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The view from every window endorsed the fact that this was truly a ‘country house hotel’ set in spacious grounds surrounded by farmland. Sipping pre-dinner cocktails on the sunny west facing terrace offered a timeless experience with the garden seamlessly flowing into the field with sheep quietly grazing, a couple of cock pheasants proudly strutting ...
With Father’s Day approaching, the perennial problem of what present to buy rears its head. Fathers are notoriously tricky to shop for and finding a gift that they will use and appreciate can seem a Herculean task. Enter Greenwich Design with their high tech, handcrafted, luxury phone cases. At first glance a phone case might ...
Located between the capes of San Antonio and Nao, Jávea is one of the most important tourist destinations on the Costa Blanca. The historic quarter, located two kilometres away from the coastline, preserves a beautiful architecture, with emblematic monuments such as the church of San Bartolomé, the city’s neuralgic centre. One of the main attractions ...
I had a lovely evening last night at the superb Bob Bob Ricard, hosted by luxury footwear brand S.Novio and the fabulous team at Pop PR. The private dining room at the iconic Soho restaurant was buzzing, filled with the great and the good from the industry, from leading Stylists to prominent Magazine Editors. The ...
When it comes to madeleines, I must admit, I never really got France’s obsession with the humble, plainly inoffensive little cake. A walnut-sized golden sponge synonymous with writer Marcel Proust. Indeed, for Proust, the powers of the madeleine go far beyond satiating the sweet tooth. In his novel he recalls how, as a child, his ...
My ‘to do’ list tick-tocked through my mind. Emails, meetings, deadlines; presents to buy, friends to visit, appointments to sort. So much to do and so little time. How could I possibly relax and give in to the magic of the festive season with so much on my mind? This pendulum of pressure was no ...
The SCG Boot is a modern high-performance homage to the Steve McQueen Baja Boot. It is an all-terrain platform capable of pre-running the Baja at speed, crawling through the rocks at Hammertown, and exploring the backcountry roads in between. In 1969 the Baja Boot raced the Bronco in the Baja 1000. 50 years later, the ...
It’s becoming more and more popular to travel with purpose, to explore somewhere for its history, culture or even professional training activities such as offered by The Campus in the luxury resort of Quinta Do Lago, Portugal. An ideal place to get supremely fit and share a fantastic holiday with friends, and rub shoulders with ...
At 8 am a slant of car hacks emerged from the Low Wood Bay Resort and Spa on Lake Windermere to crawl tentatively into a convoy of Jeeps, made up of a mix of Sahara’s, Overlands and Rubicons in a rainbow of colours. My colleague Mark took the wheel first so I leapt into the ...
The Historic Automobile Group International (HAGI), founded in 2007, has chosen new avenues to analyse the collectors’ market for rare classic cars. Following the motto “driven by knowledge” the approach is based on financial analysis, adjusted to the specialties of this niche collectors’ asset class. HAGI is known in the market to produce a series ...
Picture the scene. You arrive at an airport (specifics on location and size are irrelevant). After spending an hour or so queuing in security, 30-minutes ‘indulging’ yourself with a poorly-made drink in some godawful departure lounge cafe, and then an undisclosed amount of time travelling to your final destination, you walk out of arrivals to ...
The Lister Motor Company is proud to announce the launch of a limited run of 10 special edition cars, the Lister Knobbly Jaguar Stirling Moss, with each car featuring a magnesium body and special lightweight specification. These cars follow on from an initial run of 10 aluminum-bodied continuations – now all sold out – production ...