IT IS A PARTICULAR HONOUR TO SUPPLY THE 'ENGLISH LEAF' COLLECTION TO ONE ALDWYCH IN LONDON. IT WAS ONLY METRES AWAY FROM THIS FIVE-STAR HOTEL, IN COVENT GARDEN, THAT THE MITCHELL FARM HAD A FRUIT STALL. THE AREA HAS CHANGED A LOT IN THE INTERVENING 70 YEARS, BUT IT RETAINS ITS CHARM AND PECULIARLY 'LONDON' COLOUR, CULTURE AND ENERGY. WWW.ONEALDWYCH.COM

WHEN ONEFINESTAY LAUNCHED IN 2010 IT REDEFINED TRAVEL WITH ITS ‘LIVE LIKE A LOCAL’ ETHOS. THE LEADING HOSPITALITY BRAND COMBINES THE CHARACTER OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND VILLAS WITH PERSONAL SERVICE AND TAILORED AMENITIES.

THE LATEST COMPILATION TO LAUNCH IS THE VILLA COLLECTION. THIS IS A TREASURE TROVE OF PRIVATE VILLAS, HOMES AND APARTMENTS HAND PICKED TO ENSURE THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF SUNSHINE, SAND AND SEA. FROM AN OCEAN FRONT ESTATE TO A SECLUDED SPOT ON A PRIVATE ISLAND, VILLA COLLECTION OFFERS INDIVIDUALISED EXPERIENCES TAILORED BY EXPERIENCED TRAVEL ADVISERS, FROM THE PRACTICAL TO THE INDULGENT AND FROM RESTAURANT RESERVATIONS TO PRIVATE CHEFS.

THOSE WHO STAY CLOSER TO HOME WILL FIND THE EXCLUSIVE MITCHELL AND PEACH COLLECTION IN EVERY ONE OF ONEFINESTAY’S LONDON HOMES.

MITCHELL AND PEACH HAVE ALWAYS EMPHASIZED SUSTAINABILITY. WE BELIEVE THAT TO BUY A BRAND THAT IS LOCALLY MADE IS ONE EASY WAY TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND BOTH FLORA NO.1 AND THE ENGLISH LEAF COLLECTIONS ARE SOURCED, BLENDED AND BOTTLED IN THE UK.

THE COLLECTIONS ARE CREATED USING AN UNUSUALLY HIGH PROPORTION OF NATURAL INGREDIENTS - MANY OF THEM ORGANIC, WHICH INCLUDE THE HONEY FROM OUR OWN HIIVES, FOXBURY FARM GROWN LAVENDER AND LOCALLY SOURCED MINT OILS AND SHEA AND COCOA BUTTERS. OTHER NATURAL INGREDIENTS INCLUDE PLANT KERATIN, COCONUT, ALMOND, JOJOBA AND ARGAN OILS.

THIS NATURAL APPROACH ALSO GOES BEYOND INGREDIENTS; THE MITCHELL FAMILY'S FIFTH-GENERATION ESTATE NEAR SEVENOAKS IN KENT HAS ALWAY BEEN MANAGED WITH SENSITIVITY TO ITS FLORA AND FAUNA. FROM ESTABLISHING NESTING AREAS FOR SKYLARKS AND OTHER BIRDS, CREATING WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND SEEDING WILDFLOWER MEADOWS, THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS KEY.

THE MITCHELL’S HAVE BEEN FARMING IN KENT FOR FIVE GENERATIONS, CULTIVATING THE LAND, TENDING THE SAME BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE AND WORKING WITH LOCAL FAMILIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO A PROSPEROUS RURAL COMMUNITY. SINCE 1894 THE FAMILY HAS GROWN A WIDE RANGE OF HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCE.

FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE MITCHELL LORRIES WOULD LEAVE KENT EACH NIGHT, PILED HIGH WITH GOODS TO ARRIVE AT COVENT GARDEN MARKET BEFORE MIDNIGHT, THE PRODUCE WOULD BE UNLOADED BY HAND BEFORE RELOADING THE EMPTY BOXES FOR THE RETURN JOURNEY TO THE FARM.

AT THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY COVENT GARDEN WAS A MELTING POT, WHERE MARKET BUYERS AND PORTERS WOULD MINGLE WITH THEATRE-GOERS, TOURISTS, FLEET STREET JOURNALISTS AND CITY WORKERS.

SIR HENRY COOPER, THE CHAMPION BOXER, WOULD OFTEN STOP AT THE MITCHELL AND PEACH STAND FOR A CHAT. IT IS THIS HISTORY THAT CONTINUES TO SHAPE MITCHELL AND PEACH TO THIS DAY.

