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...
Hotel du Vin & Bistro – Birmingham
Surprisingly, this our my first stay at a Hotel du Vin hotel and we’ve chosen to stay at their largest property:...
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 Highgrove Shop – Tetbury, Gloucestershire
The nearest village to our Cotswold country cottage is the lovely seventeenth century market town of Tetbury, famous not only for its plethora of antiques...
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...
Haute Living – Luxury Hotels from Haute Couture Designers
Fashion designers never cease to inspire us with their latest collections, but now their well tuned ascetic is no longer...
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...
Choco-Story at the Chocolate Museum – Bruges, Belgium
“The waterfall is most important! It mixes the chocolate! It churns it up! It makes it light and frothy!” This...