Mark C. O'Flaherty

The grandest dame | Why I love the time warp of The Peninsula Hong Kong and probably always will

"The most special thing about the hotel in Hong Kong is, for me anyway, the time warp of Felix, the restaurant that Philippe Starck designed in 1994"

The best fancy dim sum in Hong Kong

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

'I have no idea what made Michelin knock a star off, because this is as good as Cantonese gets"

Milan isn’t burning

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Italy's fashion capital has banned smoking in public and Mark C. O’Flaherty is all lit up

Dreamweaver: Sandy Powell’s screen presence

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Sandy Powell is currently the subject of a 40-year retrospective of her work at SCAD, Dressing the Part: Costume Design for Film

Jesus moment | Park Hyatt Hyderabad

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"City hotels that become miniature cities themselves are my Umberto Eco chambers of delight"

Blood and guts: On the Pasolini path

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

“Don’t deceive yourself, passion never gets forgiveness." Mark C. O'Flaherty follows the Pasolini path in Italy, from birth to murder

100 years of La Mamounia

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The whole place thrums in a kind of postcoital way"

The future’s so bright | Karim Rashid’s Athenian time warp

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Karim Rashid’s first hotel project, Semiramis, opened in Athens in 2004. It looks older – yet is all the bolder for it

Pasolini’s last supper

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"I sat at Pasolini’s regular table, and it could have been 1975."

It takes a Village

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"There’s always vintage punk playing on the jukebox, an indie horror film being screened on the back wall, and a portrait of HP Lovecraft surveys the scene from a side wall"

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