FOCUS ON: WOOLWICH, SE18 October 7, 2010 THE ACADEMY, WOOLWICH Price: Apartments in Kitchener House start at £260,000 for a two-bed. This conversion of the 18th century former Royal Military Academy has created a whole range of different-sized apartments ideal for the first-time buyer. Unusually for new-builds, the flats retain the original building’s period features. It is hoped the development will eventually [...]
Q&A October 7, 2010 CEO AND FOUNDER OF UPAD.CO.UK Q.Dear James, my tenant can’t provide a reference from a previous landlord. Is that a problem? A.When you’re assessing whether a tenant is right for your property, you can do all sorts of checks. That could be a credit reference, bank reference, employer’s letter and all sorts. You then have [...]
Sexier reasons for Soho investment October 7, 2010 SOHO is said to have been home to popular culture’s edgier side for the last 200 years: 18th century communists, beatniks and the swinging side of the sixties. Not exactly the kind of place respectable folk want to call home. Or so you may have thought. The area is undergoing what nostalgists might call “sterilisation”. [...]
Flats for the Eurocrat: a Brussels bargain October 7, 2010 IF YOU’RE moving to Brussels, it’s unlikely to be for the Belgian beer, the moules-frites and the chocolates. Most Britons relocate to the Belgian capital for work and join the 100,000-strong expat community of European Union workers, lobbyists and lawyers for at least a year or two. While most expats tend to rent when they [...]
Heritage hotel October 7, 2010 NOTHING speaks more of classic British glamour than the Savoy Hotel, which reopens this weekend after three years’ closure and a £220m refurbishment. Founded on the Strand by opera impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte in 1889, it was the country’s first truly luxury hotel, and attracted the glitz and style to match. In the first half [...]
SIMPLE STYLE FOR GIVING A PRESENTATION October 7, 2010 FOR MEN and women, your image in presentations is vital to get right, not only to make a good first impression, but also to help keep an audience focused. So what should you wear? You want to feel comfortable – your clothing should be the last thing on your mind while you’re speaking, so start [...]
FILM REVIEW October 7, 2010 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT Cert: 12A HOLLY and Eric don’t like each other, which means you’ve probably already worked out how this rom com ends, but let’s continue anyway. After their mutual pals Alison and Peter set them up on a disastrous date (she’s stuck up, he’s a cad), Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Eric [...]
Brace yourself, Gordon is in town October 6, 2010 Film MONEY NEVER SLEEPS Cert: 12A GORDON Gekko comes to London. If you enjoyed Oliver Stone’s original film, do you really need any other inducement to see Wall Street’s sequel, Money Never Sleeps? For a few brief scenes the financial world’s debonair Mephistopheles can be seen, trademark devil-may-care smirk and all, getting shaved in Trumper’s, [...]
CITY VIEWS: What did the original wall street film mean to you when released back in 1987? October 6, 2010 DAVID BUIK | BGC PARTNERS “Wall Street was a major cult film. The greased-back hairstyles, the £1,000 ‘whistle and flute’, the £150 pair of Churches, Turnbull & Asser shirts and Hermes tie. It was all a great act and no doubt Gordon Gekko was very influential.” QUENTIN SMITH | OLD MUTUAL ASSET MANAGERS “As a [...]
An angel in Wonderland doesn’t quite reach the satirical heights October 6, 2010 LIGHTS OUT IN WONDERLAND By DBC Pierre Faber & Faber, £12.99 by Jeremy Hazlehurst DBC Pierre’s first novel, Vernon God Little, was a brilliant act of ventriloquism in which he channelled the voice of a 15-year-old American boy on death row for a murder. This – his third novel – also tries to capture the [...]