Centrally placed in Piccadilly, this upmarket café serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Situated in a former luxury car showroom – hence the name – it was for 70 years a bank serving the nearby residents of Mayfair, before turning into this delightful, if sometimes noisy eating place. With tiled black and white floors, high
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Craghoppers NosiLife Darla L/S Shirt (Women’s) UK price: £60 Pros: Light, well made, easy to wash and dry. Cons: Expensive, crumples easily. Verdict: If you’re a woman who likes shirts, you may like this. Rating: Available from: Craghoppers stores and online Product Review This shirt tries very hard. It’s made with material permanently
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The Lake of Menteith hotel in Perthshire has welcomed new head chef Graham Campbell to the fold, whose simple, quality-driven menu is already wowing the locals. Olivia Greenway reports.
I heard about the Wallace Collection years ago but it’s one of those places I’ve never got round to visiting. There’s no excuse; it’s just north of Oxford Street from Bond Street station. And yet in the space of a month I’ve now visited twice. Formerly the home of the first four Marquesses of
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Think Apartments Tower Bridge are about a 15 minute walk from London Bridge tube. Finding somewhere to stay in London that’s clean, doesn’t bankrupt you and allows some room to swing that proverbial is hard. Am I asking too much to want free Wi-Fi too and a place where I can work? Well if I
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Sick of football and tennis? The best thing about this tour is that even if you are not a cricket fan, there is a lot to see and learn; the knowledgeable guides make it really interesting. Of course our cricket-mad friend, over from India, was happy just to be walking on the sacred ground.
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Browns Hotel in Mayfair – think Lady Bracknell meets Paris Hilton – won the Best Tea award from the Tea Council in 2009; as a consequence, you may need to book a slot some weeks, or even months in advance to take tea in the afternoon, a quintessentially English tradition. An endless supply of
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Craghoppers NosiLife Print Bush Hat (Women’s) UK price: £20 Pros:Repels insects, shields eyes and protects hair from the sun, well made, pocket inside crown, small footprint Cons:Style and colours might not suit some people Verdict: Useful hat if the style suits Rating: Available from: Craghoppers stores and online Product
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Craghoppers NosiLife Lite Convertible Trousers (Women’s) UK price: £60 Pros: Three leg lengths; durable, comfortable, wash easily. Cons: None I noticed. Verdict: Comfortable walking trousers, especially suitable for hot weather. Rating: Available from: Craghoppers stores and online Product Review It’s hard to find trousers that tick all
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Nothing mars a long-haul journey more than having to get up in the middle of the night to catch an early flight. If you are flying from Terminal 4 at Heathrow, then the Hilton could be your answer. Practically next to the terminal, it’s an easy two-minute walk under cover to the check-in desks.
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A £12.5 million pound refurbishment has successfully married the old with the new: on paper it shouldn’t work at all – but it does and remarkably well as Olivia Greenway finds out.
The Marriott V and A is a four star hotel converted from former warehouses and backs onto the River Irwell. It has been a hotel in previous lives but this one seems to be working. The entrance and lobby have high ceilings affording a feeling of space. There is a half galleried wooden mezzanine
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