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Available in three power-train configurations, the marque’s flagship four-door has more overt branding and creature comforts than ever. Available in three power-train configurations, the marque’s flagship four-door has more overt branding and creature comforts than ever.

Kathy Sullivan, who made history as the first American woman to walk in space, will join up to 22 guests to watch the celestial blackout at sea. Kathy Sullivan, who made history as the first American woman to walk in space, will join up to 22 guests to watch the celestial blackout at sea.

Planning a Rivals-inspired escape? Discover the Cotswolds filming locations, luxury hotels, and glamorous country estates inspired by the Rutshire Chronicles. 

Set against the rolling hills and sprawling estates of the Cotswolds, Rivals proves that country life is anything but quiet. The Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s scandalous novels transports viewers to Rutshire, the fictional English countryside, where television executives, polo players, aristocrats, and social climbers spend as much time seducing each other as they do attending black-tie dinners. 

While Rutshire may only exist thanks to Cooper’s wild imagination, much of the series was filmed across the Cotswolds, where the author lived for more than four decades until her death last year. ‘The Cotswolds are so heartbreakingly beautiful, so home is definitely here,’ she once said. And she’s right. The region’s honey-hued villages and grand country houses may look idyllic, but beneath the polished facades lies a world of gossip and questionable affairs.

With the second season of Rivals making its eagerly awaited return, we couldn’t resist creating a Jilly Cooper-inspired guide to the Cotswolds: from the filming locations that brought Rivals to life to the country-house hotels where Rupert Campbell-Black would almost certainly have a permanent suite. Enjoy, and try to stay out of trouble. 

A Rivals-inspired Cotswolds guide

For the closest thing to real-life Rutshire: Tetbury

The epicenter of filming for Rivals, Tetbury’s honeyed streets became fictional Cotchester, complete with Thatcher-era shopfronts and vintage cars. But beyond the screen, the town already feels unmistakably like real-life Ritshire, and comes complete with its own royal residents, as King Charles III has called Tetbury home since the 1980s. With its streets of antique shops and immaculate Georgian facades, it’s easy to understand why.

Stay at Calcot & Spa
Set just outside Tetbury, Calcot & Spa is a converted 14th-century farmstead surrounded by Cotswolds countryside. Inside, there are roaring fireplaces, stone walls, and long, low-lit lounges; meanwhile, guests will find a spa tucked into the old outbuildings. It’s exactly the kind of low-key hideaway a Rivals character would disappear for a quiet weekend away from the gossiping social circles. 

For the quintessential English stay: Corsham

Corsham stood in for Cotchester during filming, its impossibly pretty high street transformed into an 1980s time capsule. Aiden Turner, who plays the TV journalist Declan O’Hara, must be well acquainted with his way around the town by now, since in addition to Rivals, Corsham was also the filming location for the BBC series Poldark. There’s a cinematic quality to the historical market town already, thanks to its grand Georgian architecture, paved sidewalks, and hidden courtyards

Stay at Lucknam Park
A Palladian country house set in 500 acres of parkland, Lucknam Park comes with its own equestrian center, Michelin-starred restaurant, and a long, sweeping drive for dramatic entrances. It has the scale and polish of an old landed estate, meaning if Tony Baddingham owned a country hotel, it would probably look something like this.

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For the unofficial capital of Cooper country: Cirencester

If one town captures the social ecosystem of Cooper’s novels, it’s Cirencester. The largest town within the rural region, you’ll find polo players, media types, landed families, and London escapees all orbiting this corner of Gloucestershire. It’s more cashmere-and-champagne countryside than the chocolate-box Cotswolds villages we have grown used to, but its weekly markets and Roman history still deliver that quintessential Corinium charm. 

Stay at Cowley Manor Experimental
Just outside Cirencester, Cowley Manor Experimental is a Victorian country house reworked into something far more playful. The hotel’s bold and colorful interiors may not be the Rivals we recognize from the screen, but this hedonistic country-house hotel is designed for exactly the kind of behaviour Cooper would encourage.

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For the ultimate equestrian escape: Cheltenham

Cooper built an empire around the chaos of Britain’s horsey set. Polo players, racegoers, hunters, and aristocrats thunder through her novels, making Cheltenham (the home of one of Britain’s most famous racecourses) a natural addition to any Rivals-inspired Cotswolds itinerary. During the racing season, the town takes on the sort of high-glamour, high-gossip atmosphere that could have leapt straight from the pages of the Rutshire Chronicles.

