A Pocketful of Rye
Anyone who has read EF Benson’s glorious depiction of life in Rye – imagined as…
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Blenheim and The Bear
Even taking into account that prettiness is a criterion for any Cotswolds village, Woodstock is…
Vienna: Oh, Melia!
It’s rare that a sensation of dizziness as one walks into a restaurant isn’t precisely…
Kitchen Adventures at Chewton Glen
There is little, in a sense, that needs to be said about the doyen of…
The Savoy, Florence
“We’ve searched all the markets in and around Florence to find the best”, says the…
The Magic of Malta
Malta. That tiny Mediterranean archipelago between Sicily and the North African coast has been host to a succession of…
A Fortnight in Provence, Part II
In the second part of the Larmans’ tour of Provence, Nancy writes about the region…
Eternal Love for the Eternal City: Rome
Post university, I packed up my bags and decamped to Rome for four months. It…
Hotel Splendido: Et In Arcadia Ego
Portofino – diminutive and sublime – has long been on the summer trail of the terminally…
Medieval York
Nancy and the Bookworm get positively medieval in Yorkshire’s historic capital…
The Princess Victoria
Squally showers and insistent rain beat down a tattoo on the pavement beneath our feet. The glistening slabs, uniform in their grey municipality, are punctuated only by a discarded fried chicken wing here, a sad single shoe there.
Andaz Hotel Amsterdam
An attitude of near imbecility slowly creeps across and clouds The Old Bookworm’s visage. The appearance of pained concentration – as if he’s trying to work out the sum of 764 divided by 13.5…