It has been a while since I last returned to my old stomping grounds in Notting Hill. I have a long and insalubrious history with the place. Starting at the tender age of 14, the Moscow Pub, long since departed, on the Moscow Road, when the last days of Punk were slowly ebbing away and…
I make no excuse if what follows sounds like a blatant commercial plug. It is, however, not a plug and I must make it abundantly clear that I have no commercial connections with the company involved. I am, however, a very satisfied customer and felt it my solemn duty to inform the readers of LUSSO…
It was at this point, having dismounted the gondola at Roc d’Orsay and assumed something approaching a jog to give the cheering crowds a semblance of my racing intent, I mounted my skis and began slaloming down the upper reaches of the course, with a certain panache, I like to think. The snow here was…
There is a myth about in the world that luxury items are price independent. If something is primarily sold for its premium qualities, goes the myth, you are supposed to be insensitive to the price. Like all myths, it is supported by a grain of truth, but not much more. Price is rarely or never…
The Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi’s most iconic hotel, felt that offering a butler for every room and suite was not enough. Now they offer an IT butler, purely available to help with any internet or computer issues a guest may have. The hotel already offers the most extensive and high-speed wireless network in the UAE,…
The Kudat Riviera resort in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo will open this Autumn. The resort is spread along a six kilometre stretch of pristine, coral-fringed coastline. It combines the privacy and seclusion of an exclusive villa with sandy white beaches, crystal clear waters, secluded covers and miles of undulating hills and valleys. Malaysian Borneo is one…
2009 has been an interesting year for many, but one thing that is certain is that enthusiasts and investors are still buying exotic and super cars, with many models bucking the market trend and appreciating in value over the last 12 months. This is prime LUSSO territory, so we gave Dion at Elms Collection a…
Look. I love the UK. I’ll love it even more when you lose Scotland then reinvade, and it ends up like Braveheart but with air support (note to assistant: secure rights to Braveheart 2 – Afterburner). But you guys are not at the cutting edge of what the architects of consumerism have labelled ‘quality of…
Lying close to the east bank of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds, Frampton Court guests enjoy the splendour of staying in this stunning Grade 1 listed 18th century house, which has been lived in by the Clifford family since it was built in 1730. Pevsner was taken with its ‘lavish interiors, with joinery of the highest quality’ Until recently the magnificent pile was lived in by Rollo Clifford’s…
Back in December 2010, LUSSO reviewed the Sir Bani Yas island resort off the coast of Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s more cultural Emirate. We noted that whenever one of the world’s richest men allows the merely ‘moderately wealthy’ to play with their toys, it’s cause for excitement. But at Sir Bani Yas, there’s lots more…