From home-baked cookies to snake-shaped hot water bottles, Guy Woodward assesses an essential feature of the hotel stay - the turndown
From home-baked cookies to snake-shaped hot water bottles, Guy Woodward assesses an essential feature of the hotel stay - the turndown
It can take 30 seconds, or it can be an ordeal of form-filling and unnecessary explaining. Guy Woodward checks out checking in
Ian Belcher climbs into the convertible for his very own coast-to-coast journey to the heart of the American dream
With endless deserted beaches and basic accommodation, Comporta is loved by celebs for its low-key charms. Ian Belcher discovers an unspoilt paradise
Jostling against each other like spirited siblings, Soho and Mayfair are as distinct as you could wish, yet you can stagger between them in moments
Shoreditch or Hackney? Both are magnets for hipsters, but which really cuts it as the culinary centre of modern London? Zeren Wilson pokes in a fork
They like new stuff but they want it to be good. And they don’t mind a queue. Zoe Williams looks into London eating, millennial style
From cheap and cheerful to ‘a surfeit of plain deliciousness’, Zoe Williams follows the rise and rise of the small plate
Overpriced and over-promoted, there’s nothing as disappointing as Tuscany. Why do we put up with it, asks George Reynolds
Rome? It’s easy – the Pantheon, the Forum, the Sistine, and a pizza. No, no no, says George Reynolds. You’ve got it the wrong way round The old gag is that Rome is the easiest place on the earth to be a tourist: if you need to know the way, all roads lead there; once you’ve arrived, just do like …
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