TRAVEL NOTES July 3, 2011 …AND THE REAL, AFRICAN VERSION For those fancying a taste of the real safari life on the African plains, Sanctuary Zebra Plains is a new luxury walking safari camp in Zambia’s South Luangwa region. Rather than heading out in a jeep to snap animals from a distance, you set out on foot with Garth Hovell, [...]
OXTED, SURREY June 30, 2011 CROYDON ROAD Price: £249,950 This apartment has two double bedrooms, an entrance hall and a fully fitted kitchen. The lounge-diner and kitchen are open plan and the master bedroom has an en-suite bathroom. There are communal gardens and allocated parking that is accessible by electric gates. Contact: 01883 331000 or go to www.cubittandwest.co.uk LITTLE COURT, [...]
RENT June 30, 2011 DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL LONDON FIRM DRAKER LETTINGS, SPECIALISING IN CHELSEA, KENSINGTON AND PIMLICO. Q. We have just let our property out to a banker. My husband and I were very excited at first but all he seems to do is complain about the little things in our property, is quite abrupt and calls us constantly. [...]
High glamour on the Dorset coast June 30, 2011 FOR years there’s only been one place on the South Coast for the rich and glamorous to live (if ever properties became available) – the Sandbanks peninsula near Poole Harbour. Metre for metre, at one point it had the most expensive land value in the world – plots go for as much as £10,000 per square [...]
Please Hollywood, no more robots June 30, 2011 Film TRANSFORMERS 3: DARK OF THE MOON Cert: PG RIGHT now Hollywood’s suffering a bit of a crisis – people are stopping going to see 3D films. If you ask me, this film sums up why. It’s an endless slog of CGI willy-waving. The climactic battle lasts a full hour – as ugly, interchangeable robots [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND June 30, 2011 FILM AS IF I AM NOT THERE Gritty, gripping drama set during the Bosnian War. A SEPARATION A beautifully made, small-scale Iranian drama of life and love. DELHI BELLY A Bollywood gross-out comedy, about three flatmates getting into scrapes in Delhi. DVD SEASON OF THE WITCH Nicolas Cage is a medieval knight – yeah, right [...]
House prices flat in June June 30, 2011 House prices in England and Wales held steady in June, and this trend of broadly static prices is likely to continue for the rest of the year, mortgage lender Nationwide said. Nationwide’s June house price index showed no change on the month, compared to a 0.3 per cent rise in May, and was 1.1 percent [...]
Polo’s biggest star set to wow the crowds at Ham June 29, 2011 When the chance comes along to see the Argentine Adolfo Cambiaso play polo, women across the city race to the field. Widely considered the most gorgeous man in sport, the Jaeger-LeCoultre model is also one of the most talented (he used to model more but rumour has it he found it too boring). He summers [...]
Bigger breasts, bigger salary? Or a feminist nightmare… June 29, 2011 DEAR VEXED: I’m thinking about getting a breast augmentation to help me get ahead at work. Should I? Denise, 26, investment banking AN author and economist called Catherine Hakim has written widely on an idea called erotic capital. It says that you do better at work and in your life if you are more beautiful. [...]