Nubar Gulbenkian, son of Calouste, was a famous bon vivant in London from the ‘40s to the ‘60s and the best-known gourmet in the British capital. He was also famous for his huge eyebrows. He said: “During Lent I brush my moustache, my eyebrows, and my beard downwards. It’s an oriental religious custom that you must show outward signs of your sorrow. It is not until Easter morning that they are brushed upwards again, Sursum Corda!” Nubar was born in the Kadi Keui village near Istanbul. The Gulbenkians left the Ottoman Empire because of the Turkish massacres of Armenians prior to 1915.

Nubar Gulbenkian, son of Calouste, was a famous bon vivant in London from the ‘40s to the ‘60s and the best-known gourmet in the British capital. He was also famous for his huge eyebrows. He said: “During Lent I brush my moustache, my eyebrows, and my beard downwards. It’s an oriental religious custom that you must show outward signs of your sorrow. It is not until Easter morning that they are brushed upwards again, Sursum Corda!” Nubar was born in the Kadi Keui village near Istanbul. The Gulbenkians left the Ottoman Empire because of the Turkish massacres of Armenians prior to 1915.