Mark C. O'Flaherty

100 years of La Mamounia

100 years of La Mamounia

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The whole place thrums in a kind of postcoital way"

The future’s so bright | Karim Rashid’s Athenian time warp

The future’s so bright | Karim Rashid’s Athenian time warp

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Karim Rashid’s first hotel project, Semiramis, opened in Athens in 2004. It looks older – yet is all the bolder for it

Pasolini’s last supper

Pasolini’s last supper

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"I sat at Pasolini’s regular table, and it could have been 1975."

It takes a Village

It takes a Village

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"There’s always vintage punk playing on the jukebox, an indie horror film being screened on the back wall, and a portrait of HP Lovecraft surveys the scene from a side wall"

After hours | Review: 25hours Hotel Indre By, Copenhagen

After hours | Review: 25hours Hotel Indre By, Copenhagen

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Once you’ve got your key for your room, you take the lift upstairs and realise quickly that this is a hotel that could compete with The Overlook for scale and bewildering hallways"

Why I’ll always want to go to a Wagamama, wherever

Why I’ll always want to go to a Wagamama, wherever

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"I did a fashion shoot at the Lexington Street Chipperfield space. Every surface and frosted glass corridor was sleek and lovely"

The worst waitress in London | Viva Dalston

The worst waitress in London | Viva Dalston

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"As we headed for the door she shouted '…AND DON’T EVER COME BACK… YOU RACISTS!'"

Why I’ve got a problem with <em>Promising Young Woman</em>

Why I’ve got a problem with Promising Young Woman

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"It looks like a classic teen comedy – all California pop colours and Charli XCX – but it’s a genre movie of a darker kind: rape revenge"

“Bring out your dead!” | Review: <em>Tales from the Colony Room</em> by Darren Coffield

“Bring out your dead!” | Review: Tales from the Colony Room by Darren Coffield

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Todays conservative Millennials and Gen Z readers will view all this as if it’s a TikTok from another, more prurient planet, and recoil"

Old town times two | The best hotels in Palma

Old town times two | The best hotels in Palma

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"There is little to suggest from the outside of Can Bordoy that it is as grand as it is. The walk to it involves narrow, cobbled, fairy tale alleyways that twist and turn. Then: BOOM"