Just down the road in Holland Park, Safestay – which rejuvenated the London hostel concept and the former Labour Party HQ in Elephant and Castle – will open its second London property in a Grade I-listed Jacobean building with a 1950s extension (safestay.co.uk).Of the capital's razzle-dazzle five-stars, The Lanesborough will grab attention when it reopens in April as part of the Oetker Collection (Hotel du Cap Eden Roc, Le Bristol Paris), with new interiors by Alberto Pinto (thelanesborough.co.uk).Things Read more [...]

Successful sales shopping means identifying what you need, and what will hold its value, and pursuing that without getting sidetracked. Put it this way: if you’re Arsène Wenger, try to look for a great defender and not get waylaid by fancy creative midfielders. Here are six bargains for new year. Anything by Saint Laurent Saint Laurent single breasted Veste de Canotier Photograph: PR Fashion Read more [...]

The period from Thanksgiving to Super Bowl Sunday is not a peak time for buying and selling houses, or such is the conventional wisdom. Yet, houses are listed, shown, sold, and closed in that nearly 10-week stretch, and that's the case this year, one in which the market is not yet in full-steam-ahead Read more [...]