Hotel Sassongher, Corvara
With the winter ‘season’ well under way, Lydia Manch takes a trip to a Dolomites…
Author Lydia Manch
72 hours in…Frankfurt
Lydia Manch visits a decidedly modern city with some decidedly old-fashioned charm… At street level,…
Arosa By Any Other Name
It’s December. Everybody’s talking upcoming travel plans, and mine are getting a very wary reception.…
Getting Reflective in Gstaad
From mirages to modern art – not to mention a cheese vending machine – Lydia Manch finds there’s more to winter…
Moldova: A Tale Of Four Wineries
This is a tale of four wineries. In 65 hours. And a truly staggering amount of…
Fez Cooking School
With a course that takes its students from the winding streets of the Fes el…
Highbullen Hotel, North Devon
Local gin, local pubs, local sausage and even localler honey. Lydia Manch goes native in…
Restaurant Uformel, Copenhagen
Tough breaks, being a Copenhagen restaurant. On the one hand, Copenhagen’s food scene. Imagine being…
Getting Olympic in Igls
It’s bright over Patscherkofel, a nearly cartoonish colour-palette of fiercely white slopes, green treetops, cloudless blue above.…
Andersen Hotel, Copenhagen
There’s no shortage of English column inches written on the joys of Copenhagen, but in…
The Humans at Hampstead Theatre
I sort of want The Humans to be bad. The last time I dragged Olly…
Vintages and Varietals: The Dionysian Poetry of The Vineyard Hotel
The Vineyard Hotel’s marking its 20th birthday this June with a glittering line-up of wine events, guest chefs…