Hollywood Costume, V&A Hollywood Costume – a new exhibition which opens tomorrow at the V&A – brings together a spectacular selection of iconic...
Vanished Years by Rupert Everett ‘When I have fears, as Keats had fears, Of the moment I’ll cease to be, I console myself with vanished...
Atlas Film Corporation Studios, Morocco In the early 1960s when David Lean was directing Lawrence of Arabia, he came to the southern Moroccan town of Ouarzazate,...
Firefly, Former Home of Sir Noel Coward – Ochos Rios, Jamaica “Firefly has given me the most valuable benison of all: time to read and write and think and get my...
Strawberry Hill Hotel & Spa – Jamaica The ascent to Strawberry Hill is one of the most thrilling rides ever. Leaving the oppressive heat of Kingston behind,...
Designing Bond: 50 Years of Bond Style We’ve always been Bond nerds, (see our previous post on staying at Ian Fleming’s former home, Goldeneye) so was delighted when...
Angels: Dressing The Entertainment Industry Angels first appeared on our radar a few years back, when hiring a rather fetching Wonder Woman costume for a...
HR Giger and Gruyère, Switzerland Last night I watched Alien; a film I last viewed around ten years ago, and was once again struck by its...
James Dean And The ‘Little Bastard’ This was the nickname which James Byron Dean gave to his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder. He purchased the ‘Little Bastard’ new from Competition Motors in...
A Saunter around 20th Century Fox Studios – Los Angeles Last week we spent a fascinating afternoon wandering around the backlot at 20th Century Fox. A friend is working on a...
Hearst Castle – San Simeon: A Californian Fairy Tale Every time we visit California, we always have good intentions to visit the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, but for one reason...
Portmeirion Village & Hotel, Gwynedd, North Wales: The Last Folly of the Western World We crafted the above heading from a borrowed quote in The Times. In 1973, this is how the paper described the beautiful, unique resort...