The alternative summer blockbusters May 9, 2012 Blockbuster movies arrive in the summer, when the kids are off school and people aren’t forced into hibernation by inclement weather. The big games, though, hit shelves in the autumn, in time for Christmas. This year will see titles including Grand Theft Auto V, Halo 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Assassin’s Creed III, [...]
THIS SUMMER’S GAMING ON THE GO May 9, 2012 The Journey Down This port of the classic game will bring the point and click adventure to iOS and Android devices. Judging by the trailer, the graphics are lush and the humour is as deadpan as ever. N.O.V.A. 3 It is testament to how far portable devices have come that they can run a multi-player, [...]
New Mini roadster stays the course May 8, 2012 THE rain is biblical. At times the water flying from the tyres underneath the new Mini Roadster I’m in is almost all I can hear. Mini’s communications people are putting a brave face on it, but launching a roadster in such appalling weather is always disappointing. We don’t get to see too much of the [...]
CAR TALK May 8, 2012 Go “live” to win races If you’ve always dreamed of being a racing driver but your race-winning has remained stubbornly virtual, the fourth Nissan PlayStation GT Academy 2012 contest is now “live”. Entrants have eight weeks to complete eight PS3 Gran Turismo virtual driving contests. Shortlisted drivers ultimately get to undertake real-world driver training at [...]
Rein in back pain May 7, 2012 It is second only to stress on the list of reasons for long-term absence from work, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Four out of five of us will suffer from it at some point in our lives, yet few of us take active steps to prevent it until it is [...]
Swimming star shares her tips with City A.M. May 7, 2012 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT With just over two months to go until the Olympics, team GB hopeful Keri-Anne Payne still found time to be an official ambassador for this year’s Swimathon (swimathon.org), an event that a whopping 26,078 swimmers across the UK took part in. I caught up with her to get her take on [...]
The fine philosophy of the world’s third best kitchen May 7, 2012 THEY do things differently in Spain – the football, the recessions and the food. Definitely the food. I’m not talking about the penchant for eating fried calamari in a baguette (carbs? What carbs?) or the way meat trumps vegetables every time or the archetypal beauty of the jamon. No, I’m talking about philosophy: an unironic, [...]
The UK’s leading watch magazine is inviting City A.M. readers to cast their votes May 4, 2012 THE luxury magazine for watch lovers, 00/24 WatchWorld, is offering City A.M. readers the chance to vote in one of the most prestigious competitions in the watch industry. The 00/24 WatchWorld Watch of the Year competition rewards the best watches across four price categories, plus an award for the best women’s watch, as decided by [...]
LONDONTIME May 3, 2012 World Timers: the executive watch Celebrating an icon: the Royal Oak Fast cars, fast watches
Watches for those with a global outlook May 3, 2012 THERE’S a case to be made that in the age of global business the ultimate executive watch is a world timer. For anyone whose work sees them regularly jetting between time zones, or who simply needs to know the hour in different markets around the globe at any given moment, a world timer – in [...]