House Spa at Dormy House Hotel – Broadway, The Cotswolds Dormy House is not your typical country house hotel. No chintz or swags in sight; rather a beautifully chic hideaway...
A Visit to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon We’re ashamed to admit it but when we lived in London we hardly ever visited the home of the Royal...
The Real Casino Royale – Deauville-Trouville, Normandy, France “The formalities of getting into the casino need not deter you. All you need is your passport and a respectable...
Summer Opening at Buckingham Palace: The Queen’s Coronation 1953 ‘Opposite are row upon row of peeresses mounting towards the very roof: They look like a lovely hunk of fruit...
Fashion Rules at Kensington Palace – London We couldn’t make last week’s press viewing of Fashion Rules at Kensington Palace, so took the opportunity yesterday, to spend...
Four Seasons Hotel – Hampshire Four Seasons Hotel, Hampshire, sits in the most glorious 500 acres of unspoilt parkland in rural Dogmersfield, just an hour’s...
The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch – Windsor Castle At Windsor Castle’s Drawings Gallery, The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch is a truly fascinating and rather lovely exhibition which presents...
On The Trail of David Hockney – East Yorkshire Look at the incredible variety of grasses, look at the marvellous leaves; look at the colour. Isn’t it beautiful…pure joy....
Salts Mill, Bradford, Yorkshire Salts Mill opened in 1853, 4 miles north of Bradford. Designed by Lockwood and Mawson, it ‘gleamed in glass and...
Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration, Buckingham Palace Last Friday, the day before the official summer opening of Buckingham Palace, we visited a remarkably quiet palace (if you...
The Royal Wedding Dress: A Story of Great British Design Last week we slipped behind the gilded gates of Buckingham Palace to view the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress which, this year, is part...
Garden Tour & Wedding Celebration Champagne Tea at Highgrove, Tetbury, Cotswolds This week we visited Highgrove House to take a long overdue tour of the private gardens of their Royal Hignesses The Prince of Wales and...