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Good grief: death finally got its own festival in the UK last weekend. Since we hate to miss out on under-the-radar activities in London, we sent a spy. Bon viveur Bruce Traynor’s verdict was that Death: Festival for the Living at London’s Southbank Centre was definitely worth writing home about…
London Southbank’s artistic director, Jude Kelly, [...]
When the Colombo Art Biennale hits town next month, two of Smith’s Sri Lanka boutique hotels will be front and centre for the line-up of exciting events. Capital Colombo will swap colonial grandeur for cutting-edge cool from 15 to 19 February, as artists, curators and performers gather for exhibitions, talks and dinners across the city.
Historical [...]
New Year’s Eve in Sydney is sure to go off with a bang, so after our top-five tour of London Christmas events last week, we turned our attention to New Year, and to one of the world’s first cities that gets to celebrate it. To help you plan a fabulous intro to 2012, here’s our [...]
This summer down under, the calendar of music festivals in Australia is hotter than ever, with a killer line-up of shows around the nation, from laneway dances to three-day rock sessions by the sea. So party people, here’s a little teaser…
MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Celebrating its 21st year, Meredith Music Festival takes place in a tree-ringed ‘Supernatural [...]
Well, call us party animals if you like: this past week has seen not one, but two exciting Smith events light up local calendars on either side of the pond.
Last Wednesday saw our Italy guide launch party at B&B Italia in London; but the night before, over in Florida, we celebrated our affair with Scope. [...]
Last night in London saw the soiree to launch our latest (and, we think, greatest) hotel guide: Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection – Italy. If you were there, thanks so much for coming (hopefully you enjoyed it as much as we did!). If you couldn’t make it, here’s what you missed…
B&B Italia threw open [...]
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 [...]
Aw shucks, we hope you’ve been practicing your best tonging techniques: the Chesapeake Bay OysterFest is just around the corner…
When? 5 November 2011.
Where? Chesapeake Bay, people! St Michaels, Maryland, to be exact; just steps from boutique bayside beauty, The Inn at Perry Cabin.
What? OysterFest is an annual celebration of Chesapeake Bay’s bountiful bivalves held by the [...]
And they’re off! The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is underway, with all eyes on the major prize, the Melbourne Cup on 1 November. Saddle up for our guide to the big-ticket races and boldly bright fashions…
THE FIXTURES
They don’t call it the ‘race that stops a nation’ for nothing: on the first Tuesday in November, le tout [...]
From the first mesmerising haka – the Maori war dance that heralds the start of any game by the All Blacks – Rugby World Cup 2011, hosted by New Zealand, should have sports fans gripped. Running from 9 September, it’ll bring together rugby’s global heavyweights, with hotly anticipated clashes in the pool stages between England [...]
