TRAVEL NOTES September 5, 2010 Austria’s hottest new lake hotel Already the stomping ground of Europe’s holidaying elite, Lake Wörthersee will become substantially cooler with the opening of the super swanky (and insanely named) Lake’s – my lake hotel. Set at the foot of the Southern Alps in Pörtschach, it overlooks the lake with a sheer-glass façade and has a [...]
The period mansion with its own chapel September 2, 2010 IN London, homes with good river views are much sought-after and hard to come by – once you have one, you’re not likely to relinquish it. Homes with 80 metres of uninterrupted Thames frontage, however – not to mention 10 bedrooms and a ballroom – present a very, very rare opportunity for anyone with the [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 2, 2010 SAVILLS RESIDENTIAL AUCTION Put your hat in the ring for a bargain at Savills’ next residential auction, which will be held on Monday 13 September at the Royal Garden Hotel. One property of interest is Lot 138, 27 Derby Street in Colne, Lancashire (pictured) – a two-bedroom terrace house in need of modernisation going with [...]
FOCUS ON: POTTERS BAR September 2, 2010 NORTHAW ROAD WEST, NORTHAW, Price: £299,950 Not perhaps your typical first home, but this two-bed country cottage offers sufficient living space and a pretty back garden. Grade II-listed, the cottage has been recently modernised by the current owners so the property doesn’t require further decoration or works. The village has two gastro pubs. Contact: Savills [...]
Q&A September 2, 2010 HEAD DESIGNER AT APD INTERIORS Q.Dear Andrew, having returned from a stay in a gorgeous hotel suite, I realise my own bedroom is rather dated. How do I create a more luxurious look? A.First, how do you actually use your bedroom? Is it simply a place to sleep or does it also provide a sanctuary [...]
Excruciating embarassment is the recipe for Schmucks’ (mild) success September 2, 2010 Film DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS Cert: 12A AS dinners go, this one’s hardly haute cuisine, but it just about fills you up. On offer is a menu of daft characters, cheap gags and the odd bit of laugh-out-loud slapstick. Some of it is tasteless, much of it is undercooked, and the service is very slow – [...]
ARTS: WHATS COMING UP IN THE AUTUMN September 2, 2010 THEATRE Deathtrap – Noel Coward Theatre 7 Sept-22 Jan Simon Russell Beale stars in Ira Levin’s ingenious comedy about an author with a murderous case of writer’s block. KRAPP’S LAST TAPE – DUCHESS THEATRE 22 Sept-20 Nov Michael Gambon takes on Samuel Beckett’s masterful one-act monologue. HAMLET – NATIONAL THEATRE 7-27 Oct Following in the [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND PREVIEWS September 2, 2010 FILM THE LAST EXORCISM Not great attempt at Blair Witch-style horror, from director Eli Roth. JONAH HEX Josh Brolin stars in this confused comic-book adaptation set in the Wild West. SOULBOY Spirited slice of nostalgia about the Northern Soul scene. DVD FOUR LIONS Chris Morris’s brave, and very funny, film about imcompetent suicide bombers. CEMETERY [...]
The rise of the “he-vage” September 2, 2010 IT’s one thing for Jude Law to do it. But when bankers at Goldman Sachs in New York (and Russell Brand) start flaunting their “man cleavage” or “he-vage”, it truly is time to become concerned. Throughout the month of August, some Goldman staff were permitted to pay $25 to a designated charity in return for [...]
HOW TO FLAUNT YOUR LEGS (BEFORE THE MERCURY SINKS) September 2, 2010 MANY of you will have just returned from holiday all nice and tanned, dying to show off your new glow, and nowhere is this more tempting than with the legs. The papers and magazines are full of models and celebs stepping out on summer evenings in gorgeous dresses, glamorous heels and lovely bare pins. The [...]