Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Style myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.HTSI editor Jo Ellison \u00a9 Marili AndreWhat is it about Chatsworth, the Duke of Devonshire\u2019s ancestral seat in Derbyshire, that continues to inspire? Is it\u00a0the sheer size of the house, a great hunk of neoclassical sandstone as was de rigueur in the 17th century? Or is it its star turn at the centre of so many adapted fictions: from Brideshead to Pride and Prejudice? Perhaps the romance is driven by its landscape, the majestic Peaks in which it sits? Or perhaps we simply love the fact the house remains inhabited: and we just love a ch\u00e2telaine.\u00a0Of all the duchesses of the modern era, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, was the queen. \u201cDebo\u201d died in 2014, but her name is still evoked as the essence of country chic. One of the least notorious Mitford sisters, she still embodied the small eccentricities that Anglophiles adore: admired as much for her curious rosebud beauty and ballgowns as for her love of chickens and muddy-gumboot common sense.\u00a0Of all the duchesses of the modern era, Debo was the queenDebo has become a byword for a certain era of postwar grit. She lived through a period of huge upheaval in which there were great shifts in society\u2019s tectonic plates. She steered the reinvention of Chatsworth as a public institution, while also settling there with her family. In doing so she helped create an almost mythic narrative about country living that endures to this day. Erdem Moral\u0131o\u011flu is one of many designers to have been bewitched by Chatsworth and the effects of the late Duchess: his SS24 collection drew generously on her wardrobe (and curtains), and this month\u00a0sees an exhibition, Imaginary Conversations, in which he has staged a series of \u201cinteractions\u201d in its guest bedrooms. For HTSI, he has shot a portfolio of images to commemorate the event. As he tells Beatrice Hodgkin in an\u00a0exclusive interview, the house is not simply a historical monument but a \u201cliving, breathing thing\u201d.As the newest inhabitant of the Palazzo Malipiero in\u00a0Venice, the billionaire Nicolas Berggruen is also breathing new life into a mythic home. Malipiero dates from around the 11th century, and was home to Alvise Malipiero, a mentor to Giacomo Casanova, who also lived\u00a0in the palazzo in the 18th century until he was banished for being a very naughty boy.\u00a0Berggruen\u2019s investment is one third of a trio of buildings that comprise a new Venetian hub. In recent years, the former playboy has put his energies into the annual Berggruen Prize \u2013 a $1mn award for philosophy and culture that aims to rival the Nobel. He explains his grand plan for \u201cglobal thinking\u201d to James Reginato from his garden perch on the Grand Canal: it\u2019s all part of an effort \u201cto acknowledge that philosophical ideas are just as important as physics or chemistry\u201d. Whatever it is, it has\u00a0meant he\u2019s now got an extremely tasty portfolio of properties. James meets this modern-day Medici to find out more about his thought-leadership vision.As has been noted by many analysts \u2013 and consumers \u2013 prices have been getting out of hand. I found a shoe in my\u00a0wardrobe the other evening: it came\u00a0from a celebrated Marc Jacobs collection in 2004, and still had its price\u00a0tag of \u00a3250 \u2013 once considered to\u00a0be the gateway price point for first-time buyers of luxury. These days, you can\u2019t even find a fragrance for much less than \u00a3250. Rosanna Dodds has investigated the vogue for this new tier of high-end perfumes. Why are they so expensive?\u00a0Lastly, a confession. I\u2019m not a huge ice-cream fan. This is considered to be a sign of unconscionable foolishness by\u00a0many, for whom ice-cream is the ultimate in treats. Nevertheless, I am intrigued by Ajesh Patalay\u2019s adventures with homemade varieties as found in Terri Mercieca\u2019s new ice-cream book. So, if he were to offer me a wattleseed caramel sundae, I would happily indulge.\u00a0@jellison22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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