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Postcard from Tetbury: boutique browsing in the Cotswolds
Much as I love Smith HQ, it’s always exciting to jet off (or, in my case, get on the First Great Western train) from London, in order to meet some of our properties in the flesh, as it were. So, when the chance arose to visit one of our newest Cotswolds acquisitions, the beautifully styled Didmarton House near Tetbury, I grabbed it with both boutique-beckoning hands. Here’s a postcard from my short but sweet rural reccie… The day starts with a trip to Didmarton House, owned by the lovely interior designer, Jo Berryman (check out her design company, Matrushka). I fall hook, line and sinker for this cool but cosy…
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Postcard from Stratford-upon-Avon: a theatrical sneak preview (or two)
To be, or not to be in the Mr & Mrs Smith hotel collection, that is the question. And in the case of the Church Street Townhouse, the brilliant and bijou boutique hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon where Mr & Mrs Smith checked in last night, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. Especially with picturesque views of the historic half-timbered alms houses across the road (above), antique and boutique browsing just down the street, and exciting eateries a short stumble away. Cue cheering, rounds of applause, and exit stage left, because today it’s also curtain up on another new treat in the birthplace of the bard: the long-awaited reopening of the RSC’s…