The brand new Fass of fashion October 6, 2011 GENTLEMAN, take note. You might not know of Michael Fassbender, but you will: the Fass-fest will start soon. The chiselled Brit has crept onto the big screen as Magneto in X-Men First Class, the cravatted Mr Rochester in Jane Eyre, and a sex addict in Shame opposite Carey Mulligan, a performance which earned him the [...]
HOW TO GET DRESSED October 6, 2011 FOUNDERS OF ROUS ILAND MEMBERS’ BOUTIQUE Q.Fashion pages are full of jumpsuits, I’d really love to wear one but I don’t think I can pull it off especially as I’m 5”3 and size 12. A.Just like dresses, there is a jumpsuit for every shape and personality. They’ve been around long enough to have proven they [...]
OTHER FASHION NEWS October 6, 2011 MILAN FASHION WEEK CLASH WITH LONDON Tensions rise as Milan has announced that its fashion week next September will overlap with London and New York’s. In spite of an agreement made in 2008 that events at New York, London, Milan and Paris should be scheduled sequentially, editors and buyers may be forced to choose one [...]
Allen is better than ever with this nostalgic romp October 6, 2011 Film MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Cert: 12A Woody Allen has been famously up and down in his noughties film-making career. Everyone loved to hate Match Point and Scoop (I rather liked them – ok, maybe not Scoop); but then, Vicky Cristina Barcelona was a triumph. I also liked Belinda and Belinda, but others loathed it. Midnight [...]
FRIEZE ART FAIR | HELENA LEE 13-16 OCTOBER October 6, 2011 WHAT? Frieze Art Fair is an annual London event in Regent’s Park that features acclaimed international art from over 170 contemporary galleries. Talks, tours and films will be given in addition to the 1,000 works presented, so there should be something for everyone. Expect dynamic work from emerging creative hotspots South America and Asia. WHO? [...]
Michelin verdict in but lacks sparkle October 6, 2011 ON Twitter, food-lovers were counting down the minutes to the Great Britain & Ireland Guide, and though there were grumbles that there was very little change in the restaurants awarded two and three stars, the Bib Gourmand category, which indicates “good food at moderate prices” most reflected the change in London restaurants over the last two [...]
ARTS ROUNDUP October 6, 2011 DRIVING MISS DAISY Wyndham’s Theatre Play of the oscar-winning film with Vanessa Redgrave and American actor James Earl Jones as her chauffeur. FAUST Royal Opera House Last chance to see Gounod’s version of the classic tale of hubris and overreaching. Ends 10 October. WAR HORSE New London Theatre The epic play charting the relationship between [...]
House prices down in September October 6, 2011 House prices unexpectedly fell 0.5 per cent in September and were 2.3 per cent lower in the three months to September compared with a year ago, a survey by mortgage lender Halifax showed. Analysts had expected a rise of 0.2 per cent on the month, for a three-month annual fall of 2.1 per cent. September’s [...]
Phones beyond Apple: our pick of the new crop October 5, 2011 HOORAY, the not-quite-iPhone 5 has arrived. Yes, it has this fancy voice-recognition software, which might well solve the perennial iPhone typing problem and has finally caught up with the majority of the market with its 8 megapixel camera. But whether this latest model is enough of a change to warrant ditching your current phone or [...]
THE IPHONE 4S October 5, 2011 Context is everything. Ad-man Martin Lindstrom published research this week claiming the sound of children laughing is the most “powerful”, “affecting” and “reassuring” sound in the world. But if you’re alone in an abandoned Victorian mental asylum, at night, with no torch, dizzy from an unexplained head wound… Different story, believe me. Such is the [...]