ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND February 10, 2011 FILMS JUST GO WITH IT Rom com with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston. For masochists only. YOGI BEAR New animated version of the Sixties cartoon, with Dan Ackroyd on “pick-a-nick basket” duties. SON OF BABYLON Iraqi drama about a boy and his grandmother in the chaos of modern Iraq. DVD EAT PRAY LOVE Julia Roberts [...]
Why the love of your life is just a click away February 9, 2011 CHRISTMAS and New Year are over. You’re feeling fat, poor, anxious and – if you’re single – panicked. What do you do? You vow to go on a diet, you cut back on the expensive nights out and, in the hopes of sticking to the one resolution you really care about, you sign up to [...]
Scents to make the one you love (or like) swoon February 9, 2011 FOR HER FEMME FATALE: LOVE IN BLACK BY CREED Dark, powdery and seductive – the silent screen siren of scent. Florentine iris, glorious pure Damascus rose and a violet encore. Love In Black by Creed £142/75mls from www.creedfragrances.co.uk SENSUAL: SKIN PETALS BY ILLUMINUM Succulent apple blossom and wild berry, mellows into a duo of fragile [...]
Pocket camcorders February 9, 2011 PUT it down to the rise of the video blogger, the omnipotence of YouTube or the influence of mobile phones and digital cameras with video options, but the game has changed when it comes to recording moving images. Everyone’s a filmmaker these days, and you don’t need mini-DV to do it. A couple of years [...]
WHAT’S NEW IN GADGETS AND TECHNOLOGY February 9, 2011 ALL NEW IPAD ON THE WAY Get those sleeping bags, thermos flasks and cagoules ready and prepare again for the kind of ultra-queuing hardship that occurs only with the release of a new Apple gadget. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere yesterday, the iPad 2 is now in production. Thinner, lighter [...]
Use mobile tech to make the most of la vie amoureuse February 9, 2011 NICK BOOTH TECH TALK ANYONE whose romantic agenda is set by the retail industry deserves all the disappointment that should be coming to them. On the other hand, anyone half-clever will realise they can use their smart phones to organise their love lives efficiently. There are scores of romantic mobile match makers: Gaydar, Flirtomatic, Crush [...]
OUT OF OFFICE February 9, 2011 KEVIN ELDON LIVE You might not recognise his name but you’ll know Kevin Eldon’s face from his numerous appearances in the TV programmes from the more innovative end of the comedy spectrum over the past 20 years. These include performances Spaced, Nighty Night, Brass Eye and the Stewart Lee Comedy Vehicle. Finally Eldon has his [...]
Sporty, sexy and full of zoom February 8, 2011 THE FACTS: NISSAN 370Z ROADSTER PRICE: £37,300 0-60MPH: 5.8SECS TOP SPEED: 155MPH CO2 G/KM: 254G/KM MPG COMBINED: 25.9MPG BACK in 1969, Nissan created a hell of stir when it began selling its Z sports car, a two-seat GT coupe that was not only great looking: it was also fast, reliable and very affordable. This is [...]
CAR TALK February 8, 2011 ASTON V8 VANTAGE S Aston Martin has released details of its new V8 Vantage S. The S version has an extra 10bhp over the N420 V8 which means its 4.7 litre V8 now produces 430bhp. The car has quicker steering and a chassis with new springs and dampers and wider rear wheels. An improved seven-speed [...]
Romantic relaxation for two February 7, 2011 THE SPA AT CHANCERY COURT, HOLBORN This chi chi spa in Holborn is another with an oh-so-smart couples treatment room, called the Harmony Suite. For its Valentine’s package, you can unwind in the relaxation area before lying side-by-side for a 55 minute personalised massage by candlelight, followed by chocolate-dipped strawberries and a glass of bubbly [...]