Melissa Twigg

Melissa Twigg is London-based freelance journalist writing for publications including The Guardian, The Independent, Vogue, The Business of Fashion, The South China Morning Post, The Sunday Times, Marie Claire and CNN, among others.

WANNA GET AWAY?

Visiting Egypt Right Now Means a Pyramid All to Yourself

For once, having champagne tastes on a beer budget didn’t feel like a problem.

Melissa Twigg

Spare a Dime?

What Will Happen to Paris’ Grandest Hotels?

Faced with an unprecedented calamity, the most luxurious Paris hotels are doing the unthinkable—hustling for French coin.

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X NEVER, EVER MARKS THE SPOT

Is the Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia?

According to Ethiopian lore, the Ark of the Covenant is hidden in a church in Aksum–a small city in the northern highlands–and guarded by a single monk.

Melissa Twigg

MIRAGE

Saudi Arabia’s Fashion Scene Is Real. Its ‘Reforms’ Are Not.

While I would like to go to Saudi again one day and see those famous rose-gold ruins or swim in the Red Sea, I hope it would be to a different incarnation of the country.

Melissa Twigg