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Hotels

LLG Travels: A Long Weekend in the North of England

August 13, 2011 Hotels

Our old schoolfriend Julian is getting married in Durham Cathedral this weekend. It’s about a four drive north from London — which, in English terms is like driving to the moon. The train is easy but, given that the north of England is so beautiful, and that lil’sis’ MS makes getting around a bit problematic, […]

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Nancy Wake: Heroine of the Resistance & lesson to us all

August 9, 2011 Hotels

Back in September last year I stayed at The Stafford Hotel in St James whilst I was covering London Fashion Week. I knew little about the hotel, tucked away down an almost missed side street, bar that it was reputed to be astonishingly discreet (and therefore popular with diplomats & A-listers) and exceptionally comfortable. I […]

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LLG Stays: Hotel AC Barcelona Forum review

July 30, 2011 Barcelona

The Hotel AC Barcelona in a part of the city that’s new to me — Forum, which is mainly business-centric and by the convention centre. It’s blissfully calm & quiet at the weekend — as opposed to the centre of town which is so rammed with tourists that you can barely move. It’s well worth […]

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LLG Video: Luton Hoo Hotel room review

July 9, 2011 Hotels

Last week I missed my plane to Barcelona, and ended up staying a night at Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa a mere ten minutes down the road from the airport. I wrote about my stay here, but I also shot a short film during my stay: (That’s when I wasn’t being driven around the […]

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Luton Hoo Hotel: Room Review: Queen Mary Suite

July 3, 2011 Hotels

Hello. How may I help? I’m calling down again to the front desk at Luton Hoo Hotel with yet another random request, and not once do they falter. May I borrow a bike this evening to explore the park at sundown? That’s fine. Do you have an American to UK adaptor? I’ll find one. Is […]

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The post where I miss my plane but gain a slice of English heaven

July 2, 2011 Hotels

I’m tapping this blog post out on my PlayBook leaning against a mountain bike by the side of a sunset perfect Capability Brown-designed lake somewhere near Luton, erstwhile home of the British hat trade and delightful Luton Airport. I’m not supposed to be here. I’m supposed to be in Barcelona. But idiot girl became convinced […]

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Parties: St Pancras Hotel & Esquire re-launch

May 9, 2011 Hotels

It was all go go go on Thursday night: I finished my first styling day for Club Monaco at Browns on South Molton Street at 7pm, and then whizzed off to King’s Cross for the huge opening party of the St Pancras Renaissance hotel, followed by a dash to Sketch for the (very good) intimate […]

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Review: Soho Grand Hotel New York

March 22, 2011 Hotels

Much as I love exploring everything new that New York has to offer, there are some places that have remained a constant in my life since I arrived on Manhattan back in 2007. There’s the B&H Diner on 2^nd where I can grab eggs & cawfee for $4 at the counter each morning, my favourite […]

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Hotel: Lunch at The Cornwall Hotel Spa & Estate

March 21, 2011 Hotels

Back in the summer lil’sis & I headed off on the train from London to Cornwall. It felt like a big adventure: we hadn’t been away on holiday together for what seemed like an age, and although Posetta Baddog had to stay at home, we were feeling footloose and fancy free. Even if it did […]

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Istanbul: Afternoon Tea at the Pera Palace Hotel

March 6, 2011 Hotels

I think regular readers all know by now that I do like cake. Even my Twitter bio says it loud and clear: Writer, fashion editor, blogger & dilettante. English exile. Lover of cake. I didn’t get that love of cake from the ether: my mother and her regular cook-entire-chapters of Saint Delia’s Book of Cakes […]