How we tell a story

Every story in this library follows the same standard: it is about the world of its subject — the history, the people and the craft. No filler, no invented details, and nothing essential withheld: if a story makes you curious to see its subject move, its film is linked at the end.

1. 1Verified first. Facts and details checked the same day we publish.
2. 2The world, not the list. History, people and colour around the subject — that is the story.
3. 3Watch it too. Watch on YouTube is there for readers who want to see it too.

About Seven Star Living

Five stars used to be the top of the world. Then we started asking what sits above it.

Seven Star Living is devoted to the far end of luxury: the $125,000-a-night hotel suite, the superyacht that never docks, the private jet that flies like a residence, the ordinary things that are valued at millions. Twice a week, we release new stories and videos counting down the most extraordinary things on Earth, and we publish the detail behind every story here as a piece worth reading in its own right.

We go where money stops being the point and starts being the story: the city where a licence to own a car costs six figures, the island that fines you for your sunscreen, the train journeys and first-class suites that turn travel into theatre.

If it is rarer, richer, or more beautifully absurd than it has any right to be, it belongs here.

Seven Star Living — Living Beyond Five Stars.