In Quotes: Susan Bender-Whitfield
Hotel lovers

Creative director, editor and more Susan Bender-Whitfield loves Gothic architecture, classical literature, margaritas and Jamaican-style mac and cheese, and once spent the night in a haunted hotel…

Places

The suites that think outside Valentine’s Day’s heart-shaped box

The world's most romantic hotel rooms
Food & drink

February might be January’s hangover, but there are many celebrations afoot – and decadent dining to go with them – to get you through this rather-long-feeling shortest month

A month of celebratory comfort food
Places

Looking for hotels for the Easter holidays? Get 'baa' from the grind with these chic countryside retreats

Count sheep in stylish UK shepherd's huts
Wellness

Country Life journalist Rosie Paterson finds that the best spa hotels in Mexico take you outside the treatment room for wilder wellness experiences…

The Yucatán and the ancient art of healing
Places

Style scribe Scarlett Conlon went in hot pursuit of pastéis de nata at a well-dressed Portuguese crashpad

Vinha Boutique Hotel: Porto’s fashion-forward hideaway
Places

Leafy boulevards, industrial playgrounds and cooler-than-your-average locals – Stephanie Gavan shares where to be and what to see in Copenhagen's edgiest 'hood.

The ultimate Vesterbro neighbourhood guide
Places

It's ready, set, action, with high-octane getaways picked by us – the couples' thriller since 2003 – inspired by the new Mr & Mrs Smith TV show

Killer trips for adventurous Mr & Mrs Smiths
Places

Anonymous reviewer Chloe Frost-Smith finds out what's cooking in Perthshire's Big Tree Country

Ballintaggart Farm: a Scottish escape
Places

Just ahead of the Lunar New Year, travel writer and photographer Gina Jackson spends a few nights amid The Datai's verdant splendour

The Datai Langkawi: leafy Malay playground
Places

Well-travelled photographer Lucy Laucht was wooed with surprise pastries, kintsugi cups, friendly herons, and spoiling service at the Shinmonzen, Kyoto

The Shinmonzen: Kyoto's can-do attitude