One-Minute Hotel / The Gansevoort, NYC
Bang where you want it to be – Soho House is there, the new Thomas Heatherwick Little Island is just down there, all the fancy boutiques are everywhere – the totally refurbed Gansevoort is where you need to be in NYC.
One-Minute Hotel / The BoTree, London
Gorgeous, fun, sexy… and a killer location in London’s Glittering West End. What’s not to love?
One-Minute Hotel / Almanac X Alcron, Prague
A slick 1930s hotel upgraded so high you might get a nosebleed just off the main drag of Wenceslas Square
And our next fashion bio-pic will be… this!
We loved Ewan McGregor as Halston in that Ryan Murphy thing. And we kind of watched the Balenciaga one a bit but not much. But what we will be glued to is a new Disney+ series about the life and times and loves and boyfriends and outfits and feuds of the Kaiser himself, one Karl Lagerfeld.
One-Minute Hotel / The Reykjavik EDITION, Iceland
The most beautiful hotel in Reykjavic, much?
Free at last! Free at last!
In today’s Oscar noms, in between the Barbies and the Oppenheimers and the Killers of Flower Moons is a film you might not have heard of. It’s called Rustin.
One-Minute Hotel / The LaFayette, San Diego
A major upgrade for one of the West Coast’s legendary hotels renders it even more deliciously nutty than before!
One-Minute Hotel / Torel Avantgarde, Porto
The little sister to Lisbon’s Torel Palace is younger, prettier and provides incredible views of the Douro, but don’t make us choose.
One-Minute Hotel / Chateau Denmark, London
A strange new Gothic hotel for rock stars/rock fans right in the middle of Tin Pan Alley where they encourage noise but where the sleep is deep and restful.
Clothes as art, people!
Are you one of those people who collects clothes? We don’t mean a hoarder. We mean a connoisseur. Someone who knows what they’re talking about when it comes to clobber and who could never get rid of that original cotton lawn Vivienne Westwood smock shirt or that Richmond Cornejo zippy punky jacket.
Simply Barbra
If you should find yourself with 48 hours to kill - maybe you're in A&E or waiting for a Trans-Penine Railway train - then you could do a lot worse than buy the audiobook of the autobiography of Barbra Streisand.
One-Minute Hotel / Cowley Manor Experimental, Cotswolds
A beautiful country-house hotel just got well and truly funkied up making it one of the coolest rural retreats we can think of. Oh and there’s a spa!
Most beautiful wellness retreat in the world, much?
Most beautiful wellness retreat in the world, much?
*JAKE THEATRE OFFER*
Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans star as The Queen Mother and her favourite gay staff member. Already a winner in our book. Add the fact that it comes from the prestigious Michael Grandage Company and you’re onto a sure-fire smash hit.
One-Minute Hotel / Beacon Grand, San Francisco
The grandest of grande dame hotels gets her groove back with a delicious refurb that makes her fit for a queen. Or queens, plural.
One-Minute Restaurant / Studio Gauthier, Fitzrovia
Is this the best new (vegan) restaurant in London? You can bet your bottom it is!
One-Minute Restaurant / Manzi’s of Soho, London
Soho is jumping again thanks to a little hidden gem from the people who brought you The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Fischer’s. All aboard!
One-Minute Hotel / Cali, Mykonos
If you thought Mykonos had reached capacity when it came to gorgeous hotels, it’s just gone way over the top with a pool we defy you to beat.
Oh, so you like it Rough?
They’ve been telling us where to get off - in the nicest possible way - for over 40 years, so leave it to Rough Guides to come up with the last word on LGBTQ+ Europe.
One-Minute Hotel / Mama Shelter, Rennes
An ancient town in Brittany has been completely made over thanks to the arrival of Mama and her cheeky design – and party! - ways.