The star power of Cruise and Diaz can’t save this action flop August 5, 2010 Film review Knight and Day Cert: 12A Rhys Griffiths THIS action-comedy proves that no amount of star power can make up for a lazy script, lazier direction, a total lack of depth and a seriously bad pun of a title. Centered around the whereabouts of the enigmatic “Zephyr”, a top-secret battery gizmo with perpetual power, [...]
Head gear for the holidays August 4, 2010 DENON AH-C560R £99.99 www.denon.co.uk It would take some particularly good in-ear buds to make me pick them instead of over-head headphones – normally I find them uncomfortable, I fret about what damage they’re doing to my hearing, and they fall out. But Denon’s new AH-C560R phones (catchy name, guys) have come as close as any [...]
NICK BOOTHTECH TALK August 4, 2010 I’VE seen the future of British youth – it’s half man, half desk. Why? They can’t relate to anything unless it’s writ large on a glowing screen at chair level. But now the school PCs and whiteboards have been powered off, could we entice our next generation humans into the garden of real-life high definition? [...]
OUT OF OFFICE August 4, 2010 LAST CHANCE: AFTER THE DANCE Anyone who’s been riveted by Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in the BBC’s updated version of Sherlock Holmes should check out his tremendous starring role in After the Dance at the National Theatre, which ends next week. In the revival of Terence Rattigan’s 1939 play, Cumberbatch plays a rich, dissolute, part-time historian [...]
Safe & sound August 3, 2010 DRIVING along in the new Volvo S60, I am so engrossed in conversation with my passenger that I’ve completely taken my eyes off the road. This is why I don’t see a pedestrian in front of me. Fortunately, a sensing system at the front of the car automatically brings the car to a sudden stop [...]
CAR TALK August 3, 2010 PORSCHE’S GREEN LEAD Dreams can come true…Porsche has announced it will build its astonishing 918 Spyder concept for the road. The mid-engined plug-in hybrid super-sports car should have a top speed of 200mph and a 0-62mph time of just 3.2 seconds, yet should emit just 70g/km of CO2 with fuel consumption of around 94mpg. Its [...]
How to pull off a last-minute holiday body August 2, 2010 NUTRITION IT MAY be tempting, but crash dieting isn’t to be recommended. Any nutritionist worth their salt will tell you how, at best, it may give you the impression of quick weight loss but you’ll feel awful, put the weight back on quickly, mess with your metabolism and risk doing more serious damage. But there [...]
Track, trail or sand: the secret to a good run starts at the shoe shop August 2, 2010 PERSONAL COACH AT FULL POTENTIAL SO you’ve decided to take up running and you’ve made a great decision. Along with obvious health benefits, a great advantage over pastimes like golf or cricket is that you just need yourself, some very basic kit and an open space to get going, making the transition from couch potato [...]
REVIEW: SEASONAL PEDICURE August 2, 2010 **** BROWN’S has the seasonal pedicure market cornered. So simple, yet so lovely. Summer brings Fruity Tootsies: so, tired of my bashed up, blistered feet and overgrown (and in-grown) toenails – the result of two months tromping around London in sandals – I succumbed to some fruity tender loving care. Reclining on a heated treatment [...]
How to find the perfect Maldives August 1, 2010 BEST FOR: SPA COCOA ISLAND Voted best hotel spa in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean in this year’s Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Awards, Cocoa Island is the go-to resort for spa aficionados. The whole island is effortlessly chic with a neutral, natural vibe. Locally-sourced thatching and bleached driftwood blends seamlessly into the [...]