Staying In

Book An At-Home Beauty Treatment

For a long time, the best beauty treatments have been found through word of mouth – but now, a good beauty app can bring them all to your front door in just a few taps. Our top pick? Beauty concierge service Lucie. Here, you can find some of the very best massages, facials, hair and makeup sessions, fitness classes and medical treatments – all of which can be carried out in your home or hotel. All treatments are tested by the team, and they can even help matchmake and tailor therapists to your specific wants and concerns. Lucie already boasts a very high-profile clientele – Jack Whitehall and Roxy Horner tapped the app’s portfolio for their wedding earlier this year – and prides itself on its discretion and top roster of beauty talent. The app currently covers London, Ibiza, Paris and the Cotswolds, although this bespoke service means you can take your favourite therapists with you just about anywhere. Get to know some of our other favourite beauty apps in our directory here.

Going Out

Go To High Street Kensington’s Wellness Week

Kickstart your spring wellness regime in High Street Kensington, which is hosting a week-long event designed to spotlight its health and fitness venues. Free classes are taking place at Boxclever LDN, 1Rebel, Virgin Active and F45, while Rituals is offering complimentary hand and arm massages and Cass Art is hosting mindful art workshops. Guests can also book PT sessions in Holland Park, join daily wellness heritage talks at Kensington Palace, and take part in a 5km social run with Lululemon and Urban Greens (16 May). 11 – 17 May 2026, highstreetkensington.co.uk 

Property Of The Day

The only thing more stressful than moving house? Physically moving your house from one county to the next. Simultaneously in love with their Oxfordshire home and a spot by a stream in Hampshire, the former owners of this 16th century manor refused to compromise on either. And so, dismantled their entire house and rebuilt it piece by piece in its current location. 

On the market for £3 million, bluebookagency.com 

Little Luxury

The second chapter of one of fashion’s most joyful collaborations is here. Barbour – the British heritage brand with over 130 years of craftsmanship behind it – has reunited with Brazilian label FARM Rio for a Spring/Summer 2026 collection that is pure wanderlust in wearable form. Classic British wildflowers (think daisies and cornflowers) have been reimagined through FARM Rio’s signature hand-painted prints by London-based artist Carolyn Jenkins, landing on quilted jackets, trench coats and Barbour’s iconic wellies. Our top pick is the Petal Dress. £399, farmrio.uk

Competition Time

If a stay at one of THE PIG hotels is on your bucket list, we’ve got some good news. We’re offering one lucky reader a stay at the New Forest branch, THE PIG-in the wall, complete with a three-course dinner. Enter here for your chance to win.

Psssst…

Going to The Twenty Two for dinner? Be sure to order the off-menu cookie, which began as a members-only secret before word spread – now it’s the most ordered dish in the building. Created by head pastry chef Hannah Gardner, it arrives warm and thick, soft in the centre with a dusting of Maldon Sea Salt on top and a scoop of melting ice cream on the side. Delicious. thetwentytwo.com

Whatever You Do, Don’t

Mow your lawn this month. No Mow May is an annual campaign created in response to the loss of 97 percent of grassland meadows in the UK since the 1930s. According to the charity, even a small patch of grass left to grow wild can have a significant impact – allowing wildflowers to blossom while also supporting bees and butterflies.