Stepping into summer with colour and verve May 2, 2012 Carven linen and patent leather slingbacks, £325, netaporter.com The fashion pack’s favourite new label, these multi-texture, multi-colour slingbacks are the perfect way to bring summer to work. Acne Ambrosia tasselled leather sandals, £330, brownsfashion.com A-listers love this Swedish brand, and these tasselled sandals are the latest must-have. Gorgeous earth tones make them versatile and elegant. [...]
…and at Mr Porter, it’s all about colours and soft fabrics May 2, 2012 Jimmy Choo Eaton fringed driving shoe, £295 We say if you’re getting behind the wheel of a slick vehicle, you need the togs to match. And hey, zooming through the Alps can wear the feet out; these will make the ride smoother. Rivieras cotton slip-ons, £50 A shoe that evokes summer in all its verdant [...]
Smartphone makers go to war May 2, 2012 The big players in the smartphone world are preparing to deploy the latest weapons in their arsenal. At the high-end of the market, the battle between Apple and Samsung is hotting up with today’s release of the Galaxy S3. Meanwhile, RIM hopes to reaffirm its role as the “best of the rest” with its first [...]
Why RIM launch made me type this face :*( May 2, 2012 So RIM has unveiled… Well, nothing, really. A rather uninspiring prototype for a phone template its rivals brought to market half a decade ago. An unfinished operating system with no launch date. It is like the Emperor with his new clothes, except people worked out years ago that he was naked. Now they just turn [...]
PHONES THAT HAVE FALLEN IN COMBAT May 2, 2012 Palm Pre | 2009 The PDA-maker briefly threatened to break into the smartphone market with the Palm Pre. However, it was dogged with patent infringements and never sold in volume. Palm was sold to HP a year later. BlackBerry Torch | 2010 Is it a touchscreen or is it a Qwerty? Why, it’s both! The [...]
Driving this Jeep is a hard wrangle May 1, 2012 Wow, this is cool Daddy, what is it?” says my daughter as she clambers into the back of the 70th Anniversary edition Jeep Wrangler. I appear to have acquired instant street cred. Amongst the under threes, in any case. That I am driving this car at all for this column is questionable. There is almost [...]
CAR TALK May 1, 2012 Audi Q5 SUV with Google and online radio Details on the latest Audi Q5 SUV have been released. The popular 4×4 has undergone styling tweaks and chassis improvements and has a new electro-mechanical power steering system. Engine efficiency is up by 15 per cent. You can now also choose Audi’s in-car internet service which includes [...]
Yoga and the City: where the busiest go to stretch April 30, 2012 The City is not a place one associates with yoga. Pounding away on a treadmill in a gym seems a more natural fit for the thrusting speed of life in financial services. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find the City has more holistic alternatives, from mediation centres to secret spas. One of its [...]
FIT IN THE CITY April 30, 2012 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT Over the next few weeks I’m going to be trying out some of the City’s top weight loss methods in the lead up to bikini/Speedo season. Tried and Tested: The Food Doctor Clinic Last week I visited The Food Doctor Clinic in Harley St (www.thefooddoctor.com), to see how a holistic (in [...]
EPISODE 55 – A LUNCHTIME INTRUSION April 30, 2012 I wince to hear Caroline’s name. But Nick doesn’t notice. He’s too wrapped up in his 25 per cent Q1 increase in sales and the business introductions Caroline and her colleagues have effected. It’s our quarterly catch-up on his business and my equity investment. Caroline… Between pipping me to last year’s City A.M. award, rescuing [...]