CONTENTS PROFILES: A Byzantine Duet: Tamara and David Talbot Rice, by Anthony Bryer. The Inimitable Rosie Baldwin, by Ömer Koç. INTERIORS & COOKERY: TalI, White and Handsome, by Jeremy James. Photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg. The Taste of an Eastern Summer: the Marrow and its Flower, by Berrin Toroisan. BUSINESS & FINANCE: Capital Share: Banking in Istanbul, by David Barchard. REGULAR FEATURES EXHIBITIONS: Turkish Art in Venice, Designer Rugs in Konya. Tulip Mania by Chris Hellier. The London Sales by Tim Stanley. Orient Stars: Carpets in Germany. Ottoman Embroideries at Spink, Antiquities in St Petersburg. BOOK REVIEWS: By Tim Stanley, Nicholas Haslam and David Barchard. THE ABSOLUTE GUIDE TO ISTANBUL THE BEST-KEPT SECRET IN THE WORLD, BY JAMES WILDE. BEYOGLU. THE OLD CITY. THE GOLDEN HORN. THE LOWER BOSPHORUS. THE UPPER BOSPHORUS. NIŞANTAŞI. THE PRINCES' ISLANDS. PERSONAL VIEW. TRAVEL INTELLIGENCE. COVER: Pandeli's Restaurant in the Spice Bazaat; Istanbul, by Marie Dargent

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