An angel in Wonderland doesn’t quite reach the satirical heights October 6, 2010 LIGHTS OUT IN WONDERLAND By DBC Pierre Faber & Faber, £12.99 by Jeremy Hazlehurst DBC Pierre’s first novel, Vernon God Little, was a brilliant act of ventriloquism in which he channelled the voice of a 15-year-old American boy on death row for a murder. This – his third novel – also tries to capture the [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 6, 2010 RORY KINNEAR AS HAMLET Roll up, roll up, tickets are on sale now to see this brilliant actor take on the biggest role imaginable. The Oliver-winner has proved that he is a versatile stage actor over the years, and it’s just the time for him to take on The Dane. Advance rumours suggest that he’ll [...]
Warm your cockles with a big, bold autumn red wine October 6, 2010 JAMES Joyce said that white wine is lightning, and red wine is beefsteak. I don’t know about you, but a beefsteak in a glass is exactly what I want at this time of year. We asked some of the City’s most trusted wine experts to recommend their favourite wines for this time of year. “Once [...]
New breed of hotel bars to boost London October 6, 2010 London may have cutting edge nightlife when it comes to clubs and restaurants but sadly the bar culture isn’t quite NYC. Fortunately the much maligned (if pricey) hotel bars are here to save the day. In the coming month the scene is going to get a serious boost with a host of new luxury hotels [...]
Shell out on British oysters October 6, 2010 LIKE Marmite and the ouevre of Robbie Williams, oysters divide opinion, and strongly. For some they are the perfect expression of pure foodiness, something that is best eaten quivering, dressed only with the smallest squeeze of lemon or (if you must) a dab of Tabasco. For others they are snotty little gobs of horror. I [...]
School of speed October 5, 2010 WE’VE done rather well in this column, test driving Aston Martin sports cars for CityA.M. The City of course is a key market for these cars, which is why I’ve been fortunate enough to get them. But the thing is, the more familiar I became with them the more I realised that UK speed restrictions [...]
CAR TALK October 5, 2010 JAZZ GOES HYBRID The best seller in the B-segment – the Honda Jazz – is now the first to go hybrid. The hybrid version of the Jazz has the same 1.3 litre i-VTEC engine as the Insight hybrid and is able to run on the electric motor alone. This will mean the cars emits only [...]
Get yourself ultimate fighting fit October 4, 2010 IT’S 48 hours since it finished, and I can just about pick up a pen now and my legs no longer feel like jelly… The reason for all this pain is a session of MMA, or mixed martial arts, a combination of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai kickboxing and Greco-Roman wrestling. MMA?is rapidly growing in popularity, [...]
If you’re feeling down, stop doing and start being October 4, 2010 RESEARCH published by Relate last week said that men are getting their mid-life crisis earlier than ever, and that men aged 35-44 are the least happy people. The numbers are chilling. Twenty-one per cent say they feel lonely a lot of the time; 22 per cent wanted a better relationship with their family; 30 per [...]
Queen of cakes gives tea a twist October 4, 2010 I ACTUALLY wanted to be a musician,” says Claire Clark. Unfortunately, her flute and violin playing wasn’t up to scratch. Happily for us, it meant she became the world’s best female patissiere, soon to open up a decadent cake shop – think champagne and chaises longues – in London. “My mother cooked everything,” says Clark, [...]