Avoid injury in the run-in to the marathon April 6, 2010 WITH just three weeks left before the London Marathon, you should have your longest run behind you. Your fitness should be good, and mentally you should be focusing on the big day. It’s vital now that you don’t get injured, so if you are suffering any of the common injuries, this is the time to [...]
A bike with batteries included April 6, 2010 I was once a scooter commuter, before my bike was stolen from my front garden. Scooter travel is convenient and fun. To me, it represented genuine urban freedom. Being able to hop on and off the scooter without any of the paraphernalia that a motorcycle ride demands, and being able to zip in and out [...]
Curry in a hurry is a bit confusing April 5, 2010 Bangalore Express City 1 Corbet Court, Gracechurch Street, EC3 V0AT. www.bangaloreexpress.co.uk Cost per person without wine: £25 ONE of my first memories of arriving in London was going for a curry on Brick Lane. While I wasn’t particularly impressed by the food the décor has stuck in my mind – massive and slightly wonky paintings [...]
THREE OTHER CLASSY EXPRESS RESTAURANTS April 5, 2010 WAHACA Take the laid back spirit of Mexico at its best, add the vision and inspiration of former Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers, and you’ve got some of the freshest and tastiest tostadas, quesadillas and burritos in town. Based originally in the West End, it’s now feeding Canary Wharfers too. 40 Canada Square, E14 5FW. 020 [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS April 5, 2010 NEW LOYALTY SCHEME FOR THE PALM Palm, the US-based group of steak and lobster restaurants which opened its first London site in Knightsbridge last year, is extending its loyalty club to UK customers. The 837 Club, which has 150,000 members Stateside, has a one-time membership fee of £25, but that becomes an automatic gift card [...]
Mything in action March 31, 2010 Film CLASH OF THE TITANS Cert: 12A THE first action blockbuster of the Spring is no classic, but as forgettable, brain-dead holiday entertainment it just about gets the job done. Starring man-of-the-moment Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator Salvation) as Greek demi-god Perseus, it’s a remake of the 1981 film that was chiefly notable for its stop-motion [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK March 31, 2010 FILM HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON High-quality animated family fun about a Viking boy and his dragon. REMEMBER ME R-Patz (Twilight’s Robert Pattinson, if you’re not a teenage girl) moves into romantic drama. PCYCHO Re-release time for the film that gave us the phrase, “the shower scene from Psycho”. DVD 2012 The world comes to [...]
ON IN LONDON March 31, 2010 FILM: Scouting Book for Boys Thomas Turgoose, who made his name as the young star of This Is England, proves his star credentials in this imaginative, whimsical story about the dramas and trials of teenage life. THEATRE: London Assurance Simon Russell Beale is at his comic finest as the Victorian fop Sir Harcourt Courtley in [...]
Chocolatey alternatives March 31, 2010 Chocolate scotch egg Don’t worry, there’s no meat involved here. As it happens, Fortnum & Mason invented the scotch egg, and has made this chocolate version – with a vanilla fondant centre – to celebrate. £15 www.fortunmandmason.com Chocolate pie chart Aussie chocolatiers Matt & Mary have produced the perfect gift for those who spend their [...]
OUT OF OFFICE March 31, 2010 EASTER EGG HUNT WITH A DIFFERENCE It may not be difficult to spot the giant eggs laid out in the Jubilee Gardens beside the London Eye, but to see them all – and the little chick that’s apparently hatched from one of them early – kids need to see them from above, by taking a [...]