Jamie Modra

London’s relationship with Middle Eastern cuisine has moved well beyond the era of takeaway shawarma and supermarket hummus. Today, the city’s finest dining rooms are drawing on the Levant, Persia, …

From Smythson’s Panama leather to a fountain pen set that’ll actually make you want to write things down.

Because apparently “holiday” and “personal best” aren’t mutually exclusive anymore, and these five properties have built their entire identity around proving it.

From a three-star aerie over the rooftops to a no-reservations trattoria that’s been arguing about carbonara since 1935.

From a floating spa on a private Thames island to a Bromley members’ club throwing a burlesque dinner show every Saturday, this is where you disappear to when the group …

Enter the coolcation, the holiday that heads north instead of south and comes back with far better photographs. The problem, naturally, is that “somewhere cooler” covers roughly half a continent.

Peligoni is a clubby, design-conscious retreat for those who want their island escape to be equal parts barefoot sophistication and sociable theatre.

These are the Lanzarote stays where sunlight meets good bones, where children are welcomed without compromising taste, and where time stretches luxuriously between playground and pool.

The nature getaway has had something of a resurgence, and not the roughing-it kind. The best ones right now offer proper wildness alongside genuinely good food, thoughtful design, and the …

The Costa del Sol has a reputation problem. Most visitors end up at overpriced terraces with mediocre food and an excellent view. Here is how to avoid that entirely.