Shakespeare and Company Bookshop, Paris, France – Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they be angels in disguise – I first fell in love with Shakespeare...
Hotel Le Notre Dame – Paris, France Last week we were in Paris to write a feature (as well as celebrate a friend’s birthday and wedding!) and thought it would be the perfect...
The Royal Wedding Dress: A Story of Great British Design Last week we slipped behind the gilded gates of Buckingham Palace to view the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress which, this year, is part...
Leighton House Museum, London This week we spent an exquisite evening at Leighton House Museum. Home of Victorian painter and sculptor, Frederic Leighton, this gem of a...
The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 The Aesthetic movement prized the importance of art and beauty above all else and swept across fine arts, decorative arts,...
Garden Tour & Wedding Celebration Champagne Tea at Highgrove, Tetbury, Cotswolds This week we visited Highgrove House to take a long overdue tour of the private gardens of their Royal Hignesses The Prince of Wales and...
Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition – O2, London Friday 15 April 2011, marks the ninety-ninth anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. During her maiden voyage from Southampton to New...
The Tamarind Hotel – Barbados Barbados does old-school glamour like no other resort. Joan Collins, Simon Cowell, Michael Winner, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard, Michael Caine,...
The Fleming Villa at Goldeneye – Jamaica “Paw-paw with a slice of green lime, a dish piled with red bananas, purple-star apples and tangerines, scrambled eggs and...
Coutts Bank and London’s Theatreland Coutts & Co has a long history of supporting the performing arts and has looked after the financial affairs of many...
Luxuries of Goa – India The fabled palm-fringed coastline lapped by the warm waters of the Arabian Sea, also known as the ‘pearl of the...
Hotel Des Trois Couronnes & Spa – Vevey, Switzerland Built in 1842 as a small palace, the Hotel Des Trois Couronnes glistens on the shores of Lake Geneva, nestled...