Sarah James

2 weeks ago | cntraveller.com | Sarah James

“For me, growing up – Songkran was painful,” Rose Chalalai Singh laughs. We're sequestered in a corner of Koyn Thai in Mayfair, where the Bangkok-born chef consults on special menus like the restaurant's first-ever Songkran feast. Songkran, the festival marking the traditional Thai New Year, is celebrated in April and falls at the end of the long school holiday in Thailand. “My birthday is right before Songkran, on 11 April,” Rose tells me. “So every year it falls at the end of the break.

3 weeks ago | cntraveller.com | Sarah James

It's the stuff of daydreams: waking up in a plump bed as the sun peeps through the drapes; padding with a stretch and a yawn to a panelled, gold-accented bathroom; wandering through the closet into a super-duper smart great room for a morning coffee as you listen to the countryside start to wake up around you.

1 month ago | cntraveller.com | Sarah James

Heathrow Airport will be closed all day today (Friday 21 March 2025) due to a huge fire at a nearby electricity substation, which has caused a “significant power outage across the airport”, according to a Heathrow spokesperson. In the early hours of Friday morning, Heathrow staff evacuated travellers and staff and released the following statement. “To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23:59 on 21 March.

1 month ago | cntraveller.com | Sarah James

Monday nights are usually slow for the restaurant industry, but last night, many of its icons and rising stars turned out in force to celebrate the second edition of Condé Nast Traveller UK’s Top New Restaurant Awards. Condé Nast Traveller's global editorial director Divia Thani with our hosts for the evening, Georgina Hayden and Ravneet GillJames D. KellyLifetime achievement award winner Fergus Henderson with his wife Margot HendersonJames D.

1 month ago | cntraveller.com | Sarah James

For the second year running, we've put our heads together with some of the most respected people in the food world – our judging panel: chefs Raymond Blanc OBE, Jackson Boxer, Julie Lin, Gizzi Erskine; restaurant critic and food writer Tom Parker Bowles; TikTok sensation Poppy O'Toole; founder of Black Eats LDN Jackson Mclarty; content creator Notorious Foodie; actress and wine bar owner Anna Shaffer; and CNT's digital director Sarah Allard – to shine a spotlight on the new restaurants across...