Michelin verdict in but lacks sparkle October 6, 2011 ON Twitter, food-lovers were counting down the minutes to the Great Britain & Ireland Guide, and though there were grumbles that there was very little change in the restaurants awarded two and three stars, the Bib Gourmand category, which indicates “good food at moderate prices” most reflected the change in London restaurants over the last two [...]
ARTS ROUNDUP October 6, 2011 DRIVING MISS DAISY Wyndham’s Theatre Play of the oscar-winning film with Vanessa Redgrave and American actor James Earl Jones as her chauffeur. FAUST Royal Opera House Last chance to see Gounod’s version of the classic tale of hubris and overreaching. Ends 10 October. WAR HORSE New London Theatre The epic play charting the relationship between [...]
House prices down in September October 6, 2011 House prices unexpectedly fell 0.5 per cent in September and were 2.3 per cent lower in the three months to September compared with a year ago, a survey by mortgage lender Halifax showed. Analysts had expected a rise of 0.2 per cent on the month, for a three-month annual fall of 2.1 per cent. September’s [...]
Phones beyond Apple: our pick of the new crop October 5, 2011 HOORAY, the not-quite-iPhone 5 has arrived. Yes, it has this fancy voice-recognition software, which might well solve the perennial iPhone typing problem and has finally caught up with the majority of the market with its 8 megapixel camera. But whether this latest model is enough of a change to warrant ditching your current phone or [...]
THE IPHONE 4S October 5, 2011 Context is everything. Ad-man Martin Lindstrom published research this week claiming the sound of children laughing is the most “powerful”, “affecting” and “reassuring” sound in the world. But if you’re alone in an abandoned Victorian mental asylum, at night, with no torch, dizzy from an unexplained head wound… Different story, believe me. Such is the [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 5, 2011 Farmison food deliveries If you’re too busy to pop to the shops for supper, Farmison.com, which is supported by chef Brian Turner, has a great service that saves you hunting from shop to shop for the best ingredients. Celebrating the best of British, Farmison sources seasonal ingredients from butchers, grocers and artisan producers and will [...]
Poland and Italy lovingly recollected in recipes October 5, 2011 -Made in Sicily: Food and Stories By Giorgio Locatelli, £30 -Rose Petal Jam: Recipes and Stories from a Summer in Poland By Beata Zatorska and Simon Target, £25 FOOD writing has evolved into the porn of the book world – a look at how printed cookbooks are drastically bucking the trend of declining book sales [...]
An empire of darkness and crime October 5, 2011 MISHA Glenny is no stranger to investigating violent individuals. As a correspondent for the Guardian and BBC he covered corrupt politicians and megalomaniac generals in Yugoslavia. Following this, Glenny turned his sights on international crime syndicates, producing his findings in his celebrated 2008 work McMafia. In his latest, however, Glenny has swapped machine guns, cocaine [...]
ALSO OUT PICK OF THE BOOKS October 5, 2011 BAKINGS AND PUDDINGS By Henry Dimbleby and Claire Ptak The third cookbook from Leon, with a naughty but healthy twist. Three quarters of the recipes are sugar, gluten, wheat or dairy free. Score. THE MAP AND THE TERRITORY By Michel Houellebecq The fifth book from the infamous but brilliant French author is mercurial and surreal; [...]
How Boisdale owner fell hard for Jamaica October 5, 2011 I HAD never been particularly desperate to visit Jamaica despite its proximity to Cuba – to which I am a frequent and enthusiastic visitor. In truth I imagined it to be overrun with tourists and relatively hostile. What I encountered, though, was completely different to what I had imagined. I certainly cannot claim to be [...]