Each time I visit Malmaison in Charterhouse Square, the basement brasserie is always packed , even on a school night, and it’s rarely just residents.  The hotel is in a film-set-perfect cobbled courtyard and a stunning historic house which oozes style.  The last time was a Tuesday…

If Lewis Carroll was alive and just happened to design outstanding afternoon tea experiences then he would surely have had a hand in Selfridges latest venture. As I enter the Express Lift in Perfumery on the Ground Floor, I’m greeted by a guide who takes…