Stay at Ellenborough Park
At the edge of Cheltenham Racecourse sits Ellenborough Park, a grand manor house set within 90-acre grounds. Once a 15th-century estate, it keeps that historic country-house character but offers contemporary comforts, including a sizable spa and heated outdoor pool – the ideal place to recover after a day at the races.

For the spiritual heart of Cooper country: Bisley

Cooper was known to write from the rolling Gloucestershire hills around Bisley, the tiny village she called home for more than 40 years. This is the less polished side of the Cotswolds: think winding lanes, muddy Labradors, and horse paddocks. But while it may not have the glossy grandeur of Tetbury or the racing crowds of Cheltenham, this is the real landscape that shaped Cooper’s world of outrageously bad behaviour.

Stay at The Painswick
A charming 18th-century hideaway perched above the Stroud valleys, The Painswick has an easygoing sense of style that leans more to a relaxed country house than formal estate. With soft interiors and cosy, fire-lit corners, it’s worlds away from any countryside scandal (unless, of course, that’s exactly what you’ve come here for).

For the modern-day members’ club: Estelle Manor

If Cooper were rewriting Rivals in 2026, chances are half the cast would end up at Estelle Manor. Set within a sprawling Oxfordshire estate just beyond the Cotswolds, the hotel has become the weekend playground of a new British upper class. There are cocktails in velvet-lined bars, impossibly glamorous spa facilities, and a social energy that Rupert Campbell-Black would not just approve of, but he’d have a room permanently on standby.  

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The archive sale will feature rare wines from Raveneau, Roulot, and Sassicaia. 

Then now’s your chance – because fashion-style ‘archive’ or ‘sample’ sales are increasingly being hosted by top restaurants from Los Angeles to London.

On May 24, one of the UK’s top restaurants, The Clove Club in east London, will be delving into its cellars for a special, one-off sale of rare wines and bespoke tableware from its 13-year archive. Vinous highlights at the one-day pop-up in its dining room will include older vintages and hard-to-find releases from the likes of Domaine François Raveneau, Prieuré Roch, Domaine Roulot, Kongsgaard, and Sassicaia, as well as cult champagnes including Jérôme Prévost, Guillaume Selosse, and Pierre Péters. These are the sort of wines which, in many cases, can only be acquired through long-standing relationships. And they’ll be priced at market value, rather than with a restaurant mark-up.

“Over the last 13 years, we’ve amassed so much beautiful wine – it’s nice to give people the chance to enjoy some of them at home,” says chef Isaac McHale. “It’s also an opportunity to engage with guests in a different way and see old faces we haven’t seen in a while.”

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The restaurant will also be selling off bespoke tableware including willow baskets handmade on Eigg island in Scotland, lacquerware from Japan, and drinking vessels from John Jenkins, a company which usually only supplies its lovely cocktail glasses to the trade. Among the more unusual lots will be hand-blown Massimo Lunardon glass ‘bowls’ – complete with dimples for fingertips – specially designed for the famous orange wines of Gravner in Friuli. 

Head sommelier Emer Landgraf will be on hand throughout the day, pouring champagne by the glass. They’ll also be selling ice cream, plus an array of pantry items including homemade truffle puree, hot sauce made from their own chillies, elderflower vinegar, and bottled cocktails including a Cherry Negroni. The event is free entry and there’s no booking required.

I don’t know about you, but I think this Michelin-starred car boot sale sounds like a total ball. And I suspect, given these tough times for hospitality, we’ll be seeing more innovative events like this in the future.

One restaurant that’s already made them a regular thing is the Michelin-starred Kato in Los Angeles.  

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“The idea started when a guest loved our wine pairings but couldn’t find them at retail anywhere, as many were rare, allocated, or sold out from distributor,” says co-owner and wine director Ryan Bailey. “To help them out, I decided to turn Kato into a one-day wine shop the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving. We pulled over 300 bottles from our cellar, ranging from $20 selections to highly allocated auction finds. Alongside the wine, our chefs baked pies to go, and we sold vintage plates and cocktail glasses we no longer used in service. It was a massive success with our regulars and is now a biannual tradition.

“The vibe is very communal,” he says, “like a Michelin-starred restaurant meets a wine shop and a sample sale. Each event features a ton of great wine – everything from small grower Champagnes to Keller GG Rieslings – special to-go dishes from the kitchen, batched bottled cocktails from the bar, and retired tableware.”

Good news for UK readers. If all goes to plan on the May 24, says McHale, The Clove Club will host another sale at Christmas. “Ultimately it’s all a prelude to launching an online shop.” And more and more fine dining restaurants are now going into retail – see Eleven Madison in New York or Quince in San Francisco. There’s something, though, about an IRL pop-up like this that feels particularly convivial – worth heading out for whether you’re in the market for a £500 (approx. $675) bottle of Prieuré Roch or just some window shopping.

