With the UK weather deteriorating fast, the opportunity to visit a Thai island hideaway was most welcome and, whilst the journey was going to be an endurance test, I knew it would be worthwhile. Six Senses resorts have a good rep amongst the travel savvy so we braved the long flight to Bangkok, the onward…
Now ladies you’re going to have to bear with me on this, being of the gene pool that is male I cannot speak with authority on what goes through your minds when preparing for a night out with one of us (male). I assume you have answered the conundrum of what clothing would be considered…
If there is anywhere associated with glamour, wealth and good times, California is it. Ferrari first applied the name to a limited edition of its 250GT, created at the behest of a particularly insistent dealer from the Golden State. Immortalised in the seminal 80s movie, Ferris Buellers Day Off, the 250GT California is one of…
Most LUSSO readers are bon viveurs and sybarites to a man and lady. That much is obvious. You wouldn’t be reading now if you were some undiscerning peasant only interested in Jeremy Kyle reruns and the yellow sticker reduced to clear shelf at Lidl. However, we can’t all be Renaissance Men with total mastery over…
The 1980s were a hedonistic time which saw self-indulgence and greed reach levels not seen since Henry VIII held court and proclaimed, pre-lunch, that one hog-roast was sufficient for him whilst a barbecued hamster would suffice for his 250 guests, that included the infamous Go-Lightly family from Wales and the Robusts (pron Rowboosts) from France.…
The current zeitgeist of frugality and environmental concern was not abating, in fact it was getting worse. LUSSO was restless and fancied a wander in the opposite direction. Searching around for the perfect antidote, we were contacted by the Malaysian Tourist Board, who invited us to Kuala Lumpur and the Malaysian Grand Prix. Now then,…
Booked your Thames moorings for the summer? It might be worth making those calls as a report suggests that London is about to become the Superyacht Capital of the World. Well, for around three months or so, anyway. The double whammy of Diamond Jubilee and Olympics 2012 sees TripAdvisor name London the best place to…
When you walk into the horse shoe-shaped lobby, you couldn’t possibly criticise the correctness of the greeting from the staff arranged around you. It’s duly deferential, perhaps sometimes almost chirpy when the sun’s out, but it’d never stray into familiarity; I noticed I was wiping my feet an extra couple of times before I stepped…
Why, when you build a new house, do you have to place the plug sockets halfway up the wall? So as not to discriminate against disabled people, obviously. It’s a piece of over-thought, under-considered Local Government-sponsored discrimination that manages, in the style of a pubescently-retarded Chinese gymnast, to simultaneously leap forward and reach high in…
Then Number 7, the home of Jules Verne’s fictional character Phileas Fogg and further past Nutters at Number 12, the iconic tailors synonymous with Mick Jagger, John Lennon and a myriad of musical heroes. This quiet road nestled between London’s Bond Street and Regent Street has attracted some of the world’s wealthiest and most stylish…