert Hélène Meillard may be banning “bon appétit,” but English has its own linguistic offenders. From “generational” to “you got this,” here are five phrases we could all do without this year.
Meghan Markle’s jam empire stalls as Netflix pulls the plug, prompting five alternative career moves for the Duchess.
In celebration of the galaxy-brained tech billionaires and their trailblazing allocation of capital, here are the five most notable superyachts of the tech bros.
From Nigel Farage’s six-pint Brexit lunch to Keith Floyd’s final oysters, a look back at some of the most legendary long lunches ever recorded.
From titanium cameras and delinquent wallet chains to ankle casts and unguarded mountain bikes, John F. Kennedy Jr.’s real signature wasn’t tailoring — it was the accessories that made Camelot look casually undone.
From Jacob Elordi’s Marlborough drawl to Lithgow’s Churchill growl, the best public school accents in film often come from actors who never set foot near a tuck shop.
In this week's edition of The Friday Five, editor Joseph Bullmore imagines five new careers for Brooklyn Beckham — from US Ambassador to AI billionaire.
As the club sandwich goes mainstream, this guide tracks down the finest examples around the world, from alpine hotels to the Riviera, celebrating those that balance indulgence with structural integrity.
With little consultation and even less self awareness, The Times attempted to define London’s poshest pubs. This is a corrective list, affectionate, sceptical, and better informed.