latest celebrity holiday gossip
Lily swaps historic Cambridge for buzzing New York
For a lucky few, a university education is not so much about scrimping by on multipacks of baked beans and struggling to get into early morning lectures after a heavy night down the union as the opportunity to indulge in a spot more jet-setting.
Such is the case of model Lily Cole, who, just days after seemingly settling down to read history of art at Kings College Cambridge, has been spotted out and about in New York City, the destination of choice for fashionistas, movie stars and rock legends alike.
Though ostensibly in the Big Apple on business, the 20-year-old managed to squeeze in the 30th birthday party of designer label Diesel, along with dozens of other members of the great and the good.
Of course, for most people, the chance to cycle amid the dreaming spires of the historic university city, scarf flapping in the autumnal wind and well-thumbed copies of Keats and Coleridge sitting in the basket, would be fulfilling enough.
Indeed, Cambridge still continues to attract far more tourists than it does academics, and it is not hard to see why.
Compact enough to be comprehensively-seen in a weekend, the university city nevertheless punches above its weight when it comes to iconic historical landmarks, with putting past the architecturally-magnificent Kings College Chapel and exploring the nooks and crannies of Pembroke or Peterhose colleges one of the ideal ways to spend an English summer day.
That said, as Ms Cole herself is no doubt aware, Cambridge still boasts a large number of contemporary bars and clubs and chic hotels alongside its quaint pubs and tea shops, while the surrounding picture-postcard Cambridge shire countryside features rolling hills and meadows beautiful enough to bring out the poet in the most straight-laced traveler.
And, with Stansted international airport just a few miles away and train services to the rest of the country both affordable and efficient, it looks like Cambridge's status as a leading UK holiday destination looks guaranteed for some years yet.
Thousands of miles across the Atlantic, the metropolis of New York could not be any more different, with the rock and roll lifestyle and relatively cheap shopping it offers the international traveler continuing to be a major draw for million, whether supermodels or not.
Hardly surprising then that party-loving Peaches Geldof, who, along with Lindsay Lohan, also attended the Diesel party, has chosen New York University to pursue her degree in English literature.
From the department stores of Fifth Avenue through to the tourist must-dos of the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, not even the coolest of celebrities can resist the draw of the Big Apple and, with the currency exchange rates still very much in the pound's favour, there has never been a better time to ride the coat tails of the rich and the famous over to the city that never sleeps.
Such is the case of model Lily Cole, who, just days after seemingly settling down to read history of art at Kings College Cambridge, has been spotted out and about in New York City, the destination of choice for fashionistas, movie stars and rock legends alike.
Though ostensibly in the Big Apple on business, the 20-year-old managed to squeeze in the 30th birthday party of designer label Diesel, along with dozens of other members of the great and the good.
Of course, for most people, the chance to cycle amid the dreaming spires of the historic university city, scarf flapping in the autumnal wind and well-thumbed copies of Keats and Coleridge sitting in the basket, would be fulfilling enough.
Indeed, Cambridge still continues to attract far more tourists than it does academics, and it is not hard to see why.
Compact enough to be comprehensively-seen in a weekend, the university city nevertheless punches above its weight when it comes to iconic historical landmarks, with putting past the architecturally-magnificent Kings College Chapel and exploring the nooks and crannies of Pembroke or Peterhose colleges one of the ideal ways to spend an English summer day.
That said, as Ms Cole herself is no doubt aware, Cambridge still boasts a large number of contemporary bars and clubs and chic hotels alongside its quaint pubs and tea shops, while the surrounding picture-postcard Cambridge shire countryside features rolling hills and meadows beautiful enough to bring out the poet in the most straight-laced traveler.
And, with Stansted international airport just a few miles away and train services to the rest of the country both affordable and efficient, it looks like Cambridge's status as a leading UK holiday destination looks guaranteed for some years yet.
Thousands of miles across the Atlantic, the metropolis of New York could not be any more different, with the rock and roll lifestyle and relatively cheap shopping it offers the international traveler continuing to be a major draw for million, whether supermodels or not.
Hardly surprising then that party-loving Peaches Geldof, who, along with Lindsay Lohan, also attended the Diesel party, has chosen New York University to pursue her degree in English literature.
From the department stores of Fifth Avenue through to the tourist must-dos of the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, not even the coolest of celebrities can resist the draw of the Big Apple and, with the currency exchange rates still very much in the pound's favour, there has never been a better time to ride the coat tails of the rich and the famous over to the city that never sleeps.