Sykes says, “I’ve stayed at The Pig in Devon and it’s amazing,” says Sykes, “so this is so good.” Next, she recommends the much-lauded Estelle Manor, which is part country house hotel, part private members club, with a 3,000 square metre Roman-inspired spa.
“It’s like the new version of a Husky,” says Sykes, referencing the coat most often associated with the Queen.
“During Covid a lot of people started relocating out here,” former Vogue editor Plum Sykes tells me over the phone from her own Cotswoldian digs, nestled on the hills between Cheltenham and Cirencester.
Sykes notes the latest obsession of bringing in a mixologist from London to make bespoke cocktails for guests, because not only are these dinner parties catered, they are staffed.
“All the nepo babies are going to Wilderness Festival, which is in Cornbury,” Sykes says.