Travel
20th September 2012
Life, it is said, is the sum of all our memories. Mathematicians could reduce it to something like L=Mn with ‘M’ being the numbers of memories, and ‘n’ some sort of cumulative index. Dull isn’t it? There are many examples of this sort of uninteresting...
12th July 2012
Consider travel. Why on earth do we do it? It’s a very masochistic endeavour: deciding where to go, finding time to do it, overpaying agents, waiting at airports, delayed flights, aeroplane food, foreign languages, nowhere looking like it did in the...
12th July 2012
There is one really annoying thing about the Mercure Holland House and its restaurant, The Phoenix: we never knew it existed.
And that’s a shame, because it’s a very nice establishment, with affable staff, decent facilities and an outstanding...
11th July 2012
Formerly the site of the Duke of Devonshire’s home, The May Fair is a hotel that reflects the sensibilities and sentiments of its clientele, who, on the whole, seem to be a mix of celebs and the au courant. And for this reason, we love it – properly...
7th March 2012
“The sensual caress of waist deep cold smoke.... glory in skiing virgin snow, in being the first to mark the powder with the signature of their run.” – Tim Cahill
Over the last year, I’ve found that I have a natural aptitude for winter pursuits. Of...
