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Books

Time Tamed

Ira

Cigars – a Guide

Bernard Buffet

Swans

Bals

Gentlemen and Blackguards

Dancing into Battle

High Society

Scandalous Society

The Impossible Collection of Watches

Nardi

Dunhill by Design

The Bentley Era

The Trench Book

Mikimoto

Cigar Style

The Carlyle

Turnbull & Asser

Marbella Club

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Journalism

How To Spend It July 21

Patek Philippe Magazine Vol 4

How To Spend It April 2022

GQ September 2021

Mayfair Reborn

Art and Industry

Dirty Pretty Things

Slimline Design is a Tonic

Style Maketh the Man

Swellboy

The Fine Art of Time Travel

The Foulkes Interview

Go Figurado

Watch and Fine Jewellery Review

Watch this Space

Strike a Cord

Bernard Buffet

At the Birth of Modern Art

Grace Under Pressure

Show me the Monet

Genta

Colossus of Rome

The Wrist Taker

Me and my favourite watch

Striking the Right Note

Foundation Fathers

Miniature in Time

Fleurs du Temps

Acquisitions Men

Displays of Luxury

A Lifetime of Colour

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Editing

Vanity Fair On Time 2020

Vanity Fair En Route 2019

Vanity Fair En Route 2020

Vanity Fair On Art 2020

Vanity Fair On Art 2019

Vanity Fair On Time 2019

Vanity Fair On Time Autumn 2019

Vanity Fair on Art 2016

Vanity Fair on Time 2016

Vanity Fair On Route 2016

Vanity Fair on Art

Vanity Fair on Time

Finch’s Quarterly Review

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Public Speaking

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve

Forum de la Haute Horlogerie

The Mastery of Time

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About Nicholas Foulkes

Nicholas Foulkes is the author of around 25 books on the arts and history. He is best known for his critically acclaimed trilogy of 19th century histories: Scandalous Society, (a biography of Count d'Orsay); Dancing Into Battle, A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo; and Gentlemen and Blackguards, Gambling Mania and the plot to steal the Derby of 1844.

His most recent books include, Bernard Buffet: The Invention of the Modern Mega-Artist, 'Bals: Legendary Costume Balls of the Twentieth Century' and 'Swans, Legends of the Jet Society'.

His books have been published by Random House; Little, Brown & Company; Weidenfield and Nicolson; Flamarrion; Assouline; and Thomas Dunne Books.

He contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines around the world. He is a contributing editor to The FT's How To Spend It Magazine; a contributing editor to Vanity Fair; , a columnist for Country Life and luxury editor of British GQ. He launched and continues to edit Vanity Fair's twice yearly watch magazine On Time. He launched and continues to edit Vanity Fair on Art. In 2007 he was named Havana Man of the Year by the Cuban government, having been nominated for this award on four previous occasions. In 2009 he was appointed to the board of the Norman Mailer Centre. He is a graduate of Hertford College Oxford and lives in London with his wife and two sons.

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