Adam Jacot de Boinod is a freelance international journalist covering the world's languages, cultural comparisons, and travel destinations. He worked on the first series of the BBC program QI for Stephen Fry and is an author on languages.
The Savoy hotel has all you would expect of a five-star hotel and yet something more as it’s steeped in a very singular and stylish history. As one of London's most famous and...
The Baglioni Hotel London has, as its major asset, a fantastic position. It’s bang opposite Kensington Palace which is the official London residence of The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children...
One Hundred Shoreditch, being both the name of the hotel and its address, is located on the main thoroughfare of a neighborhood that’s evolved from its recent hip and trendy past to...
At last, it’s arrived. Having opened last November, The Westin London City is the first in the UK of the Westin Hotels & Resorts brand (part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of brands)....
Set in London’s West End, with rooms starting from $380 a night, Nobu Portman Square is conveniently close to Selfridges, the well-known department store, and ten minutes away from Hyde Park. With the...
Why go to all the trouble? By which I mean a Mediterranean summer holiday with spiralling temperatures, lengthy traffic jams and overcrowded flights for the holiday that never really stands a chance.
Instead,...
Fantastically positioned between Belgravia and Knightsbridge, two of London’s top neighborhoods, this hotel, recently renovated in June 2021, is set amongst the supreme department stores of both Harrods and Harvey Nichols not...
Scholars argue whether the word Cyprus derives from the island’s cypress trees or her copper. Famous for being the birthplace of Aphrodite, this island of Adonis and Pygmalion was the setting for...
Adam Jacot de Boinod is a freelance international journalist covering the world's languages, cultural comparisons, and travel destinations. He worked on the first series of the BBC program QI for Stephen Fry and is an author on languages.
