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Entrance to Bad Utoquai, Zurich, with woman cycling past
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
glass of white wine on wooden table
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
Close-up of seaweed
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
dish with pomegranates & fennel flowers
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
Two amuse-bouches, Fleur de Pave, Paris
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
Woman looking at drawings
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
Black and white portrait overlooking room
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
Entrance to 7 Islas Hotel
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
Model of the Bourse de Commerce at Tadao Ando exhibition, Centre Pompidou
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
Bowl of panisse with pair of hands, Le Grand Bain, Paris
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
View through sculpture by Jaume Plensa towards the sea, Antibes
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
View from Salvador Dali house across Port Lligat
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
Dish of patatas bravas, Restaurant Maran, Girona
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
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