IN THIS ISSUE
09 Can He Fix It?
Expat View: America has a new president, and the weight of the world is on his shoulders

14 Cupid, Draw Back Your Bow
Upfront:Celebrate St Valentine’s Day… and the menopause

42 The Empire Strikes Back
Style: Joanna Hughes looks at how Russia’s Romanov dynasty is influencing next season’s fashions

FEATURES
50 Tongue Tied
Feature: The history of the kiss is explored by Pól Ó Conghaile

56 School Daze
Feature: With so many options out there, do you know where and what’s best for your kids? Finding a good school is not as easy as you may think. We show you the best places to look

66 The Mile High Club
Feature: Confused by the myriad options offered by frequent flyer schemes?
Sunita Shahdadpuri gets to the bottom of who offers what

74 The Flip Side Of The Philippines
Travel: Forget what you read in the press, says Chris Pritchard, the Philippines is still the region’s most under-rated destination

84 Hotel Icons
Feature: Two of London’s most historic hotels, The Savoy and Claridge’s,
are profiled by Sunita Shahdadpuri

88 Wild Thing
Travel: Wildlife may not be an obvious attraction to New Zealand, but, as Chris Pritchard reports, it could rival Africa as a destination for the nature lover

REGULAR

98 Desperate Measures
Finance: As the economy tanks, the scam shysters are coming out of the woodwork. But, as Rowena Everson discovers, those scams are becoming no more creative

100 Estate of the Nation
Motoring: Tony Watts lords it Rolls- Royce’s Drophead Coupé and rejoices in Volvo thinking out of the box

102 Brothers In Arms
Seen and Heard: Geraint Price goes down south with the Kings of Leon

103 On the Shelf
Books: Joanna Hughes harks back to the golden age with three biographies of some of the 20th century’s greatest characters

104 Tippling Schtick
Molecular gastronomy now extends to drinks as well as food, as Geraint Price discovers at the Tippling Club

106 A-Bundant Pleasure
Restaurants: Sunita Shahdadpuri admires the sights of the newlyrenovated Clifford Pier and find a ray of light in Holland Village

110 The Test Of A Man
Sport: His cricketing career may be fizzled out before it started, but that hasn’t stopped Darren Tucker’s election as chairman of the Hong Kong Cricket Association. Jason Dasey takes up the story

112 Like A Fish Out Of Water
Horoscope: Change is afoot for Pisceans, writes Shelley von Strunckel

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