Set in stone: a luxury villa in a quarry on the Egadi islands off Sicily
It sounds like a gimmick, but a luxury villa in a Roman quarry on a tiny island off Sicily makes inspired use of its setting
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Nigel Slater’s recipes for 2012
From Japanese dumplings to bright-tasting Asian curries, stretch your culinary legs this year. Step one: steal the professionals’ secrets
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Willem Kalf’s still life of a luxurious 17th-century feast reminds us that you can’t impose austerity on the imagination
London slow to become the ‘electric car capital of Europe’
Only 588 electric cars registered, a fraction of Boris Johnson’s target of 100,000 across the city
Green Lodging: Relaxing on a Green Roof
Eco Green Roofed Resorts To Relax In Modern green roofs, which are made of a system of manufactured layers deliberately placed over roofs to support growing medium and vegetation, are a relatively new phenomenon. However, green roofs or sod roofs in Northern Scandinavia have been around for centuries. The modern trend started when green roofs … Read more
London hotels: new kips on the block
Smart new hotels are popping up all over London as the Olympics draw closer. Here are 2012’s new-builds and revamps