Alex Gladwell
Alex is an experienced travel writer and editor whose work has been published by such companies as Rough Guides, MSN, World Travel Guide and VisitBritain.
Propeller Island City Lodge, Berlin
Take your pick from a gothic fantasy where guests sleep in coffins, a padded cell or a vomit-inducing room clothed in irregular mirrors.
Get Stuffed, London
A reaction against endemic minimalism has given one of London’s surviving taxidermists a new lease of life.
Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland
Now famous for its associations with the Da Vinci Code, this magnificent 15th-century chapel tempts bus-loads of loony conspiracy theorists to its incredible interior.
Les Trois Garcons Restaurant, London
Whoever the three boys are who founded this restaurant, they have deliciously camp taste in décor. Minimalist it is not.
Brolly shop, London
James Smith and Sons is the sort of store that makes you wish it would rain more often - a one-stop brolly shop stuffed with every conceivable variation.
