Arcade Magazine 2011
The hotly anticipated Arcade Magazine 2011 has arrived. Request an exclusive copy from the Arcade Beadle, alternatively email burlingtonarcade@thecommunicationgroup.co.uk or why not read the online edition here
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Hide and Chic
Stephen Bailey explains the allure of the very best crafted LEATHER. She’s a little bit of leather and she’s well put-together, yeah yeah. No one ever write that about cellulose. Leather is one of civilised life’s permanents. Unless we are … Continue reading
International dialling
Collectors around the world have different tastes in watches. Nick Foulkes picks out the details that determine their choices. My memory may be playing tricks on me, but I seem to remember that in the golden age of travel, which … Continue reading
Love
Third finger, left hand… Although symbolic of the future, an engagement ring can be enriched by its history. Avril Groom picks vintage and contemporary classics. The ring as a symbol of lifelong love goes back to the Ancient Egyptians, who … Continue reading
No Ordinary Joe
AMELIA THORPE finds a hairdresser to the stars hidden high above the Arcade Behind a discreet set of double doors in Burlington Arcade lies one of London’s best-kept secrets. Head up the stairs and you find yourself in a serene, … Continue reading
Sparkling Imagination
AMELIA THORPE EXPLAINS HOW THE ST PETERSBURG COLLECTION ENCAPSULATES THEO FABERGÉ’S INVENTIVENESS It was not until he was 57 that Theo Fabergé was persuaded to make an egg. Though he had clearly inherited the family passion for crafting work of … Continue reading
The boy with the Hyde Park Drawl
Of all the British music hall’s characters, none lingers in the popular imagination as much as Burlington Bertie, the Piccadilly dandy played by a woman in evening dress – tailcoat, top hat, monocle and all. What is largely forgotten is … Continue reading