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Designed by Martin Brudnizki with artworks, from Warhol to Turnbull, curated by Jonathan Brook, the Broadwick Soho hotel in the heart of the capital blends all the eclecticism of Studio 54 with an intimate, townhouse allure. The pair want you to treat it like it's your beloved godmother's home; and you're overdue a visit
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The Venice-Simplon Orient Express is first class in luxury locomotion
A milestone birthday proved a fine excuse for WoI’s style director to make tracks and party in style – on the Venice–Simplon Orient Express
Star Quality: the interiors at Sterrekopje Farm in South Africa take their cues from nature
The stars aligned for Nicole Boekhoorn and Fleur Huijskens at Sterrekopje Farm in the South African winelands, where the couple have created a wellness playground that offers, among other things, the chance to explore an apothecary and Mongolian yurt
Udaipur’s floating Lake Palace is a marvel in white marble
The stately folly that drifts on the waters of Lake Pichola has long been a haven for all manner of venerable visitors, from shahs past to Jackie Kennedy
From the archive: Gertrude Jekyll garden at Vann
From taming woodland and deterring greedy deer to picking pesky purple crocuses out of the white spring beds, the Caroes have their work cut out in the Gertrude Jekyll garden at Vann, their Arts and Crafts home in Surrey
Caffè society: an unpretentious London eatery that’s equal parts Italian trattoria and East End greasy spoon of yore
Old Hackney meets new in Leo’s, a cleverly designed bar and restaurant in a premises with a less-than-savoury past
Taking Pictures with Alen MacWeeney
With nearly seven decades of photographs filling his porfolio, Alen MacWeeney forged his own path through fashion before falling in love with the streets of his home town and capturing the pivotal events that shook Ireland during the 1960s and 70s. Then, an immersion in the Bloomsbury Group led the Dubliner to become a dab hand at interiors
A horticultural habit flourishes within the walls of this convent
At a long-neglected monastery at the tip of Italy’s heel, in Puglia, Alistair McAlpine spent 15 years or so fighting and defying the harsh climate to create a flourishing garden
Kilty pleasures: a look inside Scotland’s oldest tailor
In operation since the early 18th century, Stewart Christie offers a rich slice of the sartorial past – with, as of this year, a new selection of womenswear thrown in to boot
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Lee Miller’s marvellously modern kitchen at Farleys House
Artists Picasso, Miró, Magritte and Man Ray all gathered in the kitchen of the photographer, war correspondent and artist Lee Miller in the Sussex farmhouse she shared with her husband, Roland Penrose. They all left their marks – whether on the oven tiles or in tales shared around the table
A fashionable farewell to La Latteria in Milan
After 50-odd years catering to Miuccia Prada and various Versaces, the Milan fashion crowd’s favourite restaurant is no more. Barnaba Fornasetti, who’s been part of the furniture there since the start, recalls what made it so simpatico
Aesop welcomes new skincare treatment rooms to its Regent Street store
A blend of modernity and tranquillity, Aesop’s outpost on London’s Regent's Street, designed by Thomas-McBrien Artchitects, welcomes new skincare treatment rooms to usher in 2024
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Dalla is Hackney’s latest postcard-perfect Italian restaurant
Dalla is an Italian restaurant that wouldn’t look out of place down a cobbled street in sunny Campania
Swede dreams, everyone: introducing Stockholm’s super-stylish new hotel
Villa Dahlia looks like being the place to bed down when it opens. We take a peep inside
The ‘style classrooms’ of this Austrian school offer a lesson in historical decoration
Richly decorated in period styles – from ancient Egyptian to Neoclassical – the classroom of one Austrian school taught pupils all they need to know about the past
