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Ettinger of London is renowned for its stylish handcrafted travel accessories (we’ve got our eye on their beautiful bridle hide billfold purses, weekend bags and classic captive-top hip flasks for Christmas this year). But this luxury leather-goods label is less well-known for the dynamic adventurer, cross-country cyclist and former ski instructor at its helm. Who [...]
We’ve got another cherry-picked handful of hotels for you this month, fresh from recent hideaway hunting in Italy, America and Shakespeare’s birthplace…
Lately, we’ve been busying ourselves in Italy, for numerous reasons (truffle picking, pasta slurping, art collecting), but chiefly in the good, honest name of finding the land’s best hotels. Recent additions include Palazzo Bontadosi [...]
Jealous of your friends running off to the southern hemisphere for Christmas? You can escape the Artic blast, too, with the help of our hotel of the week, Putahracsa in Hua Hin, Thailand, and its festive reduced rates…
Style Balearic comfort
Setting Middle of old town
Why this week? From now right up until the end of October [...]
No ‘Spaceman Came Travelling’ or warbling Mariah for our TuneSmith: Rob Wood picks his alternative Christmas soundtrack…
ALBUM OF THE MONTH
Box of Secrets by Zarif
When? You’re stuck in the snow and need perking up
Why? Winehouse and Allen have competition
It’s a shame that this box of songs has slipped past many people’s radars [...]
Need a little sunshine on this cold and snowy day? Our latest guidebook, Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection: South-East Asia, is out now, priced £19.95
Style seekers, we’ve come a long way since holidaying in south-east Asia either meant staying in a backpacker beach shack or hiding out in a could-be-anywhere five-star hotel [...]
