The Guardian
Walking, and staying at boutique hotels, in the Alps
A week’s walking in the Alps of Italy and Switzerland doesn’t have to mean nights in basic, and rather grim, refuges. Descend into the valleys each evening and you can dine and sleep well in pretty boutique hotels. At least that was the plan …
Louboutin exhibition focuses on life and sole of shoe designer to the stars
Design Museum in London pays homage to Christian Louboutin, the go-to shoemaker for society’s well-heeled
De Beers profits from diamond boom
De Beers produces more than a third of the world’s rough diamonds from mines in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Canada
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
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