The grisly taste of her screams October 13, 2010 SCREAM BY NIGEL MCCRERY Quercus, £20 A more gruesome beginning to a book you couldn’t ask for. A woman is bound, with her kneecaps exposed, as a ruthless killer tells her how he’s going to carve through her knee bones, one after the other, before moving onto other parts. Her screams are immense but pointless. [...]
The art world heats up once more October 13, 2010 AS an army of glamorous art industry movers and shakers traipsed into Frieze Art Fair’s marquee yesterday, a young woman was standing outside distributing paper leaflets for an upcoming exhibition. Not that surprising perhaps – some galleries need all the help they can get publicising themselves – except that the gallery in question was the [...]
Eco-dazzle at Paris Motor Show October 12, 2010 Two key trends revealed themselves at this year’s Paris Motor Show. First, while the carmakers have showed eco concepts for years, this year was the first Paris Show where so many production versions of hybrid and electric cars were launched. Second, the sports and supercar brands proved that they too have a place in this [...]
CAR TALK October 12, 2010 ASTON’S NEW CITY CAR Aston Martin’s “premium, bespoke commuter car” and its most controversial car ever, the Cygnet luxury city car, is to go into production in 2011 at the company’s Gaydon headquarters. Targeted at Aston owners who only drive their sports cars at the weekend, Aston Martin hopes it will keep Aston owners driving [...]
Fine dining at the Royal Exchange October 11, 2010 Sauterelle Royal Exchange, Bank, EC3V 3LR www.danddlondon.com 020 7618 2483 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £42 DESPITE the grandness of its architecture, its lofty dimensions, the prestige of its retail outlets and, above all, its illustrious place at the heart of the City’s history and culture, as a place to socialise or [...]
THREE OTHER RESTAURANTS NEAR THE ROYAL EXCHANGE October 11, 2010 RELAIS DE VENISE L’ENTRECOTE The formula that’s made the Relais de Venise restauarants a French institution could have been made for the City – salad starter followed by a large, perfectly-cooked steak and delicious frites. Accordingly, L’Entrecote has become a Square Mile institution in no time. 5 Throgmorton Street, EC2N 2AD. www.relaisdevenise.com GREENS RESTAURANT AND [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS October 11, 2010 BAR BATTU OPENS ON GRESHAM STREET The City’s latest bar and bistro to open is Bar Battu on Gresham Street (it used to be Molloy’s). For décor, think loft-style chic: exposed brick walls, reclaimed wood flooring, industrial lights and plenty of banquettes. Chef Sydney Aldridge, an alumnus of Galvin Bistrot de Luxe, is offering dishes [...]
All aboard…a £10m private yacht October 11, 2010 CANNES is just the place for a yacht show – where else do azure waters and extreme wealth collide in such an exquisite feast of bling? Other expos take place in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Dusseldorf, but only in Cannes do glass cases full of De Beers diamonds and Fendi trunk shows feel so natural [...]
PREPARING FOR WINTER | HOW TO MAKE YOUR SKIN GLOW October 11, 2010 After a blazing few days, our Indian summer is over and it’s time to start thinking about ways other than a deep tan to get a healthy glow. Hungarian brand Omorovicza’s beautiful Illuminating Moisturiser (£83, Liberty), with plum oil and apple pectin, is a brilliant moisture boost, with a light-diffusing effect that will make you [...]
Autumn’s the time to see the Costa del Sol’s classier side October 10, 2010 IN THE 1960s, when the package holiday boom took off, the Costa del Sol’s image was forever tarnished. You think of it now as a land of fish and chips and lager, where bull-fighting has given way to the more consensual, but no less cruel, British sport of Holiday Endurance. Men test out how red [...]