The London Christmas market with free entertainment and festive food November 7, 2025 The Southbank can feel chaotic at Christmas time, when half of the suburbs rock up to go shopping. There is a way to escape that though: there is a Christmas market with free entertainment, and great food and drink, just a minute from the main drag. Between the Bridges market transforms into Electric Winter for [...]
Now is the perfect time to visit Tbilisi Georgia – here’s what to see and where to stay November 6, 2025 A destination hotel occupying a stately Brutalist building is one of a few things making Tbilisi Georgia unmissable, says Kamila Erkaboyeva There’s long been a whisper on the street that Tbilisi is Europe’s coolest capital, but without direct flights from the UK, it’s been out of reach for a long weekend. Thankfully, British Airways launched [...]
The 13 best London Christmas carols and services and concerts to book November 6, 2025 If you’ve devoured everything in sight at London’s best Christmas markets, from the Square Mile to the West End, it’s time plan the Christmas carol services you’ll be attending throughout this month and into December. Some in the Square Mile and some beyond, here is our pick of the Christmas carols and services to book [...]
Reimagining 50 Fenchurch Street: A Sustainable Tower Rooted in the City’s Heritage November 6, 2025 The new development at 50 Fenchurch Street will deliver a 36-fold increase in public space on the ground floor level, with a public roof garden at the 10th floor level, while also providing 60,000 sq m of office space across 35 floors and 800 sq m of retail space. The plans also make provision for the Lambe’s Chapel [...]
Othello at the Haymarket review: Dastardly Toby Jones delights November 5, 2025 Othello review and star rating: ★★★★ If diversifying the West End feels like slow progress, remember it wasn’t that long ago that accurate representation was barely even a talking point. It was 1997 when David Harewood finally became the first black actor to play Othello at the National Theatre, following a succession of white actors [...]
6 of the biggest travel trends for 2026, revealed at World Travel Market November 5, 2025 World Travel Market unites representatives from most countries in London for a four-day event to discuss the latest news and developments from across the sector. Here, event director Chris Carter Chapman shares the six major trends he’s noticed at the event, from America falling out of fashion to the rise of demand for Asian holidays. [...]
I love gig tripping – and travel the world to go to festivals November 5, 2025 I’ve had some of my very best travel experiences while gig-tripping. During the summer I love to attend music festivals in Croatia, Italy, France and even Thailand, where last year I went to the Wonderfruit and Fly To The Moon festivals. As well as the good music, going gig-tripping — one of the most significant [...]
The Austrian ski resort offering great powder without the crowds November 4, 2025 I’d never heard of the ski resort of Pettneu am Arlberg in the heart of Austria’s ski region, but I was very familiar with St. Anton, an eight minute drive away. Compared with that more famous destination’s fancy shops and restaurants, Pettneu is more paired back. There are just a couple of bars, a few [...]
Perfect powder: The Swiss ski holiday loved by the A-List November 4, 2025 Switzerland is the organised traveller’s nirvana, a land where clockwork transport connections enable a ski holiday to some of the most pristine Alpine resorts. Within 45 minutes of touching down in Zurich, I was gliding towards the Bernese Alps via the Montreux Oberland Bernois (MOB) Railway, one of Europe’s great scenic routes, bound for the [...]
Inside the French festival serving incredible wine in a beautiful setting November 4, 2025 Typing this up on Eurostar, I am having to completely rethink what I had planned to include in this week’s column. Rather than writing from my London home and grimacing at the grey outdoors, I had been invited by Alex Watson, part of the Domaine Watson family and co-founder of Renais gin, to escape the [...]
