Elissa Hunter

Brooklyn, New York

Writer at The Telegraph

Writer/editor. She/her.

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What It's Like: Stargazing at Black Forest Star Party

Jan 9, 2025 | fiftygrande.com | Elissa Hunter

It’s Friday, the first day of the 25th annual Black Forest Star Party (BFSP) and all anyone can talk about is the weather. As with any outdoor-related activity, a star party is at the whim of Mother Nature and the forecast is bleak: while the afternoon skies are blue and bright, it’s forecasted to rain all night into Saturday morning and be cloudy the rest of the weekend.
Meet the rail-mad millionaire with Britain’s only privately owned train

May 21, 2024 | msn.com | Elissa Hunter

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Meet the rail-mad millionaire with Britain's only privately owned train

May 21, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Elissa Hunter

British businessman Jeremy Hosking on board his train, The Chairman's Set Credit: Andrew Fox There are people who love trains – who visit heritage railways at the weekend and spend their holidays aboard the likes of the Ghan, the Rocky Mountaineer, and the Glacier Express.
Palaces On Wheels

Jan 12, 2024 | airmail.news | Elissa Hunter

The heavyweights of luxury rail – the Venice-Simplon Orient Express, The Ghan, the Rocky Mountaineer – need no introduction. Their names alone evoke images of lavish bedrooms, gourmet food and classic cocktails enjoyed against a backdrop of splendid scenery, scudding by through huge picture windows.
How the super-rich do luxury rail holidays

Dec 24, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Elissa Hunter

There's no denying that the super-rich know how to travel in style Credit: Golden Eagle Train The heavyweights of luxury rail – the Venice-Simplon Orient Express, The Ghan, the Rocky Mountaineer – need no introduction.
Forget the Met – New York's obscure museums are probably the quirkiest in the world

Dec 22, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Elissa Hunter

Poster House is one of New York's best offbeat museums Credit: Poster House Museum New York Ask anyone on the planet to name a museum in New York City, and they will likely rattle off all the usual suspects: the Met; the Museum of Modern Art; the Guggenheim.
Forget the Met - New York's obscure museums are probably the quirkiest in the world

Dec 22, 2023 | sg.yahoo.com | Elissa Hunter

Ask anyone on the planet to name a museum in New York City, and they will likely rattle off all the usual suspects: the Met; the Museum of Modern Art; the Guggenheim. New York is home to some of the most famous museums in the world, full of awe-inspiring art and one-of-a-kind artefacts – and with constantly changing exhibitions, they’re great to return to again and again.
An Ode to Trains

Feb 24, 2023 | fiftygrande.com | Elissa Hunter

This story appears in the Unplugged issue, in stores February 28 and available here. I’ve spent my fair share of time staring out the window of a train, watching the landscape go by. I’m lucky that there’s a small Amtrak station just one town away from my only surviving grandparent, my grandmother. It’s one of those stops where just one train door opens to let passengers on and off, but it works just fine for me and the people of Aberdeen, Maryland.