http://www.bmivoyager.com inflight magazine of bmi Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:43:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WORDS | Maggie Davis and Charlotte Williamson Umbrella by Swaine Adeney Brigg Where? 54 St James’s Street SW1, +44 (0)20 7409 7277, www.swaineadeney.co.uk How much? From £210 For the discerning gentleman, an umbrella is not just for keeping the rain off, but is a telling status symbol. ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/top-drawer/ WORDS | CLAIRE ADLER PORTRAIT | JILLIANE DELSTEIN BETWEEN HIS HOMES IN LONDON, New York, Cap Ferrat in the south of France, Geneva (his legal residence), and Gstaad, a 150-foot yacht, a private jet, a winery and vineyard in South Africa, it’s almost impossible to pin down ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/king-of-bling/ WORDS | RENÉE CORDES Photography: © Corbis POPULATION: 1 million VISITORS PER YEAR: 5.3m (foreign 4.5m, domestic 726,000 ; measured in terms of overnight stays, 2008) LANGUAGE: French, Flemish CURRENCY: Euro (€) STREET-VENDOR WAFFLE: €1.50 ONE-BED FLAT IN CITY CENTRE: €85,000+ Brussels could be the world’s most ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/first-time-in-brussels/ [ ZURICH ] KLOSTERS IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN for being the favourite Alpine hideaway for a number of European aristocrats. So it might not come as a surprise to learn that it’s also home to a quirky charity event which sees participants parade in ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/wild-girls/ WORDS | ALISON THOMSON ONE EVENING BACK IN 1996, I came home from my job in London to a message on my answering machine. How did I fancy going to work in Beirut? It couldn’t have come at a better time – I was ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/back-to-beirut/ WORDS | ALEX RAYNER PHOTOGRAPHY | JOHN CARTER SPLASH! AFTER 14 YEARS OF NEAR UNBROKEN SHORE LEAVE I have found my way back on to a windsurfer. But the board-and-sail contraption that used to carry me easily across the sea has taken to pitching me in it instead. I’m ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/second-wind/ WORDS | BRIGID KEENAN IT IS 130 YEARS SINCE THE NOBEL BROTHERS STARTED THEIR OIL COMPANY, Branobel, in Azerbaijan – a fairly obscure anniversary you might think. But that’s not how they see it in the oil capital of Baku where they are proud of the ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/nobel-rot/ Photograph: Bryn Lennon/ Getty Images WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE ISLE OF MAN AND CYCLISTS? First Mark Cavendish, 24, establishes himself as the world’s leading sprint cyclist, with 10 stage victories at the 2008 and 2009 Tour de France. Now Peter Kennaugh, four years his ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/peter-kennaugh/ INTERVIEW | ANDRE ASTOELKE / TCS AND HUGH MACLEOD Photography: © Martin Mai/ TC AS SHE HERSELF IS SO OFTEN SAID TO DO, let us begin this story of Asma al-Assad by breaking a little presidential protocol. Let us agree that there is more to her than her glamorous ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/asma-al-assad/ Girls and film [ 4-12 March ] ONLY SEVEN PER CENT OF FILM DIRECTORS ARE FEMALE. That is, at least by Birds Eye View’s reckoning. But this London film festival for female cinematic talent thinks the future is bright for lady filmmakers. Kathryn ... http://www.bmivoyager.com/2010/03/01/calendar-4/