HOW TO GET DRESSED November 10, 2011 FOUNDERS OF ROUS ILAND MEMBERS’ BOUTIQUE Q.I head up a team at work. I like wearing pencil skirts but how can I be sure to avoid the “sexy secretary” look? A.In less emancipated times, when women were restricted to purely junior support roles, the pencil skirt was a woman’s key work-wear piece. In the 80s [...]
Skyscraper put on ice November 9, 2011 LONDON property developer Great Portland Estates said it is unlikely to secure a major letting to begin construction of its planned 100 Bishopsgate skyscraper in the City for at least six months. The group has a joint venture with Canadian property firm Brookfield to build the proposed office tower in London’s financial district, but pre-lets [...]
Playback services at a glance November 9, 2011 WHEN the BBC pioneered the internet TV and radio service BBC iPlayer in 2007, it changed the face of terrestrial television. Tailored TV viewing had truly arrived – a more engaging service that made programmes more freely available. Broadcasters are savvy to the demands of viewers and have embraced the smart TV and the age [...]
OUT OF OFFICE November 9, 2011 PUDDING PARLOUR AT THE ATHENAEUM Hungry post-opera? Pop into the Athenaeum’s new pudding parlour. Expect a “Pudding of the Month” from Edd Kimber, winner of the Great British Bake-Off, and cakes and tarts made by its French pastry chef. If you’d like sauce with your pud, then an extensive pudding wine menu is also on [...]
All you need is ART November 9, 2011 The annual ING Discerning Eye exhibition, showcasing the work of unknown alongside established artists, opens to the public today at The Mall Galleries. 300 artists will display their artworks at this year’s exhibition, which attracted over 2,000 submissions. Selectors include artists Eileen Cooper, Head of the Printmaking Department at the Royal Academy Schools and Lisa [...]
Latin-fever hits London next year with cuisine from Peru and Brasil November 9, 2011 COLOMBIA Sabor has lived on the Essex Road since 2004. Its name means flavour, and that’s exactly what it delivers: the taste of Latin America. Including Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Argentina in its culinary repertoire, you can expect empanadas, ceviches, palm-heart salads and papaya relish from Colombian national Esnayder Cuartas. 108 Essex Road, N1 8LX, [...]
5 minutes with David Ponté, owner of Cabana restaurant November 9, 2011 Q. What’s Cabana all about? A.The whole point of Cabana is that it’s generous. That’s the sprit of barbecue. It’s about Brazilians getting together, eating together, making Caipirinha, which gets better as sits in your glass. It’s a very social thing. It’s got the essence of being very Brazilian. Q. What do you love about [...]
Persimmon and Bovis see demand rise November 8, 2011 TWO of the UK’s biggest housebuilders yesterday reported a boost in demand as the sector picked-up with first time buyers helping to lift the gloom. Persimmon said the number of first-time buyers has risen by over 35 per cent since the same period last year, a welcome boost to the industry that has seen first-time [...]
A Playboy queen in chef’s whites November 8, 2011 IMAGINE, for a moment, the head chef at a Playboy Club. Whatever image just sprang to your mind, I am fairly certain it is not Judy Joo. A Korean-American former Wall Street banker (she was a sales-trader on the fixed income floor of Morgan Stanley; her husband works for a hedge fund in London), Joo [...]
Nail-biting times call for nail-saving measures, boys November 8, 2011 I have never given cuticles much thought. I tend to consider them a neutral part of the body; neither good nor bad, like the bladder or the spleen. Not so. My cuticles are “outrageous,” according to The Refinery’s nail expert Christine. Outrageously bad, to be precise. The Refinery on Mayfair’s Brook Street is a vast, [...]