Eaton square, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £30m This huge four-bedroom apartment is one of Belgravia’s most prestigious addresses. Spanning the first and second floor, this is one of the most magnificent and grandest living spaces on the square. Contact savills.co.uk or 020 7581 5234
The first pioneer of modern architecture September 27, 2012 Charles Voysey is considered to be one of the first originators of British modern architecture. The English architect, textile and furniture designer created around fifty buildings, many of which sadly no longer stand today. A number of his houses have recently emerged on the market, creating a renewed interest in this somewhat forgotten figure. Voysey [...]
Holy Motors is an instant cult hit September 27, 2012 FILM HOLY MOTORS Cert 18 | ***** After 13 years without making a single feature film, Leos Carax returns with an insane, anxiety-dream of a movie. Holy Motors is spectacularly, joyously weird. It’s unashamedly high-concept, but there’s enough dark, clownish humour to prevent it from ever being boring or grandiloquent. Holy Motors is a day [...]
Looper wants to be a Matrix for a new generation. In reality, it is nothing more than a forgettable, if engaging, sci-fi romp September 27, 2012 FILM LOOPER Cert 15 | *** Looper is one of those movies that keeps you engaged but then leaves you feeling slightly empty. Set in the year 2044, when the world is something of a mess, powerful criminal groups run the city and everywhere is awash with drug-taking, law breaking delinquents. The “looper” is prince [...]
Ferrell’s zaniness is a mismatch for the satirical humour of The Campaign September 27, 2012 FILM THE CAMPAIGN Cert 15 | ** Jay Roach’s new film The Campaign takes inspiration from the current US election – particularly, it would seem, the Republican primaries – with its depiction of two North Carolinians vying for a seat in congress. Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) is the folksy, Rick Perry-esque favourite, campaigning on the [...]
This clichéd war flop is a real aircrash September 27, 2012 FILM CROSS OF HONOR Cert 15 | * Cross of Honour takes place during the beginning of World War Two. The RAF and the Luftwaffe are locked in an aerial battle for strategically important, mineral-rich Norway. During a chance skirmish, two planes – one British and one German – are shot down in a snow-covered [...]
The iPhone 5 – is it more than a 4SS? September 26, 2012 Connectivity One of the biggest selling points for the iPhone 5 is its 4G technology, which will make mobile browsing far, far quicker. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been switched on yet in the UK. Tthe newly rebranded “EE” (formerly Everything Everywhere), plans to launch the first 4G network in London within “weeks”. If you’re on another [...]
Why Apple is playing the long-game with its Maps app September 26, 2012 An Apple user walks into a bar. Or a church. Or a field. He’s not really sure. Ha! A joke at Apple’s expense! That’s not something you hear every day. If you believe the hype, problems with Apple’s in-house Maps app could be the iPhone 5’s equivalent of the antenna troubles that dogged the launch [...]
Meet the hero of the Audi range September 25, 2012 The Neckarsulm facility, near Stuttgart in Germany, is the home of Audi’s R8 supercar production and where it builds its RS line of high-performance vehicles. It’s also where quattro GmbH and its motorsport division is based, which is why we’re racing across Europe from the UK to Neckarsulm on a 600-mile drive in Audi’s latest [...]
Car talk September 25, 2012 Seat redesigns its logo – and its Leon Spanish manufacturer Seat is getting a makeover. Its logo is getting a new, more modern and streamlined look and the first in a family of cars to wear it will be the all-new Leon hatchback. It will be unveiled at this week’s Paris Motor Show. The stylish [...]