Afternoon Tea at Miserden Gardens
If you have a penchant for beautiful and romantic scenery coupled with afternoon tea, then…
Yearly Archives: 2022
Truly Darkly Deeply
This is the first book I’ve read by Victoria Selman and my goodness what a…
Palé Hall
It’s hard to believe that the Downton Abbey-esque Palé Hall, situated in the breathtakingly beautiful…
A Dinner with Personality: The Lanesborough Grill
It’s a familiar sight as you round Hyde Park Corner; The Lanesborough, an imposing counterpoint…
Spa of the Month: Merchants Manor, Falmouth
It was sheer luck that I escaped the worst of the July heat wave down…
La rondine at If Opera
We might have had tickets to an opera set in Paris, but this joyously small…
Finding Tranquilo in Trancoso
Among the popular spots along Brazil’s coastline, Alice Payne seeks out somewhere beyond the crowds,…
An Arresting Stay at Great Scotland Yard
It sometimes seems as if London has hotels that are themed around every kind of…
Dim Summing at Park Chinois
Could there be anything more seductive than escaping a blistering city heatwave to enter the…
A Mediterranean Oasis: Dolce Sitges
On the shores of Catalonia, framed by the mountains of the Parc National del Garraf…
A Celebration of Ingenuity: Bowmore ARC-52
What on earth, you might think, would a luxury car brand – perhaps the luxury…
The Oarsman, Marlow
In Three Men In A Boat – perhaps the ur-text when it comes to charming,…