Melissa de Carteret, aka LuxeGuru, is a freelance food and travel writer and editor based in London. She has an MA in English from Cambridge University and over 15 years writing and editorial experience, contributing to publications such as the AA Hotel and Restaurant Guides, the AA Travel Guides, OM Yoga & Lifestyle and On: Yorkshire Magazine, and a host of food, travel and lifestyle websites such as Great British Life, JustLuxe, Upscale Living Magazine, Square Meal, Frommers, Ultra.Travel and Travel+Leisure. Previously Co-editor of the AA Restaurant Guide, she focuses on luxury travel, regularly reviewing hotels, restaurants and spas in the UK and worldwide, as well as writing on other aspects of luxury lifestyle, including luxury brands, health and beauty, art and culture, fashion, style and design, and antiques and collectables. She has an interest in food history and kitchenalia, including the history of 19th century culinary moulds. Her book and magazine publishing experience includes editing literary fiction and childrens fiction and non-fiction for Jonathan Cape Books at Random House and Dorling Kindersley, and editing and contributing to b2b magazines and journals as Regional and Managing Editor for the United Nations affiliated Asia-Pacific Telecommunity in Singapore. When she isn't travelling she's studying for a BSc in Psychology.
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Meaning 'field of the horse rider' in the original Welsh Caemarchog, Knightsfield has been in owner Steve Greenow's family for over 170 years and dates back further still to the late eighteenth century. Curling up on the distressed leather sofa besid... Go to Article
Pulling up outside the newly refurbished five-star Four Seasons London at Park Lane, my cab driver informs me it's good to be back. I'm his first fare since it closed for refurbishment just over two years ago he tells me, and it would seem he's as ex... Go to Article
When they tell you it's in the woods-the magnificent setting of the 37,000-acre New Forest National Park to be exact-they mean it.
As you leave the small town of Lyndhurst and make your way down the track, you soon find yourself negotiating cattl... Go to Article
Heirloom Christmas Ornaments: Wedgwood and Waterford in the Sales
I know post-Christmas Christmas decoration purchases are a touch naff, but I couldn't resist these ever so kitch Wedgwood and Waterford Crystal ornaments in the sale.
Every... Go to Story
The Mulberry Factory Shop, Somerset, UK
& Mulberry's Smallest Bag, the Shrunken Bayswater
Mulberry's smallest bag? Measuring just 11 x 11cm, whether this warrants the title is debatable, it's really more of a bag charm or coin purse in bag shape. ... Go to Story
The Perfect Chandelier Earrings: Sultana Bali Earrings by Isharya at Net-a-Porter
I've been on the quest for the perfect chandelier earrings for what seems like ages. In fact it's only been a few months, but my coveting reached fever-pitch in Decemb... Go to Story
Have Your Cake And Eat It: LuxeGuru (stationery addict since the age of six) braves the sales at Smythson of Bond Street, Bicester Village
In the spirit of the January sales, I headed over to Bicester Village in the hope of bagging an Anya... Go to Story
Melissa de Carteret discovers La Dolce Vita in the heart of London, at Amaranto, Four Seasons London at Park Lane
Amaranto, the fine-dining restaurant at the newly refurbished Four Seasons London at Park Lane, trips off the tongue like an Italian ... Go to Story
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