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New Opening: The Spa At South Lodge Elevates The Traditional Country House Hotel

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The honey-coloured exterior is somewhat misleading. Bordering Sussex’s idyllic South Downs, South Lodge – a 19th century neo-Jacobean manor – is (on first sight) exactly what you’d expect. There are manicured lawns, wooded walkways and a Wisteria covered entrance. Step inside and there’s enough ornate ceilings, wood panelling and overstuffed sofas to keep any Victoriana fiend happy. The traditional … Read more

Modern Luxe Traveler: Consumer Segments That Are Changing The Game

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The luxury travel industry is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 7% between 2017 and 2021. Just look at Virtuoso , a bespoke luxury travel agency network: This company reported revenue growth of almost 90% in just five years, with a growth of more than $11 billion between 2013 and 2018. The definition of … Read more

From the Himalayas to the Arctic, traditional herders are sharing knowledge to cope with a changing climate

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Climate change is changing life in areas such as the mountains of Tibet. ISTOCKPHOTO/RACHEL KRAMER Changlin Xu grazes 140 yaks in the mountain pastures of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In previous decades, he could count on losing a quarter of his animals to harsh weather rolling over the jagged peaks of the Himalayas every year. … Read more

Finding The Right Balance Between Security And Privacy

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Panel of experts discusses security and privacy at Armorblox Blox Party during the 2019 RSA Security Conference. TONY BRADLEY The RSA Security Conference was held in San Francisco at the beginning of this month. Nearly 800 vendors and more than 50,000 people invaded the Moscone Center and surrounding area to show off new products and … Read more

Finding The Sweet Spot With Traditional And Digital Marketing

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Grab the nearest electronic device and all the information you’ll ever need about nearly any product or service can be at your fingertips within seconds. According to one survey, today, about half of e-commerce traffic comes from mobile users, and 56% of online shoppers will pull up consumer reviews before they buy. What that tells us is … Read more

‘In India, It’s Essential to Match the Intensity of the Food with the Wine’

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Traditional concepts of pairing white meat with white wine and red meat with red wine might still work in western countries but in India, it becomes essential to match the intensity of the food with the wine, says one of the country’s youngest sommeliers. “Wine and food pairing is an individualised affair. What works for … Read more

The anti-plastic movement is coming for your bathroom

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Modern life runs on plastic. When you become aware of the large quantities of plastic washing into the ocean, choking marine animals, you suddenly start seeing the material everywhere: It envelopes the food in our kitchen, it is shaped into animals and building blocks in our children’s nurseries, it’s in our shower curtains. But there’s … Read more

‘It destroyed me, in a good way’: the best books about modern romance

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The first time I read Carol Ann Duffy’s collection Rapture, I finished it, took a breath, and read it again. I had rarely encountered anything so raw and it contains some of my favourite poetry. It tells the story of an affair – a modern one, for the digitised masses. “I tend to the mobile now … Read more

The only cleaning device you’ll ever need…and it only costs $1

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THE KITCHEN WIZARD Lemons are a versatile cleaning agent in the kitchen. You can use lemon juice to clean stains, cut through grease and kill germs on cutting boards, Tupperware and laminated bench-tops. Want more freshness? Half a lemon on a saucer in the fridge helps keep odours under control. And to keep the microwave … Read more

Almost half UK’s kids prefer YouTube to traditional TV, the influencers have won

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YouTube is rapidly becoming the de facto source of entertainment for the UK’s children. A study by the country’s independent communications regulator, Ofcom, found that 49 per cent of kids aged between 8 and 15 prefer YouTube over traditional programming viewed on a television set. Only an average of 15 per cent prefer watching TV shows. … Read more