With another psycho-drama on the horizon this week, today happens to be 3 years to the day since Team SH came out of our mini-cobra meeting, shut the hotel doors and turned off the lights. Over the next 2 years, those lights went on and off, flickered and flared. Who knew that passively reacting could be so exhausting? Was I missing some cunning strategy, a grand plan, a pathway to sanity. Well, as it happens....

The art at SH has been selected either to tell the history of the House through the eyes of its first owner, William Kirkpatrick, or to complement the eclectic and quirky style of the hotel. While its all got to look cool and sexy, our higher aim is to wrap you in a narrative that feels positive, interesting, off-beat and purposeful...

A bite-sized canter through the centuries of trade and colonialism that informed much of the design and personality of Southernhay House. Hang on for the ride:

Funky and Fab-u-lous, orange wine is having a moment right now, and SoHoEx is on board.

Never mind the High Street, hospitality is also getting a long-overdue re-boot on the back of lockdown. I’m going to be brutal about my sector, because the truth is that it was all over the place at the end of 2019.

What do you see in this picture? Me first: at a simple level I see three beautiful women dancing together in a stylised idyllic setting. The flowers underfoot, the position of the women, their hands clasped and caressing make me think along classical lines - maybe three graces?

If you never use booking.com or any other Online Travel Agent (OTA) I give you a virtual high five.

"There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." Which Baring brother are you?

This is what we did during lockdown. We didn’t plan it this way, of course.