INDULGENT, SOFTENING, EFFORTLESSLY ABSORBED, THE FETED ENGLISH LEAF BODY CREAM HAS ATTRACTED PRAISE FROM EDITORS AND CELEBRITIES ALIKE. ESTATE GATHERED HONEY, ORGANIC COCOA AND VITAMIN B5 NOURISH AND SOOTHE THE SKIN, WITHOUT STICKINESS. NATURAL INGREDIENTS ARE HAND-BLENDED IN THE KENTISH COUNTRYSIDE AND FRAGRANCED WITH ENGLISH LEAF, A BLEND OF SOFT CITRUSES, CORIANDER LEAVES, BASIL, MINT AND FLORAL OILS FROM THE ESTATE, REDOLENT OF FRESHLY CUT MEADOW GRASS DRYING IN THE SUN.

NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO INTRODUCE SMALL INDULGENCES INTO YOUR BEAUTY ROUTINE. NOT TO SET UNREACHABLE GOALS OF DETOXES AND DIETS, BUT TO ALLOW THE TIME FOR SIMPLE PLEASURES. AN INDULGENT SOAK IN THE BATH IS THE ULTIMATE TONIC TO THE COLD, DARK WINTER AND A LUXURIOUS BATH OIL CAN ELEVATE THIS SIMPLE RITUAL.

DEEPLY NOURISHING, THE ENGLISH LEAF BATH OIL CONTAINS ALMOND OIL AND NATURAL VITAMIN E. THIS DISPERSING OIL IS HIGHLY FRAGRANCED SO LITTLE IS REQUIRED AND LEAVES DRY WINTER SKIN SOFT AND SCENTED. FRAGRANCED WITH ENGLISH LEAF; A BLEND OF SOFT CITRUSES, CORIANDER LEAVES, BASIL, MINT AND FLORAL OILS FROM THE ESTATE. ITS AROMA IS REDOLENT OF FRESHLY CUT MEADOW GRASS DRYING IN THE SUN, EVOKING THE PROMISE OF WARM SUMMER DAYS AHEAD.

TO RECEIVE THE LATEST NEWS, OFFERS AND INVITATIONS FROM THE ESTATE SIMPLY ENTER YOUR EMAIL INTO THE 'SIGN UP' BOX. COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERSHIP IS NOW OPEN TO ALL MITCHELL AND PEACH CLIENTS.

AROMATICS AND PRINTS INSPIRED BY THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE

THE ENGLISH LEAF TRAVEL SET FEATURES A BEST-SELLING 'GREEN FLORAL' SCENT INSPIRED BY THE VERDANT COUNTRYSIDE OF FOXBURY FARM. CONTAINING THE PUREST NATURAL INGREDIENTS EACH SET CONTAINS AN 'ENGLISH LEAF' SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER, SHOWER WASH AND BODY CREAM (50ML). THE CASE'S FABRIC, CREATED BY SUSSEX-BASED DESIGNER MOLLY MAHON AND UNIQUELY ADAPTED FOR MITCHELL AND PEACH, FEATURES A 'TREE WITHIN A LEAF' MOTIF ORIGINATING FROM HAND-CARVED BLOCKS. THE DESIGN IS TYPICAL OF MOLLY'S WORK, WHICH IMAGINATIVELY FUSES BOTANICAL 20TH-CENTURY ENGLISH PRINTS WITH ETHNIC STYLES.

ENGLISH LEAF TRAVEL SET 4 X 50ML, £30

AN £8MILLION EXPANSION OF THE HOME OF THE BLOOMSBURY SET

THIS AUTUMN CHARLESTON FARMHOUSE IN SUSSEX, THE HOME OF ARTISTS VANESSA BELL AND DUNCAN GRANT, WILL LAUNCH THE WOLFSON GALLERY, ITS FIRST DEDICATED EXHIBITION SPACE AND THE THRESHING BARN RESTAURANT.

THE IDEAS AND RADICALISM OF THE ARTISTS, WRITERS AND INTELLECTUALS OF THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP WILL BE AT THE HEART OF CHARLESTON'S NEW PROGRAMME.  THE EXHIBITS WILL INTERROGATE THE CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF THOSE WHO LIVED AND WORKED AT CHARLESTON OVER 100 YEARS AGO.

THE OPENING EXHIBITION ORLANDO AT THE PRESENT TIME (UNTIL JANUARY 6) BRINGS TOGETHER CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC RESPONSES TO VIRGINIA WOOLF'S LANDMARK NOVEL ORLANDO: A BIOGRAPHY AND WILL MARK 90 YEARS SINCE ITS ORIGINAL PUBLICATION.