London Calling! 5 Bucket List Must-sees

There's more to London than the Kate and Will, Topshop and Beefeater Gin. In this special feature, The Carousel, together with Visit London, the official city guide for London, bring you some of the iconic city's most famous sites and the personal stories behind them. Watch Londoners working in some of the city's most fascinating locations share…

ByFranki Hobson20/09/20210Comments

Luxury Travel & Leisure

The Best Of London’s Cemeteries

The Best Of London’s Cemeteries. It’s often been my experience that if you really want to understand a place, go speak to the dead. Or at least hang out with them. It isn’t ghoulish to spend time in cemeteries; these places are often wildlife havens, repositories of wonderful human history and sculptural wonderlands. And…

ByAmanda Woodard22/05/20180Comments

Destinations Travel & Leisure

Cool Britannia: London’s Hip Rooftop Suite

My roost for the night is The Marylebone's terrace suite. It's graced the covers of many a design mag. It’s so achingly hip even my new Ted Baker sparkly jacket feels underdressed especially when compared to a feathered ostrich lamp with its long golden legs and webbed duck feet which welcomes me at the door.…

ByKaren Lawson30/06/20160Comments

Advice Destinations Entertaining & Wine

London Guide: 5 Of The Best Brunches

Burnt Toast Signature dish: Bread baked in-house that you can toast at your table Coffee: Roasted in-house Tea: Regular builders’ and the usuals For the morning after: Full English or their wellloved pancakes, plus a Bloody Mary Opening hours: Tuesday 8am–5pm; Wednesday–Friday 9am–5pm; Saturday 9am– 5.30pm; Sunday 10am–5pm Address: Shop 88, Brixton Village Market, Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8PS Telephone: 07717 642812 Nearest station: Brixton In a corner shop of busy brixton market,…

ByThe Carousel28/06/20160Comments

Luxury Travel & Leisure

The Ampersand Hotel: Luxe London With Writer Kathy Lette

The most effective method of looking young is to be photographed in front of a tyrannosaurus. A bunch of dinosaur bones certainly puts wrinkles into perspective. Which is why I like hanging out in museums. One of the best things about the Ampersand Hotel is its location, a stroll away from the Natural History, the…

ByThe Carousel12/06/20150Comments