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    Owen Holmes

    Owen is Country Life’s New York arts and culture correspondent. Having studied at the New York School of Interior Design, his previous work includes writing and styling for House Beautiful and creating watercolour renderings for A-list designers. He is an unreconstructed Anglophile and has never missed a Drake’s archive sale. 

    London has long been the private members’ club capital of the world, but New York is finally catching up. Here are five of the best

    New York members clubs are all the rage, but apply wisely, says Owen Holmes.

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      ‘To grasp the momentousness of the reopening, one must understand the place The Frick holds in the hearts of New Yorkers’: Inside the splendour of Fifth Avenue’s beloved gallery

      The beloved NYC art museum’s ‘renovation and enhancement project’ manages to both assure and astonish.

      By Owen Holmes Published 4 April 25

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