When Charlie Gladstone inherited Hawarden Castle in the ’80s, the gothic revival pile had the feel of a crenellated time capsule just across the Welsh border from Chester. “My parents had really only ...

Or at London’s new Grand Hotel Bellevue, in a Georgian terrace near Paddington station, where he trimmed quite tiny bedrooms in mock-gothic and crenellated plaster motifs, made metal sculptures ...

Gone are the days when the hotel kids club was an isolated room dotted with a few toys and games. Now the focus is on on engaging, entertaining experiences that even grown-ups might wish they could ...