MagellanStraitsRSSFeed- Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon! 20/05/2013For anyone wanting to know more about Emperor Napoleon, surely there can be no more symbolic a place to visit than Aix Island, in Poitou-Charentes, France. Napoleon finally left French soil forever from Aix Island en route to his banishment … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Suite Dreams Series – #11 – The Savoy’s Monet Suite 17/05/2013I 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 Claude … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#1: Cognac 15/05/2013When visiting Cognac for the first time, one key point was gifted to me by the kind people at Courvoisier, “all cognacs are brandies but not all brandies are cognacs”! As you travel around Cognac, you can see how fiercely … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon! 20/05/2013
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Organic Farm – Field to Fork
Set in 3,300 acres of lush and fertile West Sussex country side, Goodwood Estate organic farm and kitchen gardens supply the chefs of Goodwood House with fresh seasonal produce all year round. The gardeners and chefs’ work together to ensure that … Continue reading
Cricketing Legend
Come the long days of summer, no English country House would be complete without idyllic images of men in full whites playing cricket – and the Goodwood Estate, West Sussex does not disappoint. With the thatched pavilion and ground situated … Continue reading
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Five things to do in West Sussex & Hampshire
Base camp is the newly-refurbished Goodwood Hotel on the Goodwood Estate and our four other suggestions crisscross over the county boundaries of West Sussex and Hampshire – or as we locals tend to call it, the county triangle! With starting room … Continue reading
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The Goodwood Hotel: Reborn
For an interior designer of the calibre of Cindy Leveson, of Leveson Design, working closely with an Estate such as Goodwood is, in many ways, like working on the Forth Bridge! Cindy recalls that she first started her collaboration with The … Continue reading
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Tagged Cindy Leveson, Duke of Richmond, Forth Bridge, Goodwood, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood House, Isle of Bute, The Goodwood Hotel
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Wellington & Waterloo: A Noble Heritage
The Napoleonic Wars loom large in the history of Goodwood House and the Lennox family in particular with the 4th, 5th and 6th Dukes of Lennox leading distinguished military careers, intertwining with Arthur Wellesley, known today as the Duke of Wellington. … Continue reading
There are times when only a butler will do…
Head butler David Edney and his team are the backbone and nerve centre to any event undertaken at Goodwood House, providing the personal service that you can only truly find in private family homes of this calibre. Whether it’s holding … Continue reading
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Tagged Buckingham Palace, Butlers, Duke of Richmond, Events, Goodwood, Goodwood House, Horse racing, Weddings & Honeymoons
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Colour & Innovation – Sèvres Porcelain Collection
The circular Card Room of Goodwood House – so called after Edward VII as he loved playing cards there – contains a rare collection of Sèvres porcelain and is thought by Rosalind Savill, an authority on Sèvres and the former … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, Birds, Britain, China, Days out, Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood House, Grand Tour, History, Local history, Luxury, Porcelain, Rosalind Savill, Sèvres Porcelain, Travel, UK, Wallace Collection, West Sussex, WestSussex
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Letters, signs and notices
Since re-connecting with the world via my photographic lens last year, I have begun to notice and appreciate the wit, style and beauty to be found all around us – from the most upmarket frontage to the more mundane everyday … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Art and design, Art Deco, Britain, California, Canada, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Goodwood House, Hampshire, History, Hotel, Idsworth, Lettering, London, Luxury, Santa Monica Pier, Signs, Travel, Vancouver
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Goodwood’s Astute Visionaries
From the First Duke of Richmond to the current heir apparent, the family have always had an eye and instinct for untested talent. Goodwood House started life as a hunting lodge and over the generations has grown into the Estate it … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, Britain, Canaletto, Days out, Duke of Richmond, George Stubbs, Goodwood, Goodwood Estate, Goodwood House, Grand Tour, History, James Wyatt, Local history, Luxury, Sèvres, Travel, UK, West Sussex, WestSussex
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Royal Goodwood: The Summer Exhibition
To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this year’s summer exhibition Royal Goodwood will look at Goodwood’s royal heritage and how it is represented in the art collection, running from 6th August – 15th October, 2012*. The exhibition will showcase the royal pictures … Continue reading
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