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Sunday, 29 November 2015

The Lansdowne, L'Ortolan kick off the feasting season with flair

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Over two decades in England, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and the Fourth of July are holidays that ... with the exception of one office-based ...
Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Forget the Vikings; For more remarkable Danish bling, go further back

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I have seen a lot of magnificent cultural sights in previous trips to Copenhagen, but it was on this third visit that I finally got aroun...
Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Lingering lunch can offer foreigners a taste of Danish hygge

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I think it takes five days of proper sightseeing, on average, to get really comfortable in a city. To navigate without a map, have an unders...
Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Too much of everything bar time and money: holiday season begins

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Despite the unseasonably warm weather that still has autumnal blooms going in my garden, it is definitely that time of year. There are no...
Friday, 30 October 2015

Clarke's is a bastion of elegance against the bling

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Given the BBC's abundant foodie programming, you'd be forgiving for thinking that every top-ranked fine dining establishment in Lo...
Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Welsh baritone invites a few special guests ... and us ... to his 50th

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Every so often in the arts, you get lucky enough to be in the presence of greatness. To see or to hear people so remarkable it's simply ...
Friday, 16 October 2015

Austrian hotelier saves the day, and has best place, in our mostly Bavarian holiday

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If your ideal hotel is all about old-world charm and traditional interiors, you're going to have a challenge in Bavaria. I find it ironi...
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