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South China Morning Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
What to do in Hong Kong, July 27 to August 2
Hear this Jyoty Asia Tour London-based DJ Jyoty. Photo: Handout London-based selector and Boiler Room regular Jyoty is set to bring her brand of globally sourced dance music to Soho House Hong Kong on August 2, as her Asia tour rolls into town. She'll be joined by local favourites Arthur Yeti and 0159 as part of a five-hour set, so expect a night of eclectic beats and high-energy vibes, with plenty of interaction between the global DJ scene and Hong Kong's own distinctive sounds. Soho House Hong Kong, 33 Des Voeux Road West, Sheung Wan. Tickets from HK$288, visit Megatix Eat this Mosu Mosu's Hanwoo strip loin with geoduck and mustard-green stems. Photo: courtesy Mosu Changes are afoot at celebrity chef Sung Anh 's Hong Kong restaurant in M+, as the kitchen welcomes sous chef Han Wool Kim to the team, whose résumé includes stints at The French Laundry, in California's Napa Valley , and Mosu Seoul. The tasting menu has also been refreshed with seasonal creations such as butterfish with pine-bud butter, and Hanwoo strip loin with geoduck and mustard-green stems. 3/F, M+ Tower, 38 Museum Drive, West Kowloon Drink this The St Regis Bar The St Regis Bar's Belcher Point cocktail. Photo: courtesy The St. Regis Bar Inspired by the railway board game Ticket to Ride, the St Regis Bar 's latest cocktail menu pits drinkers against each other to be the first to reach their destination either by train or tram, with the 16 cocktails serving as playing cards. Highlights include Ritual Fizz, a twist on the Ramos Gin Fizz, and Belcher Point, featuring local gin, osmanthus vermouth and fennel cordial. 2/F, The St Regis Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Drive, Wan Chai See this Chiikawa Days These limited-edition plushies will be available at the 'Chiikawa Days' exhibition. Photo: Handout
The Herald Scotland
22-07-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Members' club founder to launch his first hotel in Scotland
It means a "significant step" forward for Mollie's, the "budget-luxe" motel and diner brand founded by Soho House founder Nick Jones planned for Edinburgh. Mollie's has now signed a deal with award-winning developers Parabola for the new site, which will be its fourth motel in the UK. The proposed hotel and diner will be located close to Edinburgh Park Station is scheduled to open in 2028, subject to planning permission and licensing. Mollie's said it is 'is proud to be part of Parabola's visionary development of Edinburgh Park - an emerging urban quarter designed to be a vibrant place to live, work, and visit'. A double room. (Image: Mollie's) The site offers connectivity, with nearby access to the M8 and [[Edinburgh]] City Bypass, extensive bus and cycle networks, and [[Edinburgh]] Park's mainline and tram stations. The firm said 'This prime location provides swift access to both Edinburgh city centre and the airport in under 20 minutes, making it ideal for residents, commuters, and tourists - especially those visiting the upcoming AEG entertainment arena. 'Founded in 2019, Mollie's is a pioneering, design-led lifestyle brand inspired by the classic American motel and diner. 'A certified B-Corp, Mollie's is committed to delivering positive social and environmental impact. The brand currently operates motels in Bristol and Oxfordshire, with a Manchester city centre location set to open later this year.' Nick Jones, company founder. (Image: Getty Images) The Edinburgh Park site will span approximately 73,000 square feet and feature around 200 rooms, a diner with an outdoor terrace, meeting and event spaces, and ample cycle and car parking with electric vehicle charging stations. The design "aligns with the surrounding architecture and integrates seamlessly into the Edinburgh Park masterplan". READ MORE: "Mollie's are positively different by design: bold yet modest, stylish yet relaxed, always warm, always fun; committed to delivering an outstanding value, carefully curated and effortlessly relevant guest experience. "As a new urban quarter that will not only become an exciting place to live and work but also a cultural destination and creative campus for Edinburgh, serviced by exceptional transport links, Edinburgh Park is the perfect location for Mollie's fourth site and we're truly delighted to work with Parabola to achieve this." Tony Hordon, managing director of Parabola, said: "Having experienced Mollie's in Bristol, we knew it was the perfect fit in terms of brand, quality, and ethos. "Their customer-focused hospitality and vibrant food and beverage offering will be a fantastic addition to Edinburgh's hotel scene. We're delighted to welcome them into our masterplan, especially alongside the soon-to-begin AEG Arena."
