If you’re feeling down, stop doing and start being October 4, 2010 RESEARCH published by Relate last week said that men are getting their mid-life crisis earlier than ever, and that men aged 35-44 are the least happy people. The numbers are chilling. Twenty-one per cent say they feel lonely a lot of the time; 22 per cent wanted a better relationship with their family; 30 per [...]
Queen of cakes gives tea a twist October 4, 2010 I ACTUALLY wanted to be a musician,” says Claire Clark. Unfortunately, her flute and violin playing wasn’t up to scratch. Happily for us, it meant she became the world’s best female patissiere, soon to open up a decadent cake shop – think champagne and chaises longues – in London. “My mother cooked everything,” says Clark, [...]
RESTAURANT REVIEW October 4, 2010 Tortilla 28 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LR Tel: 020 7929 7837 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £8 IF you go down to Leadenhall Market today at about one o’clock, round towards the bottom of the Lloyds building, you’ll see a big, big queue. It only opened a few weeks ago, but already Tortilla [...]
How to live the Polynesian dream October 3, 2010 IT’S a hot and humid afternoon in Nadi on the Fijian mainland as we squash into the rather intimate 14-seater plane that is to deliver us to Taveuni in the north-east of the archipelago. Known as Fiji’s Garden Island for its pristine tropical rainforests and ridiculously beautiful beaches, Taveuni is to be the starting point [...]
TRAVEL NOTES October 3, 2010 Picardie at Four Seasons Terre Blanche It’s all go at the Four Seasons Provence this October. On 16-17 Justine Picardie, author of Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life, will be in situ to give two talks about the secret life of Gabrielle Chanel. Superfacialist Vaishaly will also be at the resort. Pamper your mind and [...]
A penthouse in the other Wharf September 30, 2010 WITH its network of cobbled alleys running between ancient riverside warehouses, still bridged-over by those iconic iron gantries, Shad Thames has been one of the most atmospheric places to live near the City since its redevelopment in the 1980s. Its attractions are manifold: a thriving café culture, thanks in part to the investment in the [...]
The crunch has made foreign dream homes far more affordable September 30, 2010 TOUGH economic times have opened the door for a new generation of property investment. Tumbling prices in both the UK and abroad have actually made this investment option more accessible than it was prior to the credit crunch. Nick Clark, managing director of the Property Investment Show, says: “House prices in England and Wales suffered [...]
INTERIORS Q&A September 30, 2010 HEAD DESIGNER AT APD INTERIORS Q. Dear Andrew, with winter approaching I would like to entertain more at home but I need to make my dining room more welcoming. How can I do this? A. Dedicated dining rooms have gone out of fashion in favour of open-plan living arrangements, however with more people entertaining at [...]
The stockbroker who changed art September 30, 2010 Art Exhibitions GAUGUIN Tate Modern by Timothy Barber **** WERE Paul Gauguin alive today, he’d have made a good subject for one of those “escape the rat race” reality soaps. A Parisian stockbroker who dumped his career (along with his wife and children) to pursue his passion for art, he eventually abandoned the Western world [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND September 30, 2010 FILM MADE IN DAGENHAM Whimsical comedy drama about women who went on strike in the 1960s. TAKERS Hayden Christensen stars in this so so crime caper. BACK TO THE FUTURE The greatest oedipal time-travelling film ever made. DVD AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY Documentary about the late comedian. BAD LIEUTENANT – PORT OF CALL NEW [...]