In the late 1800s the hospitality industry in London was in the doldrums. The most famous diva of her time, Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, described the cooking at the city’s leading hotels as ‘execrable…The carpets were dirty, the menu was medieval, the service an insult.’ The opening of The Savoy in 1889 changed … Continue reading Other Worlds, Dame Nellie Melba and Oscar Wilde, Savoy Hotel