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EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS • THIS MONTH, WE ASKED OUR TRAVELLERS TO TELL US ABOUT THE COOLEST PLACE THEY’VE STAYED

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COASTING IT • A RAFT OF OPENINGS MAKES LANDFALL ON SOME OF BRITAIN’S MOST SECRET ISLANDS

DROP THE BEAT • SOUTH AFRICA’S SOULFUL SPIN ON DANCE MUSIC IS THIS SUMMER’S MOST UPLIFTING SOUNDTRACK

KITSCH IN SYNCH • RETRO-FUN HOTEL DESIGN RIDES HIGH ONCE AGAIN, FROM THE USA TO THE KENT SEASIDE

NORTHERN EXPOSURE • SLICK MUSEUM LAUNCHES PUT OSLO ART ON THE MAP

WHAT’S TOUCHING DOWN AND WHAT’S PACKING UP

FIRST LOOK • THE NEWLY RESTORED CASHEL PALACE HAS GIVEN THE HEART OF IRELAND A SMART HOTEL TO SET PULSES RACING.

JOY CROOKES • THE SINGER-SONGWRITER AND BRIT-NOMINATED RISING STAR CHARTS HER TOP HANGOUTS WORLDWIDE

THE WEEKENDER • GRACE AND SAVOUR, WEST MIDLANDS

WHY SO SERIOUS? • HOW PO-FACED DINING BECAME FUN AGAIN.

GET HAPPY • HOT NEW ADDRESSES WHERE THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

CANDY CRUSH • FANTASTICAL SUGAR-COATED ART TELLS A HOPEFUL STORY FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD

THE PLANT-BASED RESTAURANTS TO TRY

ON THE MOVE • HIKING-ENTHUSIAST-TURNED-ACTIVIST MAXWELL AYAMBA BRINGS THE WISDOM OF A GHANAIAN VILLAGE TO THE CONTESTED COUNTRYSIDE OF THE PENNINES

PLANT THE SEED • DEEP IN MALLORCA’S HINTERLAND, PHOTOGRAPHER ANA LUI AND HER PARTNER HAVE CREATIVELY REPURPOSED CASA MANA FARMSTEAD. TAKE IT OVER FOR A RURAL-LUXE ESCAPE OF YOUR OWN

STYLE FILE • FASHION-FORWARD NOTES FOR ALL SEASONS.

RAVE, REPEAT • SMILEY FACES SIGNAL A FUN-LOVING SUMMER.

UNDER PRESSURE • A GAME-CHANGING WATCH TO WITHSTAND THE DEEPEST OCEAN

POSTCARD FROM MAURITIUS • WHERE TO FIND THE BEST BEACHSIDE COCKTAILS AND SECRET SNORKELLING SPOTS ON THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND, ACCORDING TO LIFE-LONG VISITOR HONOUR WAINWRIGHT OF JEWELLERY BRAND BOODLES

DOWN THE LINE • WE NAMECHECK THE AUSTRALIAN FASHION AND BEAUTY BRANDS MAKING WAVES ON THIS SIDE OF THE PLANET.

MOTHER EARTH • A BACK-TO-NATURE, FEMALE-CHARGED RETREAT AT STERREKOPJE IN SOUTH AFRICA HAS POWERFUL RESULTS FOR LISA GRAINGER

ON THE BUBBLE • THE GROWING APPETITE FOR FERMENTED BEAUTY CARE.

SHOP THE TREND • OUR PICK OF THE BEST PRODUCTS

THE HOT LIST 2022 • OUR ANNUAL ROUND-UP OF NEW HOTELS ACROSS THE WORLD

STATE OF PLAY • RAJASTHAN HAS ALWAYS APPEALED BUT SIGNIFICANT NEW ARRIVALS ARE RAISING THE BAR EVEN HIGHER.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT • ON THE TASTEMAKER TRAIL FROM PARIS TO MEXICO.

THE ISLAND SCENE TO KNOW • MENORCA IS CARVING OUT A REPUTATION FOR ITS BIG-HITTING ART GALLERIES

OLD AND NEW • FRESH ENERGY IS POWERING UP THE ANCIENT JAPANESE CAPITAL OF KYOTO.

TALK OF THE TOWN • A THRILLING LONDON ARRIVAL SWINGS THE DIAL BACK TO CHELSEA

BREATHING SPACES • JUST-LANDED WELLBEING SPOTS FOR DOWNTIME WITH A DIFFERENCE

DEEP DIVE • A TINY SWEEP OF TUSCAN COAST, VERSILIA PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT FOR GLAMOUR AND INTRIGUE. STEPHANIE RAFANELLI DIGS IN.

Ebb and flow • The otherworldly boulders of the Seychelles are a foil to this season’s fluid lines and soft fabrics

THE REAL DEAL • A LONG-TIME MYKONOS INSIDER UNPACKS HOW THE ISLAND’S ENDURING ALLURE BELIES ITS PARTY REPUTATION.

RUPERT FRIEND • THE BRITISH ACTOR WHO GREW UP WANTING TO BE INDIANA JONES MADE HIS NAME IN FILMS SUCH AS ‘THE YOUNG VICTORIA’ AND TV SMASH ‘HOMELAND’. NEXT UP IS A MUCH-ANTICIPATED ‘STAR WARS’...