Bottles will range from £75 to £500 (approx. $101 to $675), with limited quantities available, while crockery items will start from £10 (approx. $13). The archive sale will take place on May 24, from 11am — 3pm. Free entry, no tickets or bookings required.  

The injection of funding came from Canadian businessman Lawrence Stroll. The injection of funding came from Canadian businessman Lawrence Stroll.

In a few short years, Jaclyn Li has built an
enviable haul of vintage and modern watches – and a reputation as a shrewd and sophisticated navigator of the industry’s heavyweights. 

Although she didn’t know it at the time, the piece – a gift for her mother’s 50th birthday – would open a portal to a watchmaking universe she now inhabits as both a devoted enthusiast and a seasoned professional. Over the past two years, Li has worked as a contractor for Phillips’ watch department in New York, where she recently spent 30 minutes inspecting the Patek Philippe Ref 1518 wristwatch that sold at the house’s Geneva sale in November for $17.6m. “I would have paid to do it,” she tells Elite Traveler.

At the time of her first purchase, however, Li was an undergraduate at Harvard University with a proven track record of savvy collecting. Born in Harbin, China, she moved to Canada aged 12. In middle school, she developed a fixation on collectible sneakers, particularly Nike SBs. “I had Paris Dunks, Yellow Lobsters,” she says. “I had a YouTube account and was doing all these unboxing videos instead of going to class.”

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When lockdowns forced her to return home to Vancouver, Li, now 28, discovered the wide world of wristwatches online. “I fell in love with vintage Cartier,” she says. During one of her countless late-night Instagram scrolls, she came across a rare 1980s platinum Tank Louis model with burgundy numerals and hands, offered by a dealer in Thailand. “When I woke up and saw the transfer had gone through, I thought, ‘Did I just get scammed?’” she recalls.

On the contrary. The dealer was legitimate – and Li, who’d cashed in her sneaker collection to help fund her watch hobby, was just getting started. Not long after, she acquired her first vintage Patek: a small, two-tone cushion-shaped model from 1926. “I still have it, but I don’t wear it,” she says. “It means a lot to me symbolically because without that piece, I don’t think I would have ventured further into Patek.”

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That’s Li’s nonchalant way of describing what, by most standards, is a starry collection of nearly 40 rare and highly desirable timepieces. Her focus remains primarily on vintage Patek Philippe, but she also buys both vintage and modern watches by Cartier, as well as contemporary models from a selection of sought-after independent watchmakers, including Simon Brette, Rexhep Rexhepi, Petermann Bédat, and Kari Voutilainen. “I love independents because it’s about the memories I get to make with the people who create these pieces,” she says. “The first time I went to Geneva was in 2021. Back then, I didn’t know any of these ateliers or watchmakers. Now I call them my friends and I can watch my timepieces being made.”

Li, however, reserves her greatest admiration for Patek Philippe. The company, in her view, has the best archive and extract system in the industry. “I can request information about a watch I don’t know much about, and when it comes in the mail, it’s like Christmas Day,” she says.

She’s currently awaiting the extract for a pocket watch she recently purchased – it matches the 1926 Patek she acquired in 2021. Both pieces were sold by the Swiss retailer Gübelin and feature dials with what appears to be an identical guilloché pattern. “It’s almost like finding missing pieces of a puzzle and fitting them together,” Li says. “That’s why vintage speaks to me. It’s one thing to walk into a boutique and wait for an allocation, but stumbling upon a piece that’s 100 years old purely by luck or chance is magical – and it makes the experience far more gratifying.

“It’s not about dollar signs or flexing on Instagram,” she adds. “It’s about collecting memories and reuniting the past with the present. And the fact that these objects are so much older than we are – there’s something incredibly humbling about holding something you know will outlive you.”

The «Will & Grace» star acquired the Carnegie Hill residence over a decade ago and gave it not just one but two makeovers. The «Will & Grace» star acquired the Carnegie Hill residence over a decade ago and gave it not just one but two makeovers.

The automotive legend and his business partner acquired the muscle car in 1999. The automotive legend and his business partner acquired the muscle car in 1999.

The Grade II-listed residence, known as the Grange, includes a dedicated wellness wing with an indoor pool. The Grade II-listed residence, known as the Grange, includes a dedicated wellness wing with an indoor pool.

This comes a few weeks after the company ended talks with French drinks giant Pernod Ricard. This comes a few weeks after the company ended talks with French drinks giant Pernod Ricard.