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Join Michael Edwards take you on an unforgettable tour of fancy London with his Insider Guide to Belgravia

Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel. In Belgravia, London’s most glamourous neighbourhood.

Whilst London’s urban sprawl screams ever outwards there is green-tinged tranquillity at its heart. Everyday Belgravia looks more like a Victorian or Edwardian village, a nostalgic glimpse of the past but also an optimistic take on the future.

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Solange Berchemin reviews the Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa in Keswick in the Lake District.

Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa. Beautiful lakeside lodging.

The oak-panelled reception with its magnificent bouquets is truly beautiful. It leads to a grand staircase, lounges with open fireplaces, oil paintings, and hunting trophies hanging from the walls.

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Andy Mossack reviews the pop up Field Restaurant in trendy London Fields

The Field Restaurant. Vegetarian has never tasted so good.

The Field restaurant is not simply box ticking to starved stereotypes. On the contrary. It’s properly researched lovingly-crafted food using quality ingredients with imagination, creativity and shed loads of flair.

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Delicatessen

Delicatessen is the brainchild of Israeli-born Or Golan, a student of Tel Aviv’s restaurant scene before joining Yotam Ottolenghi’s Belgravia deli as head chef. It is a genius move to open up bang in the middle of Hampstead’s affluent kosher crowd,

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Michael Edwards reviews the New Hall Hotel in rural  Sutton Coldfield

New Hall Hotel. A luxury rural Tudor retreat in middle England.

Stepping out of the 21st Century, for a stay at New Hall Hotel, you expect to see Henry Vlll stomping across the drawbridge powering towards a substantial lunch in the wood-panelled-mullion-windowed Great Chamber.

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Michael Edwards stays at Crathorne Hall Hotel, an historic country house in Yorkshire.

Crathorne Hall Hotel. Historic luxury country house

Though it’s towering gates were patriotically donated to the 1940s war effort and never replaced – the discovery that you can’t manufacture bombers from iron came after melt-down – Crathorne Hall Hotel’s facade framed by two bell towers, still has a stately grandeur.

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