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Exclusive Private View: Queen Elizabeth II – Her Life in Style Exhibition at Buckingham Palace

CountryClubuk Members are delighted to receive an exclusive invitation to the Private View of the [...]

10
Jan
Cap Juluca, a Belmond hotel, Anguilla, Carribean, at best CountryClubuk Members' rates.
Dawn on Maundays Bay, Anguilla—Cap Juluca turns it into Paradise: This Belmond luxury hotel is the Caribbean’s most serene icon

Picture the scene: the first light of morning creeps across a crescent of sand so [...]

04
Jan
The Quiet Thrill of Gstaad—And Why The Alpina Gstaad Remains the Discerning Traveller’s Choice

There are few places left in the Alps where the snow falls thick and silent, [...]

03
Jan
Dromoland Castle, Ireland—Where History Whispers and Hospitality Reigns

There’s something quietly intoxicating about arriving at Dromoland Castle on a soft Irish afternoon, the [...]

03
Jan
The Moment the Mara Takes Your Breath Away—Why andBeyond Bateleur Camp, the World’s No.1 Hotel, Is the Ultimate Safari Escape

Imagine this: the first soft light of dawn filters through canvas walls as you sip [...]

03
Jan
The Riviera Maya still feels like Mexico’s best-kept secret—and Maroma, a Belmond hotel, is the place to reveal it: Ranked in The World’s 50 Best Hotels

The Riviera Maya is one of the most intoxicating stretches of coastline on earth—a place [...]

02
Jan
Why Castelfalfi feels like owning your own castle estate in Tuscany—without the upkeep: Voted Italy’s No 1 Resort: Discover the Best Rates

There’s a certain magic to Tuscany. Florence is eternally captivating, a living museum where every [...]

02
Jan
Iguassu Falls is Nature’s ultimate thunderclap—and Hotel das Cataratas, a Belmond hotel, offers the front-row seat

There’s something almost primal about Iguassu Falls—that relentless roar, the fine mist hanging in the [...]

02
Jan
Europe, France, Hotels, International Hotels, Travel

Ski and sun: Blissful days and nights in a Palace in Courchevel for the finest ski-in, ski-out sport on Les Trois Vallées: Hotel De Charme Les Airelles

Posted on by Julie Spencer
26
Sep

It doesn’t get more glamorous than Courchevel 1850—pristine snowscapes, a finely-crafted Alpine charm and some of the planet’s finest dining combine to make this ski area one of Europe’s most exclusive. And when luxury ski cognoscenti think of the best place to stay in Courchevel, it has to be Palace Les Airelles. One of the […]

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Enews

Welcome to your new CountryClubuk eNews: Inside this issue: Top Six UK Hotels: Rugby at Twickenham: Jewellery from Hatton Garden: Gourmet Food and Wine: Sporting Kit: Hunter Boots: Limited Edition Bronzes: All at exclusive Club prices!

Posted on by Patrick Fong
19
Aug

Dear Member, Welcome to your new Club eNews: An exceptional 7 carat star sapphire and diamond ring has arrived from Hatton Garden—and you save £6,400! Don’t miss the England v Ireland rugby international at Twickenham: See the Top Six UK hotel destinations this week, and the Top Three overseas: Limited editions have also arrived: Delicious […]

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Hotels, London Hotels, Travel, UK

White Hall London, best rates at this charming 4-star boutique hotel in Bloomsbury, overlooking the British Museum gardens, including full English breakfast and complimentary room upgrade for CountryClubuk Members

Posted on by cb
01
Aug

The White Hall Hotel is a Georgian townhouse hotel in a quiet street, with its own private gardens adjoining those of the British Museum. This gives a spacious, leafy view. Request a high floor room at the back of the hotel, looking out on to the British Museum and the quiet garden terrace area. This […]

