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INNSiDE by Meliá Newcastle

July 17, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

Whey-Aye-Man, there’s some cracking art work in toon at one of Newcastle’s coolest hotels and it’s all local. Forward thinking bosses at INNSiDE by Meliá have teamed up with the nearby Baltic Centre for Contemporary […]

Le Vieux Logis, Trémolat

July 9, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

Le Vieux Logis is a luxury boutique hotel with a Michelin-starred restaurant. It is mere paces from the heart of a charming village in the Perigord region of France. The oldest part of the property […]

Lifehouse Spa and Hotel

May 27, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

Swinging down gentle backroads through the Essex countryside and emerging at Lifehouse Spa and Hotel is like being teleported to Scandinavia. A cubic vision in light, white, glass-walled minimalism, it is a far cry from […]

La Chapelle Saint Martin

April 15, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

La Chapelle Saint Martin is a stylish and cosy small hotel in the countryside near Limoges in France. It’s a hit with travelling gourmets thanks to culinary offerings prepared by the father-and-son team of Gilles […]

Hilton Helsinki Strand

April 9, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

Nordic culture has a reputation for connecting with nature and where better to celebrate it than in one of the happiest cities in the world. Helsinki’s top priority is wellness, and it shows. From the […]

The Brudenell Hotel, Aldeburgh

March 5, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

Crashing waves. Briny breezes. Wide-open skies. Seagulls screeching and wheeling above white-tipped North Sea waves. The crunch of shingle underfoot and the childlike glee of racing down pebble banks. Aldeburgh touches deep. There are prettier […]

Milsoms Kesgrave Hall

March 1, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

Arriving at Kesgrave Hall is like stepping into a period drama. The drive flows through woodland, where on this late February day snowdrops are scattered like white confetti and the first daffodils are peeking above […]

Matthias Welzel, General Manager of Hilton Lake Como

February 24, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

In the first of our brand-new series of hotelier interviews, I spoke with Matthias Welzel, who is General Manager of the beautiful Hilton Lake Como in Italy, to ask what inspired him to follow a […]

The Pier at Harwich

February 19, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 1

There’s a nostalgia about arriving at The Pier in Harwich that is as pure as the briny breezes, silvery light and boom of the North Sea. The most elegant of all the buildings by the […]

Olympic-Inspired Activities at Hilton Lake Como

February 6, 2026 Our Man On The Ground 0

With the opening of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games today and Italy energised by the Olympic spirit, where better than Hilton Lake Como, which sits on the site of a former silk factory on […]