The Connaught Hotel’s London Aman Spa – Ultimate pampering with care. Greetings from the Aman Spa. I visited the spa to calm and cleanse my body and mind, prior to a long-distance flight. Whether you need to travel physically or emotionally the power of switching off, being cleansed, and pampered is not only lovely but truly nurturing. I was not let down, experiencing a truly powerful experience. With my flight approaching I had decided to not work right up to departure but to switch off 24 hours before. I am prone to anxiety, and you might be surprised…
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Does Father Time drink whisky? He may as whisky is nearly as old as Father Time himself. The first references to the distillation of fermented grains – the whisky basics – can be found in records dating from around 2000 BC. Between 500 and 1000 AD, knowledge of distillation spread to Europe where Christians used it for medicines and in religious ceremonies. Around 1100 AD, travelling monks from Europe settled in Scotland had discovered how to ferment grain mash, resulting in the first distillations of what we call whisky. By 1494, whisky had become established in Scotland. Mass consumption was…
The Most Expensive Hotel Suite in London at The Langham oozes the class, elegance and service that Gentlemans Butler prides itself on. As the owner and Editor-In-Chief of Gentlemans Butler I am invited to many glamorous events and with interiors being the big buzz word at Gentlemans Butler for 2018 we thought it would be an opportune moment to share the time we were invited to dinner and then given the first look at their refurbished Sterling Suite at The Langham London. This is not however a hotel review though we have visited the Langham on several occasions very happily.…