More efficiency, less sexiness September 6, 2011 THERE was a time when the only diesel Porsche you could buy was a tractor. But after Ferdinand Porsche’s tractor designs of the 1950s came the rather more striking and long-lasting 911 and Porsche became a sports car company. But now the best selling Porsche product is the Cayenne SUV, a vehicle that was widely [...]
CAR TALK September 6, 2011 VW’S ONE-SEATER VISION The future of commuting according to VW is travelling in cars that only seat one, as most daily commuters travel alone. Volkswagen’s unusual looking NILS concept is a single-seat EV which has two glass wing doors and free-standing wheels. It’s small – at just over 3m long and 1.2 metres tall – [...]
Salve your post-holiday skin with these soothers September 5, 2011 CHANCES are, you’re either fresh off the beach – skin still salty and a little tender – or you’re mourning the departure of your tan. The spectre of skin damage is probably also lingering somewhere. How to claw back the health of some of those damaged cells – and in the first instance, how to [...]
FIT IN THE CITY September 5, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT YOU know those lucky naturally thin people that eat loads? Well, they’ve won a genetic lottery of sorts. Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Lausanne found that around one in 2,000 people have a duplicated gene making them many times more likely to be skinny (23 times more if [...]
Motor chic: look the part on an autumn drive in the Alps September 5, 2011 AUTUMN breaks don’t come much more spectacular than driving holidays in the Alps, where the summer season still has a month and a half to go. Hiring a classic set of wheels for a buzz along the snaking Stelvio Pass or the Grossglockner High Alpine road still has the glamour of the great age of [...]
HOW TO GET DRESSED: EUROPE CITY BREAK September 5, 2011 FOUNDERS OF ROUS ILAND MEMBERS’ BOUTIQUE, WWW.ROUSILAND.COM Q. I’m grabbing an early-autumn break in Rome, rather than heading to the beach. It’s still hot there: what do I need to look cool in the city? A.Rome in September can be pretty sweltering but you need to dress city (and sometimes Vatican) appropriate. Set yourself apart from [...]
FASHION NEWS September 5, 2011 WINDOWS ON THE FASHION WORLD The self-proclaimed hub of London Fashion Week, the May Fair Hotel, is going all out for fashion week (16-21 Sep). For one thing, its windows will be transformed into works of fashion art, a la Champs Elysee. Elsewhere there you’ll find fashion week cocktails and even a themed spa treatment. Stratton [...]
Peathead’s paradise on the Hebrides September 5, 2011 FOR the malt whisky enthusiast, the Scottish island of Islay is undoubtedly the place to visit when it comes to exploring some of the finest and most flavoursome whiskies in the world. Once the staple preserve for a generation of rosy-cheeked grandfathers, malt whisky is currently enjoying something of a renaissance with a new group [...]
Chilled red wine? You must be…deadly serious September 5, 2011 HEAD SOMMELIER AND MANAGER OF LUTYENS RESTAURANT IMAGINE for a moment that the English weather hasn’t let you down, that you’re basking in the sunshine of a glorious late summer (or early autumn) day. You want the refreshment of a white wine but you’re more of a red drinker. You could reach for the rosé [...]
Housing boom would create 200k new jobs September 4, 2011 AS the government’s proposed planning rules are debated by environmentalists and concerned “nimbys”, a report out today claims a housing boom could create 201,000 jobs. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) estimates that policies which free up the housing market supply to match the level of demand would create a housing explosion. In [...]