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Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black in Jilly Cooper's Rivals
Guilty Pleasure

Sex and shenanigans among upper-class Brits

Why everyone is going wild for Rivals, the latest TV adaptation of a Jilly Cooper “bonkbuster”.

Maura Milia, Giorgio Bargiani, and Ago Perrone pouring drinks at The Connaught Bar
Cheers!

The Connaught Bar Book

The perfect martini or an exercise in madness? These cocktail recipes from one of the greatest bars in the world suggest, perhaps, a bit of both.

Gilded Chalet

Hemingway’s Swiss getaway

DP discovers a hidden gem, the understated Gstaad hotel where the author penned A Farewell to Arms.

Womans hands holding gift or present box decorated confetti on pink pastel table top view. Flat lay composition for birthday or wedding
Santa Baby

DP’s Holiday Gift Guide

For the naughty and the nice on your list.

Alejandra Compoverdi, author of First Gen: A Memoir
Books we love

Should I go to Harvard?

In this excerpt from her moving memoir, a first-generation Mexican American explains how accepting admission to the country’s most elite academic institution wasn’t a simple “Yes.”

Book Club

What to Read Now

A British bookshop asked renowned writers for their recommendations.

DP Books

Don't Call Me Home

Growing up as the daughter of a Warhol superstar.

DP BOOKS

Lily Bart’s Hat Shop

What if the most tragic women characters in 19th century fiction did not end up quite as their authors imagined?

DP BOOKS

An Appetite for Blooms

Why flowers are delicious—but lotus eaters give flower gourmands a bad name.

Gardening

Soil: A Love Story

How dirt under our nails brings joy to our hearts.

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Excerpt: A Small Affair
by Flora Collins

Wanted: Dead or Alive.

Architecture

Lyford Cay Follies and the Brilliance of Henry Melich

Take gobs of money, eccentric heiresses unfettered by the limitations of society’s conventions, and what do you get? Some of the most fantastical homes in the world.

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