Maradiva, Mauritius
On an island where luxury hotels proliferate like heliotropic flowers along the coastline, each one…
Browsing: The Explorer
The Space Coast, Florida, Part II: The Wildlife
Florida is famous for something else which holds a strong appeal for me – its…
The Space Coast, Florida, Part I: Mission Improbable
My alarm vibrated, unseaming me from sleep. I swayed up, like Bela Lugosi rising from…
An Edinburgh Sanctuary: Gleneagles Townhouse
When in Edinburgh, which Sir Walter Scott called ‘yon Empress of the North,’ one does…
Spa of the Month: Platzlhof, Zillertal
Regardless of our passion for skiing in the Alps, Austria is not just for winter.…
The Kerfuffle about Truffles
Indefatigable gastronome Nick Harman heads to the capital of the black truffle to sniff out…
L’Oscar
It is a challenge, especially in central London, to make a boutique hotel both stylish…
La Mamounia, Marrakech
I blame Winston Churchill. He spent winters at La Mamounia, where he loved to paint…
It’s Child’s Play at The Stafford London
I’m scurrying through St James’s, hot on the heels of my youngest, fiercest daughter, Alice.…
Hazlitt’s Hotel
Despite its elegant beauty, you could be forgiven for walking past Hazlitt’s Hotel on Frith…
The Peninsula Tokyo
Estella Shardlow has a stay fit for an Emperor in the Japanese capital… First impressions…
Overnight, with Attitude at The NYX London
Snapshots of people of London. Like camera shutters flickering, catching a specific moment in time.…