Travel tales: BAFTA winner Jacquie Lawrence in NYC and memoirist Nadja Spiegelman in Marrakech

In honour of Pride Month, we’re featuring hotel reviews from two of our favourite Mrs & Mrs Smith couples

Travel tales: gauchos galore, a showstopper in NYC and more…

Our favourite globetrotters share top moments from their recent trips, including NYC, Argentina and Vermont

East London by bike: stylish wheels, street art and pastry pit stops

Follow our freewheelin’ editor as she skips the spandex and cruises through the city

Food for thought: Tokyo’s high-tech tribute to Japanese cuisine

The Mysterious Restaurant of the Food God, an interactive digital art exhibit, lets you play with oversized mushrooms and feel like a grain of rice.

Top 10 travel trends for summer 2017

Ok, we realise we haven’t even hit spring yet, but we’ve got our eyes on the sun-soaked prize.

From the suitcase of… Todd Snyder

Take a peek inside the designer’s luggage, and check out his thoughts on checked baggage, souvenirs and the virtues of cargo shorts.

A gift guide for the travel-obsessed

Has anyone ever actually asked for a partridge in a pear tree? Nah. We know what your favourite people want…

From the suitcase of… model Ricardo Baldin

What’s the first thing this Brazilian-born model does after checking into his hotel room? We’ve got the scoop.

The rum (and vodka) diary: how I spent 7 days at a cocktail festival in New Orleans

Dark ‘n’ Stormies, French 75s and a slew of frozen daiquiris – and that’s just Monday. We tag along on a cocktail adventure in the Big Easy.

Have you stayed at the best boutique hotel in the world?

Voting is open for the Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Awards 2016. Pick the best boutique stay from now through 30 September.

Romancing the drone: the latest honeymoon trend

A selfie stick? Pshh. Newlyweds go high-tech with their honeymoon photography.

Happy birthday to us! A night of wanderlust and wellness in LA

Where do the experts go to feel pampered? What snacks do they pack to stave off minibar cravings? Read on…

From the suitcase of… Maxine Bédat

This sustainable fashion entrepreneur’s all-time greatest souvenir is of the living, breathing variety. Read on for more…

Where to eat and what to order in West Sweden

When’s the last time you had sherbet cocktails and parsnip beer? It may be time for a trip to Sweden.

An ode to bellhops: 10 things you never knew about the hotel frontmen

What do Tom Hanks, a 1960s psychic and Brandon Flowers have in common? They’ve all manned the front post at hotels. Here, we pay tribute to the pro that always has your back(pack) – the bellhop.

Venice’s best bacari: a cicchetti cheat sheet

The ‘internet’ is fond of telling people that a stay in Venice is not for gourmands. We say, Venice may not wow the Michelin-star chaser who likes shocking innovation – but it can more than pique the palate of the foodie flâneur, with bite-size cicchetti served in Venice’s best bacari: low-key Italian tapas bars thronged by…

The best travel Instagrams of the week

Brazil is giving us the blues in the best way possible, thanks to an eye-catching entryway that Yvan Rodic of @facehunter snapped in Bahia. Over in Paris, things are more black and white: Jessie Bush of @wethepeoplestyle captured Daniel Buren’s columns at the Palais-Royal. We’re also envious of a certain sun-lit reading spot inside Hotel La…

Style monitor: now hear this

This month, Style Monitor craves a Ruark R1 Mk3 digital radio: the perfect audio kit for the hard-to-please.

This high-spec, great-value radio looks as handsome on boutique-hotel bedside tables as it does on your kitchen counter (or bookshelf, or mantelpiece…).