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Here at Smith, we don’t know whether to drag out our saris, ski poles or swimwear this month, as we welcome new luxury hotels in the Indian desert, European mountains, sun-drenched Sicily and tropical Australia.
Our collection of boutique hotels in India continues to swell, with the arrival of two beauties in Jodhpur, including fairy-tale desert [...]
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…
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They don’t call it the ‘race that stops a nation’ for nothing: on the first Tuesday in November, le tout [...]
Nautical New England comes to Stockholm in the shape of this week’s prize-scooper: embrace the red, white and the blue and check out the recent renovations at waterside Hotel J…
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Setting Scandinavian seaside
Why this week? Hotel J has recently unveiled the details of its renovation: 113 new rooms, a swanky meeting room for 160 [...]
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 [...]
New Zealand may be best known for big nature and bungee jumping, but it’s one of our top tips for sexy shopping breaks, too. Take a trip to buzzy Auckland, the country’s biggest city on the North Island, then hightail it to hip drag Ponsonby Road, where an edgy mix of designer fashion, vintage threads, [...]
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 [...]
Sorry London lovelies, but as you dig around for your winter coat, down-under Smiths are getting set for a scorching summer in St Kilda, Melbourne. This seaside suburb beckons with a host of hot new places to eat, drink and play. Make a weekend of it and stay at St Kilda boutique hotel The Prince, [...]
It’s a destination better known for its gourmet getaways and wow-inducing wilderness but Tasmania is fast building a reputation for the happening art scene in Hobart.
Culture vultures have been flocking to the Tasmanian capital in Australia since the MONA Museum of Old and New Art (pictured above and below) threw open its industrial-sized doors at [...]
As director of the cutting-edge Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Smith tastemaker Elizabeth Ann Macgregor has turned her passion into her profession. Born in Dundee, she discovered the world of art at university and hasn’t looked back since. Prestigious posts in Scotland, and helming Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery followed, before she headed down under – [...]
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 [...]
