The theory behind what makes a grand hotel
Why do some hotels feel so special? And what makes others so forgettable?
I was on my way to Edinburgh to shoot a TV film on malt whisky and discovered that I would break my journey for one night in London. The British capital has hundreds of hotels but I was intrigued by the thought of staying at Brown’s Hotel.
To be perfectly honest, this had less to do with anything I’d heard about Brown’s (it is so discreet that most people who talk about hotels don’t stay there) but more with my childhood memories of an old Agatha Christie murder mystery called At Bertram’s Hotel.
In case you have not read the book or watched one of the many TV adaptations, I won’t spoil your fun. But I will tell you that it is set in a super-discreet luxury hotel in the heart of London.
Agatha Christie, who was a regular visitor to the hotel, based At Bertram’s Hotel on Brown’s (in the TV adaptations, it even has a façade that is exactly like Brown’s).
As it turned out, Brown’s was perfect; easily one of the best London hotels I have ever stayed in. And when I did a little checking I discovered that apart from the Agatha Christie angle, Brown’s had a lot else to boast about.
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