Daily Mirror
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Meghan Markle's surprise Cat Deeley link as This Morning star celebrates pal's birthday
This Morning presenter Cat Deeley and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle have a surprising connection that dates back a number of years Two names that wouldn't automatically be combined in conversation is Cat Deeley and Meghan Markle. While Meghan is living her life stateside with Prince Harry, Cat is entertaining the British public alongside Ben Shephard on This Morning. However, a close pal of both the women helps to bring them together - and he is currently celebrating his birthday. Cat, 48, is close to Soho House director Markus Anderson. And it was the Canadian mogul who helped to play matchmaker to bring together former Suits star Meghan with the prince almost a decade ago. Cat took to social media on Sunday to send a special message to her friend. Among the Instagram uploads as a number of funny photos of the duo from time gone by. She captioned her post: "Happy Birthday to my partner in crime, wine and dine, ride or die @anderson_markus. Thank you for always making my life more FABULOUS, I love you to the moon AND back X" Among the images were the pair enjoying concerts, glasses of wine and cuddling into dogs. The was also a clip of them relaxing in a pool on flamboyant inflatables. Another of the pair's pal's clearly appreciated the love-in, replying with a sarcastic response. Ben Skervin wrote: "He's ok i guess if you like that sort of thing (said the jealous other best friend)." "Fair to Middling at best ?!?!?," Cat sarcastically replied. Markus was more serious in his replying, responded: "I [heart emoji] you Bubbs xxx." And with the Markus connection, comes the Meghan linkup. In her now defunct blog, The Tig, Meghan gave Cat a mention thanks to her friendship with Markus. When a lady knows that everything tastes better "with a little champagne"… well, she's a woman after my own heart,' Meghan previously wrote. "Such is the case with Ms. Cat Deeley. "Not surprising though, given our shared love for partner in crime extraordinaire, Markus Anderson, who you've seen on The Tig time and time again." Meghan previously dubbed Markus the "second most important man in her life". He was often spotted at Meghan's side since they struck up a friendship when the Duchess of Sussex lived in Toronto while filming Suits. Although he did not set up Meghan and Prince Harry, he is said to have played a big part in helping the romance blossom. He reportedly arranged for the pair to meet in private rooms at Soho House and even organised a trip to the boutique hotel Babington House in Somerset. And while there was speculation regarding a potential faltering of the pair's relationship, that has since been played down. Fans were concerned when he didn't make an appearance on her latest Netflix show. However, according to the Daily Mail, the businessman's busy professional life was the reason behind his absence. It means he's travelling constantly analso a pal told the publication: 'He just really is not comfortable in the spotlight... it's not his thing."
Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Revealed: The surprising link between Meghan Markle and Cat Deeley as This Morning star celebrates the birthday of her 'partner in crime'
One is married to the King's youngest son and uses the title of Duchess, while the other presents a British daytime TV show with heartthrob Ben Shephard - yet Meghan Markle and Cat Deeley share a surprising connection. The Birmingham-born This Morning host, 48, is close friends with Soho House director Markus Anderson, the Canadian mogul who helped matchmake Meghan and Prince Harry nine years ago. Taking to her Instagram page on Sunday, Cat shared a selection of sweet and amusing photographs of herself with Markus to celebrate his birthday. 'Happy Birthday to my partner in crime, wine and dine, ride or die @anderson_markus. Thank you for always making my life more FABULOUS, I love you to the moon AND back X,' wrote the TV star. From attending concerts and enjoying meals with one another to chilling in a pool, sharing a peck on the cheek and striking funny poses, the pictures offered a glimpse inside the pair's fun-filled friendship. Replying to the adorable post, Markus wrote: 'I [love] you Bubbs xxx' in the comment section. It's unclear how long the duo have been friends for, however, Cat, who forged a successful career in the US before returning to the UK in recent years, shared a similarly sweet birthday post for the businessman in 2018. Three years earlier, Meghan, 43, even featured the British presenter on her now defunct lifestyle blog, The Tig, thanks to their shared friendship with Markus. 'When a lady knows that everything tastes better "with a little champagne"… well, she's a woman after my own heart,' the Duchess of Sussex once wrote, reported Hello! magazine. 'Such is the case with Ms. Cat Deeley. 