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Reel Deal: a boutique fishing trip with Mark Rae
A few weekends back, I was lucky enough to stay at Hector’s Apartments in Deal, on the Kent coast, for a boutique fishing trip (you can read all about it in my piece for The Guardian). What made it extra fun was that Mark Rae (half of soulful hip-hop duo Rae & Christian, and Mr & Mrs Smith reviewer), was the one teaching me to fish… So I thought I’d share some of his fishing tips here too to inspire other would-be anglers to take the plunge and make the most of those Great British coastal breaks. Your first fishing experience? Five years old, Seahouses Pier, Northumberland. I caught nothing.…
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Postcard from Tetbury: boutique browsing in the Cotswolds
Much as I love Smith HQ, it’s always exciting to jet off (or, in my case, get on the First Great Western train) from London, in order to meet some of our properties in the flesh, as it were. So, when the chance arose to visit one of our newest Cotswolds acquisitions, the beautifully styled Didmarton House near Tetbury, I grabbed it with both boutique-beckoning hands. Here’s a postcard from my short but sweet rural reccie… The day starts with a trip to Didmarton House, owned by the lovely interior designer, Jo Berryman (check out her design company, Matrushka). I fall hook, line and sinker for this cool but cosy…
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The Shaftesbury – Boutique Hotel in Soho, Piccadilly, Central London is first with BW Premier Status
London, UK (PRWEB) June 11, 2004 Best Western – the largest group of independently owned hotels in Great Britain and the London Premier Hotels are delighted to announce the first London Hotel to achieve its Premier status. Best Western have now something rather different to offer for their central London customers, it is called (and quite apt too); ‘the Shaftesbury’. It is first ever London hotel to showcase the BW luxury brand; Best Western Premier, and since its recent opening earlier this year, the Shaftesbury has been a winner with all who have stayed. This is no ordinary hotel! Not only is the Shaftesbury first in London for…