Jersey: 9 by 5, What a Place to Spend a Living
Officially the sunniest place in the British Isles, Jess Baldwin takes a gourmet tour round…
Author Jessica Baldwin
Destination Zagreb
Ironically, language has never been my forte. Growing up in deepest, darkest Norfolk I spent…
Le Jardin des Sens: Montpellier, I Do
Foolishly Montpellier has always escaped my attention. Overshadowed by glitzy Nice and flashy Monaco, this…
For the Love of Italy
Britain is in despair. The illusion of Nigella as a gastro cooking, spotless cleaning, always…
Mind Over Mayr: Parkhotel Igls
With the Spa of the Month setting our pulses racing, it seems the Mayr method…
Chewton Glen Hotel
With such inclement weather blighting Blighty at the moment, you might not think tucking oneself into the boughs of trees to be the best location for a bit of R ‘n’ R, but then you haven’t been to Chewton Glen…
Castles and Culatello in Emilia Romagna
“I am in a state of discombobulation as I find myself eye-to-eye with a pain-stricken Virgin Mary, six daggers protruding from her chest. To my right is a statue of a man about to lose his leg to what looks like a rabid dog…”
Fifty Shades of Bay
“I’m awestruck as his rippling muscles gleam under the intense heat of the Cumbrian sun; an intoxicating mix of earth, sweat and leather floods my senses.” Jessica Baldwin is swept off her feet by a tall, dark, dashing fellow. Move over Mr D’Arcy…
Beauty and the Beast
“It’s dark. I am naked, dripping in hot oil. Heavy breathing and panting fills the basement as hands move quickly up my slippery thighs.” A candid insight in to the wonderful world of spa reviewing…
Seychelles: The Princess and the Coconut
“THUD. I’m dicing with death here. That’s the third coconut to narrowly miss my head. In the Seychelles, more people die from falling coconuts than shark attacks.” Jess visits Desroches…
Banyan Tree Phuket
It was my first evening at Banyan Tree Double Pool Villas in Phuket and an excitable looking Thai man was beckoning me away from my bubbly. “Miss Jessie, please follow me, I have something to show you…”
A Different Dubai
“I have never really fancied visiting Dubai. Dubai to me has always been like liver, or spinning – I do not need to try it to know that I won’t like it.” Jess puts aside her forebodings and discovers a different Dubai…