Zurich: quality of life by the lake
When things go shaky, I seek the comfort of order and structure; and where better to find this than in clean, green Zurich. This...
20 September, 2020 / 2 Comments
Eating & drinking in Reims
It was three summers ago that I was sitting one evening around a table in Koko Doko in Reims, the champagne capital...
07 August, 2020 / 0 Comments
Margate: the Haeckels seaweed wrap
Most people book ski trips in winter. I booked a massage at Haeckels, a 'wild fragrance and ecological skincare company' whose lab and...
30 January, 2020 / 0 Comments
Clamato: an unexpected journey in Paris
That time of year came round again: Paris Photo in November. My aim and my desire was to eat at Septime, No 15...
17 November, 2019 / 0 Comments
Fleur de Pavé in Paris: Sylvain Sendra
A new luxury mindset is emerging. Out goes the starchiness of traditional luxury and in comes 'liberation' luxury. It's all about being...
17 September, 2019 / 0 Comments
London day out at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
A contemporary art treasure trove in the heart of the English countryside. That is how I would describe Hauser & Wirth Somerset....
22 July, 2019 / 0 Comments
Peak harmony: La Vaqueria Montañesa in Madrid
'Sustainable' is not a word liked much by storytellers. There is an empty, scientific ring to its sound. I prefer the idea...
03 July, 2019 / 0 Comments
Real Madrid: a city of districts
Sometimes the most obvious is the least noticed. It took Igor Ramírez García-Peralta, founder and editor-in-chief of Soler Magazine, to point out to...
01 July, 2019 / 0 Comments
Paris in spring: Hotel Amastan & more
I spent one night and two days in Paris this spring. The one night was at Hotel Amastan, near Le Grand Palais, in...
21 May, 2019 / 0 Comments
Feast for the Eyes in Amsterdam and Berlin
Before the winter is out, lovers of food photography might like to take a trip to Foam Museum in Amsterdam, overlooking the canal....
17 February, 2019 / 0 Comments
All change: Bourse de Commerce to open in Paris 2020
When I visited the area south of the Bourse metro station, in Paris' 2nd and 1st arrondissements in November 2018, I was reminded...
26 November, 2018 / 0 Comments
Finding my tribe in Belleville, Paris
As humans we are tribal. Our ultimate fear is rejection. Often, we pull away from people before they reject us; it feels less...
25 November, 2018 / 2 Comments
Antibes: tender is the Côte d’Azur
Flash people; flash boats. That was my perception of Antibes on the Côte d'Azur. One-time resident F Scott Fitzgerald of Great Gatsby fame...
05 October, 2018 / 2 Comments
A visit to Cadaqués on the Costa Brava
Salvador Dalí believed that he was a reincarnation of the rugged Cap de Creus – the headland just north of Cadaqués, on the Costa Brava,...
20 September, 2018 / 0 Comments
Hidden gems on Girona’s left bank
The city of Girona, a 38-minute train journey north of Barcelona, is full of hidden gems. Much smaller than Barcelona, Girona is a...
14 September, 2018 / 2 Comments