As I write it’s 4.30pm: it’s early January, the temperature is almost in the minuses…
Travel
White City House Hotel, The Perfect West London Bolthole
Located inside the old BBC Television Centre, the old HQ for BBC TV between 1960 and 2013, this 45-room hotel is bursting with charm, good food and plentiful drinks.
The Town Hall Hotel, Bethnal Green
On occasion I’m one of those people who gets smug about no longer living in London. I noticed it when I went for lunch with my Sister-in-Law recently; I started waxing lyrical about the low crime rates, big houses, affordable living costs and good schools out here. “And it’s only 30 minutes into Euston!!!” I exclaim. “Amazing!!!!”
PUBLIC Hotel, New York City
Studio 54’s Ian Schrager opened PUBLIC on Chrystie Street in the Lower East Side last year. Sold as a disruptor to the Air BnB model, he wanted to open a space that would do away with the unnecessary bells and whistles of traditional hotels. Did it work for us?
How To Boss Being A New York Tourist
Last week marked the – god, 11th? 12th? – trip I’ve taken to New York in the last ten years, and as I spent my six days in the city that never sleeps I realised just how much knowledge on navigating NYC I’ve accumulated.
8 Reasons You Should Go To Italy
When you hear the word ‘Italy’, what do you think? For me it’s the usual:…
5 Things To Do In Broadstairs
As the kids get older, I realise how important it is to spend real quality time, us all together as a family. Which is why, when Southeastern challenged us to discover a part of Kent we’d never been before, we bit their hand off and jumped on the train to Broadstairs!
18 Hours in Lisbon
My first impressions of rush hour Lisbon in May weren’t great. I arrived at a…