With my trip to Spain cancelled, a London staycation was much needed. Some might say that booking a hotel room in London is an indulgence but surely these days, when…
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“Your home away from home, your residence in the Capital, the perfect pied a terre in London”, how often have these claims been made about a hotel I wonder? These…
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London has always been a city that rewards the curious and adventurous folk who want to go out for lunch so I decided to try and seek out some new…
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There is a great deal that can go wrong in that most beloved English tradition; the picnic. Whether it’s a sudden downpour, dive-bombing wasps, parading ants or in the case…
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“The rich are different” as F Scott Fitzgerald almost said (the correct quote being slightly longer and more complex), and it was this that I was contemplating as I gazed…
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Mention Hammersmith restaurants to anyone even vaguely in the know and they will invariably mention the iconic River Café, a truly deserving institution of that much over-used adjective. Beyond that…
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Due to meet my oldest school friend Ed (not Luxuriate’s Editor as he was away sunning himself in Oman), I puzzled over where to book as these days dinner with…
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Cambridge is a city very hard to describe without resorting to the language associated with its most famous attribute, the University. Dating from 1209 this centre of learning is a…
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If the name of this charming hotel on London’s Piccadilly brings to mind the pursuit of excellence in the arts and sciences and a sense of exclusivity, you would be…