Spa of the Month: Shangri-La at The Shard
The Skypool at the Shard may not be the biggest swimming pool you’ve ever seen…
Browsing: The Explorer
A Cliveden Return
On 8 July 1961, a 19-year old showgirl named Christine Keeler dived into a swimming…
The Biltmore Mayfair
You know what they say about location, location, location and it doesn’t come better than…
Sussex in Spring: Ockenden Manor
There was a time when I spent many a weekend in luxury hotels; scrutinising thread…
Dubai: A Big Kids’ Playground
Dubai, or Dubada as my 8yo now affectionately calls it, wasn’t, I admit, my first…
A Warwickshire Weekend at Mallory Court
When one thinks about Warwickshire, all sorts of cliches come to mind, mostly Shakespearean in…
Home from Home: The Old Drift House, Kersey, Suffolk
It’s back. After a two-year hiatus – for reasons you might imagine – our Home…
Coworth Park
Coworth Park in Ascot, Berkshire is the only UK property in the Dorchester Collection outside…
A Clifton Sojourn
Clifton, at the heart of Bristol, is a curious place. In the Georgian centre, usually…
A Cape Retreat in Table Bay
“Mum, mum, did you know that it’s going to get really hot in the aeroplane…
Spa of the Month: The Dunes, Oman
For the second of my Omani spas, I’m heading for what is likely to first…
An Adventure in Vaud
In the southwest canton of Vaud, away from the more visible glitz and glam of…