This Copenhagen guide is written by a native who has lived in New York for the past ten years, meaning, this is more a story of re-locating and not so much the do’s and don’ts of visiting. I know this city and grew up here and yet my point of references seem to be [...]

Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Bruce Kleyer, a New Zealander who lives in the once industrial but now hip suburb of Montreuil, a short Metro ride just outside of Paris. Bruce runs a woodworking and steam bending workshop together with Peter Steitzner.

Having acquired machinery originally used for building the arms of horse [...]

Ok, you can download a city guide on your iPod, pick up one in a swanky colour by Wallpaper* or one of those (rather fab and so handy) pocket sized fold-up Luxe guides. But nothing beats a real, human guide.
Guided tours used to be judged the opposite of stylish; a long hangover perhaps from the [...]

You might wonder why there are no visuals with this post. That’s because the exterior of Stephen Walters & Sons doesn’t look that promising and unless you are a nosy journalist like me, you can’t go inside the main building. The adjoining mill shop, which is open to the public, looks like nothing much really.
The [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
The country hotel, the roaring fire, the delicious food, the snug, warm room, the fluffy duvet…these are the things I want to tick for a festive break in “Ye Olde Englande” - but until recently, the search too often ended in a rather soggy disappointment.
So it is with regret, really, that I [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
Where is everybody? I’m in Moscow and I’m supposed to be witnessing women in jewels and Dolce & Gabbana fighting like cats over the latest diamond-studded Vertu phones, except there’s no one here.

The phones are here. (Good God! Am I converting right from roubles? Is the phone in my hand really £10,000? [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
Ah, the glories of Italy’s Amalfi coast. Of course, it is overrun with pleasure seekers in August, so visit in May, June, July or September. What’s also good news is there are places to stay that are affordable, even with the robust Euro and others that are, frankly, worth pushing the boat [...]

Any film buff will tell you that the Griffith Park Observatory has appeared in more movies than most modern-day stars.
From when it was first used in a James Dean-led film, to the recent ‘Yes Man’ film starring Jim Carrey, the observatory building and grounds are a landmark in Los Angeles culture.
Unfortunately the day we checked [...]

Granada, some say named by invading Arabs in the 8th century, is a university town in Andalusia. It is also the birthplace of the beautiful Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was shot here by the Nationalist Militia in 1936.
Perched above the old town, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, stands the Alhambra. The [...]