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Enews

Join us for a quintessentially English Summer sporting and social occasion at Guards Polo Club, Royal Windsor: The Final of the Duke of Wellington’s Trophy, including a delicious Three-Course Champagne Sunday Lunch by Mosimann’s in Guards Clubhouse: Sunday, August 18

Posted on by Julie Spencer
15
Jul

Guards Polo Club is inviting our Members to attend The Duke of Wellington’s Trophy Final on Sunday, August 18, and enjoy a Champagne Sunday Lunch in Guards Club. The late Duke of Wellington was a founder of Guards Polo Club, as well as being one of our CountryClubuk Members. This, his Grace’s personal tournament, is […]

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Events, Sport & Social Events

Book Wimbledon 2019 Debenture Tickets: Club prices start from £298.90, saving £286: sold out and event finished, see new dates for 2020

Posted on by Julie Spencer
25
Jun

The world’s most prestigious tennis tournament is also the oldest, most traditional, and most select of the four Grand Slam competitions. Wimbledon brings not only the best in sport but all the pleasures of a day spent in an ambience of total enjoyment and relaxation in a sylvan English setting quite unlike a normal sports […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

William B Currie: Salmon fishing on Spey

Posted on by Julie Spencer
29
May

Any chance to fish the River Spey is exciting, but for me this visit is also a pilgrimage. Memory was stirred. Returning to Spey at such a time of hope felt like a mission of discovery. Were the recent spring and summer improvements merely a flash in the pan, or signs of radical and long […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Henley Royal Regatta: key event of the English Summer

Posted on by Julie Spencer
16
May

The spectacular round of parties and sport which is the English Season naturally includes Henley Royal Regatta—the perennial English river party, an extravaganza of giant young rowers, blue-and-white marquees, gentlemen wearing striped blazers and boaters, and ladies in their summer dresses and flowery hats. The rowing itself perhaps does not interest more than a minority—most […]

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Enews

CountryClubuk eNews: bringing you the latest offers and keeping you informed

Posted on by Patrick Fong
03
May

Best seats for Wimbledon: Debenture tickets £198.90, saving £286 Nothing is quite like being there in person on the Show Courts at Wimbledon: small fortunes are spent to be there. A Wimbledon Debenture Ticket puts you in the best seats in the house, to see the best tennis players in the world, soaking up the […]

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Hotels, International Hotels, North America, Travel, USA

Nobu Miami Beach Hotel, Florida, USA: a landmark Art Deco hotel which offers world-class cuisine and service

Posted on by Julie Spencer
02
May

Nobu has opened a five-star hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. It’s already one of the Leading Hotels of The World, it’s as elegant and glamorous as one would expect, a landmark Art Deco hotel which offers world-class cuisine and service. For those who love Nobu’s fine food and style, it’s a dream destination—and our Members […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Mark Tomlinson: In praise of the Polo Pony, supreme athlete of the equine world

Posted on by Julie Spencer
21
Apr

People ask me what makes a good polo pony and in response I could point them in the direction of the runners in a major sprint race at Royal Ascot as a pretty good comparison. After all, the polo pony is of a similar make and shape and will often reach very high speeds while […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Sir Edward Dashwood: Game shooting, the happiness dividend in obeying the call of the wild

Posted on by Julie Spencer
21
Apr

Most Guns seek quality in their shooting, and that magic ingredient which makes the day special for themselves and their guests, be they family, friends or clients. But what is true quality, and where is it to be found? How can we measure such an ephemeral ingredient? To quantify an experience and the concept of […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Francis Fulford: A cool look at how the country can benefit from the new ‘global warming’ religion

Posted on by Julie Spencer
21
Apr

Whether or not we believe in global warming is irrelevant. The fact is that all political Parties have signed up to this new religion and it will have a material effect on our lives and on the landscape. As the Government, egged on by ‘sustainable fascists’, urges, indeed threatens to force us to make our […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Robie Uniacke: Journey to an unexpected Paradise: Nicaragua’s Corn Islands

