The 18-seat cinema at Auriens, Chelsea
It was the double-page advert that pulled me in. Or rather the photograph of a handsome couple, maybe in their 70s, walking a Weimaraner through a Chelsea mews. She’s swathed in camel-coloured cashmere and he’s in a slim-cut checked suit, silver hair and beard trimmed to perfection, and they definitely look like they’re having fun.
It turned out to be for Auriens, a newly built residential development in Dovehouse Street, SW3, specially aimed at the older person. You have to be over 65 to qualify, and you’ll need quite a nest egg too. Apartments – there are 56 in all – start at £13,750 per month for a one-bedroom (900ft2), and rise to £48,000 a month for the 2,000ft2 stunner on the top floor. None are currently available for sale - this is strictly rental only.
A tour of Bremont’s The Wing facility
Bremont opens the doors to its new - and state of the art - home of British watchmaking
by Robert Johnston
Alan Schaller
When brothers Nick and Giles English set up Bremont in 2002 they had one aim in mind, to help rebuild the British watch industry. The aim may have been straightforward but the task itself was enormous. Indeed, since Rolex relocated its operations from London to Geneva after the First World War, the UK, despite an extraordinary heritage, had become an also-ran in the world of watchmaking. In other words, with no British manufacturing industry to talk of, the English brothers were looking at starting from scratch.
The RHS says front gardens are getting greener – here s how to design your own
Front garden greenery has grown by an area seventy times the size of Hyde Park. Jump on the trend with help from garden designers
5 February 2021 • 3:00pm
The nation s front gardens have become greener in the last five years, according to the RHS
Credit: Tim Sandall/RHS
According to findings from a recent Royal Horticultural Society survey of 2056 UK adults, carried out by YouGov, and data from a 2015 survey carried out by Ipsos Mori, plant cover in front gardens has increased by almost 40 square miles in just five years, while more than one million UK front gardens now contain nothing but greenery.