ROYAL WEDDING GLAMOUR: ON A MODEST BUDGET May 26, 2011 FOUNDERS OF ROUS ILAND MEMBERS’ BOUTIQUE, WWW.ROUSILAND.COM Q. I’m getting married in September. I absolutely love what Kate Middleton wore but I don’t have a royal budget! What should I go for? A. CREATING the perfect wedding dress is all about the fabric – you want to look elegant and slightly regal but remain natural [...]
The Wolfpack goes mad in Bangkok May 26, 2011 Film THE HANGOVER II Cert: 15 BRUISED, bloodied, blacked-out and stood high above a sweltering Bangkok, it’s the morning after the night before. Again. Following their 2009 antics in Vegas, the dysfunctional “Wolfpack” – Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis – is back. Three manboys, their sensible mate, and one wedding in Thailand. What [...]
HALF TERM IN LONDON | WHAT TO DO AND SEE May 26, 2011 DOCTOR WHO EXPERIENCE: Fans of the hit BBC series can now re-live it in all its glory with this exhibition and “experience”. Visitors can time travel on an interactive video adventure with Doctor Who and are even given the opportunity to step in to the Tardis. There is also a show exhibition with memorabilia, original [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK | FILM, MUSIC, GAMES May 26, 2011 FILM APOCALYPSE NOW Re-release for Francis Ford Coppola’s spellbinding depiction of the Vietnam war. ANGELS OF EVIL Elegant Italian crime saga about the rise and fall of a Milanese mobster. LIFE, ABOVE ALL South African film exploring the harshness of life in modern Johannesburg. DVD LOVE AND OTHER Drugs Saucy romantic comedy with Jake Gyllenhaal [...]
An exclusive way to sample the simplest, best Gallic food May 25, 2011 AS dinner parties go, this one’s a bit different. Over to my left sits double Michelin-starred chef Claude Bosi of Hibiscus, on the right is Joel Antunes of South Bank’s acclaimed Brasserie Joel and opposite him is Russell Norman, the rising star of London’s restaurant scene with his hugely popular “Venetian tapas” joints Polpo, Spuntino [...]
Bunny-tails to be shaking once again May 25, 2011 Finishing touches are being applied to Mayfair’s prettiest new face, where Hugh Hefner plans to evoke the golden age of his empire – the Playboy Club London on Old Park Lane soft launches tonight. Would-be Don Drapers will absolutely adore this extravagant and exclusive establishment, where gentlemanly desires such as dining, drinking and gambling will [...]
Learning from mistakes for success May 25, 2011 ADAPT BY TIM HARFORD Little Brown, £20 by Philip Salter THE “undercover economist”, Tim Harford has a new book out: Adapt. Its central theme is the examination of failure and success, reasoning that a bit of the former is vital to achieve the latter; and even when you are successful, in order to keep it, [...]
Fancy yourself as a top chef? Sign up to The Big City Cook May 25, 2011 WE’VE all been there – Sat in front of the television watching “Masterchef” frustrated, as yet another builder/housewife/Z-list celebrity turns out a deflated soufflé. Suddenly the thought pops in to our heads: “I could do better than that.” Well soon, the suffering could be over. September sees the launch of The Big City Cook, a [...]
The new Sharan: big AND clever May 24, 2011 BACK in the early 90s it felt like MPVs were everywhere. Created to solve the challenge of how to move big families about, they were sold as useful and trendy until the public caught on to the fact that the reality was rather different. Though big, these lumbering beasts often proved impractical, with minimal luggage [...]
CAR TALK May 24, 2011 ASTON MARTIN TEAMS WITH ZAGATO To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic DB4GT Zagato, Aston Martin has created an elegant, new V12 Zagato concept with the Italian design house Zagato. The car has a handcrafted aluminium body and features the iconic Zagato double bubble roof. The car premiered at the Villa D’Este Concours, Lake [...]