Hats are back, and just in time for racing season May 15, 2011 Fashion lovers rejoice! You have a new accessory to explore. The statement hat – bold, feathery, and as glamorous as you like – is back! Sales of wedding hats have soared 60 per cent at John Lewis, thanks to the recent royal nuptials which saw every guest from A to Z sporting headgear of some [...]
Private pools, crystal blue waters and snorkelling Thai island paradise at sensational Soneva Kiri May 15, 2011 TALK about arriving in style. Soneva Kiri, a far-flung resort on the Thai island of Koh Kood, is the kind of place that keeps its own private plane. A single-engine propeller job but a luxurious one, it picks you up from Bangkok airport, climbs over the rice paddies and swings out to sea, descending 45 [...]
THINK ROOMS… with LateRooms.com May 15, 2011 PHI PHI ISLAND CABANA HOTEL 4* 58 Moo 7 Tambol | Ao-Nang | Amphur Muang | Koh Phi Phi | 81000 Take your place on a sun lounger at Cabana Hotel and you’ll have the azure of the Andaman Sea to one side of you and the hotel’s serene swimming pool to the other. Bliss! [...]
TRAVEL NOTES May 15, 2011 KIDS-FREE LUXE IN CORNWALL Eco-chic hotel The Scarlet sits in a majestic spot on the cliff-tops of Mawgan Porth, looking out to sea. An adults only boutique haven, this is where to completely escape the hordes and spend a few days soaking up the hotel’s zen-like vibe and cool eco style, with its outdoor reed-bed [...]
Springtime shops in Paris with an expert guide – chic! May 15, 2011 SHOPPING in a city with a guide book is all very well but there’s nothing quite like being shown around by an expert, which is why The Beauchamps Hotel’s new weekend tour package is so exciting. From spring, the chic Parisian boutique hotel is offering weekend guided trips with Stuart Paterson an antique dealer and [...]
Aliens hit South London May 12, 2011 Film ATTACK THE BLOCK Cert: 12A LATER this year we have the promising prospect of a Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford fighting off marauding extraterrestrials with six-shooters in Cowboys & Aliens; in the meantime, Attack the Block brings interplanetary nasties up against a more familiar (to Londoners, anyway) adversary – this is Hoodies & Aliens, [...]
This spring’s must-see shows May 12, 2011 ONE of the more niche benefits of an unusually warm spring is the fact that it makes venturing to Shakespeare’s Globe less of a trial of endurance against the elements. The start of this year’s al fresco shows at the Globe – opening with All’s Well that Ends Well and Hamlet, no less – opens [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND May 12, 2011 FILM THE WAY Father-and-son team Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez star in this intense drama. TAXI DRIVER A re-release for Martin Scorcese and Robert De Niro’s 1970s classic. TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT Lame-brained frat comedy set in the 1980s. DVD THE KING’S SPEECH Colin Firth heads to Oscar glory as the stuttering monarch, George VI. [...]
HORSE PLAY May 12, 2011 IT’S here again. This year’s eagerly anticipated MINT Polo in the Park tournament is soon to kick off, and it’s already promising to be a corker. Teams include MINT London, IG Markets Sydney, City A.M. New York, Otkritie Moscow, Gaucho Buenos Aires and Abu Dhabi. They will be playing every day of the 3 day [...]