The London Lounge

I hesitate to say that I am in the middle of my first experience with Henry Poole right now. I haven't had any clothes made for me for quite a few years, and never before at Poole's, only at A&S. (It is the problem with having three small children. You end up ignoring Lear's advice to reason not the...

Think about staying at the Torre di Bellosguardo: http://en.torrebellosguardo.com/. There is nowhere else quite like it in Florence. It used to be a bit of an ordeal in high summer, because there was no air conditioning. But I gather they have now installed some. At the bottom of the Bellosguardo hi...

You are absolutely right to want to go to Syracuse. But it would be a mistake not to try to go to Palermo as well, if only for a day or so. I would head to Palermo in preference to continuing south to Noto or Ragusa, which are both pretty soulless places. I haven't had much luck with hotels in Sicil...

I am for the Goring. The last time I was there, there was a bloke standing at the bar, sporting the most fabulous outfit. I think it must have been a Royal Navy 'undress tailcoat' with mess trousers. The 'undress' in the title is misleading. The overall kit was basically white tie, but with a few sp...