INTERIORS July 8, 2010 ANDREW DUNNING HEAD DESIGNER, APD INTERIORS Q.Dear Andrew, we have a spare room and I would like to turn it into a home office. Can you give me some advice? A.First, consider how you want to use the room. If you regularly have guests staying and need a study space away from the main bedroom [...]
FOCUS ON: CHISWICK, W4 July 8, 2010 PRIORY ROAD Price: £830,000 This is a four-bedroom house with a kitchen/dining room, reception room, two bathrooms (one en-suite) and a garden. Chiswick Park, South Acton Tube and rail stations are a 10 minute walk. It is just a short distance from Acton Green common. Contact: Savills on 020 8987 5550, www.savills.co.uk DEVONSHIRE GARDENS Price: [...]
A franchise hunted to extinction July 8, 2010 Film PREDATORS Cert: 15 It’s 23 years since Arnold Schwarzenegger first did battle with one very ugly extraterrestial hunter, during which time there’s been a slew of spin-offs ranging from poor to dreadful. On paper the latest attempt to revamp the franchise seems encouraging, produced as it is by action whiz Robert Rodriguez, and with [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT July 8, 2010 FILM LEAVING Kristin Scott Thomas gives a typically powerful performance in this French romantic thriller. LONDON RIVER Moving drama set in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings, with Brenda Blethyn. WENT THE DAY WELL Rerelease for the classic wartime propaganda movie. DVD PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTING THIEF Fantasy fun a little too much in [...]
Sizzle in your swimwear July 8, 2010 IT was reported last week that women spend more on their swimwear than they do on their holidays. This either means that their holidays are very cheap or that their swimsuits are amazingly expensive, but the upshot is that swimwear is in the fashion spotlight and it just won’t do to, err, skimp. Yet it’s [...]
TREND WATCH: UNDERWEAR AS OUTWEAR July 8, 2010 UNLESS you happen to have the figure of Kate Moss, going bra-free – or even strapless – is not usually an option. Fuller-chested women need proper bras, straps ‘n’ all. Problem is,when it comes strappy top season, it’s hard to get dressed without showing your bra straps – and that look is dubious at best. [...]
Drama in the Deep South July 7, 2010 FORD COUNTY BY JOHN GRISHAM ARROW PAPERBACK, £7.99 BY ZOE STRIMPEL John Grisham, trusty friend of travelling businessmen for 20 years, is the definition of “best-selling author”. But what distinguishes him from the slews of so-called best-selling thriller writers, many of them attempting to be just like him, is the watertight quality of his writing [...]
LIFE COACH July 7, 2010 LIVING in the city and working full time might not seem very compatible with dog owning, but it can be done. London’s myriad park spaces make this a better city for dog owning than most. However, if you think giving your dog a quick run around before you leave for work and then leaving it [...]
OUT OF OFFICE July 7, 2010 BIKERADAR LIVE 2010 Cycling enthusiasts should check out BikeRadar Live at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent this weekend. Now in its second year and just in time for Tour de France fever, the event gives you the chance to test-ride the latest road and mountain bikes, including the Colnago C59 Italia bike (left), which [...]
Let your phone keep you fit and healthy July 7, 2010 EDITOR, MOBILEB2B.CO.UK Mobiles are smart and know all our intimate details. So it was only a matter of time before they’d reach doctor status. Here’s how they control our hearts and minds – and everything else. DR INABOX Ericsson has launched a new Dr In a Box service that obviates the need for you to [...]