A Champagne Concerto
I first had this notion while chatting with a Turkish rock star in Istanbul, when…
Author Sophie McLean
Craft Brew, NY: It’s No Small Beer
Craft brewing is on the up in the UK. But across the pond our American…
A Rovinj She Goes
Sophie McLean discovers a corner of Croatia where old world architecture is buttressed by cutting edge design…
Badrutt’s Palace
“At approximately 11am, a white silence steals our breath away as we step almost seamlessly from the plane door on to a train that would carry our winter-coated crocodile through a snow-clad Switzerland…”
The Istanbul EDITION
“We only play to a minimum of 80,000 people,” says the Turkish rock star with an ironic glint in his eye as he builds a pyramid out of macadamia nuts on the table that sits between us…
The Burlington Social Club
Italians do it better. I could have told you that myself, yet last time Pret…
The Lady Smokes
For most of last year, and some of this, I made frequent visits to Manchester.…
Bella Figura: Lake Como’s Casta Diva
“The sky was flecked with white lights that twinkled from Como’s western shore, and the bolt of electricity that the clouds would imminently bring provided a certain drama to our recent arrival.”
Madeira: The Original Island of Wellness
“There’s an overall palpable sense of history and mystique here, something that doesn’t come as too much of a surprise when you realise that Madeira was a preferred holiday spot to characters such as Winston Churchill.”
The Yeatman, Porto
“Seated a deux along the pretty paved harbourside of the terracotta-coloured UNESCO world heritage city of Porto, an inky Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas 2009 from the Duoro valley glugged into my wine glass.”
Wildfitness: From Kenya to the Isle of Wight
“The packing instructions simply said: sports kit ‘with at least seven changes of top.’ This was certainly not going to be one of ‘those’ trips. And I have to admit, I feared for the fun-factor.”
Pasqua and the Brain
My little sister ‘does the brain’. This is what a lot of people will tell…