Jeremy Lazell

Scotland

Travel Editor at The Sunday Times

writer, swimmer, biscuit-eater

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I've visited Tuscany for 40 years

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Jeremy Lazell
a revamped city centre favourite with castle views

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Jeremy Lazell
You can keep the Maldives, I'm in love with the Ross of Mull

Feb 6, 2025 | thetimes.com | Jeremy Lazell
Never mind the Med, I'm longing to be back on Mull

Jan 29, 2025 | thetimes.com | Jeremy Lazell
Five of the best ski deals available right now

Dec 10, 2024 | thetimes.com | Jeremy Lazell

Fed up of ski deals that assume you’re flying from London — or that charge extra if you’re flying from Scotland? From the Three Valleys in France to the Scandinavian Alps, here are five fantastic ski deals that fly nonstop from Scotland. We’ll see you on the pistes. Built in Bauhaus style in the 1960s, Flaine is not the prettiest resort in the Alps, but the snow is famously good — it is nicknamed “the big snowy bowl” for good reason — and it’s great for kids.
Five of the best National Trust for Scotland properties for autumn colours

Oct 8, 2024 | thetimes.com | Jeremy Lazell

‘Autumn is my propitious season,” Burns wrote. “I make more verses in it than all the year else.” The bard would have loved the Poet’s Path in Alloway, an autumn riot of russets and bright reds, greens and golds. The path is by Burns Cottage, one of five National Trust for Scotland properties that we’ve picked out for their marvellous autumn colours.
The new St Andrews golf stay that’s far above par

Aug 3, 2024 | thetimes.com | Jeremy Lazell

I thought I knew every way golf could make you want to dash your own brains out with a two-iron. Then I tried to book a golfing break for me and three pals in St Andrews. Reader, it nearly broke me. It was the Old Course that was the problem. Specifically the fact that as the oldest course on the planet, every golfer in the world wants to play it; individuals can only book via a daily ballot, but at best only one in five applications is successful.
Cromlix review: Andy Murray’s five-star hotel in Scotland

Feb 29, 2024 | thetimes.com | Jeremy Lazell

A drop shot (OK, three miles) from Andy Murray’s childhood home in Dunblane, this 15-bedroom country house hotel hit the headlines when the tennis star bought it in 2013. Murray brought in Inverlochy Castle Management International (ICMI), in whose safe hands the former Victorian manse became a quiet, traditional escape for quiet, traditional guests. That all changed in January 2023. Out went ICMI, in came Murray’s wife, Kim Sears.
The star-studded Scottish private island that’s newly affordable

Feb 16, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Jeremy Lazell

Most UK holiday cottages do not have the actresses Kate Winslet and Frances McDormand in their guestbook, but Eilean Shona House is not most UK holiday cottages. Owned by Vanessa Branson (Richard’s sister), the nine-bedroom house is marooned off the west coast of Scotland on a private island where JM Barrie wrote the screenplay for Peter Pan.
25 gorgeous Italian villas for all group sizes

Jan 31, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Jeremy Lazell

Italy remains the ultimate summer family crowd-pleaser, its timeless tease of mauve-hued hilltop towns, beautiful beaches, antiquity-filled cities and gastronomy — by which we mean pizza and gelato — winning over every generation. In short, from top to toe and heel, it lives up to the holiday hype. Italian hotels are wonderful, of course, but self-catering means you’ll really feel at home, and is particularly great if you’re travelling as a bigger gang in peak season.