Get a peek inside: Chewton Glen treehouses

A penthouse is the tops, a beachside villa splendid, but there’s something special about a treehouse. Looking out into the canopy from your perch as the foliage flutters against the sky — it’s natural, serene. Treehouse accommodation invites the child in all of us to come out. The treehouses at Chewton Glen hotel, nestled inContinue reading “Get a peek inside: Chewton Glen treehouses”

Hampshire: The Peat Spade Inn, Stockbridge

  Sometimes you just get lucky. A friend of a friend or a colleague or someone you know from somewhere recommends a place to stay and it looks good online so you book it. We’ve all been on the other end of this. Where you book someplace whose website looks marvelous and it ends up youContinue reading “Hampshire: The Peat Spade Inn, Stockbridge”

The luxury hotels that love bees

Honey makes the world go round. It’s not the usual way that phrase goes, but it was certainly the motto at The Joy of Bees, an immersive art installation that took place this month in Soho with the brilliant guys at Bompas & Parr along with Relais & Chateaux. At the event, you could driftContinue reading “The luxury hotels that love bees”

Review: The Milestones Museum, Basingstoke

As another British summer arrives, the imploration on every parent’s lips is the same: I need rainy day activity ideas! We’re constantly on the lookout for interesting outings, especially as our teenager and tween are long past enjoying soft-play. We recently visited the Milestones Museum in Basingstoke and discovered a great afternoon’s outing that’s educationalContinue reading “Review: The Milestones Museum, Basingstoke”

Visiting Winchester: Things to do with kids

I blame the Mexicans. My husband and I had buzzed past Winchester on the M4 for years, always remarking that we should visit. The cathedral is one of the largest in England and we have a personal connection in that my father-in-law attended Winchester College. Still, visiting might have remained one of those things toContinue reading “Visiting Winchester: Things to do with kids”

Hampshire: Exploring Hillier Gardens with kids

  There are few things more glorious than an English garden in fine weather. Before I moved to the UK I had no real understanding of how passionate the English are about gardening. They feel about gardening the way so many other people feel about food or sex or myriad other things-not-gardening. I would recommendContinue reading “Hampshire: Exploring Hillier Gardens with kids”

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