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Bystander • CALM DOWN, DEER First-class graduate Raphael Redmond embraced the surreal at Oxford’s Trinity College Ball, a riot of decadent excess inspired by the famously fantastical Rothschild Surrealist Ball of 1972. See page 32

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THE IT List • Ten fabulous ways to add sparkle to the party season

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PARTY LINE • Former PMs mingled, fortunes were spent and camels made the guestlist. Tatler has the full party report

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER • If advances in AI are a bitter prospect for many, they are highly palatable for the world’s brightest minds tasked with solving the planet’s biggest crises, from education to ecology. Who are the leading lights in the fight?

Eat, Fay, love • Bar Finch has slipped into Mayfair with old-school glamour, familiar favourites and a firm belief in living well, finds Fay Maschler

CIAO FACTOR • THIS WAS MORE ELEGANT by far than your typical fashion party – even for Milan. To my right, the scion of the Beretta gun dynasty, which is worth a reported £2.18 billion; to my left, Kourtney Kardashian’s hunky French boxer ex-boyfriend, Younes Bendjima. Elsewhere, Italian ingénues in chic midnight-blue and ice-white gowns glided through the 15th-century archways of Castello Sforzesco, the fortress from which the influential Sforza dynasty ruled during the Renaissance. Louis Vuitton had taken over, projecting racing chequers and its signature Damier print across the red-brick walls. The occasion? The grand finale of the Louis Vuitton Classic Run – a 600-kilometre tour across the north of Italy that brought together a coterie of international classic-car collectors and a select group of the maison’s Extremely Important Clients (EICs). Only one driver claimed the coveted top prize, but we were all winners here.

Haute STUFF • From storybook silhouettes to sculptural gowns, couture's wildest imaginations ran riot in Paris

THE LITTLE black BOOK 2026 • From the rugby pitch to the recording studio, the catwalk to the country house, a new generation is making its mark. Meet Tatler’s latest crop of eligibles: royal descendants, sporting sensations, pop progeny, fashion’s rising stars and society swans who never miss a reel. They’ve got pedigree, talent and very full diaries. But have they got your number?

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High INTEREST • Forget 6ft 5in, blue eyes: what you really want is a man in private equity. But before you attempt to invest in the hottest asset in town, take stock of Tatler’s guide to the City’s most eligible tribes…

HOW'S YOUR CHELSEA GAME? • Puppies welcome, finance bros considered, gym flirtations forbidden… Suitors hoping to win the heart of the modern Sloane must be fluent in the art of seduction, SW3 style

Top of THE LIST • She's fashion royalty, he's rugby's golden boy. Together, Valentina Pinault and Henry Pollock lead this year's Little Black Book: two dazzling young stars with charm, ambition and invitations to spare. Meet society's most eligible and prepare to join the queue

The play's THE THING • WHEN A HOLLYWOOD STAR STORMED OUT OF HAMLET, THE NATIONAL THEATRE'S RECASTING CAME TO STAND FOR SOMETHING ALTOGETHER MORE MEANINGFUL. IAN CHARLESON TOOK TO THE STAGE WITH MONTHS LEFT TO LIVE – NOW, IN THE OSCAR-TIPPED ELSINORE, HE FINALLY GETS HIS FLOWERS

Top hat & tales • FROM VERBIER TO VEGAS, HE COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT HIS YOUNGER ESCAPADES WITH PRINCE HARRY. SO WHAT MIGHT TOM...