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Clare Smyth adds another award to her collection, as other London venues triumph at the ‘Oscars of the Hospitality Industry’

Get into the swing of things at grand country houses and cosy inns with greens on their doorstep

An interior-design journalist friend sighed when I mentioned I was heading to Grantley Hall. Words like “brilliant” and “bonkers” and “lavish” dotted the conversation for a while, among much speculation that the owner will never make the renovation/redecoration budget back. 

They say that smell is the sense most linked to memory, the thing that has our minds barrelling to the past, like that scene in “Ratatouille”. Experience suggests they have a point: a hint of pipe smoke and it’s 1978 and I’m back at my grandad’s. 

This lesser-known pocket of SLO-CAL more than delivers when it comes to hidden surf spots and blissed-out, laidback charm, finds Ellie Seymour

British Pullman’s pop-up series is Agatha Christie-meets-haute cuisine, with a gourmet meal served during a luxurious train journey through the English countryside

There are a number of reasons you might cancel a restaurant booking, but some top ones will still bill you hundreds of pounds anyway

Observer study shows award-winning venues impose fees of up to £375 a head for ticket cancellations

From Milan to Sardinia, here’s where to travel for tranquil lakes, historic cities and paradise islands