Paris offers an array of cosy restaurants that dish up hearty meals perfectly suited to wintry days or nights. But if you’re after something on the lighter side of things (in décor as much as in food), the city’s winter garden-inspired eateries make for a lovely gastronomic respite. The jardin d’hiver was, in the second […]

Continue Reading

For Paris lovers, there’s never a bad time to be in the City of Light. But many of us who regularly visit Paris find that, over time, we develop a soft spot for the city in winter. While Paris at Christmastime, when it truly sparkles, needs no selling, the city also has much to offer […]

Continue Reading

Surely one of the originals of modern, multitasking superwomen, Lee Miller is the subject of Kate Winslet’s new movie Lee (release date TBC) — fittingly so, for Lee’s amazing, action-packed life seems more fiction than fact. To read about her is to shake your head at just how much she achieved in her seventy years, […]

Continue Reading

In Paris, food is about much more than just taste. For a city devoted to sensory delights, a great meal is also about its aroma, presentation, and surroundings. There are many jaw-droppingly beautiful restaurant interiors in Paris, but the most mesmerising are those that serve up a delicious dose of history for an extra frisson […]

Continue Reading