Perchance to dream
"Is there a better spot anywhere in town to view London from than here?"
"The menu reads like a modern Viking feast – fallow deer tartare, seared reindeer’s heart and rare Berkshire pig"
Sudi Pigott finds the earth moves for her in some unexpected ways, at South Kensington's Ampersand Hotel
"The Fumoir is a state of mind. You could have a martini at 10am and not feel like an alcoholic."
"It felt like driving through a Cézanne painting: all terracotta roofs and patches of violet in the distance"
Ruinart, Yannick Alléno, flash art and high design at LVMH's Alpine lair
"There are some with blood bluer than mine who shudder at the thought of the Middletons camping out at The Goring during the royal wedding. Lowers the tone, and all that"
"Rohan Quarry Day comes highly recommended – he’s Christina Ong’s personal back doctor. And Ong, of course, is the owner of COMO Hotels & Resorts"
Grand hotels, Irish art and glorious, glorious chintz
"It is the spirit of tuxedo-clad, louche, Oliver Tobias, 1970s disco, travelling at speed on a pair of Chanel skis, after arriving on a private jet"