The Journal

For those dreaming of a home in the Caribbean, Barbados offers an appealing combination of beauty, established communities, and an effortless approach to island living. From beachfront villas along the Platinum Coast to contemporary residences overlooking the sea, the island has long attracted international buyers looking for somewhere to live, return to, or invest in.

There are few things in the world of fine jewellery as captivating as a truly exceptional diamond. Formed over millions of years, each stone possesses qualities that cannot be replicated, from its colour, clarity and value to the way it captures and reflects light. For Graff, these natural wonders have become the foundation of a distinctive approach to jewellery, defined by rarity, craftsmanship and an unwavering appreciation for beauty.

Walk down almost any residential street and you can usually tell, within a few strides, which houses were shaped by an architect and which were merely extended. Scale and spectacle rarely explain it. Usually the giveaway is proportion: a window that lines up exactly where the eye expects it, a ceiling height that makes a modest room feel generous, a staircase that turns at the point where the light changes. This is the result of someone thinking hard, for months, about how a family will actually live in a space, and it's precisely this quality of thought that estate agents, surveyors and buyers alike have started to price into a sale.

A five-bedroom duplex in the heart of Belgravia has sold through United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty for £15.55 million, just £200,000 below its asking price.

There has been a seismic shift in how marketing and sales operate across myriad industries over the last decade, and prime property is no exception. While the broader impact of social media on consumer behaviour has been dissected and debated at length, its particular role in luxury real estate is a more interesting story than most.