Posted on by Julie Spencer
20
Apr

Few airports weigh the passengers along with their baggage but the one at Nicaragua’s Big Corn is special, even by the standards of those in remote areas. The size of a large garage, it is run by two cheerful, watermelon-eating girls who manhandle the baggage and direct passengers on to a marvellous old Fairbanks Morse […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Matthew Barker: Alone with Michelangelo: Secrets of seeing Florence as the Florentines do

Posted on by Julie Spencer
20
Apr

How to make the most of a city that seduces with its sublime art and architecture, while escaping the tourist hordes? Matthew Barker, who lived and worked there, reveals his inside knowledge on the secrets of seeing Florence as the Florentines do. For all its ravishing beauty, Florence can be maddeningly crammed at times, especially […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

William B Currie: The River Tyne, and all that it means

Posted on by Julie Spencer
04
Apr

The chance of a visit to the Tyne is not to be missed. To add extra spice to the prospect, my friend called to say that the word from the lower river was of a good run of early salmon. Being by nature an opportunist, I drove down over a wet and windy Carter Bar, […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Christopher Austyn: The lifespans of sporting guns built by masters of their craft

Posted on by Julie Spencer
02
Apr

It is interesting to speculate over whether any self-respecting gunmaker has in mind the eventual demise of the product of his labours. In view of the many hundreds of hours spent in building a best gun, I think that nothing of the sort will enter his mind. As with any great creative process, the gunmaker, […]

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Africa, South Africa, Travel

To the iconic MalaMala Game Reserve, for the ultimate African Safari—including multiple sightings of The Big Five

Posted on by Julie Spencer
25
Mar

MalaMala Game Reserve is in the Top Three African Safaris. If you want the supreme safari experience, this is it—an African independent private game reserve bordering Kruger National Park without fences, and with some of the easiest, highest quality sightings of the Big Five available throughout the continent. This is untamed Africa as it was […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

J Enoch Powell: Europe, Stating a Case for Repeal

Posted on by Julie Spencer
24
Mar

We are still masters of our nation’s future, if we awaken to our rights in time (not forgetting our responsibilities). The State Opening of Parliament—the mother of parliaments no less. This has been where our laws were passed and our rights upheld. Is this to be continued? Or do gentlemen in Brussels know best? BY […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Marta Falconi: Home thoughts from Rome: 48 hours in the Eternal City

Posted on by Julie Spencer
24
Mar

I am travelling home. A few months since I moved to Switzerland as a journalist for Reuters, Rome is calling. And for good reason: my grandmother, Stella, is turning 100. As I fly over the Swiss Alps I picture once more the city in which I was born and grew up. Distinctive features make Rome […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Peter Scudamore, Champion Jockey: Where Courage Lies

Posted on by Julie Spencer

What makes some horses win, and most of them lose? Not always talent, speed or jumping ability. The former champion steeplechase jockey analyses an unknown quantity. BY PETER SCUDAMORE The most courageous horses I have ridden have not necessarily been the most talented. They are the horses which will really battle for you. As with […]

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Magazine Feature Articles

Major-General Arthur Denaro CBE: A hunting horn in the desert

Posted on by Julie Spencer
22
Mar

A distinguished officer and foxhunter pays a moving tribute to a paratrooper wounded in action in Afghanistan. He defines, as far as anybody can, the shared qualities that go to making soldiers and sportsmen alike. By Major-General Arthur Denaro CBE I knew he was going to fall three strides out, the young cavalry officer who […]

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Enews

CountryClubuk eNews: bringing you the latest offers and keeping you informed

Posted on by Patrick Fong
12
Feb

Dear Member, Welcome to your new eNews: Snap up England v Ireland rugby tickets at Twickenham: Secure a .76 carat diamond necklace for £2,973 and save £5,600: Give a gift stay at The Ritz with our new Five-Star Gift Voucher and save £239: Luxuriate in the baby alpaca fur hats chosen by HRH the Duchess […]

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Dining Club, Free Champagne, London Restaurants

CUT at 45 Park Lane: the amazing steaks of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck from A-list haunt Spago in Beverly Hills: and for you, free Champagne!

