High-society wedding gowns and ballet stage sets are just two of the fields in which Jasper Conran has tirelessly demonstrated his talents – and now he’s opened a hotel. The aptly named L’Hôtel Marrakech in the medina has been extensively refurbished and boasts five exclusive suites. If you can’t stay there, you can at least enjoy the ambience of the adjoining restaurant (photo). Prior booking is a must!
Culture clash
Where have all the flowers gone? In spring, these big flowers and horticultural shows make for blossoming landscapes.
Fields of flowers
Keukenhof flower park in the Netherlands delights visitors with 4.5 million tulips and 2.5 million daffodils, hyacinths and other bulbs each year. Keukenhof is spectacular, vast and open March 21 to May 19.
Garden extravaganza
A mysterious “time garden”, a “Silk road garden” and a “peach blossom land” are just three of many poetic concepts being realized at the international horticultural exposition in Beijing (April 29 to October 7)
Blooming Britain
The legendary Royal Chelsea Flower Show in London (May 21 to 25) will be as glamorous an event as ever.
Two Scotmen walk into a bar … no, ragging the natives is taboo at the International Comedy festival in Glasgow, Europe’s biggest (this year, March 14-31), which welcomes a host of charming stand-up comics.
Before leaving for St. Petersburg, Oliver Krause snapped this B747 in Frankfurt
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