Antonia Windsor

Antonia Windsor
Wed 14 Apr 2021 06.23 EDT
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Spring is here bringing warmer weather, longer days and that instinct to refresh our homes. And what better place to start than the bedroom. Now that the night-time temperatures have picked themselves up off the floor, you may find the cosy fleece bedding that has kept you snug all winter is beginning to interrupt your sleep.
We all know what it feels like to throw off the duvet in frustration and kic...

Antonia Windsor
Wed 14 Apr 2021 06.21 EDT
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Have we ever been so excited about spring? As we all emerge from a damp, wet lockdown into a bright, sunny, sociable fresh start, most of us are turning our attention to our gardens and thinking about enjoying being outside.
The interiors of our homes are probably just the way we want them, whether that’s calm and muted, vibrant and striking or even somewhat eclectic. The challenge now is to extend th...

The automated wine-tasting trend that’s making connoisseurs of London drinkers.
Walk into Vagabond wine bar in Victoria on a busy Friday night and you won’t see a queue at the bar, despite the popularity of this drinking den just meters from Victoria station.
The reason for the relative calm is not thanks to table service, but the availability of 140 wines by the glass from self-service vending machines throughout the bar.
Freddie Cobb, one of the two wine buyers for the urban winery said the...

These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic.
Jersey is the gem of the Channel. The most southerly of the British Isles, it boasts the most hours of sunshine of anywhere in Great Britain. It also provides plenty of varying landscapes in which to enjoy those golden rays: wooded valleys, flower-strewn cliff paths, rocky coves and wide sandy beaches. Hire a bicyc...

Antonia Windsor
Thu 12 Nov 2020 09.50 EST Last modified on Thu 12 Nov 2020 09.55 EST
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We’ve all seen pictures and footage of children playing in the most unlikely situations. Using an old rope to skip on the dusty ground of a refugee camp, racing tyres at the base of a rubbish dump or floating paper boats in monsoon flood water. Children play across cultures and classes. They play despite wars, disasters and pandemics. They play because it is ...

Antonia Windsor

Thu 12 Nov 2020 09.52 EST Last modified on Thu 12 Nov 2020 09.54 EST

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Whether it’s a toddler making a trail of handprints across a piece of paper, or a seven-year-old repurposing a cardboard tube to make a marble run, play empowers children to become creative. When children create, they experience the joy of interacting with the world and of changing it and being changed by it.

“Born into an age of rapid innovation, our childre...

The best beaches in Jersey and Guernsey

Jersey is the gem of the Channel. The most southerly of the British Isles, it boasts the most hours of sunshine of anywhere in Great Britain. It also provides plenty of varying landscapes in which to enjoy those golden rays: wooded valleys, flower-strewn cliff paths, rocky coves and wide sandy beaches. Hire a bicycle and you can enjoy a network of “green lanes” where the speed limit is just 15mph. Or feel the sea in your hair on a boat tour, in a kayak or on a paddle board. Or simply don your...

'It meant five years of being cooped up with no freedom to express yourself'
Seventy-five years ago, on May 9, the population of the Channel Islands came to the end of a five-year lockdown when the British Navy arrived to free them from the Nazi occupying forces a day after Germany’s formal surrender at the end of the Second World War. A major party had been planned for this year, but it will of course have to happen online, as the islanders face a lockdown of a different kind.
Nobody saw the...

The Conrad London St James is offering a vintage menu to celebrate its owner Hilton’s centenary this year. Our writer checks in
BY ANTONIA WINDSOR

Whether you fancy a crisp white wine or a spicy red, Victoria’s shops and restaurants have it covered

BY ANTONIA WINDSOR

The sunny Channel Islands have long been a popular choice for those who want to avoid flying. The ferry company Condor operates a daily service out of Portsmouth and Poole to the two larger islands of Jersey and Guernsey, and from the latter you have always been able to explore car-free Herm as a day trip by boat.
However, until last year, if you wanted to include northerly Alderney in your exploration, you would have been compelled to board a tiny Dornier propeller plane for a wobbly 20-minu...