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On opening in 1927, L’Escargot became Britain’s first restaurant to serve snails. ‘Amusingly enough, the word oleaginous comes to mind when describing Tony, our snail man,’ purrs the Soho stack’s co-owner and reviver, Brian Clivaz, as we appraise salted morsels roasted over coals and bathed in butter. ‘He’s a wonderful fellow with two-to-three million Herefordshire…
Seriously aggressive super-vehicles and the most sublime luxuries collide when two ultra-competitive men take to the road. Road Rivals will be ‘Go’ on your TV screens tonight, 9pm on the Travel Channel and there can only be one winner… Or can there? We think it only fair to open up the competition to our discerning readers – which…
Lusso dons the knitwear for a weekend in the city that gave the world ABBA, loving your kidnappers and the Eugenics movement. Walking its cobblestones, Gamla Stan in Stockholm looks perfect. Neatness and conformity ooze from every shop window and infiltrate the hipster-strewn streets so that everything looks a bit like real life but with…
The ostentatious stand-off between the top cities in the world doesn’t become prevalent purely during football World Cup bidding, Olympic Games-hosting hopes or when vying to become the next City of Culture. ‘We want to be the biggest tourist destination in the world, even bigger than London,’ our guide tells us as we head out…
Julian de Feral wants you not to go to Original Sin. Okay? *tappy nose thing* Don’t go to Original Sin if you think a good drink is made good by precariously attaching an elaborately crimped zest fashioned in the shape of a hummingbird on to a burning lavender sprig with a mini-peg and served…
Robert Clayman travels to the Amalfi coast to visit its cultural jewel and stay at a very, very respectable family operation. Lollo or Loren? For anyone who loves the majestic illusion of Italy’s post-War Dolce Vita, there can be only one and you have to pick a side. Sophia Loren – the bodacious bella…
As warmer weather intermittently graces the hotly debatable holiday season in Britain, also known as summer in most parts of the world, there are a plethora of Indian feasts popping up in London. Guaranteed to set the taste buds tingling, here is a shortlist of where to kick back and enjoy a luxurious slice of…
One perk of being part of the international yacht-owning elite is the stream of endless summers mucking about on the ocean; an activity requiring nothing but your swimmers and your Rolex. The spa, sauna, gym, helipad and teams of personal chefs are merely added frills, of course. Stella Maris, a 237-foot, Viareggio-built beauty is a…
Donald Twain, sap rising, throws his boules around and whips out his machete in an attempt at seduction on the paradise island of Mauritius. We’re 3-0 down and my last throw is the only thing saving us from a straight-sets demolition. The coconut rum cocktail I’m slurping (my third) is doing wonders for my…
Is there a better way to kick-start a trip through southern California than with a jaunt to a vineyard for breakfast? Of course not. After all, it’s educational. We start out in Orange County where there are, of course, a number of wineries to choose from. But the private and secluded Newport Beach Vineyards…