Travel

Today sees the beginning of England's largest film festival outside London, and a prized asset of the north. LIFF28, to use the acronym, will see well over 200 screenings take place in and around the biggest city in Yorkshire over a 15-day period of time, with an abundance of UK premieres, exclusive lectures, director Q&As, live events and cultist celebrations.

There are 15 Hotels Du Vin across the UK so one might be tempted to think of them as merely another chain, but they run the whole business with care and passion, concentrating, despite the name, on the British character of their locations.
The Hotel du Vin in Winchester came recommended to us by friends who are chefs and it made an ideal stop on our Aston Martin British Luxury Tour, as we had wanted to visit the Cathedral and the surrounding countryside for a while.

Hand & Flowers, Marlow. Review
So we decided to take the Aston Martin DB9 over to the Hand and Flowers in Marlow. The chef is Tom Kerridge and in 2011 he had the distinction of being the first pub to receive two Michelin Stars, putting him up there with chefs like Michel Roux at Le Gavroche and Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. As we were on a British Luxury Tour, this pub seemed like the perfect stop for lunch on our way to Cliveden Hotel and Spa, where we were staying the night.

A Visit to a Leading Italian Builder of Fast Yachts
300kph in a car; few people even motoring journalists have achieved that speed.  A few more will have travelled at 50+ knots in a power boat.  However, only a small minority will have travelled at that speed in a comfortable cruising motor yacht, doubtless with a glass of something good like champagne to hand.  Perhaps it is a case of more fizz in the yacht than in the champagne?

Fraiche in Oxton, Cheshire has been named Britain’s best restaurant, topping The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants. The list, published on Sunday October 19, is compiled by The Sunday Times in association with Harden’s. Now in its fifth year, it is based on 70,000 reviews from more than 6,000 consumers.
The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants 2014 – Top 20
2014 ranking (2013 ranking)
1 (6) Fraiche - Oxton, Cheshire
2 (7) Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons - Great Milton, Oxfordshire
3 (9) L’Enclume - Cartmel, Cumbria
4 (8) The Ledbury - Notting Hill, London

International eXcellence Magazine took the Aston Martin Volante DB9 convertible in Bronze on a British Luxury Tour to experience Britishness at its best.
We combined great British automotive design, classic British luxury hotels, Michelin starred restaurants, sky diving and country scenery in a five day extravaganza.

Craftsmanship, style and generosity are at the heart of a collaboration between Chivas Regal and award-winning British watch companyBremont.  From Wednesday 22nd October until Sunday 9th November, there will an opportunity to bid online via www.chivas.com/bremontfor a rare, precision engineered watch, inspired by Scotch whisky pioneers James and John Chivas and the craft of whisky blending.  All proceeds from the Bremont Chivalry Limited Edition collector’s item will be donated to charity The Prince’s Trust.
 

It’s 11.30PM on a warm Saturday night in August and Frankfurt’s annual Museum Embankment Festival is in full flow. With bars, a somewhat random selection of stalls selling everything from pro-cannabis campaign badges to jewelry and craft wares, and music stages stretching down both sides of the mighty Main river, it’s easy to see why this predominantly business-focussed city feels alive with decadence this evening.

Victoria Tryon is an award winning designer jewellery, who creates bespoke and limited edition luxury jewellery collections. Her beautiful jewellery can be seen and bought on the luxury shopping site loveexcellence.co.uk
- Where did you study and what is your background?
I grew up in a picturesque village in Wiltshire and was educated locally at Marlborough college. I studied Gemology with the Gemological Institute of America.
- How did you get your business started?
With enthusiasm and passion!
- How did you finance your business in the beginning?

Imagine that you are a celebrity, with a series of valuable brands and endorsements to your name, only to find yourself facing a serious criminal charge. Could your situation get any worse? What about if someone has tricked you into committing an offence you would have otherwise been unlikely to commit?  What effect could evidence of such a malpractice, known as “entrapment”, have on Court proceedings? Alan Ma investigates with reference to a recent Crown Court case.