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Neil Davey
If we can misquote David Bowie for the sake of a headline. We can? Sweet. Look it was either that or “Basque in the glory” joke and we’re pretty sure we’ve done that already. This is all a very long-winded (and yes, you’re right, slightly desperate) way to announce that, in April 2022, the rather…
Chopard and Manhattan’s The Lowell team up for a remarkable Valentine’s collaboration Can you put a price on true love? No. But you can put a price on diamonds, dinner for two and a night in – to my mind – New York’s most charming hotel. Collaborating with celebrated jewellery-makers Chopard, The Lowell “Happy Hearts…
Il San Corrado di Noto is the first boutique resort of its kind in Sicily’s UNESCO World Heritage site, Val di Noto After a three year transformation programme, Il San Corrado di Noto will open in April 2022. The ancient masseria, once owned by Prince Nicolaci, has been converted into an idyllic, all-suite retreat –…
Anyone for (Michelin-starred food and) tennis? The joys of Wimbledon are obvious but, well, mixed? There’s the corporate hospitality, where the pleasures of tennis and day drinking are so mewhat marred by the small talk. There’s the vague hope of tickets in the ballot. There’s the day entry, running around and attempting to beat the…
One of the world’s best pastry chefs is coming to London At some point in early 2022 – we can’t be more specific because, well, you know – Cedric Grolet will be coming to The Berkeley in London’s Knightsbridge. Who he? He great pastry chef, that who he. Famed for his culinary ‘trompe-l’œil’ –…
Have you heard the one about the insurance broker, the surfer and the engineer? Look, we know it’s not funny, but we can only work with what they gave us. They got together and, 12 years later, created a really cool thing. And what Jennifer Köhnsen, Carsten Höltig and Holger Daum gave us is the…
The Connaught Bar is the Best Bar in the World. Still. The World’s 50 Best Bars Awards has given its top place to The Connaught Bar – for the second year running. It’s only the third time a bar has held on to this prestigious award in the World’s 50 Best Bars history and a…
Not to mention white sandy beaches, tropical rainforests, blue lagoons… Yeah, alright COMO Laucala Island, we get the point. You’re beautiful… As yet another storm lashes the UK, Fiji seems even further away. But hey, we have faith, travel will return. And when it does, COMO Laucala Island is going to be close to the…
Don’t take our word for it, take Michelin’s… Gusto by Sadler, the restaurant at the Baglioni Resort Sardinia has been awarded a Michelin star. A hell of an achievement, frankly, for a restaurant, and resort, that only opened in June 2021. The hotel group, which boasts three hotels in Italy’s finest art cities – Florence,…
Nothing to do with mediums. Everything to do with great drinks. Scotland’s Oldest Working Distillery The Glenturret has launched new, to-be-annual edition called the Manager’s Dram. Created by Distillery Manager Ian Renwick, it’s a hand-numbered, limited release of 500 bottles, matured in three American and European Sherry casks. The result, according to Ian, is “sweet…