Bernstein meets Springsteen: Burgundy at Pickering Place
On an Indian summer’s day late last year, I gather in the company of some…
Author Sophie McLean
Toronto: Life on the Edge
In a dark music hall in Toronto, thuds come pumping, fist-strong through the surrounding walls…
Aston Martin: A Higher State of Consciousness
The Arb’s motoring maestro is the envy of the office as she accepts an invitation…
Arabia on the Water: Azzam at Cowes
With summer in full flight and Cowes week wrapping up this weekend, intrepid sailor Sophie…
Literary Leisure at Huntsham Court
At 11:47pm in dark sequined attire I lean against the smooth oak finish of the…
A Champagne Concerto
I first had this notion while chatting with a Turkish rock star in Istanbul, when…
Craft Brew, NY: It’s No Small Beer
Craft brewing is on the up in the UK. But across the pond our American…
A Rovinj She Goes
Sophie McLean discovers a corner of Croatia where old world architecture is buttressed by cutting edge design…
Badrutt’s Palace
“At approximately 11am, a white silence steals our breath away as we step almost seamlessly from the plane door on to a train that would carry our winter-coated crocodile through a snow-clad Switzerland…”
The Istanbul EDITION
“We only play to a minimum of 80,000 people,” says the Turkish rock star with an ironic glint in his eye as he builds a pyramid out of macadamia nuts on the table that sits between us…
The Burlington Social Club
Italians do it better. I could have told you that myself, yet last time Pret…
The Lady Smokes
For most of last year, and some of this, I made frequent visits to Manchester.…