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Linear ski lodge design reaches new heights

Linear ski lodge design reaches new heights

by Civilian Paris

COS's design for the new Aiguille Grive Chalets Hotel in the French Alps riffs on the classic modernism of Charlotte Perriand

Founding Fathers and filet mignon | Review: The Jefferson Hotel, Washington DC

Founding Fathers and filet mignon | Review: The Jefferson Hotel, Washington DC

by Derek Guthrie

Derek Guthrie checks-in and checks out one of the American capital’s most historic, landmark properties

Sow, sow good | Review: The Pig, The New Forest

Sow, sow good | Review: The Pig, The New Forest

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The Pig is a typical, 21st century post-Babington enterprise – the retired-from-clubbing generation’s idea of a country pile"

Bindi mood | Review: Vivanta by Taj, Bekal

Bindi mood | Review: Vivanta by Taj, Bekal

by Leon Beckenham

It’s become a common cautionary remark, sighed out with a middle-distance gaze and a wry you’ll-see smile, that “nothing can prepare you for India”

Why I love the butlers at Claridge’s

Why I love the butlers at Claridge’s

by Lisa Richards

"Is there a better spot anywhere in town to view London from than here?"

Taking Stockholm

Taking Stockholm

by Derek Guthrie

"The menu reads like a modern Viking feast – fallow deer tartare, seared reindeer’s heart and rare Berkshire pig"

Review: The Ampersand Hotel, London

Review: The Ampersand Hotel, London

by Sudi Pigott

Sudi Pigott finds the earth moves for her in some unexpected ways, at South Kensington's Ampersand Hotel

Drawing the line | David Downton at Claridge’s

Drawing the line | David Downton at Claridge’s

by David Downton

"The Fumoir is a state of mind. You could have a martini at 10am and not feel like an alcoholic."

To Terre Blanche (one of the best luxury resorts in Provence, not the dead Afrikaner white supremacist*)

To Terre Blanche (one of the best luxury resorts in Provence, not the dead Afrikaner white supremacist*)

by Monisha Rajesh

"It felt like driving through a Cézanne painting: all terracotta roofs and patches of violet in the distance"

Le Vuitton ski lodge

Le Vuitton ski lodge

by Jennifer Sharp

Ruinart, Yannick Alléno, flash art and high design at LVMH's Alpine lair