NICK BOOTH TECH TALK July 21, 2010 Nick Booth, editor of www.mobileb2b.co.uk, had builder trouble with his home – and his website. If only he’d used these translation services… TOO tired to text? All thumbed out? Are you one of life’s great dictators? There are all kinds of gizmos that claim to translate your words into prose. But how “egg curate” are [...]
Brett Easton Ellis is back with a chilling seventh novel July 21, 2010 IMPERIAL BEDROOMS BY BRETT EASTON ELLIS PICADOR, £16.99 BY ZOE STRIMPEL ONCE part of the American literary brat pack of the 1980s that included Jay McInerney and Tama Janowitz, Ellis is in many ways the most intriguing and – thanks to his famed use of violence in 1991’s American Psycho, about Manhattan yuppie serial killer [...]
LIFE COACH July 21, 2010 WITH Boris Johnson’s Paris-style bicycle hire scheme launching on 30 July, Londoners who have hitherto been put off by the hassle of owning a bike will see a brave new world of green, healthy travel opening up before them. But for the commuter – particularly the female one – cycling to work isn’t always sartorially [...]
Show the world you’ve made it July 20, 2010 IT doesn’t seem so long ago that you’d go round to someone’s house and know they had a few quid because they’d have a telly with doors on it. Since then, TVs have got thinner and the cathode ray tubes which used to make them approximately the width of a sofa have shrunk so much [...]
CAR TALK July 20, 2010 PEUGEOT’S NEW LOOK Take note. This is the new Peugeot 508 which is the biggest indicator yet of how much more handsome Peugeot cars are going to become. The 508 replaces two cars in the Peugeot range – the 407 and 607 – and is better looking than either. Thanks to its narrower grille and [...]
Find a superstar facialist July 19, 2010 LONDON is overwhelming at the best of times. When it comes to locating the best therapists in a sea of spas and salons, you may well end up overpaying for the privelage of an inferior, unsatisying treatment and a surly, standardised therapist. Facials are among the most intimate treatments and are the easiest to get [...]
BEAUTY NOTES: DAXITA VAGHELA EYELASH EXTENSIONS July 19, 2010 PERHAPS it wasn’t the cleverest timing.?I decided to have eyelash extensions 10 days after laser eye surgery. But Daxita, who does a full set of lashes in an industry-beating single hour, put me at ease with her immensely light touch and singsong voice. My options were a natural look, a “fashion” look and an all-out [...]
FIT IN THE CITY July 19, 2010 LEFT it until the last minute to tackle your beach body? Fear not – we have a brilliant 3-point plan to get you great results. PUMP SOME IRON Male or female, everyone’s problem areas look better for a bit of strength work in the gym. Aside from giving your body a more toned appearance, training [...]
Not flashy, but still good July 19, 2010 The Capital 22 Basil Street, SW3 1AT Tel: 020 7591 1202 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £50 IT’S all happening in Knightsbridge. Pierre Koffman, the cook who dazzled Eighties London with La Tante Clare and Noughties London with last year’s pop-up restaurant on the roof of Selfridges, has just opened an eponymous [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS July 19, 2010 TAKE HIGH TEA ON DEAN STREET Soho’s hottest spot for power breakfasts and gossipy dinners has launched afternoon and high tea menus in keeping with its down-to-earth English style of cooking. Retro is the word for the high tea: but rather than the dreary offerings of the rationing era, expect lovely plump fish fingers, Scotch [...]