PROPERTY NEWS October 14, 2010 HARRODS ESTATES’ PROPERTY ACQUISITION SERVICE Luxury real estate division Harrods Estates has this week launched a bespoke property acquisition services which is intended to help clients who may be too busy or who want to maintain their privacy through the whole home buying process, from the initial search to contract exchange and completion. The service [...]
BUYING October 14, 2010 MANAGING PARTNER, BLACK BRICK Q.There has been lots of negativity surrounding house prices recently. Are prices in central London falling? A.There has been a recent wave of negative headlines surrounding UK houses prices recently. The unexpectedly large 3 per cent drop in the Halifax house price index in September has grabbed the bulk of the [...]
How to start a cyber revolution October 14, 2010 FLM THE SOCIAL NETWORK Cert: 12A Zoe Strimpel THERE is almost nobody I can think of that will not be absorbed by Seven director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin’s scarily well-made and well-acted film about the founding of Facebook. The social networking empire the then-undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg dreamt up at Harvard in 2004 now [...]
PREVIEW: October 14, 2010 Various venues, until Oct 28 Want to know what films are going to be making the headlines next year? The BFI London Film Festival, which opened this week and runs for the next fortnight, brings together a panoply of the most anticipated new films, as well as hidden gems from around the world and a [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND October 14, 2010 FILM VAMPIRES SUCK It was only a matter of time until we got a Twilight pastiche. Guess what? It, like, sucks. OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW Documentary about German artist Anselm Kiefer. KNOCK OUT Swedish movie about a former boxer trying to make it as a country musician. DVD THE LOSERS Comic-style action silliness [...]
The rise and rise of luxe knitwear October 14, 2010 POOR knitwear. Despite its high fashion credentials and cleverly crafty origins, vestments made of knitted wool are still commonly associated with commune-dwellers and grungy boho hippies. Yet as British Wool Week draws to a close, one has only to look at labels such as Missoni, Sonia Rykiel and wool-based label The North Circular, co-run by [...]
The latest watches for the (truly) discerning man October 14, 2010 JAPANESE company Seiko may be best known for its high-end quartz watches, but the company makes some pretty spectacular mechanical numbers too. Last year it launched its Ananta line of watches, which use Seiko’s cherished Spring Drive movements, in which the hands glide rather than tick round the dial –?they’re bewitching to look at. It’s [...]
JOHN LEWIS GOES MOBILE October 14, 2010 John Lewis this week launched a mobile-friendly website that enables customers to buy from the full selection of goods and find their nearest shop by entering m.johnlewis.com. Plans for an app are afoot – this mobile site acts as an enabler for a mobile application – penned for a potential launch in 2011. m.johnlewis.com
LAUREN’S FIRST RUGBY SHOP IN THE UK October 14, 2010 Ralph Lauren has signed the lease on a shop in Covent Garden for the first UK branch of its Rugby franchise, set to open in autumn 2011. The feel is “campus” meets “downtown prep”. There’s a whiff of Britishness about it, given the “classic, sporting heritage” of the brand – and, of course, the sport [...]
VERSACE COMES BACK TO FINANCIAL LIFE October 14, 2010 The fashion house known for its brash designs has come back from the near-dead, and is eyeing re-entry into Japan. The full-year revenue of the house – whose chief designer is Donatella Versace – will exceed €280m, well beyond forecasts. The reversal of fortunes comes as luxury goods conglomerate LMVH announces record profit.