Drinking in hotel bars is to be commended

If it's old world charm you're after, or you simply fancy yourself as being a little bit posh, I highly recommend drinking in hotel bars. To be clear, I'm not referring to the tragically grim bars found in 3-star hotels around the world, filled with dusty bottles of Johnny Walker Red Label. I'm talking about…

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Postcards are to be commended

The coming of the internet age is killing a lot of things – terrestrial TV, record shops, irony. Most are unmourned, replaced by something more accessible or simply better. But I contend that as yet there is no serious replacement for the analogue pleasure of the postcard. I grew up in an age where international…