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Day: 10 May 2026

Nikki Beach St-Tropez launches Sunday dining series for summer 2026

by: Cassandra Tanti
10/05/2026

Nikki Beach St-Tropez has announced a Sunday dining series running throughout May and June. Titled ‘Amazing Sundays | Taste & Celebrate’, the programme pairs themed menus with live music each week, with executive group chef Alessandro Pizza leading the culinary offer alongside local producers and brand partners.

The series opens on 10th May with a Farm to Table Sunday, followed by a Seafood Sunday on 17th May. On 24th May, chef Nicolas Sintes presents a French Riviera menu in partnership with Miraval. Mother’s Day on 31st May is marked with a dedicated menu under the banner A Tasteful Mother’s Day.

June highlights

The June programme includes a Wagyu BBQ, a La Dolce Vita edition in collaboration with Campari, a Father’s Day Rotisserie, and a Caviar Day. Full dates for the June events are yet to be confirmed.

Miraval features as a partner across multiple editions, including the Mother’s Day sitting.

The Amazing Sundays series is part of Nikki Beach St-Tropez’s broader 2026 summer season.

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From horse messengers to F1: Monaco’s stamp museum opens a journey through transport history

by: Cassandra Tanti
10/05/2026

More than 180 postage stamps and a rare postal document on loan from the Prince’s Palace are at the heart of a new exhibition opening at Monaco’s Museum of Stamps and Coins on 11th May, tracing the history of human movement from the first foot messengers to the technologies reshaping travel today.

Voyage au fil du timbre — on display until 27th September 2026 at the Terrasses de Fontvieille — uses philately as an unlikely but compelling lens through which to examine the transport revolutions that have reshaped societies across centuries. The postal document on exceptional loan from the Palace dates to 1870, lending the exhibition a rare archival anchor.

Small objects, big history

Postage stamps, by their nature, capture a moment: a technology celebrated, a milestone commemorated, a national pride expressed. Assembled in sequence, the more than 180 pieces in this exhibition tell the story of how humans have relentlessly pushed the limits of distance, speed and communication — from horse-drawn coaches and early railways to aviation, maritime routes and the digital age.

The exhibition traces not only the mechanics of transport but its broader consequences: the circulation of ideas, the expansion of commerce and the social bonds forged by the ability to move people and goods across the world.

The racing section

A dedicated section brings the story closer to Monaco’s own identity, charting the evolution of the leisure and racing automobile from its earliest incarnations to the present day. Through stamps depicting iconic cars, the display traces the technical and aesthetic transformations of motorsport — a nod to the Principality’s enduring relationship with speed, performance and the spirit of competition.

Voyage au fil du timbre runs at the Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies, Terrasses de Fontvieille, from 11th May to 27th September 2026. Entry is €3.

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