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J’Adore “The Scarlet”, Mawgan Porth, Cornwall
Set back in the cliff side of Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, The Scarlet stands proud as one of Cornwall’s modern icons. If Agatha Christie was still alive, a wealthy heiress would meet her maker in one of...
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Shaken not stirred: Magellan’s Cocktail List – The Savoy’s Diamond Jubilee...
In this most special of royal years, it would be unthinkable that The Savoy, London, with all of its heritage and royal connections, would let the Diamond Jubilee pass by without marking the occasion....
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Shaken not stirred… Quarter Bar and Lounge Pineapple & Passion Fruit Daiquiri
For this edition Magellan Straits, “shaken not stirred” we bring you a smoothie for grown-ups! This fruity little number is Carlo’s (Quarter Bar and Lounge Bar Manager) own take on a classic...
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Vintage Photo Series – Bob Dylan at The Savoy
Bob Dylan stayed at The Savoy London in 1965, while on tour in the UK and he lived at The Savoy while D.A. Pennebaker filmed the documentary “Don’t Look Back”. The Beatles, by the way, visited Dylan...
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Vintage Photo Series – Charlie Chaplin and his wife Oona O’Neill
The most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I and one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-fim era, the eighth of our Vintage Photo Series stars...
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Fairmont’s 100 Club!
2012 marks the 100th birthday of both the The Fairmont Copley Plaza and Fairmont Château Laurier but did you know both these grand icons of the Fairmont family join a prestigious list of centenarians?...
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Five things to do in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall…
Here is my guide for the five things to do when in Mawgan Porth, some might just surprise you! Stay at The Scarlet - Set back in the cliff side of Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, The Scarlet stands proud as...
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Vintage Photo Series – Fore!
This classic image from The Savoy’s rooftop is of American golfer Walter Hagen who was celebrating his first British Open win in 1922. The Savoy’s roof was used a great deal in the past for photo...
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In the Frame – Elstead, Surrey
Inspired by todays #FriFotos’ theme, how could I resist one of Sue’s famed tree pictures. Taken summer 2012 on a visit to Elstead, Surrey, this picture fills me with warm summer days resting in the...
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In The Frame – The Savoy
Taking inspiration from #FriFotos again this week with its topic of “home”, we at Magellan are paying homage to our spiritual abode – The Savoy, London. When entering Savoy Place from The Strand – be...
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Suite Dreams Series – #10 – The Little Tramp & The Savoy
When we were offered the key to a personality suite at our spiritual home - The Savoy, London- we jumped at the opportunity so this is how we managed to find ourselves in the spacious Charlie Chaplin...
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In the Frame – West Wittering
Inspired by todays #FriFotos’ theme “West”, how could I resist a picture from The Hounds’ favourite spot West Wittering? This natural and unspoiled sandy beach offers panoramic views of Chichester...
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HotelFacts: #1: The Savoy’s Red Lift
For the first in our new series of hotel facts, we turn to that unbeatable fountain of knowledge – The Savoy London’s unique archive. For many guests of The Savoy London, the first clue as to where...
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Suite Dreams Series – #11 – The Savoy’s Monet Suite
I guess the picture above lets the cat out of the bag so to speak but we recently took a sneaky peak around perhaps one of London’s most famous suites – the Monet Suite of The Savoy where Monsieur...
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Shaken Not Stirred Series –‘The Great Gatsby Cocktail’
Images courtesy of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts To celebrate the recent release of the 2013 film ‘The Great Gatsby’, Erik Lorincz, The American Bar’s award winning barman, has created an elegant...
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HotelFacts: #3: The Envelope
For the third in our series of Hotel Facts, we are once again immersed in the archive of The Savoy London. I first saw it on some advertising that The Savoy undertook a decade with a clever byline –...
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HotelFacts: #5: The Savoy Cocktail Book
In the fifth of our series of Hotel Facts, we celebrate The Savoy Cocktail book, first published in 1930. The “oeuvre” of the legendary Harry Craddock (who became Head Barman of The American Bar in...
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Hotel Facts: #7: Kaspar the Cat
Kaspar is a three foot tall, beautifully carved, exquisitely drawn sculpture of a cat, commissioned from Basil Ionides in 1926 from a single piece of plane tree. For many however, their first glimpse...
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HotelFacts: #8: Count Peter of Savoy
For the eighth in our series of Hotel Facts, we return to The Savoy … again … (seeing a pattern here?) A jewel of an Art Deco refit in 1930, the new frontage of The Savoy London included a 1904...
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Travel Facts#2: Heads of State!
As tourists wander around Westminster absorbing the history of years, they stumble across King Charles 1st and Oliver Cromwell locked in each others’ sight for eternity. It is often thought that...
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