August 27, 2024

With ‘The Paris Flea Market,’ a Book Attempts to Map ‘Marché aux Puces’

The world-famous stalls have plenty of vintage finds, as long as you know where to look and what to expect. Most anyone who visits Paris and […]
August 31, 2022

Robert Kime, Decorator for Nobility and Other Notables, Dies at 76

A celebrated antiques lover with an understated, old-guard approach, his clients included Prince Charles and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Soon after Robert Kime redecorated Clarence House, long […]
March 8, 2022

The Irish Museum of Time Tells the Country’s History

‘Irish writers, poets, playwrights, artists are rightly celebrated, but no one knows about the clockmakers,’ one donor said. WATERFORD, Ireland — Ireland’s long history of horology […]
November 22, 2017

G’night Forever, Little Edie! Grey Gardens Is Empty at Last.

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Grey Gardens gave up the last of its ghosts over the weekend. The once-squalid home of the most notorious mother-daughter dyad since […]
October 31, 2017

Even in Super-Wealthy Enclaves, Paul Manafort’s Spending Raises Some Eyebrows

WASHINGTON — Look closely enough, and the document charging Paul Manafort with money laundering, tax evasion and foreign lobbying reads less like a 12-count federal indictment […]