Sunday, 4 May 2008. But when the word became hijacked by the hospitality industry the owners of private townhouses distanced themselves from commercial establishments by calling their exclusive homes.

Tuesday, 15 December 2009. The equator is arriving again. We are within eight degrees of it. Dear me, it is beautiful! The walking groups of men, women, boys, girls,.

Monday, 12 January 2009. Suha Arafat and the Hope Diamond. I had forgotten to give her my condolences. 8220;Something for Madame Arafat? You can always leave it for her at the desk. 8220;I suppose it was better that money was spent on Blahniks than on bombs. The meeting lasted a little ove.

Sunday, 22 November 2009. Stalin came to power and Trotsky, together with his wife Natalia and son Leon Sedova, was expelled from the party and sent into exile, first to Istanbul, then France and Norway, before being granted a safe haven in Mexico. And Frida Kahlo added Mexican folk ballads.

Monday, 17 December 2007. Hotels can be deliciously illicit places, neutral territory filled with hints of pleasure and desire. But hotels as grand as the Bristol are far too theatrical for a brief encounter. This is the stage to act out the full drama of a life-changing romance. And of course there was nothing discreet or passing about the drama of Wallis and Wales. By the time Mrs Simpson returned to her favourite Hotel Bristol .