Water Meadow Cottage
A rabbit hops across the front lawn as we arrive at Water Meadow Cottage; it’s…
Author Estella Shardlow
The Art of Dining: East to Osterley
It’s not every night one goes to dinner at a stately home. But then pop-up…
Bermuda: A Cultural Cahoot
All places are hybrids, I suppose, bearing the imprints of various cultures and colonisers. Yet…
Brunch Matters: No. 11 Pimlico Road
Pimlico is not the most obvious of gastronomic hotspots; in fact, until last weekend I’d…
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier
Leave any pretensions of good taste at the door. In The Fashion World of Jean-Paul…
Rio: Beyond the Beaches
“Here we are, in the middle of nowhere. It seemed a bit of an exaggeration: while the deserted street in Rio’s Gávea district was admittedly poles apart from the bustling sands of Copacabana and Ipanema, it was hardly a total backwater…”
Twenty-Four Hours in Bruges
“It began with discs of black truffle on potato and celeriac …” Estella spends a day (and a bit) in Bruges, dining on more than – but certainly not omitting – beer and chocolate…
Paradise Found: Iguazu Falls
“I was meant to be writing about all the things there are to see in Iguazu, Brazil, beyond the famous waterfalls. However, when I arrived I immediately realised that this plan was doomed to fail.”
Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined
The Royal Academy makes a successful break from its usual formula as it invites seven contemporary architects to transform its Beaux-Arts galleries…
Zürich: A Tale of Two Cities
“It doesn’t get much more festive than…listening to the choir arrayed on the famous Singing Christmas tree at the Werdmühleplatz Christmas market, a glass of Gluhwein in hand.” Estella gets festive in the Swiss financial capital…
Atomos: McGregor’s Random Dance
“Wayne McGregor is not your average choreographer. A former research fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Experimental Psychology department, he’s as much immersed in science and technology as the world of dance.”
