With 25 percent of the world’s cranes operating in Dubai, the city is the fastest growing on the planet, home to surreal skyscrapers and sheer excess. But the playground…
KIM HOEPFL visits Marataba Safari Company in Limpopo and finds that it fits securely into a new generation of hotels – in trend with the vanguard of modern design…
In this age of extreme choice among luxurious safari lodges, how do you differentiate one from another? Ecca Lodge, in the Eastern Cape’s Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, not only…
VERUSKA DE VITA La Grande Epicerie and Fauchon in Paris, The Organic Café in Dubai, Harrods Food Hall and Fortnum & Mason in London, Dean & DeLuca in New…
Ever wondered where foodies find all their secret ingredients? We asked three people in the know to open their address books and share their favourite spots for everything from…
Soy sauce, thought to be one of the world’s oldest condiments, has been integral to Eastern cooking for 3 000 years. Fx went to a soy tasting at Lynton…
Pioneering German architect Mies van der Rohe once said “God is in the detail”, a philosophy renowned events co-ordinator, Otto de Jager, swears by. Having just returned from Paris,…
In Barcelona, hip young lovers kiss openly on the streets. The organic wavey shapes and glittering mosaic of Gaudi façades catch you by surprise as you whizz through main…
Tea drinkers often associate tea with the British tradition of afternoon tea, which is usually a black tea from one of the Empire’s colonies – Assam and Darjeeling from…
“The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human offerings. Let food be your medicine.” – Hippocrates, philosopher Foods with super powers? Apparently so. Researchers have…
Ever wondered what’s behind some of the seemingly meaningless, not to mention bizarre traditions at weddings? As we celebrate romance this month, we look at the heritage of wedding…
While many foodies around the globe are caught up in creating new ways to push taste boundaries, Abbi Ben Yehudin, 30, and Gizelle Kennel, 23, are on a mission…
It was too good to be true, I thought as I lay back in the bathtub watching the sun set across the Indian ocean. I had been invited to…