ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND FILMS, MUSIC, GAMES April 14, 2011 FILM YOUR HIGHNESS Medieval slacker comedy with Natalie Portman and James Franco. LITTLE WHITE LIES Critically acclaimed, hugely successful French contemporary drama. SCREAM 4 Yet another return to the post-modern, post-ironic, post-necessary slasher genre spoof. DVD HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 The wizard series hits a pre-finale holding pattern. THE GIRL WHO [...]
Choc & Awe April 13, 2011 TIME was when an Easter egg was a bottom-rung milk chocolate concoction picked up at the corner shop, that kids could hunt for in the garden before being made sick by it. But now that we’re a nation of foodies – and more to the point, a nation increasingly rich in the kind of imaginative [...]
Mayfair gets itself a huge new private club April 13, 2011 Going Out NUMBER 141 Park Lane has just become the home of new members’ nightclub One For One, the biggest club launch in Mayfair for some time. Celebrations were certainly on the cards when it sold a nebuchadnezzer of Armand de Brignac (Ace of Spades) champagne on its second night, the most expensive recorded in [...]
The new, prettier Jeep April 12, 2011 JEEP is America’s original, iconic extreme off-road brand and the oldest SUV brand there is. Originally used by the US military, its since become an upmarket choice for the school run. With its latest Compass SUV, which goes on sale this month (the first modern Jeep to be offered with a two-wheel “soft roader” option), [...]
CAR TALK April 12, 2011 GOOD TIMES WITH THE 3 TOWERS RALLY If Staples to Naples is too much like roughing it and the Mille Miglia is a little out of your reach, then the 3 Towers Rally – which takes place between 9-17 July 2011 – may be right up your alley. Organised by automotive charity BEN, the rally [...]
Boisdale rings the changes for life in Canary Wharf April 11, 2011 THERE are few restaurateurs who better understand the disposition and dining requirements of the business high-flyer than Ranald MacDonald. Since 1988, when he opened his much-loved restaurant Boisdale of Belgravia, he’s been dispensing hearty Scottish food, superior malt whiskies, Cuban cigars and stonking jazz music to his fellow bon viveurs, all wrapped in a tidy [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS April 11, 2011 BISTRO DU VIN OPENS… It’s all happening in Clerkenwell. Hot on the heels of last week’s Zetter Townhouse launch – a hotel which happens to include an apothecary-style cocktail bar from the 69 Colebroke Row crew – comes a slick new eatery on St John Street (surely London’s foodiest thoroughfare) in the space vacated by [...]
Episode Six: Midnight awakenings April 11, 2011 “EMMA… Are you awake?” Emma twists and stretches. She draws the duvet tightly around her. “No.” “Emma.” She rubs her eyes and looks at the digital clock. 12.24am. “I’m not having sex with you David. Not now.” “No. It’s not that. I saw that dinosaur Carmichael for lunch a few days ago.” “Oh. You didn’t [...]
A spa for all seasons, particularly summer April 11, 2011 WHEN a Four Seasons opens, you can count on a bit of fanfare – some state-of-the-art design, some standard-setting opulence. When it reopens in London after a refurb costing £100m, your expectations can be even higher. Rooms, foyer, bar, restaurant and spa all have their own horns to toot. In the case of the Four [...]
The Palace 5* April 11, 2011 Showcasing European elegance in the heart of urban Sliema, The Palace is certainly befitting of its majestic name. This luxurious hotel is a real oasis of calm, boasting sumptuous, modern décor alongside pampering spa and leisure facilities. The style continues outside too, with a gorgeous infinity pool on the hotel roof – the kind of [...]