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May 9, 2004
Park Life -- After the Birth of his New Baby, Blur Bass Player Alex James and Family Needed to Recuperate In Rural Ireland... what they Found a World-Class Retreat

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independent.co.uk

There are five-star hotels that are quite ghastly; put a chocolate on your pillow and one complimentary newspaper and call it luxury. There is, actually, a sixth star. I don't mean like those state-of-the-art seven-star joints in Mauritius and Dubai, I mean a special grade which no one ever attains. There should be no six-star hotels, because, like the speed of light, the sixth star should be something that can only be approached, and never actually achieved, a receding state of perfection which can only be chased and never caught. Unlike restaurants, which are so much a matter of taste, the handful of truly, truly great, grand hotels of the world: Claridge's, Villa Feltrinelli, Delano, Hôtel du Cap... they make everyone feel at home.

Great travel story from the bass player of one of the UK's most talented post-Beatles rock bands.

- Kevin

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