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Cheltenham Festival

Cheltenham Festival

Festival racing with restaurant dining and balcony views

Jump racingEnclosure accessGold Cup Friday

Aintree Racecourse

Grand National

Private balcony dining overlooking Aintree's home straight

AintreeEnclosure accessNational day

Goodwood Revival

Goodwood Revival

Racing and dining with views from the Mess Pavilion terrace

Vintage racingTrackside terracePavilion dining

Sian’s articles

A lit window of a Venice Simplon-Orient-Express carriage at night, with diners at a lamplit table inside.

Travel & Culture

Orient-ExpressVenice Simplon-Orient-ExpressVienna

Christmas on the Orient-Express: Vienna’s Markets and a Night to Paris

Vienna’s Christmas markets, two nights on Am Hof and a night on the Orient-Express to Paris.

8 min read07 Nov 2026

Jockeys in brightly coloured silks racing at speed at Goodwood, blurred with movement.

Travel & Culture

Sporting coloursBritish Racing GreenLeander

The Colours of British Sport: The Stories Behind Seven Shades

Purple and green, Leander pink, egg and bacon: where seven of British sport’s colours come from.

12 min read31 Oct 2026

A rowing eight racing past the crowd on the bank at Henley, with marquees under the trees behind.

Travel & Culture

The SeasonBritish Season 2027Cheltenham Festival

The British Season 2027: From Cheltenham to the Goodwood Revival

Ten occasions from March to September: how each began, and what the day is like with Imperial.

19 min read25 Oct 2026

Men in morning dress and top hats beside a woman in a pink wrap at Royal Ascot, the grandstand behind them.

Dress CodeHorse RacingRacecourses

The British Racecourse Dress Code Index 2026

What 59 British racecourses ask racegoers to wear, from Royal Ascot to no dress code at all.

13 min read18 Oct 2026

A plated course of sliced duck, glazed vegetables and jus on a dark stoneware plate.

Michelin StarsMichelin GuideFine Dining

The Michelin Star Price Index 2026

What 198 Michelin-starred restaurants charge, from £20 lunches to a £540 tasting menu.

12 min read05 Oct 2026

The Hand and Flowers pub in Marlow at dusk, a white-painted building with a tiled roof and hanging baskets

Michelin StarsMichelin GuideFine Dining

How Michelin Stars Work: What One, Two and Three Stars Mean

What one, two and three Michelin stars mean, who awards them and how a restaurant can lose one.

6 min read01 Oct 2026

A man and a woman in matching mustard tweed and wide-brimmed hats at Cheltenham Racecourse

Cheltenham FestivalLadies DayHorse Racing

Ladies Day Is Back at Cheltenham: What Changed and What It's Like

Why Cheltenham dropped Ladies Day, why it came back in 2026, and what the Wednesday is like.

5 min read24 Sep 2026

Historic single-seat racing cars competing together at the Goodwood Motor Circuit

GoodwoodMotorsportChichester

Goodwood Revival vs Festival of Speed: Which Should You Go To?

Historic circuit racing or hillclimb variety? Find the Goodwood experience that suits your group.

4 min read15 Sep 2026

Racegoers along the rail at Epsom in wide-brimmed hats and fascinators, with men in morning dress and top hats behind them

Epsom DerbyDress CodeHorse Racing

The Epsom Derby Dress Code: What to Wear in Each Enclosure

Epsom runs from obligatory morning dress in one stand to no dress code at all on the Hill.

1 min read23 Aug 2026

Racehorses and jockeys racing past the packed grandstands at York Racecourse, seen low from the turf

Ebor FestivalYork RacecourseHorse Racing

What Happens at the Ebor Festival

Four days at York, from the Juddmonte on Wednesday to the £500,000 Ebor on Saturday.

6 min read14 Aug 2026

A steward greeting a guest beside the dark-blue Venice Simplon-Orient-Express at a platform in golden light

Travel & Culture

Heritage TrainsOrient-ExpressRail Journeys

The World's Greatest Train Journeys, Ranked

The world's great heritage trains, from the 1883 Orient-Express to the Palace on Wheels, ranked.

8 min read11 Aug 2026

Visitors in period dress stand in a crowd. They wear flat caps, a checked waistcoat and a pink hat, and one woman wears cat-eye sunglasses and a stole.

Goodwood RevivalDress CodeMotorsport

Goodwood Revival Dress Code: Men, Women and the Paddock Rule

Period clothes from 1948 to 1966 are optional. The Central Paddock asks men for a jacket and tie.

3 min read10 May 2026

Race-day crowd at Cheltenham Racecourse

Cheltenham FestivalDress CodeHorse Racing

Cheltenham Festival Dress Code: Smart Means Tweed and Mud

Cheltenham has no official dress code. The unwritten one: tweed, boots, a waxed jacket for rain.

4 min read08 May 2026

Racegoers on the lawn beside the track at Cheltenham Racecourse, with a full grandstand on the far side

Cheltenham FestivalCheltenham Festival 2027Gold Cup

A Day at the Cheltenham Festival 2027, From the Roar to the Gold Cup

Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 March: race times, each day’s championship and an evening in town.

7 min read13 Apr 2026

Aintree Racecourse grandstand and the Grand National course

Grand NationalHorse Racing

The Grand National Course Explained: Every Fence, Every Story

A fence-by-fence guide to the Grand National: Becher's Brook, the Chair, the stories.

4 min read11 Apr 2026

Horses thundering down the Goodwood straight with the Sussex Downs behind

Glorious GoodwoodDress CodeHorse Racing

Glorious Goodwood Dress Code: Linen, Panamas and the Sussex Downs

Goodwood's dress code by enclosure: linen, Panamas and the relaxed cousin of Royal Ascot.

3 min read01 Apr 2026

Red Ferrari racing cars and spectators in period dress at the Goodwood Revival

Goodwood RevivalMotorsportMotor Racing History

The History of the Goodwood Revival: 1948 to 1966 and the 1998 Return

How an RAF airfield became a circuit, why the Duke shut it and how his grandson brought it back.

6 min read27 Mar 2026

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