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Hunt for icebergs and get a close-up view of a glacier face on an hour-long boat tour. If you don a pair of walking shoes and head up the hill from Falcon Brae Villa on one of the property’s many trails, you’ll soon arrive at a peaceful bird-watching nook. Take a seat on the bench overlooking a tangle of forest – including some of the many thousands of mānuka and kānuka trees planted here as part of an ongoing programme to regenerate the land’s native flora and fauna – and watch and...

Hotels are back – and our roving reviewers are once again doing what they love best These four beautiful British hotels should be on your wishlist for a summer staycation Our reviewers are back doing what they love best Hotels are back baby! Check-in desks, crisp linens, bountiful breakfast spreads, champagne in bed, freestanding tubs (with more champagne?), a place far from the ennui of your own four walls.  Oh, how I have missed them. They have become a collective place where I contain all...

Essex chef Alex Webb was named the MasterChef the Professionals champion of 2020 while serving up dishes at Square 1 restaurant in Dunmow. Now, his sights are set on London

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Friday Five: the weeks top news - Chef Alyn Williams has been awarded just over £57,000 in damages for unfair dismissal from his role at The Westbury Hotel in Mayfair.​​ Williams was sacked as chef-patron at his eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant in The Westbury in October 2019 without any notice period or payment for his notice period, after he entertained friends on a Sunday lunchtime when the restaurant was closed. After successfully contesting the termination of his employment, Wi...

ON Monday May 17th, the Government will finally allow England’s pub doors to be thrown open to a flood of folk who have been yearning for the first chance to drink and dine inside. For The Fleece in Addingham, one of Wharfdale’s most popular destinations, May 17th also means that the enthusiastic team of bar staff, waiters, chefs and managers can finally start looking after their guests. Despite all the hours of training, not being able to fully ply their craft and show off their skills...

Marcus Wareing has closed The Gilbert Scott restaurant at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel as its lease ‘naturally expired’ after a decade of trading.

The best spa hotels in London Kate Hilpern © Provided by The Independent You might not think that London offers a very relaxing break – but you’d be wrong. The capital has some of the ritziest spa hotels around, offering top-notch treatments and gorgeous pools, which make the ideal antidote to a day exploring the city. As England begins to emerge out of lockdown this summer, London is pulling out all the stops to welcome travellers. There are outdoor markets, new rooftop b...

Nailsworth residents are not the only ones who will be sad to see award-winning restaurant Wild Garlic close. Food critic Jay Rayner, the former Masterchef judge and host of The Kitchen Cabinet on Radio four, once commended the restaurant for “making the world a better place.” Writing in the Guardian in 2015, Mr Rayner applauded Wild Garlic, which is now to be converted into a B&B. “It looks on paper like a quiet market-town bistro," wrote Mr Rayner after spending £90 at the re...

The Alpaca Clothing Co “The Alpaca Clothing Co, is the brainchild of Joy and Garry, husband and wife from the picturesque town of Penrith, Cumbria. With expecriance of over 20years we are now leading specialist in alpaca garments in the UK. When COVID-19 restrictions hit the UK in March 2020, we had to close our shop doors and focus selling online. Our future sees us staying in the virtual world, selling online and via our catalogue. Alpaca has many advantages over other natural fibres. It is...