A Gothic Adventure: Beckford’s Tower
The night was black and thick with rain as we travelled along the Landsdown Road,…
Browsing: Bath
Royal Crescent Hotel
The Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath is nothing short of legendary, located in two of…
Menu Gordon Jones
The most talked-about, raved-about restaurant in Bath, Menu Gordon Jones had a lot to live…
Bea’s Vintage Tea Rooms
The charismatic city of Bath has long been embracing all things vintage, from boutiques like…
Casanis
“With its low lighting, shabby chic whitewashed interior and wooden chairs, not to mention Jill greeting guests with “Bonsoir!”, you could almost convince me that I was in France.”
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…”
The Bath Priory
“Wispy fingers of smoke rise slowly from my cigar, twisting gracefully towards the branches of a cherry blossom which hang sleepily over the park bench…”
The Queensberry, Bath
“The Queensberry is enshrined in a set of four terraced houses built in 1771 by the 8th Marquess of Queensberry, father to the better known John Sholto Douglas who lent his name to the famous boxing rules…”
The Francis Hotel, Bath
“Two men carry a bathtub into Bath. Not a joke, but my first sight on entering the city famous for its sulphurous waters…” Douglas Blyde revisits a haunting childhood haunt…
The Manor House Hotel, Cotswolds
“Castle Combe is so picture-perfect that it looks like a film set; indeed, quite a few films have used the tiny Cotswold village for location shoots. But annexed to the village is its most impressive asset, the 14th century Manor House Hotel.”