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An Inspector calls… at The Town House in Arundel and loves the view from his room to the castle, but it has ‘strangely depressing’ curtains and a ‘hideous’ bathroom mirror The Inspector checked into The Town House in Arundel, West Sussex, which has an ‘impressive’ history His room had a narrow balcony that offered ‘spectacular’ views … Read more
Sicily is the triple distillation of Italy. The sun is fiercer, the wine stronger, the sweets sweeter, the shadows darker, the baroque more baroque. And, it has to be said, the dirt dirtier. Every writer comments on the island’s severe contrasts: great beauty and the smell of jasmine here, bloodstains and brutal poverty there. The … Read more
Step into Tenerife’s secret side: It’s not all beaches and infinity pools on the popular Canary Island Most people don’t consider Tenerife a place for walkers: it’s the beaches and tapas that attract the crowds But Matthew Hirtes joined the challenging Grand Walking Tour of Tenerife and got lost in the island’s beauty His favourite … Read more
Step into Tenerife’s secret side: It’s not all beaches and infinity pools on the popular Canary Island Most people don’t consider Tenerife a place for walkers: it’s the beaches and tapas that attract the crowds But Matthew Hirtes joined the challenging Grand Walking Tour of Tenerife and got lost in the island’s beauty His favourite … Read more
Splash of colour: Locals in traditional dress in Mexico, where there are holiday deals to be had We can thank the United States for the annual price-slashing ritual that takes place on the last Friday of November — the day after Thanksgiving. It is meant to represent the day retailers begin to turn a profit, … Read more
Splash of colour: Locals in traditional dress in Mexico, where there are holiday deals to be had We can thank the United States for the annual price-slashing ritual that takes place on the last Friday of November — the day after Thanksgiving. It is meant to represent the day retailers begin to turn a profit, … Read more
A designer friend was given the task some years ago of changing the interior décor of a stuffy London ‘Gentleman’s Club’ without its members noticing. Something similar has been going on at the redoubtable Cobblers Cove, just outside Speightstown on the north-west coast of Barbados — a much-loved hotel which the Godsals, a British family, … Read more
A designer friend was given the task some years ago of changing the interior décor of a stuffy London ‘Gentleman’s Club’ without its members noticing. Something similar has been going on at the redoubtable Cobblers Cove, just outside Speightstown on the north-west coast of Barbados — a much-loved hotel which the Godsals, a British family, … Read more
You know what they say about the best-laid plans… Here we reveal five eye-catching bridge designs for famous waterways around the world that never saw the light of day. Scroll down for mesmerising renderings of the bridges, from the incredible seven-storey Crystal Span Bridge in London to the six-lane Brooklyn-Battery Bridge in New York. Crystal … Read more
The pandemic has meant that the great outdoors has never been in greater demand – especially for those holed up in urban areas. Now Google Maps has revealed the most popular outdoor locations for a stretch of the legs for residents in the UK’s major cities, based on what people searched for using the tool … Read more