Dispatches from the Big Apple
New York property sales, news, travel and lifestyle features and more, through the Country Life lens.
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Ace Hotel in Brooklyn review: Find your tribe in one of New York's coolest neighbourhoodsAce Hotel's Brooklyn outpost is cool and community-minded, finds Rosie Paterson.
By Rosie Paterson Published
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Like moths to flames, young American collectors cannot help but gravitate towards antique English furnitureExquisite craftsmanship, sustainability and the human stories behind each piece are drawing a new generation of American collectors to antique English furniture.
By Patrick Monahan Published
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This landmark Hamptons home, in the most expensive post code in New York, is older than the Declaration of Independence35, Sagg Road is a hard-to-come-by historic home in one of the Hamptons' most desirable villages. Rosie Paterson takes a look inside.
By Rosie Paterson Published
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'The best letters feel necessary, as though the writer couldn’t not write them': Shaun Usher opens the envelope on 13 years of Letters LiveFrom humble beginnings at a book launch, to events across the world, James Fisher investigates the enduring appeal of the letter from its greatest curator.
By James Fisher Published
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Fouquet’s New York review: Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to live inside a macaroon?Country Life's Travel Editor visits the French hotel making waves in the Big Apple.
By Rosie Paterson Published
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Thomas Gainsborough means one thing in Britain. He means another in AmericaGilded Age industrialists were mad for the quintessentially English artist. A new exhibition at The Frick in New York City, focused on fashion in his portraiture, sets the stage for a revival.
By Owen Holmes Published
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The Surrey hotel review: The new kid on New York's Upper East SideRosie Paterson checks into The Surrey, A Corinthia Hotel, one year on from its grand opening.
By Rosie Paterson Published
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Waldorf Astoria New York review: The Midtown hotel where Frank Sinatra once partied and the salad of the same name was invented emerges from a decade-long renovationOwen Holmes checks into the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel.
By Owen Holmes Published
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'It’s the epicentre of ideas, entertainment and getting stuff done': The best hotels, restaurants and things to do in New YorkRosie Paterson visits the Big Apple and reveals the best places to eat, drink, stay and enjoy.
By Rosie Paterson Last updated
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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 galleryThe beloved NYC art museum’s ‘renovation and enhancement project’ manages to both assure and astonish.
By Owen Holmes Published

