Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
When Mr & Mrs Smith’s Australian office relocated from shabby-chic Fitzroy to Melbourne’s lively city centre, they cornered a cool laneway position and called on some sassy folk to spice up the warehouse space. Eco-aware builder Martin Upton of Smartshax kitted out the open-plan office, and Lyn Gardener of Gardener & Marks lent luxe vintage [...]
Last week, we caught a sneak preview of the John Makepeace exhibition at Somerset House. Makepeace is an industry maverick, championing bespoke furniture-making and sustainable practices in an age of hi-tech mass production – a man after Smith’s own heart, then, since we share a loathing of unimaginative replication and soulless sameness. A founder member [...]
We like to think we’ve got an eye for the finer things in life, and, having inspected some of the world’s most stylish interiors in our pursuit of dreamy design dens and hip hideaways for the ever-expanding Smith hotel collection, we know a Good Thing when we see it. And last night in London, at [...]
To be, or not to be in the Mr & Mrs Smith hotel collection, that is the question. And in the case of the Church Street Townhouse, the brilliant and bijou boutique hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon where Mr & Mrs Smith checked in last night, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. Especially with picturesque views of [...]
Let us show you a good time… Having exercised their bed-testing, cocktail-sampling, staff-assessing muscles on behalf of Mr & Mrs Smith, some of our anonymous hotel reviewers have turned Smith destination spy, feeding our travel-hungry online wanderlust generator with new and inspiring travel and destination tips (see, for example, our insider guide to the Edinburgh [...]
If you’re staying in Siem Reap this Autumn, take some time away from temple-touring to visit Blake’s beautiful contemporary sculpture exhibition, ‘Fragments’, and support a worthwhile Cambodian cause at the same time. The pioneering Arts Lounge at the Hôtel de la Paix in Siem Riep, Cambodia (right) will play host to an exhibition by renowned [...]
SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL When? 17–25 September Where? San Sebastián, Spain What? Cannes’ cooler, smaller counterpart, the San Sebastián Film Festival is a perfect blend of arthouse and Hollywood, set in a beautiful sandy bay that is also home to some of Spain’s best food and wine. Style Lights, camera, tapas Setting Elegant Basque bay [...]
We know what you’re thinking: how on earth do I pick out the cream of the comedy and avoid the am-dram dullards at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe? How do we know this? Because entertainer, comedian and all-round showmanship-wonder Chris Cox has been peering into his murky toughened glass ball, and he told us. Not [...]
Brooklynite in Berlin, graphic designer Ebon Heath, is the current artist in motion at concept gallery with a difference, MADE This weekend, while lucky enough to be reviewing the fabulous new Soho House Berlin*, I was honoured to get an eyeful of Ebon Heath‘s typographical creations in the most inspiring art space imaginable – a [...]
Who’s says you need to be Immodesty Blaize or Dita von Teese to have a go at burlesque? Head to Gers Saturday 26 June and party like it’s 1949 with a couple hundred French and English hedonists at super-sexy stay, Château de Lartigolle. The fun at this Smith & Friends property in South of France [...]
