Bottles, a new Italian wine bar has opened in the historic Old Spitalfields Market, in London's East End. Bottles promises to combine 'Italian warmth with London edge, creating a relaxed and buzzy space that's wholly dedicated to the enjoyment of food and wine'. Italian food & wine aficionados, Franco Mancini and Daniele Marano, owners of Bottl...

​ Shakespeare's As You Like It runs at the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park until 28 July 2018. Shakespeare may well be the greatest playwright that ever lived, but that does not mean all of his 37 plays are an easy ride. His most popular tragedies like King Lear, Hamlet and the 'Scottish Play' are thought provokingly profound in the extreme and reso...

​ The Tortue Hamburg, which has opened in this northern German city draws on 'Gallic savoir-vivre, centuries of history, and a reverence for slow living'. Part of the Design Hotels portfolio, it is located in the city's emerging Stadthöfe-Quartier and is well placed for the city's New Town. Also close by arethe Rathaus, shopping boulevards and Jung...

Off the Map Travel has launched a new Arctic glamping experience above the Arctic Circle and under the midnight sun. Guests will stay in a Lavvu, a Sami tepee, next to white sandy beaches and clear turquoise seas. The new experience also includes the chance to fish for dinner and learn traditional Scandinavian wilderness cooking. The new glamping e...

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that offers gothic fiction and ghost story in equal measure. A new governess (known only as that) is appointed care for Miles and Flora who live alone at Bly, a remote country estate tended by Mrs Grose, the housekeeper. Their father has insisted the new governess not bother him with an...

The paradise of providence. That's how I felt about Puglia in Spring writes Adam Jacot de Boinod. So fertile for its dry, hot climate. So uplifting with its masseria, the whitewashed farmhouses with their singular but solid shapes and spacious courtyards. I had left the cold British spring to experience instantly its warm summer equivalent. It was ...