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No, not a Would you rather? question, but a genuine offer. For the third year running, Mr & Mrs Smith is getting into bed with some of the world’s finest travel bloggers (now there’s an image) in recognition of Passports with Purpose – a worldwide blog initiative intended to raise money for noble causes. The [...]
November’s just around the corner, which means that the charitable moustachioed types over at Movember are swinging into action again. If you’ve never encountered their unique method of combining fundraising with facial-hair growth, now’s your chance. Movember is a globe-spanning annual initiative dedicated to raising money for men’s health charities, particularly in relation to prostate [...]
With the frappuccino drinkers of the word bereft after Sex and the City 2 sank into the dunes, all hopes are pinned on the release this Saturday of Eat Pray Love, the Julia Roberts-fronted retelling of New York journo Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir of self-discovery to soothe our wounded souls. The journey takes Gilbert from Manhattan [...]
We’re so good to you – not only have we made you a gorgeous new guidebook covering the best boutique hotels in France, but because today’s the day our latest choose-your-own-adventure tome hits the shops, Mr & Mrs Smith has joined forces with equally super-stylish British brands Ormonde Jayne and Ettinger to celebrate the book [...]
For some time now, Mr & Mrs Smith has been in cahoots with the gourmandising gurus at Dean & DeLuca, giving the low-down on exceptional food and wine regions around the world. After the success of our Caribbean adventure and our wine-soaked wandering in Napa Valley, the latest stop-off on The Global Gourmet’s world tour [...]
With pieces in every wardrobe worth a walk in – from Hollywood royalty to just, well, royalty – Amanda Wakeley’s style queen status is undisputed (and, as demonstrated by her OBE earlier this year, even the Queen agrees). We’re currently running a competition with Amanda’s sought-after fashion label – there’s £600 worth of chic womenswear [...]
If you’re a Smith member, or if you pootle past the Smith homepage every so often, you’ll already know that we run regular competitions to win stays at some of Smith’s most stylish boutique hotels around the world. Usually, you might have the chance to win, say, a weekend at a lovely B&B in the [...]
If you’re visiting New York soon, don’t miss Event Horizon, the amazing citywide art exhibition by British sculptor Antony Gormley (you know, Angel of the North, and Another Place just outside Liverpool). He’s the man currently putting the ‘man’ into Manhattan. As it were. And our ace friends at Ace Hotel New York are championing [...]
Valentine’s Day has come and gone, leaving a trail of red envelopes, chocolate wrappers and dishevelled hotel sheets in its wake. If there was ever a time to dish the dirt on your love life, it’s now… We like to think that we know a thing or two about dirty weekends, but we reckon you [...]
Last year, the Smith Luxury Travel Blog hooked up with Passports with Purpose – a cunning fundraising initiative fresh from the brains of some of our favourite fellow travel bloggers (including the terrific Debbie from DeliciousBaby), in the hope of filling a piggy bank in aid of deserving causes around the world. It was a [...]
