Mexican wave
With the Fifa World Cup partly kicking off in Mexico City in June, high-end lodge teams are racing to declare their nook of the capital. The metropolis was as soon as a bastion of boutique resorts – such because the forthcoming El Cortés, opening in Roma Norte in March in a 1915 artwork nouveau mansion – however the scene is shifting as the large names arrive. Pendry Mexico City will deliver 114 rooms and suites, 20 residences and a rooftop pool to Roma Norte. On close by Paseo de la Reforma, Miami-based Arquitectonica and designer Piero Lissoni are behind a brand new Thompson, and The Standard will open in Colonia Tabacalera with 210 rooms and a number of eating ideas. In Polanco, Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos leads the cost with the 155-room Park Hyatt Mexico City. – Michaela Trimble
New yr, new reads
Hooked by Asako Yuzuki, for extra transgressive tales of meals and obsession in modern Japan.
Son of Nobody by Yann Martel, for interlocking the traditional and fashionable through a retelling of the Trojan War.
My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy, for a fictional pilgrimage to the eponymous poet’s Paris.
Land by Maggie O’Farrell, for the Hamnet creator’s epic portrait of a household in Nineteenth-century Ireland.
Queenie Is Working on It by Candice Carty-Williams, to verify in with the protagonist a decade on. OS
CAPTURE THE CASTLE V2.John Miller/ Landmark Trust
Capture the fort
It’s set to be a golden yr for British charity The Landmark Trust, which opens the gates (and lowers the drawbridge) to a number of revamped heritage stays throughout the UK. Its Elizabethan-era Tixall Gatehouse in Staffordshire, Cornish farmstead at Lower Porthmeor and moated tower at Laughton Place close to Lewes are all due to reopen after main upgrades – following Saddell Castle in Kintyre’s refresh final summer season – with new decor by head of furnishings and interiors, Rachel Allen. “My predecessor defined a look, which is important to preserve,” she says. “But I want to bring more warmth and comfort.” – Lisa Johnson