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DOUBLE OR NOTHING

ONE HAL OF A NIGHT

FILLIES AWAY!

FIFTY GRAND

DON’T STOMP ME NOW

THE GREAT AND THE GOODWOOD

Behind palace doors • Monarchs once meddled openly in politics. Today, red boxes and the King’s Speech are the outward show – but what really plays out between the Palace and No 10?

You looking AT ME? • The blank, gormless gaze the youth are shooting their elders has been termed the ‘Gen Z stare’ – prompting animated comments from The Times readers and a new social media obsession. But what does it mean? Plum Sykes and her daughter, Ursula, 18, weigh in…

RED ALERT • Not your typical duchess. Not your typical Tory. What really happened to the Duchess of Atholl, the MP her own party – and history – tried to forget?

DYNASTY FILES • Riding high? Eve Jobs and Harry Charles united two high-profile families in their reported £5 million Cotswolds wedding

Eat, Fay, love • Greece is the word again on London’s restaurant scene. Fay Maschler indulges in an Athenian affair

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PUTTING ON THE BLITZ • They ignited the New Romantic movement and turned a Covent Garden club night into a cultural explosion. As a new exhibition rekindles their spark, Blitz Kids look back at the blaze they left behind

DEDICATED FOLLOWER • Fashion is feeling nostalgic this season, but these new spins on classic styles bring them bang up-to-date

STRIPE SHOW • Bold bands, fine lines and diamonds in formation – parallel thinking never looked so dazzling

LIFE, STYLED • FOR SOME, LIVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE. FOR OTHERS, IT’S THE DEFAULT SETTING. ENTER THE ORBIT OF JET-SET ARCHITECTS, KITCHENS FIT FOR CASTLES, PLUS AN INVITATION-ONLY LOOK INSIDE CHANEL’S RIVIERA PARTY PAD

Pausa for effect • Gabrielle Chanel’s clifftop retreat, La Pausa, was a haven for intellectuals, artists and aristocrats in the pre-war years. Now, Chanel has painstakingly restored Mademoiselle’s house to reconjure those elegant evenings on the French Riviera

MOMENTS OF PAUSA • Emulate the chic aura of Gabrielle Chanel’s ‘less is more’ elegance

OH CECIL, OH MESSEL! • The autumn unveiling of the restored Oliver Messel Suite at The Dorchester and Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World at the National Portrait Gallery inspires an ode to the masters of theatrical design

NOT SO flash in the pan • Great taste: it’s not just about the food that’s cooked, but also the kitchen it’s cooked in. Designing a space that is practical and picturesque requires a few spoonfuls of know-how

THE SECRET INGREDIENTS • A chef’s wishlist includes everything but the kitchen sink

Smoke and MIRRORS • As the heart of a chateau, abbey, restaurant or party, a kitchen should be a realm of fantasy

Bright lights, BIG APPETITE! • The poster boy of haute-hip food follows the call to Hong Kong to learn from the last masters of Cantonese cuisine

LOVE FROM LAGOS • A British-Nigerian designer taps into the spiritual home of his art

Bringing down THE HOUSE • As the final Downton film wraps up her role as the Countess of Grantham, Elizabeth McGovern is enjoying a stellar next act, walking for Burberry and treading the boards as silver-screen siren Ava Gardner – while still finding time to front a band. She tells Julia Llewellyn Smith about life behind the scenes

Downton AND OUT • STOP ALL THE CLOCKS, CUT OFF THE TELEPHONE AND DISMISS THE SERVANTS: IN ‘DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE’, THE CRAWLEY CLAN...