Journal

Colour yourself calm

‘Colour is a power which directly influences the soul,’ said the artist, Wassily Kandinsky. As the first abstract painter, he was also one of the first artists who expressed how different colours a...

Flower power

Springtime means tulips, right? This spectacular, yet humble, flower simply screams springtime, but do you know why? It’s all down to a chap called Carolus Clusius, a botanist from the sixteenth ce...

Festival fresh

When the mercury starts to rise festival-goers hunt out their wellies, throws and bohemian dresses. They head for the hills of Glastonbury or the thrills of Reading and settle in for days of non-st...

Hands-free style

You’re off on horseback, navigating an unknown landscape, or on someone’s shoulders at a music festival. How to keep your valuables close at hand yet safe and, of course, remain looking stylish? ST...

Under an African sun

When a packing list includes a riding hat, a bandana for dust protection and a good sense of humour, you know you’re in for an unusual adventure. It is exactly what Carol Lovell, STOW Founder, chos...

Jesse Quin

It is more ‘Cold War’ than rock ‘n’ roll: the drive out to an abandoned American airbase, hidden deep in soft, English countryside. The smooth criss-cross of unused runways is beset with a junkyard...

On Location... Cape Town

‘This cape is the most stately thing we saw in the whole circumference of the earth’, wrote Sir Francis Drake in 1580 when he discovered the Cape Peninsula, on which Cape Town sits.

Helen Brocklebank: A Novel Holiday

Helen Brocklebank is the CEO of Walpole, helping to protect the unique qualities of UK luxury: its long tradition, rich heritage, superior craftsmanship, design, style and impeccable service.

Jenny Tough

Adventure these days comes in glorious technicolour with vibrant images of stunning locations constantly hitting our social media feeds.

Santiago Soul

For the last in our series on slow travel this year, we go right back to basics: walking. It was Nietzsche who said ‘All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking’ and the science agrees: wa...