Harriet Compston Harriet Compston is an author and travel writer who has contributed to publications including Country Life, Forbes, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Independent and Tatler. Lord Crewe Arms: A beautiful guest house beloved of W. H. Auden The Double Red Duke: A beautiful inn with wonderful food, and the joys of the Cotswolds on the doorstep With travel across Britain back, Harriet Compston visited the Double Red Duke in Oxfordshire.