'Not surprising though, given our shared love for partner in crime extraordinaire, Markus Anderson, who you've seen on The Tig time and time again.' Markus is widely credited with helping Meghan and Harry's romance flourish in its early days and has been by the former actress' side for many years. The Canadian was with the American mother-of-two when she made her first public outing with Harry at the Invictus Games in 2017. He also acted as her 'bouncer' as she made her way through the crowd of photographers outside a New York hotel for her baby shower in 2019. The businessman, who grew up in Peterborough, Ontario - a Canadian town 90 miles north-east of Toronto - moved to London at the age of 18, where he landed a job as a waiter at the A-list members-only club Soho House. He quickly caught the eye of founder Nick Jones, and rose through the ranks while developing an immense network of celebrity friends. Nick soon sent him back to Canada to set up a Soho House in Toronto – and in 2011, he met a young Meghan after she moved to the country to film the first season of her TV legal drama Suits. The two quickly grew close, with Meghan once writing on her now defunct website The Tig: 'What would I do without you, my loving, supportive, and endlessly fun friend? 'I know what… I would be bored, and life would be infinitely less interesting. I love you SO much. Happiest of days for you now and always. Love you.' Meghan even referred to Markus as 'uncle' to her two dogs Guy and Bogart, and was photographed on a lavish vacation with him in Madrid in 2016. Well-connected Markus soon began introducing her to his celebrity clientele and friends, including George and Amal Clooney and Jessica Mulroney – daughter-in-law of ex-Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who went on to become one of Meghan's closest pals before a rumored falling-out divided them in 2019. A Soho House source previously told the Daily Mail: 'Long before Prince Harry came on the scene, Markus was introducing Meghan to all sorts of rich and powerful people.' While Meghan and Harry are widely believed to have first met on a blind date in London set up by designer Misha Nonoo, it was in Canada – and more specifically at Markus' Soho House – that their love blossomed. He reportedly arranged for the couple to meet secretly in private rooms at the club, and helped them escape on romantic weekend getaways together. The consultant was once dubbed the 'second most important man in Meghan's life'. However, although he was pictured with Prince Harry on a visit to Soho House in Austin in March 2024, more recently he was said to have 'vanished' from their inner circle. This March, a friend of Markus' told the Mail that his bond with Meghan 'may' not be as tight as it once was. This was put down to Markus' extremely busy professional life as an executive at Soho House, which means he travels 'almost constantly.' The private members club now has 42 outposts around the globe. Notably, Markus did not appear in the first season of the Duchess' Netflix cookery show, With Love, Meghan, and is not believed to be lined up for season two. His friend admitted: 'He just really is not comfortable in the spotlight... it's not his thing.' However, he and Meghan were spotted together at a baby shower for a mutual friend in December - before eagle-eyed royal fans speculated that the businessman joined Meghan and Harry on their Disneyland trip in June. The Duke and Duchess enjoyed a family outing to the 'Happiest Place On Earth' with their children Archie, six, and Lilibet, four. Following their visit, Meghan shared a happy video montage to her Instagram account, showing the family enjoying the thrilling rides, meeting Disney characters and spending quality time together. In several pictures, Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lili were all in the images - meaning the photographs must have been taken by an unnamed cameraman. It's unclear how long the duo (pictured) have been friends for, however, Cat, who forged a successful career in the US before returning to the UK in recent years, shared a similarly sweet birthday post for the businessman in 2018 Cat and Markus pictured in a photograph shared by the TV star on Sunday to celebrate the businessman's birthday Another snap showed Harry and Meghan screaming with joy on the Space Mountain rollercoaster. In this photo, and in another on the Cars Land ride, Meghan had obscured those sitting behind her by using black heart emojis to cover their faces. Nonetheless, eagle-eyed royal fans were soon convinced they'd uncovered the identity of the Sussexes' mysterious companion. 'Is that Markus Anderson behind her?' one wrote on Twitter, while another speculated: 'I think Markus Anderson was with them so he was probably took the photos.' A third person online added: 'Markus Anderson from Soho House is in the back. This guy is always with Meghan. lol.' Others wrote: 'It was Marcus Anderson taking the pics' and 'I think it was Marcus Anderson!'
