SIX OF THE BEST June 24, 2010 THEATRE The Bridge Project Sam Mendes brings his cross-Atlantic, touring Shakespeare project back to the Old Vic with rotating performances of As You Like It and The Tempest. FILM Breathless Godard’s legendary 1960 film that invented the idea of French cool, with Jean Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg on the run from the gendarmes. ART [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT June 24, 2010 FILM TETRO After years in the wilderness, a return to form for Francis Ford Coppola with this family drama. THE COLLECTOR Yet more tedious “torture porn” in this dull-as-ditchwater chiller set in a scary house. WHEN IN ROME Conveyor-belt romantic comedy with Kristen Bell. Absolutely terrible. DVD THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Disney’s really rather [...]
How to look sharp in shorts… June 24, 2010 FOR men, wearing shorts is potentially even more of a minefield than it is for women. In the 70s and 80s they were too short, in the 90s they became vast and billowing, and in the Noughties they begat the crime against taste and rationality that is the three quarter-length trouser (which in America they [...]
WEAR YOUR LEGS TO WORK, BUT CAREFULLY June 24, 2010 WEARING shorts to work in the hot weather seems like the perfect solution. Obviously you wouldn’t wear “short” shorts, but the “City” style shorts that are tailored with a cuff and come to just above the knee are as comfy and relaxed as long trousers, yet cool in the summer, and only show as much [...]
SNAP HAPPY June 23, 2010 Samsung NX10 A hybrid camera combining compact dimensions with digital SLR tech, the NX10 includes a 14 megapixel detachable lens, HD movie recording, and a very high quality, 3 inch viewing screen. £599 www.jessops.com Leica V-Lux 20 Taking a camera on your travels is one thing, but how about one that can record exactly where [...]
OUT OF OFFICE June 23, 2010 MASTER DRAWINGS LONDON Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Master Drawings London is a chance to pick up high quality works by artists stretching from the Renaissance to the present day. 21 dealers specialising in drawings will be joining together to mount a series of exhibitions around St James’s, Mayfair and Bloomsbury, with collectors and [...]
Thriller machine Patterson is back with another gripper June 23, 2010 Private by James Patterson Century £18.99 It’s fair to say that James Patterson is to thrillers what McDonalds is to food: a fast-paced outlet for easy, tasty matter. Except, unlike the fast food chain, Patterson is a brand associated with sophisticated fare, as well as one that nourishes the mind and the human appetite for [...]
VEXED IN THE CITY June 23, 2010 I can’t take any more of my football-mad partner’s antics DEAR VEXED: My boyfriend is a massive England fan. That’s all very well, but he’s been on one big bender throughout the World?Cup and now that England is going through I don’t know how I’m going to be able to live with him. He’ll be [...]
The Cayenne goes green June 22, 2010 ONCE deemed a horrendous diversion by Porsche purists, the Cayenne has gone on to become the single biggest-selling model in the Porsche range with more than 280,000 of them sold worldwide since the car’s launch back in 2002. The new Cayenne is a lighter, cleaner, more economical and prettier version of its predecessor and somehow [...]
OUT OF OFFICE June 22, 2010 TAPAS FANTASTICA Feel like you need a break from World Cup madness? Or more to the point, if you love tapas and Rioja (and who doesn’t, really), don’t miss this Spanish gastro-fair taking place this weekend at Tower Bridge. There will be stands from 40 of Rioja’s top wineries, along with 11 Spanish restaurants serving [...]