Ten Manchester Street Hotel
Cigar Editor Nick Hammond shakes the dust of Baker Street from his brogues and samples the new menu – and cigar sampling room – at Marylebone’s No. Ten Manchester Street Hotel…
Browsing: The Explorer
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel
“Railway termini and hotels are to the 19th century what monasteries and cathedrals were to the 13th century.” Shana Ting Lipton takes a saintly tour of one of the most iconic buildings of the Victorian age…
Making its Marche: Undiscovered Italy
“I was discovering a different side to Italy, the path distinctly less travelled…and the feeling of wonder when one comes across something not seen in books or media, as if stumbling across it for the first time.”
There’s No Place Like…Bath
“Renting an apartment to coincide with the Bath Christmas Market seemed the perfect way to experience a festive weekend in the city…”
A Journey of Discovery in Hong Kong
“He told me I would feel like this, he told me it would change me. I am sitting, drinking sloe gin with a seasoned traveller, a wit, a sage of sorts. Let us for sake of discretion call him The Minister.”
Hotel Cipriani, Venice
“The staff are proper old-school Italian hoteliers, friendly, welcoming and straightforward.” Alex Larman visits the iconic Hotel Cipriani in Venice.
Gallivanting in Rye
“What could bring such A-listers from the likes of manicured Malibu beaches to East Sussex’s humble Camber Sands?” The demur Shana Ting Lipton discovers the boorish side of the Sussex coast…
No. 2 Cambridge Street
“Effortlessly elegant and as batty as a fruitcake, Erlend Clouston shows me around his beautiful ground floor apartment.” Nick visits Edinburgh’s No. 2 Cambridge Street…
The Majesty of Florence
“Where on earth could you be expected to start when trying to write about a city like Florence? Florence is not a place that has a beginning, middle and an end, it is a complex, beautiful, multifarious metropolis.”
The Serenity of Cruising
“We were setting off on that time-honoured jaunt round the Mediterranean that only a cruise can provide in true splendour and comfort…” Larman and his ‘newly-affianced one’ embrace the comforts of ocean travel…
Congham Hall
As a gardener is despatched for a cucumber to dress a guest’s Pimms, Angela Clutton finds there’s more than one notable moment that makes this country hotel stand out…
Thailand in Four Seasons: City
“As we turned into the throng of the city I was aware of the juxtaposition of the ultra-modern with the elemental.” Larry leaves the green jungle to enter the grey in the conclusion of his Thai adventure…