Summer Opening at Buckingham Palace: The Queen’s Coronation 1953
‘Opposite are row upon row of peeresses mounting towards the very roof: They look like a lovely hunk of fruit...
Fashion Rules at Kensington Palace – London
We couldn’t make last week’s press viewing of Fashion Rules at Kensington Palace, so took the opportunity yesterday, to spend...
The Swan Inn – Swinbrook, Oxfordshire
always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they...
Hafod -Y-Garreg, Monmouthshire – Stay at the Oldest House In Wales
Hafod-Y-Garreg, just outside Hay-on-Wye, is officially the oldest house in Wales, built from timbers that were felled in the summer...
Go FiSH at Four Seasons Hotel – Hampshire
We recently had a brilliant stay at the Four Seasons Hotel, Hampshire (see our recent post here) and as our visit...
Four Seasons Hotel – Hampshire
Four Seasons Hotel, Hampshire, sits in the most glorious 500 acres of unspoilt parkland in rural Dogmersfield, just an hour’s...
The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch – Windsor Castle
At Windsor Castle’s Drawings Gallery, The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch is a truly fascinating and rather lovely exhibition which presents...
On The Trail of David Hockney – East Yorkshire
Look at the incredible variety of grasses, look at the marvellous leaves; look at the colour. Isn’t it beautiful…pure joy....
Salts Mill, Bradford, Yorkshire
Salts Mill opened in 1853, 4 miles north of Bradford. Designed by Lockwood and Mawson, it ‘gleamed in glass and...
The Kingham Plough – Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Since relocating from London to Gloucestershire we’ve been on a mission to find the best gastropubs in the Cotswolds, and...
Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration, Buckingham Palace
Last Friday, the day before the official summer opening of Buckingham Palace, we visited a remarkably quiet palace (if you...
Andaz Liverpool Street – London
What we love about Hyatt’s Andaz hotels, is that visually, they are all uniquely different. Recently we stayed at the...