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The way we choose what fragrance we wear is evolving. There was a time when the perfume you picked came down to the fashion house you idolised, the celebrity du jour or possibly even the ad campaign – who could forget the Baz Luhrmann directed Chanel advert with Nicole Kidman or Charlize Theron stepping out of liquid gold on behalf of J’Adore by Dior. However, there’s been a seismic shift in scent and while there will always be a place for traditional fragrance houses, there’s an overwhelming amount of new, niche brands popping up that bring with them unique notes, sustainable innovations and an intricate back story.

John EdmondsThe artist Jasper Johns. To say that Jasper Johns is ambivalent about having to discuss the intentions or meanings behind his art would imply that there is some part of it he doesn’t find distasteful. Johns has always been reluctant (and unwilling) to “explain” himself or his work. He isn’t humorless; in fact, he’s the opposite. He has just never been interested in the public parts of being an artist that involve submitting himself as a specimen for examination.

“If I wore beige, no one would know who I was,” Queen Elizabeth II famously said. They were the words of a woman with a keen awareness of what clothes meant. Fashion, to the late Queen, was not frivolous – nor was it an insignificant part of her job. Quite the contrary; the monarch knew that what you wear matters, and when you are a public figure of such magnitude, it matters very much.

courtesy Claridges1Jump aboard the Routemaster at The SavoyAlistair VeryardWhat could be more iconic than a London Routemaster? Well, how about a London Routemaster parked outside The Savoy, the capital's oldest luxury hotel, serving English sparkling wine? As the hotel charms all, decked out with its month-long coronation decorations, you can pop inside for a traditional afternoon tea or hop aboard the 1968 Nyetimber Routemaster for a special tasting. On the coronation day itself, book in for The Savoy Street Party; a brilliantly British feast staged in the hotel’s forecourt and soundtracked by the acoustic roaming band, The Travelling Hands.