Flying With Dave, Me Trying To Not Look Terrified. from Jamie McLellan on Vimeo.
Despite being a terribly nervous flier, this morning I found myself riding passenger in a little ultralight aircraft having unwittingly signed up for it the night before with a few glasses of wine in me. Turned out to be a breath taking [...]

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Living and working late every night in NYC, weekend brunch with friends is a must. One of my favorite things to do on Saturday is to bike ride to our new favorite brunch spot, Fort Defiance, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Located far away from subway lines, Red Hook still has [...]

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London’s V&A keeps churning out the blockbusters, the latest of which - opened with a live performance by Annie Lennox (blimey, those vocal pipes are strong) - is Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 which starts with the poster; Grace Jonesas fantastically imagined by Jean Paul Goude and takes you through from the [...]

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London by Night is a totally different animal. It flirts with dizzying heights in the glamour of the West end and the energy of the club of the hour. It also, however, is awash with a peacefulness more apt for a seaside town than a metropolitan hub. Take a stroll down [...]

If you are a fan of those dark Skandi thrillers, the idea of a lonesome wooden farmhouse in its own meadow on an island in Sweden may, or indeed may not attract you, given you could be holed up on the island of Orust and no one would miss you for weeks.
The Swedes are not [...]

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How Skandi chic it all is. Orust island is where the Swedes go on holiday, and it’s exactly as you would imagine; herring, red barns, sailing boats, blond people in stripy clothes, blond people in not many clothes.

We wanted quiet and yes, to be honest, we wanted cheap. The perception that the [...]

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Karingon is an island off an island off an empty bit of Sweden which is, anyway, a pretty empty country.
That you might have to wait for a table at Peterson’s Krog proves how good the food is and the view over the water is sensational too. The menu is as you would [...]

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Obviously there are thousands of restaurants in London. Surprisingly few that are sensational though. One of my absolute favourites is The Ivy. A London institution; The Ivy’s great for its timelessness; it’s never in or out of fashion, it just IS. The food’s sensational – a chic [...]

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On my last trip to London we tried out another London classic: Rules. Established in 1798, Rules is London’s oldest and most eminent restaurant. Its famous diners include Thackeray, Dickens, H. G Wells, Lord Olivier, Clark Gable and Charlie Chaplin and it’s appeared in the works of Evelyn Waugh, John le [...]

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The flat we chose to stay in was owned by Katie in Dublin and she said Danny, once of
Dublin too, now resident in the South of France, would meet us to give us the keys. What she didn’t mention was that Danny would also throw in his own, honest, nicely expletive-peppered walking [...]