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1 month ago | 
the-tls.co.uk | Suzi Feay |David Annand |Alice Jolly |Randy Boyagoda
There is a fashion for leaving central characters and narrators nameless, presenting reviewers with a headache. It is hard to avoid clunky, repetitive periphrasis (“the narrator”, “the student”, “the lover”), and there remains the nagging fear that you’ve missed the one reference or allusion. Yet the device can be powerful. While a name implies stability and consistency over time, when applied to the psyche it can be akin to putting a label on a whirlwind.
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1 month ago | 
the-tls.co.uk | Alice Jolly |David Annand |Suzi Feay |Randy Boyagoda
Alice Chadwick’s impressive debut novel unfolds within a twenty-four-hour period in a nameless small town in 1980s England. Teenagers, out on a hot summer evening, wander between the weir, a party, the off-licence. Robin has sex with Jonah, who is the boyfriend of her best friend, Tin. As “the whole teenage comedy unfolds”, no one realizes that a tragedy is also taking place.
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1 month ago | 
the-tls.co.uk | David Annand |Suzi Feay |Alice Jolly |Randy Boyagoda
The football novel has a problem. The thing that is most interesting about the sport, to most novelists at least, is the tribalism it engenders, the way it stirs passions, demands loyalty and delineates groups.
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2 months ago | 
the-tls.co.uk | Toby Lichtig |David Annand |Suzi Feay |Alice Jolly
Georges Perec’s novella Les Choses (1965; Things, 1990, translated by David Bellos) was a response to the golden years of the postwar boom. Subtitled Une histoire des années soixante (A story of the Sixties), and narrated in a wry, detached but not wholly unsympathetic third-person plural, it concerns a young Parisian couple, Sylvie and Jérôme, driven by “a single passion, the passion for a higher standard of living”.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
cntraveller.com | David Annand
There’s an effortless elegance to this idyllic slice of Mykonos that can only stem from having its heart in the right place. With a heartwarming family history and an innate sensibility for doing things ‘the right way,’ this address is undoubtedly one of the best on the island, and in all of Greece. The hotel’s Elias restaurant might just be one of the most beautiful restaurants I’ve been to in Europe.
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Mar 2, 2024 | 
cntraveller.in | David Annand
When the party's over, kick back in one of Mykonos' best bedrooms, with sensational views of the Aegean Sea, exclusive access to private beaches, tasting menus designed by top chefs, northern winds for kite-surfing, family-friendly suites and secret swimming pools. As one of the best Greek Islands, it's only natural that Mykonos be home to some of the best Greek Island hotels – from the buzzy first outpost of Soho House in Greece to family-run hotels set out like a traditional local village.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
cntraveller.com | David Annand
Above the beach in Korfos Bay, on a narrow isthmus in the south-west of the island, brightly coloured kites fly through the air like brilliant birds of prey hitching on a thermal. The beach below may not be the prettiest on Mykonos, but its horseshoe shape and exposure to the northern winds make it one of Europe's best spots for kite-surfing.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
cntraveller.com | David Annand
Back in 2016, Mykonian hotelier Theodosis Kakoutis worked with hip Athenian architects K-Studio to begin a radical overhaul of the original Bill & Coo, upping the ante from unassuming honeymoon hideaway to super-slick hangout with a buzzy vibe. A few years ago, after an impossible-to-turn-down piece of land became available on the Agios Ioannis peninsula, he opened Bill & Coo Coast, a gorgeous, suites-only hotel overlooking a perfect crescent of sand.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
cntraveller.com | David Annand
Relatively new to the island, this dapper spot built into the steep hillside of the cosy western bay has some of the best views in Mykonos. Swim up to bedrooms from a private pool or dip a toe into the rooftop infinity pool, which has a sunken bar and floating sun beds. 59 minimal suites have terraces and sea views for sipping sundowners. The bathrooms, equipped with a huge Hamman walk-in rain shower, are worth a shout-out.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
cntraveller.com | David Annand
Boutique brand Katikies has brought the success of its sister hotel in Oia, Santorini, to Mykonos, with a spacious, whitewashed sanctuary on the island’s south-west coast. Compared to other properties, where A-Listers preen and everyone else stays to be seen, this is a discreet hillside enclave of timeless buildings that are secluded enough to catch your breath but close enough to the action that you won’t miss out (Scorpios and Nammos restaurant are less than 20 minutes away by car).
