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. [...]
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 [...]