The bravest polemicist of them all November 3, 2010 The World turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth and Power by Melanie Phillips Encounter, £13.99 Melanie Phillips is one of the most important public intellectuals in Britain today. Her trenchant columns speak for a significant tranche of people in our country who feel themselves cut adrift from “mainstream” thinking, left with the [...]
BOOKS NEWS November 3, 2010 bond books go live today Ian Fleming’s estate has announced that the Bond books are going to published digitally in the UK for the first time, but through Ian Fleming Publications – which has owned the rights since the author died in 1964 – rather than through current print publisher Penguin. The 14 007 titles [...]
The dining scene is hotting up this winter November 3, 2010 AGAINST the odds perhaps, but 2010 has been a cracking year for restaurant openings in London. From the old-fashioned cool of Soho’s Dean Street Townhouse to Pierre Koffmann’s return to glory, the cosy joy that is Polpo to Daniel Boulud’s Knightsbridge bistro, there’s been plenty to love. And if anything, the openings are accelerating. The [...]
East London is stormed by new bars November 3, 2010 APLETHORA of new bars are arriving from the East (or at least East of central). First up we have the new offering from Will Ricker’s group, Glo Glo (pictured below). This super cool Shoreditch bar is on Great Eastern Street but is perfect for cocktail lovers. One of a new breed of female mixologists is [...]
The future has a whole new sound November 2, 2010 WHATEVER your view on electric and hybrid cars, driving around the city in one of them in near silence is something that takes a lot of getting used to for some drivers. Spare a thought for pedestrians too, particularly those with sight problems. Traffic, in the absence of engine noise, is a potentially frightening, even [...]
CAR TALK November 2, 2010 RARE VIEW OF PAGANI ZONDA CINQUE ROADSTER Fancy a sneak peak at a car that’s rarer than hen’s teeth? The new £1.3m special edition Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster – the last of only five built – will be displayed at this year’s Prestige & Performance Motor Show. The roadster has a 678hp Mercedes AMG V12 [...]
The gizmo for a healthy life November 1, 2010 CALORIE counting is out. That’s if you take your cues from WeightWatchers anyway, which is moving to another system based on levels of carbs, protein, fibre and fat in your diet. Let’s face it, though, this is hardly the death knell for thinking about calories when aiming for a healthier lifestyle and leaner body – [...]
The science of longevity November 1, 2010 MOST City folk would probably not include traditional Indian homeopathy in their daily list of considerations. Yet ayurveda – which comes from the Sanskrit words for “longevity” (ayus) and “related to knowledge” (veda) – is quietly playing an increasing role in the lives of health-seekers – urban and otherwise. Madonna, Jennifer Aniston and Cindy Crawford [...]
FIT IN THE CITY November 1, 2010 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT DIET-to your-door. Even in the current economic climate, demand for diet meal delivery services is on the rise. We’re a time-poor, nutritionally-savvy city of workers who want to maintain our waistline – but not to the detriment of our health (and rightly so). So what’s the very best in meals-on-wheels the [...]
Great wine-dining near St Paul’s November 1, 2010 Bar Battu 48 Gresham Street, W1U 5QU, EC2V 7AY tel: 020 7036 6100 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £25 POOR Bar Battu. A brilliant little restaurant opens with delightful staff, genuine enthusiasm for the good things in life, surprising wine – at times truly special – and delicious food, and all people [...]