Winters are long and summers are short in the north of the Arctic Circle. Keith Allan joins Swan Hellenic’s Diana on a 10-day Norwegian odyssey, taking in ‘cod’s own country’

Winter has a way of slowing life down in the gentlest of ways, setting in like a quiet spell or a morning’s frost. Days feel softer and nights longer, the darkness illuminated by the warm glow of ligh

PHOTOGRAPHS BY FLORIAN LEDOUX; SELAR Aged 26, Sophie ...

Ask me what I can’t live without at Christmas and the answer’s easy: meatballs. Here they’re dressed for the season with warming spices and soft buttery onions that make them extra comforting. SERVES

There was a definite nip in the air as I walked through the iconic streets of Westminster to Great Scotland Yard Hotel, an imposing building within just a few minutes’ walk from Embankment and Charing

From city breaks to ski and sauna weekends, head to colder climes for an elegant way to enjoy the season