PROPERTY NEWS November 4, 2010 FINCHLEY ROAD’S NEW LUXURY DEVELOPMENT Albany Homes International has unveiled West Heath Place, which is a luxury collection of two, three and four-bedroom apartments as well as penthouses and a cottage on Finchley Road. Prices start from £795,000 for a two-bed apartment. Call 020 8201 8780 for appointments to visit the show home. FOXTONS OPENS [...]
RENTING November 4, 2010 CEO AND FOUNDER OF UPAD.CO.UK Q.Dear James, I want to sell my flat. What do I have to tell my tenants? A.It all depends on the tenancy agreement: you can’t conclude the fixed period of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) early because you want to sell. If you’re in a periodic tenancy, you’ll need to [...]
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 [...]