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Issue 23, 2001

Haute Ottoman

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Celebrating the most glorious garments of the Ottoman court and investigating Memories of Madam: Ninette de Valois’ role in the birth of Turkish ballet. Heaven scent: we indulge in the ultimate attar of roses. We sail away along the Taurus; set off on rough journeys with Mitford & Bean; and enjoy Kargopoulo’s astonishing shots of empire. All with the perfect peach

Inside the issue

Cover Story

  1. Rapt in Silk
    The bolder face of Ottoman imperial fabrics.     [extract available online]

Profiles

  1. Love at First Sight
    The linguist Geoffrey Lewis, by Andrew Mango.
  2. Rough Journeys
    The scholar-explorers George Bean and Terence Mitford, by Barnaby Rogerson.

Travel

  1. La Vie en Rose
    In search of the rose harvest, by Martyn Rix.
  2. Between the Taurus and the Deep Blue Sea
    Kate Clow and Jacqueline de Gier sail Turkey's eastern Mediterranean shore.

Arts

  1. CONNOISSEUR
  2. Some Enchanted Gardens
    Islamic art from the Gulbenkian,
    by John Carswell.
  3. Plus news of auctions and a textiles fair.
  4. DANCE
  5. Memories of Madam
    Dame Ninette de Valois and the birth of Turkish ballet, by Elizabeth Meath Baker and Bernard Burrows.
  6. PHOTOGRAPHY
  7. Shots of Empire
    The royal photographer Vassilaki Kargopoulo,
    by Philip Mansel.     [available online]

Books

  1. Turkish Delights, by Philippa Scott. Reviewed by Alistair McAlpine. [available online]
  2. Master Builders of Byzantium, by Robert Ousterhout. Reviewed by John Julius Norwich. [available online]
  3. Blue & White, by John Carswell. Reviewed by Julian Thompson. [available online]
  4. Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000, by William Hale. The European Union and Cyprus, by Christopher Brewin.
    Reviewed by David Barchard.
  5. The Other Side of the Mountain, by Erendiz Atasü. Reviewed by Alı Erginsoy.
  6. The Lycian Way, by Kate Clow. Reviewed by Andrew Finkel. [available online]

Cookery

  1. Perfect Peach
    Berrin Torolsan on summer's ultimate thirst-quencher.

Regular Features

  1. Trade Secrets
    Master of Plaster, by Berrin Torolsan. Photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg.
  2. Village Voices by Azize Ethem.
  3. Letter from Istanbul
    Finance report by Andrew Finkel

Highlights

  • Rapt in Silk

    William Morris and Mariano Fortuny familiarlised the West with the sumptuous floral designs of Ottoman textiles. But few are aware of the the bolder side of Turkish design.

  • Perfect Peach

    Dedicated to Venus by the Romans, no other fruit has so many symbolic and material associations with sensual beauty. Lovely soft pink flowers are followed by crimson velvetly fruit, soft and round, with a heavenly taste and aroma.

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