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.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonDAUNT BOOKS Of this bookshop’s six locations, the Marylebone High Street store is recommended for its "beautiful Edwardian interior." Offers a wide selection of "travel books for everywhere." (GM) +44.20.7224.2295, www.dauntbooks.co.uk FOYLES The Charing Cross Road outlet of this UK book chain ...

.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonALL ENGLISH LAWN TENNIS CLUB (WIMBLEDON) “You can play” at the world’s most famous tennis venue. “It’s not easy.

< Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonJERMYN STREET “One of the most famous” shopping destinations in London “for handmade shirts, ties, and accessories.” The bustling street located just behind Picadilly has “an excellent choice of gentlemen’s shops” offering “off-the-shelf and made-to-measure” menswear, as well as “antiquish” accessories for the connoisseur. ...

.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonAMAN SPA

< Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonALAIN DUCASSE AT THE DORCHESTER Michelin three-star French cuisine from the renowned chef in a "contemporary and relaxing" space at The Dorchester. The four-year-old restaurant stands out both "for the food and for the style of the room." For an elegant and adventurous ...

.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonAPSLEYS, A HEINZ BECK RESTAURANT "Very popular" afternoon tearoom is home to England’s first tea sommelier, Karl Kessab. The elegant establishment, within The Lanesborough hotel, also might be home to the country’s first gluten- and dairy-free tea service.

.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonANDERSON & SHEPPARD A member of the Savile Row Bespoke tailors, this outfit is popular with "American clientele" for its "trendy" cuts.

.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonASPREY New Bond Street department store carries "everything from backgammon sets to porcelain and silverware" but is recommended first and foremost for "bespoke high-end jewelry and watches." "Everyone likes something from Asprey." (MDC, AD, BM, CS, ST, MW) +44.20.7493.6767, www.asprey.com AUSTIN KAYE ...

.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonALLENS OF MAYFAIR Oft-touted as the "best butcher in the whole of London," this "traditional" shop in Mayfair "specializes in beef and game." "Most of the top restaurants use this butcher," but walk-in customers are welcome. Also offers butchery classes. (AD, ...

.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonALFIES ANTIQUE MARKET "Famous throughout the years" for being "really good fun," this converted warehouse on Church Street draws "a collection of dealers all under one roof" to offer "a little bit of everything." More than 70 vendors. (AH, GM, CS, ...

The iPad 2 is getting all sorts of praise, but something interesting is emerging: Are its light weight, large screen and twin cameras perfectly positioned to make the iPad an Augmented Reality giant? Augmented Reality apps have slowly proliferated on smartphones, bringing a novelty and genuine usefulness to some data streams that are overlaid on reality through the device's rear cameras, but now there are tablet computers with rear cameras, too.

Though automakers are scrambling to roll out hybrid and electric vehicles as fast as they can, BP believes that biofuels are the only way forward--at least for the time being. Olivier Mace, head of strategy, regulatory affairs and communications at BP Biofuels, explained at a London conference yesterday that demand in China and India, two of the fastest-growing markets, would make biofuels at least 12% of the worldwide road transport fuel mix by 2030

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After nearly three years and more than $300 million, London’s legendary Savoy reopened last October as a Fairmont hotel. Fairmont claims the undertaking was the "most ambitious hotel restoration in London history," but it was not, according to the company, a renovation: Instead of modernizing the Savoy, Fairmont brought the ...

The clothes, the glamour, the shows are all heavily covered in the media, but where does a fashionista stay when visiting New York, London, Milan and Paris for fashion week?