This eponymous and glossy new hardback book details the four star hotel’s history and its restoration, but there are also beautiful photographs of The Fife Arms’ interior and art work. We may not be able to go anywhere right now, but we can always dream, unrestricted by tiers.
The Fife Arms is published by Phaidon, £90 (phaidon.com). Text by Dominic Bradbury, Photographs by Sim Canetty-Clarke & Ben Addy.
1. The Flying Stag dining room
Contemporary art and design, Old Masters and local portraits thread together to form an original fusion at The Flying Stag. Photo: SIMPHOTOGRAPHY
2. Elsie Inglis bedroom
This elegant, and yet relaxing, room is dedicated to the extraordinary life of pioneering Scottish doctor Elsie Inglis. Photo: SIMPHOTOGRAPHY
3. Drawing Room, Fife Arms
Zhang Enli’s ceiling mural, Ancient Quartz (2018), and Archibald Thorburn’s watercolours bring the landscape of the surrounding Highlands into The Drawing Room. Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke
4. Sharp the Dog room
Sharp the Dog. This whimsical room is a testament to Queen Victoria’s ardent love of animals, and evokes in particular her devotion to her own dogs. Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke