FOCUS ON: CHISLEHURST, KENT May 27, 2010 CHALVEDUNE, WILDERNESS ROAD Price: £5.5m This is an extremely spacious home built on a sought-after private road with views to the rear over Chislehurst golf course. There is a master suite with two dressing rooms, en suites, a private sitting room and balcony. There are six further bedrooms. There are plenty of facilities such as [...]
Q&A: BUYING May 27, 2010 Camilla Dell MANAGING PARTNER AT BLACK BRICK Q.Dear Camilla, Hips were originally introduced to protect buyers, now that they have been abolished what protection do buyers have? A. HOME Information Packs (Hips) were initially put in place to help buyers find out important information about the properties they were buying and to stop sales falling [...]
Belle Epoque style enters the 21 century May 27, 2010 AT the turn of the last century a visit to the imposing Mont Pelerine Palace in the Swiss Alps was a favourite pastime among wealthy travellers. They arrived by train to the quiet commune of Chardonne before ascending by funicular to the elegant hotel, enjoying the famous local Charennes wine and mingling with New York [...]
Pullman pulls off Jesus triumph May 26, 2010 THE GOOD MAN JESUS AND THE SCOUNDREL CHRIST BY PHILIP PULLMAN Canongate, £16.99 by Joanna Elias A book about Jesus? Risky business. The son of God has inspired libraries of works on the quest for his true historical life. Geza Vermes’ controversial Jesus the Jew, which takes Jesus back to his Jewish roots, proved JC [...]
OUT OF OFFICE May 26, 2010 PINTER PLAY COMES TO FLEET STREET Legend has it that Harold Pinter’s career was saved by Harold Hobson’s single favourable review of The Birthday Party: “a skull-beneath-the-skin play, exposing the horrors and fears that lurk under the calm, dull surface of our everyday existence”. In 1959, a year after its disastrous opening, The Birthday Party [...]
How to eat like a (vegetarian) king May 26, 2010 DESPITE the cult status acquired by super-deli Ottolenghi, known for its heavenly salads and cakes, and the super-sleek vegan Saf (see Joe McCanta’s column below), vegetarian restaurants aren’t exactly alluring to a professional, urban and carnivorous crowd. But Andrew Dargue and his wife Donna Conroy, from Teeside, think things should be different, and so two [...]
Wines to match your gourmet veggie dinner May 26, 2010 JOE MCCANTA SOMMELIER, SAF RESTAURANTS; FOUNDER, PURSIP DRINKS CONSULTANCY WORKING with primarily vegetarian (and even vegan) foods, I’m constantly having to look at innovative ways of matching food to wine. It seems that even in some of the top restaurants most sommeliers are terrified by the concept of not resorting to their good old stand-by [...]
It’s party time May 25, 2010 SOUNDWAVE When: 23 to 25 July Where: Petrcane, Croatia What: Soundwave is an idyllic holiday and festival in one. Set in a small fishing village on a Croatian peninsular where the Dalmation Coast meets the Adriatic Sea, the event offers an inland amphitheatre for bands, a beachside terrace that transforms into a nightclub after the [...]
OUT OF OFFICE May 25, 2010 RIEDEL WINE TASTING Don’t miss Riedel’s legendary wine and glass comparative tasting on 11 June, conducted by Georg Riedel, 10th generation master glassmaker and head of the wine glass company. In a unique wine and glass tasting, Riedel will demonstrate the relationship between the shape of a glass and our perception and enjoyment of wines. [...]
Sport & spark May 25, 2010 THE EX37 is perplexing. Most cars are remarkably easy to understand. With one look at the exterior and a sit inside and you can pretty much get a grip on what kind of car you’re in and have some idea of the kind of person it has been designed for. But not this one. It’s [...]