Lusso Road Tests the Vanquish Volante

Robert Clayman lets the train take the strain before Aston Martin’s latest polishes remove any sense of tension or stress in a brisk jaunt around Cornwall.   The rain is coming in horizontally now. I peer out through the window of the 9.30 to Penzance that I’d nearly died running for (note to all cab…
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Luxury British Beach Holidays in Cornwall

For something a bit more luxurious than hiring a holiday home, but keeping within the British Isles, Beach Retreats offer a contemporary cool beachside home in North Cornwall, but with the added benefit of your own PA. They can do pretty much anything, from making sure the fridge is stocked with your favourite wine to…
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A Right Royal Tea’s Up: The Nare Hotel, Cornwall

Thanks to the impending traffic and tourist chaos, the thought of escaping London on the weekend of the royal nuptials is becoming more attractive by the second. That doesn’t mean, of course, you won’t want to sit in front of the telly and have a good snigger at the vulgar hat choices of minor European…
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House (or Tent) of Eliot: Cornwall’s Annual Literary Fest

The historic seat of the Earl of St Germans gets all creative for the weekend as Cornwall’s annual literary fest returns. Now in its ninth year, the Port Elliot Festival has continued to grow in stature, not least due to its idyllic location in the grounds of the Grade One listed stately home, and now…
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