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Lavender’s Blue + Ashford Castle Mayo
King Cong | More Mayo Please | Glory Days Aunt Margaret’s maxim was, “Never stay anywhere not as grand as your own home.” And she’d an Asprey account and Trüggelmann dressing room. Lavender’s Blue’s take is, “Life’s too short to … Continue reading
The Hilton Park Lane London + Galvin at Windows
Pie in the Sky | The Londond’ry Arms In the property industry, for every floor you go up, a premium is added. Room with a view with a price tag. Presumably there’s a surcharge in the hospitality industry for a … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Hotels, Luxury, People, Restaurants
Tagged andreas gursky, battersea power station, buckingham palace, chef joo won, chelsea harbour, chris galvin, diana in savannah, galvin at windows, hyde park, isabel restaurant london, keith hobbs, lady londonderry, lanesborough, lavender's blue, london hilton park lane, londonderry house, montevetro, mount stewart, nobu, shoreditch house, stuart blakley, wolseley restaurant
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Sunborn London Yacht Hotel + Royal Victoria Dock
Deep Calls Unto Deep Ship ahoy! All aboard! It was only a matter of thyme (with Botanist Islay gin and lemon wheel) until we joined The Haves and The Have Knots. Sunborn great. Others… actually make ours a mocktail (fresh … Continue reading
Posted in Hotels, Luxury, Restaurants
Tagged franki candles, lavender's blue, stuart blakley, sunborn london hotel, sunborn yacht
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+ The Goring Hotel London
Oh Tell It’s never boring at The Goring.
Corinthia Hotel London + Dr Tara Swart
Food for Thought Does breakfasting at five star hotels make you cleverer? Yes is the answer, if you’re starting the day in Corinthia London’s Massimo Restaurant at . In a world first, the hotel has appointed a Neuroscientist in Residence. … Continue reading
Posted in Hotels, Luxury, People, Restaurants
Tagged alvin toffler, corinthia hotel london, crystal moon lounge, dr tara swart, lavender's blue, mark zuckerberg, massachusetts institute of technology, massimo restaurant, matthew dixon, neuroscientist in residence, northiam dairy, stuart blakley
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Abbeydene House Whiteabbey + Westminster Property Association Lunch + President Trump
Angels Unawares A phalanx of genteel residences, sphinx-like architectural sentinels, guards the east coast of Belfast Lough. Monuments to elaborately espaliered family trees, long forgotten aristocrats and plutocrats, sepia tinted sequins and foxtrots, Elysia lost to rampant suburbia. Sequestered by … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Country Houses, Hotels, Restaurants
Tagged abbeydene house whiteabbey, abraham lincoln, angels unawares, anne davey orr, bbc political editor laura kuenssberg, bill clinton, brands normans, brown forrest, donald trump, general eisenhower, grosvenor house hotel, lavender's blue, lismara, lord ballyedmond, louis féraud, merrythrough café, omagh bridge, queens university, robinson cleaver, sir charles lanyon, sir crawford mccullough, sir herbert lanyon, stuart blakley, tim clifford, tuesday room restaurant, westminster property association annual lunch, westminster property association lunch
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Sanderson Hotel London + The Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea
Friday Afternoon Adventures Sometimes the weekend starts a little sooner than anticipated. We’ve disappeared down the bunny hole to a Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea Party in Sanderson. The hotel where larger than life Philippe Starck first played with surreal scale … Continue reading
The International Property Awards + The Music Box Southwark
The London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square Gala Dinner “My Lords, Ladies and gentlemen and very special guests…” Taylor Wimpey Central London’s latest scheme has won a High Commendation Prize at The International Property Awards. The awards are sponsored by The Telegraph … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Design, Developers, Hotels, Luxury, People
Tagged earl of liverpool, emirates airlines, h r owen, international property awards, london marriott hotel grosvenor square, lord best, lord caithness, luxury apartments, taylor wimpey central london, the music box southwark, trevor morriss architect
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