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Oh, to be clad in chequered knitwear and tweedy plus fours, with a basket of balls beside us, a keen caddie behind us, and a green and pleasant golf course before us. In this lust for all things golf-y, our Hotel of the week spotlight glows brightly upon The Bull Inn, a pretty little pub [...]
We love pubs, we do. Especially ones with a chummy restaurant and bedrooms that you can sneak off to, post-pint. In this mood, we salute The Beckford Arms, an inn we’d love to call our local, and our latest hotel of the week.
Style Great Brit-inn
Setting Tisbury’s walkers’ wonderland
Why this week? We love it when our [...]
The Bloody Mary: probably the best hangover cure known to man. Fact. Also, probably the single best drink you can craft from in-flight trolley ingredients (or, if you’re totally lazy, from Belvedere’s pre-macerated Bloody Mary vodka, right). Fact 2.0. Also, in the wrong hands, potentially the most repulsive, godawful hash of a cocktail on God’s [...]
It may only be October and there’s all the fun and festivity of Hallowe’en and Bonfire Night to get through first, but wise birds are getting organised early for Christmas. Join them by booking in at this week’s hottest hotel, The Montpellier Chapter in the Cotswolds, for a December trip to buy gorgeous gifts at [...]
We’re never ones to shy away from a challenge, especially when it’s a challenge involving our palates. So when an invitation came through the door to take part in a taste test at one of the best pubs in London, we were queuing up for ring-side seats…
The Draft House pub on Tower Bridge Road played [...]
If you went down to the woods this summer, you’ll have been sure of a big surprise: namely The Pig, a country-house corker of a hotel in the heart of Hampshire’s New Forest. We were lucky enough to be passing through…
The Pig is a story of sustainability, with a menu that aims to come entirely [...]
Oh, how we like to spoil you. We’ve been skipping around the globe to bring you a cherry-picked collection of stylish new stays…
Brush up on your Spanish lessons as we say hola to two scorching hot havens in Barcelona. Edgy Ohla Hotel (pictured left) radiates classic Catalan cool, and flaunts a rooftop pool and two [...]
Crackling fires, G&Ts, lovingly landscaped gardens: there are some things that British hotels just excel at. In this current Blighty-loving mood, our hotel-of -the-week spotlight shines oh-so-bright upon Cotswold House, a picture of enticing English gentility if ever we clapped eyes on one…
Style State-of-the-art comfort zone
Setting Charming Chipping Campden
Why this week? We love a [...]
We catch up with artist and illustrator HelloVon (and Smith reviewer) in honour of his exciting new limited-edition print from his Semblance series, available to buy only until the end of this month*…
Earlier this year we sent HelloVon and his Mrs Smith on a much-needed break from the studio, north to the [...]
What do you call a Mexican who’s lost his car?* What cheese do you use to lure a bear up a mountain?** Where can you hear great gags like these and more? At The George in Rye in East Sussex on the 23rd of September!
Style Quirky-smart Regency inn
Setting Cobbled Cinque Ports streets
A night of giggles [...]
