Lisa Armstrong

César Ritz, Conrad Hilton, Bill Marriott, Ian Schrager… the most famous hoteliers in the world were, for years, not British. Then, in the 1990s, we got Nick Jones.

After his cancer diagnosis, Nick Jones stepped back from the members’ club that he built. Now he’s back with a new hotel

Unlike many politicians, Kemi Badenoch has spent this Conservative conference looking as though she cares about the way she dresses.

YOUR NEW EVENING ACE A fuss-free version of the side-draped dress Toteme introduced the side-draped dress a few seasons ago.

Most of what we see during fashion week isn’t meant to be taken literally. Catwalk styling is designed to inspire, to deliver impact from 20 paces. Real-life clothes have to work when you’re doing 10,000 steps, going out for dinner or making a presentation. They should survive central heating, public transport, sitting down and the absence of a professional lighting rig. But that doesn’t mean they should ever be dull or unenjoyable. Here are six of winter 2026’s most compelling ideas, translated into outfits you could genuinely wear. No slavish head-to-toe looks cobbled together from tacky dupes, no fancy dress – just the essential ingredients that can work for plausible events, worn by someone I can vouch is real: me.

All that slithers A new limited coll ection for Vacher in Consta ntin honours the a nima l kingdom in exquis ite fa shion.

A nonprofit in Jamaica is helping a growing network of deportees from the U.S. find a foothold in their country of origin.

Alvin McLean has been passing his two phones around since noon. He walks through rows of people seated under a tarp on the tarmac of the Norman

Alvin McLean has been passing his two phones around since noon. He walks through rows of people seated under a tarp on the tarmac of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica, helping them place more than 200 calls to parents, cousins, ex-girlfriends. By the time he leaves the airport at 4:30 p.m., there are still about 10 men standing outside, some dressed in the light gray sweatsuits issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

One's a behemoth that has spent the past century selling practical, respectable underwear to the British public.