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Members only: Inside the new playgrounds of India's rich and famous
For decades, the Indian elite have sought escape in Raj-era private clubs and gymkhanas, scattered around the swankiest neighbourhoods in the country's big cities, hillside resorts and cantonment to these quintessentially "English" enclaves, with their bellboys, butlers, dark mahogany interiors and rigid dress codes, has been reserved for the privileged; the old moneyed who roam the corridors of power - think business tycoons, senior bureaucrats, erstwhile royals, politicians or officers of the armed is where India's rich and powerful have hobnobbed for years, building social capital over cigars or squash and brokering business deals during golf sessions. Today, these spaces can feel strangely anachronistic - relics of a bygone era in a country eager to shed its colonial Asia's third largest economy breeds a new generation of wealth creators, a more modern and less formal avatar of the private members-only club - that reflects the sweeping economic and demographic changes under way in India - is emerging. This is where the newly well-heeled are hanging out and doing business. Demand for such spaces is strong enough for the international chain Soho House to plan two new launches in the capital Delhi and in south Mumbai in the coming months. Their first offering - an ocean-facing club on Mumbai's iconic Juhu Beach - opened six years ago and is wildly chain is one of a host of new club entrants vying to cater to a market that is booming in House started in London in the mid-90s as an antidote to the upscale gentlemen's clubs that lined Pall Mall. It came in as a refreshingly new concept: a more relaxed club for creators, thinkers and creative entrepreneurs, who might have felt like they didn't belong in the enclaves of the old years later, India's flourishing tech-driven economy of start-ups and creators has birthed a nouveau riche that's afforded Soho House exactly another such market opportunity."There's growth in India's young wealth, and young entrepreneurs really need a foundation to platform themselves," Kelly Wardingham, Soho House's Asia regional director, told the BBC. The "new wealthy require different things" from what the traditional gymkhanas the old clubs, Soho House does not either "shut off" or let in people based on their family legacy, status, wealth or gender, she says. Members use the space as a haven to escape the bustle of Mumbai, with its rooftop pool, gym and private screening rooms as well as a plethora of gourmet food options. But they also use it to drive value from a diverse community of potential mentors and investors, or to learn new skills and attend events and Maya, a young filmmaker, says her membership of the house in Mumbai - a city "where one is always jostling for space and a quiet corner in a cramped cafe" - has given her rare access to the movers and shakers of Mumbai's film industry - which might otherwise have been impossible for someone like her "without generational privilege".In fact, for years, traditional gymkhanas were closed off for the creative community. The famous Bollywood actor, the late Feroz Khan, once asked a gymkhana club in Mumbai for membership, only to be politely refused, as they didn't admit taken aback by their snootiness, is said to have quipped, "If you'd watched my movies, you would know I am not much of an actor."By contrast, Soho House proudly flaunts Bollywood star Ali Fazal, a member, on its in-house magazine cover. But beyond just a more modern, democratic ethos, high demand for these clubs is also a factor of the limited supply of the traditional gymkhanas, which are still very sought queues at most of them can extend "up to many years," and supply hasn't caught up to serve the country's "new crop of self-made businessmen, creative geniuses and high-flying corporate honchos", according to Ankit Kansal of Axon Developers, which recently released a report on the rise of new members-only mismatch has led to more than two dozen new club entrants - including independent ones like Quorum and BVLD, as well as those backed by global hospitality brands like St Regis and Four Seasons - opening in India. At least half a dozen more are on their way in the next few years, according to Axon market, the report says, is growing at nearly 10% every year, with Covid having become a big turning point, as the wealthy chose to avoid public these spaces mark significant shifts, with their progressive membership policies and patronage of the arts, literary and independent music scene they are very much still "sanctums of modern luxury", says Axon, with admission given out by invite only or through referrals, and costing several times more than the monthly income of most Soho House for instance, annual membership is 320,000 Indian rupees ($3,700; $2,775) - beyond what most people can afford. What's changed is that membership is based on personal accomplishment and future potential rather than family pedigree. A new self-made elite has replaced the old inheritors - but access remains largely out of reach for the average middle-class Indian. In a way the rising take-up for these memberships reflects India's broader post-liberalisation growth story – when the country opened up to the world and discarded its socialist galloped, but the rich became the biggest beneficiaries, growing even richer as inequality reached gaping proportions. It's why the country's luxury market has boomed, even as the high street struggles with tepid demand, with most Indians without money to spend on anything beyond the growing numbers of newly-minted rich present a big business 797,000 high-net worth individuals are set to double in number within a couple of years - a fraction of a population of 1.4 billion, but enough to drive future growth for those building new playgrounds for the wealthy to unwind, network and live the high BBC News India on Instagram, YouTube, X and Facebook.
