Simon Baker welcomes the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Fashion

Emerald, the birthstone of May

All you need to know about the most precious of green gems

Emeralds are the birthstone of May the month long association with peace serenity and the renewal that comes with the changing of the seasons As such they are associated with love hope fertility and rebirth They formed in the belly of Earth as far back as three billion years ago

Travel

Amilla Resort Maldives

Luxury, conservation and sustainability in paradise

Amilla Maldives is a luxury resort developed on a natural island nestled within the Baa Atoll a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Maldives On arrival I was welcomed by General Manager Narelle McDougal for whom conservation sustainability and accessibility are top priorities I ve been in hospitality all my professional

Gourmet

Viki Fuchs

Mad cooking in the heart of the Black Forest

Chef de cuisine Viktoria Viki Fuchs is the sixth generation to run the Romantik Hotel and Spielweg restaurant in Germany s upper Münstertal But she s doing it her way with sister Kristin husband Johannes and a fresh Asian twist Wild boar dim sum says Viki of the meal guests

Culture

Expressionists

Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider

Tate Modern in collaboration with Lenbachhaus Munich has curated an exhibition that stands as a true testament to The Blue Rider Der Blaue Reiter a movement key to the development of German expression Revolving around Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter this group of artists also encouraged nurtured and expanded the

Conservation

Everland and the Alto Mayo REDD+ Project

Changing the economics of deforestation

In 2019 I visited northern Peru to travel to an area of rainforest that had at one time seemed destined to disappear I was part of a team supporting a successful conservation project in the Amazon known as the Alto Mayo REDD+ Project set up in 2008 by Conservation International

Toys

Range Rover SV Burford Edition

As unique as The Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is a bucolic picture postcard of fantasy English villages gilded honey stone hamlets with verdant greens where the vicar might umpire cricket matches red telephone boxes gastro pubs and cutesy cottages Farrow amp Balled to within an inch of their life Which leads us to the long wheelbase

Toys

Louis Vuitton Tambour Sapphire Frank Gehry

Liquid Architecture

Frank Gehry s work while unconventional is considered one if not the most recognisable architect of our time As a child Gehry occupied much of his time experimenting with different materials in his grandfather s hardware store with his grandmother consistently encouraging his artistic leanings He then spent his formative

Toys

Stone dial watches

Hardcore beauty

Although one could argue that the use of a block of stone as a base on which to read the time goes back a few millennia think sun clocks in terms of horology worn on the wrist it is not until the 1960s that we find dials made of hard