Yet, this is not Ibiza but, rather, Berkshire, and instead of chilling out on a beach, I’m in the spa at the iconic Cliveden House. Cliveden House was built in 1666 by the 2nd Duke of Buckingham.

The inside story of modern espionage" and "How to Stay Married", the programme for Cliveden Literary Festival could hardly be more apt. Cliveden House, in Buckinghamshire, was where Conservative ...

Reputedly ‘one of the most licentious wicked women in Restoration history’, the Countess was forcibly separated from her lover by the House of Lords in 1674. Not until the arrival of a new chatelaine ...

Built in 1666 and formerly home to the Astor family, Cliveden House has hosted powerful personalities and decadent parties for centuries – and had a brief spell as a wartime hospital.