Tiger’s Nest, Valais
This luxury lodge stands in Les 4 Vallées – Switzerland’s most expansive ski area. It has four storeys, five doubles, a host, chef and driver – all topped off with views of the Pennine Alps (which, as Wikipedia says, are not to be confused with the Pennines). The people behind it are a Hong Kong-based British family that wanted to emulate the service and style of Asian hotels, but in a chic mountain setting. There are six ski lifts within a 15-minute drive, making for the ultimate winter escape.
Tiger’s Nest, Chemin des Jadaneys 17, Valais (00 852 9183 0667; tigersnestlodge.com). Weekly rental from Sfr2,300 (£1,550) per person, full board. Sleeps 10.
Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them
Newly unearthed papers reveal a shocking extra dimension to the constitutional crisis over monarch’s abdication
Sent down at the Old Bailey
A tour of the world's most famous court
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness
The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness
British football scores an own goal
Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff
James Lawton
Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again
Dylan Hartley talks tough
Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group
A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'
Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of sleaze
Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
The Freemasons’ Code
Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last
Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’
Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar
Why clubs are keen to take a stand
There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City
Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie
British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death