Posted on by Julie Spencer
17
Jan

Here is a top-notch Mayfair restaurant where you can now enjoy the famous chef Wolfgang Puck’s fine food—and as a CountryClubuk Member, a complimentary glass of Champagne. The restaurant is of course Cut at 45 Park Lane, created by Puck in The Dorchester’s now famous five-star sister hotel. If you have not yet sampled this […]

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Hotels, London Hotels

Room with a view from The Shard: Such a sight, enjoyed amid the five-star luxury of Shangri-La Hotel, will make a celebration totally unforgettable: and enjoy exclusive rates!

Posted on by Julie Spencer
06
Jan

Stay in Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard and this will be your view of London. Our capital city, seen at leisure from 1,000 feet, has breathtaking beauty. Such a sight, enjoyed amid five-star luxury, will make any celebration totally unforgettable. And as you are a Member of CountryClubuk, your exclusive Club rates and treats will […]

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Flights, Travel

Exclusive Club Members’ international flight deals for business and leisure: check out your flights to get our exclusive deals and savings for Club Members

Posted on by Julie Spencer
13
Dec

The big question when booking flights is: How to get the best deal for the best airline, route and timing? Sometimes that means the least expensive tickets. Or it might mean upgrading to gain all-important legroom and better service for the least possible extra cost. Club Members have access to under-the-radar flight deals which can […]

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Hotels, UK Country Hotels

Charingworth Manor, delightful Tudor-Jacobean hotel in the heart of the Cotswolds

Posted on by cb
11
Dec

Charingworth Manor is a delightful Cotswolds manor house hotel: a honey-coloured stone Tudor-Jacobean mansion with slate roofs, open fireplaces, 14th-century oak beams and rooms with views across its own gardens and 50-acre estate. It is a lovely place where you can enjoy peace and fresh air while exploring one of England’s loveliest regions. This lovely […]

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Hotels, Indian Ocean, International Hotels, Maldives, Travel

Milaidhoo Island, Maldives: Blissful days and nights in an award-winning five-star tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean: Overwater or beach villas: exclusive savings

Posted on by cb
11
Dec

You know you are in a tropical paradise the moment your plane begins the descent to the Maldives’ capital island of Malé: the islands lie below you like emerald gems set in white gold. The runway is surrounded on all sides by the ocean and it is by seaplane that you fly on to Milaidhoo, […]

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Hotels, International Hotels, Italy, Travel

Villa Mangiacane, designed by Michelangelo for the Machiavellis: Glorious Renaissance splendour in Tuscany, near Florence: Exclusive Club rates

Posted on by Patrick Fong
11
Dec

This romantic, glorious villa provides a grand Tuscan country sojourn with easy access to one of the world’s great cultural capitals 15 minutes’ drive gets you to Florence, and even better, 15 minutes’ drive takes you back to Villa Mangiacane at the end of the day. Villa Mangiacane is an amazing 15th-century building, bearing in […]

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Europe, Hotels, International Hotels, Italy, Travel

Hotel Indigo Rome – St George, contemporary hotel in the heart of Rome, offering 360-degree views from its rooftop terrace: One of the Telegraph’s ‘Top Ten Hotels in Rome’: Club Members’ rates from £259 for two

Posted on by cb
11
Dec

For a stylish break amid the artistic, historical, religious and architectural riches of Rome, look to the five-star Hotel Indigo Rome – St George, a centro storico boutique in the Telegraph ‘Top Ten Hotels in Rome’, with elegant rooms, exceptional dining and a roof terrace close to the Vatican, Piazza Navona and Trastevere. And as […]

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