The car chase has been a staple of action movies for the past 50 years. Technological developments including CGI have transformed this trend and catapulted it to new levels. With innovations such as high-powered electric […]
Nothing quite beats packing an overnight bag and speeding out of London for a night in the country, especially as it doesn’t involve passport control, waiting for security and squeezing into an ‘orange’ seat for […]
The bar team at the chic and elegant St James Bar at The Sofitel London St James have once again come up with a fabulous new cocktail menu to see you through to the end […]
With Britain riding high in the cultural stakes (but maybe no longer the football…) it is no surprise that once a year The Chap magazine that bastion of sartorial eccentricity and style has a massive […]
The Kahanda Kanda is a luxury resort set amid a low altitude tea plantation near Galle, in the south-west of Sri Lanka. The resort has 10 chic villas with verandas overlooking the estate. It’s possible […]
When it comes to tourism, Dubrovnik gets all the glory – but it also gets the crowds. So, if you want a taste of Croatia without the queues, soak up the atmosphere of Korčula Island, […]
It’s a few years since I last visited Goat, then it was all new shiny, sparkly and really quite good. It seemed like a good time for a check up, restaurants are like patients they […]
There aren’t many London theatreland hotels that still possess the razzle dazzle of the West End but when a timeless classic comes around you know it’s in for a long run. A stone’s throw from […]
We’re in the land of mashed matoke (green bananas), gorilla tracking and markets selling handcrafted wicker baskets and cow-horn artefacts. Of children running around playing happily with nothing more than a stick and tyre. The […]
Now in its eighth year, the Grand Prix Ball once again played host to a mix of motor racing enthusiast and celebrities last Wednesday evening, as the normally tranquil Hurlingham Club and residential Fulham was […]
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