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Award-winner The Purple Pig in Chicago Wine List of the Year 2019 – Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient, Pretoria Best Long Wine List in the World 2019 – Geranium, Copenhagen Best Medium-Size Wine List in the World 2019 – Sager + Wilde, Hackney Road, London Best Short Wine List in the World 2019 – Blue … Read more
I have swum in crystal-clear English rivers at the height of summer, raced across New York to take a dip in lidos in all five of its boroughs in a single day, and dived into plunge pools beneath turbulent waterfalls deep in the cloud forests of Costa Rica. In short, I am obsessed with swimming. … Read more
16. Smoked Chai Manhattan at the Oak Long Bar, Boston, USA A twist on a classic served in a theatrical cloud of smoke. 17. Martini at the Musso & Frank Grill, Los Angeles, USA America’s own classic Martini, this is a Hollywood staple. 18. Tiki Bandit at Frankie’s Tiki Room, Las Vegas, USA A tiki cocktail served … Read more
From pollution to health, waste and joblessness, start-ups all over the world are increasingly focusing on finding solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. While they aim to create profitable businesses, they also want to create solutions for the poor, environment and health of the global population. This change in strategy appears to be … Read more
Dubai water park is set to become one of the biggest in the world thanks to a new 112ft tower that will house TWELVE slides The Atlantis Aquaventure on Palm Island will expand by 30% with the opening of new attractions in 2020 A new 112ft tower called the Trident Tower will be built, which … Read more
The top 50 most Instagrammed destinations in the world for 2019 revealed: London takes the No1 spot, knocking Paris into second and New York into third Berlin, meanwhile, is the most ‘selfied’ location in the world, according to a study It also revealed that Santiago in Chile is the No1 for scenic posts Dubai took … Read more
A cat crouches in the dappled sunlight beneath a trellis of bougainvillea, watching me sip Greek coffee and eyeing my baklava. This traditional Kafeneion (coffee shop) is behind the cathedral of Chora — the main (and only) town on the island of Ios. It’s a warren of narrow lanes that wind steeply to the cliff-edge … Read more
The coolest outdoor cinemas in the world revealed, from a screen set amid the ruins of a cathedral to a cliff-side venue in Greece voted the most beautiful Barcelona has one of Europe’s biggest outdoor screens at the famous Montjuic, a hill overlooking the harbour The courtyard of Somerset House in London has the ‘wow-factor’ and … Read more
HISTORY GREEN GOLD by Gabriel Hemery (Unbound £10.99, 280 pp) Victorian plant-hunters were the astronauts of their age, capturing the popular imagination as they set off on exotic expeditions to discover new flora and fauna. Like space travel today, these trips were fraught with peril. When 23-year-old John Jeffrey left his native Scotland for the … Read more
Even the porridge is five-star. It’s the perfect consistency and comes with a dinky jug of delicious cream – and is garnished with just the right number of raspberries and quantity of brown sugar. I’m having breakfast in a Qatar Airways’ business class Qsuite, which the airline patented. It should do the same with its … Read more