PERSON OF INTEREST
The King Of Clay
AS WITH MOST ATP GAMES he played, Rafael Nadal perfectly remembers his first win at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on April 17, 2005. “That was an amazing match, special for many reasons,” says the tennis legend. “Guillermo Coria was the player in the best form and the man to beat on...
By Nancy Heslin
SIGNALS
Behind The Wheel
Born in Monaco in 1927—four years after Prince Rainier, and on what is today known as National Day (see box “It’s A Date!”)—Francis Wright’s childhood consisted of walking from his home at Rue de la Source to Lycée Albert 1er up on the Rock, every morning, lunch and...
By Nancy Heslin
GASTRONOMY
The Reel Deal
I THOROUGHLY TAKE PLEASURE in the art of eating in good company and tend to be more enticed by mouthwatering conversation than what’s on the plate in front of me. A lunch at La Pêcherie U Luvassu, at 8 Quai l’Hirondelle, was an exception. It began with the first mo...
By Nancy Heslin
Inner Circles
The Bowl Of Porridge Just Right
MAGNETISM. EITHER YOU HAVE IT OR YOU DON’T. Luiz F Costa Macambira, founder of The Monegasque™, definitely has it. “I had Jermaine Jackson on one phone and Adele on the other,” I remember him saying at our first meeting, a job interview back in September 2018 when he was...
By Nancy Heslin