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. [...]
OUT OF OFFICE June 29, 2011 OPEN AIR THEATRE, REGENT’S PARK With any luck the rain is behind us now, and the warm weather here to stay – perfect conditions for a spot of al fresco theatre. The current production is John Gay’s famous tale of highwaymen, hangmen and the mean streets of old London, the Beggar’s Opera. Expect a typically [...]
Rolling towards a greener future June 28, 2011 IT seems fair to say that Rolls-Royce owners are not eco warriors. So when Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said they were building a prototype electric Rolls-Royce Phantom – called the 102EX or Phantom Experimental Electric (EE) – mine were not the only eyebrows raised. But at the very least the concept is intriguing. Why would Rolls-Royce [...]
CAR TALK June 28, 2011 URBAN CROSSOVER COUPE Citroen has launched its new DS4, a cool urban crossover coupé that has already won awards for its interior design. The car will sell with five engines – HDi 110 and HDi 160 diesel and VTi 120, THP 155 and a new THP 200 petrol. A DS4 equipped with the THP 200 [...]
Man up your summer skin June 27, 2011 GET THE SKIN 1 Jack Black double duty face moisturiser, £28, www.murdocklondon.com 2 Shiseido Skin Empowering Cream, £85, www.shiseido.co.uk 3 Skeen salicylic unclogging jet mattifying fluid, £37, www.spacenk.co.uk 4 Myego tinted moisturiser, £16.50, www.carterandbond.com 5 Tom Ford Grey Vetiver aftershave balm, £30, www.spacenk.co.uk 6 Kyoku for men Eye Fuel, £17 www.harrods.com 7 Proraso anti-wrinkle cream, £14, www.carterandbond.com
The German skin doctor set to captivate the London set June 27, 2011 WHEN a tanned German doctor in an Italian suit opens a door to find you half naked on a gurney covered in cream and towels, you feel slightly abashed. “I’m so sorry, I’m not usually late,” says celebrity dermatologist Dr Duve (pronounced duvet), more accustomed to seeing footballers and celebrities in his Munich clinic than [...]
EPISODE 16: In trouble with the parents June 27, 2011 DAD, Please listen.” My father does not listen. My mother has fallen and broken an ankle. My father is angry with the doctors. He is angry with my mother. And he is angry with me. He is expressing his boundless anger with great clarity. I hold the telephone away from my ear. Noel and Billy [...]
A luxe bootcamp on the Côte d’Azur takes the pain out of getting in shape June 26, 2011 YOU’RE obliged to go ‘aaahhhhh’,” said therapist Sophie Bonjean as she turned the hose from hot to cold. It’s Day One on La Réserve Ramatuelle’s Luxury Bootcamp and this, apparently, is doing wonders for my circulation. The morning started gently; yoga by the pool on the comfiest mat you will ever find yourself down-dogging on. [...]