The artful dresser

At an art opening, a man gets to shed his work uniform and wear groovy clothes, and, for a few hours, behaves like an iconoclast in the splendour of a museum or gallery. There he flaunts his bold sartorial st...

Sweet and sour

When it comes to Chinese food, most people have a story to tell. I still remember a girl from Hong Kong who told me that she had had a most “hilarious” meal at a local inn near the Forbidden City in Beijing a...
Hakkasan Mayfair

Mayfair nights

London’s Mayfair is as clearly defined  by its boundaries – sequestered between Oxford St and Piccadilly, bordered on the west by Park Lane and on the east by Regent St – as it is by its reputation as a hig...
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LA stargazing

As you pull up to the Chamberlain West Hollywood in LA it is easy to feel that you might have come to the wrong address. Having researched ahead of my trip on the hotel’s website and seen glamorous interiors, a...