How to See a UK City Without Hitting the Afternoon Wall
The Wall That Hits Around 4 PM There is a specific kind of tiredness that finds you mid-afternoon in a city you are visiting for the first time. You have done the Changing of the…
How the Southern Way might be your gateway to the Southern Lakes
The Southern Way is the name Tourism New Zealand has given to the network of routes linking the south of the South Island into one explorable loop. From Oamaru and Dunedin on the east coast,…
What a Tokyo Kendo Dojo Teaches You About How to Live
Stepping into a kendo dojo in Tokyo means leaving the city behind and entering a space where centuries of practice still shape daily training. As someone who has practiced kendo for over 20 years, I’ve…
What Gorilla Trekking in the DRC Teaches You About Wilderness
The aircraft descends over an endless sea of emerald rainforest, rivers threading through landscapes that stretch beyond the horizon. Visitors arriving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo tend to go quiet the moment they…
How to find the best luxury villa rentals for every occasion
Spend long enough in a good hotel and you start to notice what’s missing. You can’t wander into a kitchen at midnight for a glass of wine without putting on shoes. Dinner is whenever the…
5 iconic UK gardens to visit and the new Holland Cooper range redefining garden luxury
With Summer now officially underway (it starts on 1st June each year according to the Met Office), there’s no better time to explore the UK‘s wonderful array of gardens open to the public. Regular readers…
Planning a destination wedding in Mykonos: What nobody tells you until it is too late
The couple had chosen Mykonos because they had been there the previous summer and fallen in love with a particular view from a particular terrace on the south of the island. They wanted their wedding…
Cycling Barcelona Without a Map
Barcelona rewards slow movement. On a bike, the city opens up differently than it does on foot or through a taxi window — you catch the light on the Modernista facades, feel the gradient of…
Planning a yacht charter around the 2026 solar eclipse
This August, something remarkable is going to happen over the Mediterranean. On the evening of 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across Spain and the western Med, turning a warm summer evening…
A new chapter for Thornybush: The reimagining of Kubili House
Kubili House is tucked into a seriously wild corner of South Africa‘s Thornybush Private Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger ecosystem. People who know luxury safari travel have always loved this place. But right now,…