OUT THIS WEEKEND October 29, 2009 FILM9 Dark animation set in a dystopian world, about a ragdoll given life after humanity destroys itself. DEAD MAN RUNNING 50 Cent makes an unlikely appearance in this Brit gangster thriller. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Re-release for John Landis’s classic horror satire. DVDPUBLIC ENEMIES Johnny Depp stars as famous bank-robber John Dillinger. LAST CHANCE [...]
Far more than just a pretty face October 29, 2009 BAUME & MERCIERHampton Square Magnum Chrono, £5,395Swiss watchmaker Baume & Mercier specialises in elegant modern timepieces, though this square watch is a step into something a bit more jazzy – a punchy, innovative stainless steel number that you can also get in rose gold.www.baume-et-mercier.com IWCAquatimer Chronograph Galapagos edition, £4,250All-black is a definite trend in the [...]
KEEP YOUR OUTFITS FOR WORK AND FOR HOME SEPARATE October 29, 2009 Sara HollambyStyle Counsel THERE’S nothing quite like that Friday night feeling. Coming home from a hard week’s work, changing out of your suit into your jeans and an old cardi and pouring yourself a refreshing G&T is what makes work worthwhile. But what if you didn’t have to wear a suit to work? It wouldn’t [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 29, 2009 LE MISANTHROPE IN THE CITYThe buzz in theatreland may be all about Keira Knightley’s forthcoming appearance in a production of Moliere’s French farce, Le Misanthrope, but the Bridewell theatre in the City is ahead of the game. This staging is by the Tower Theatre Company, which includes City workers in its cast, updating the action [...]
FOCUS ON: FARNBOROUGH, HAMPSHIRE October 29, 2009 BROADHURST RD, GU14 9XAPrice: 495,000This large six-bedroom, detached property is just 35 minutes away from Waterloo. It also has a garden and off road parking.Contact: Mann Countrywide on 01252 546267, www.manncountrywide.co.uk ALBERT ROAD, GU14 6SLPrice: £624,950This stylish five-bedroom property comes with conservatory, private back garden and off road parking. Ideal for commuters.Contact: Mann Countrywide on [...]
Q&A: RENTING October 29, 2009 Louise SavageDIRECTOR AT RESIDENTIAL LAND Q. Dear Louise, I am looking to move to London for three years for work and have found an amazing place. I want to be flexible as my job contract may end earlier, but I don’t want to have to find a new place every year. What are my options? [...]
Now is the time to buy the home of your dreams in affordable Essex October 29, 2009 GOOD schools, an easy commute, beautiful countryside, a rich history and realistic prices. Banish any ideas of brash barrow boys and women in white leather stilettos – Essex has become the discerning commuter’s paradise. This is a good time to buy, too. Gavin Surtees, of Savills’ Loughton office, says: “If anyone is looking to trade [...]
Bag yourself an apartment in the iconic Barbican October 29, 2009 WHEN it comes to residential property in the City, there is nowhere quite like the Barbican. Ever since it was built in the sixties, the brutalist masterpiece has been one of the most iconic buildings in the Square Mile. For those who work in the City there could hardly be a more convenient location – [...]
A second dose of the fabulous freakish truth October 28, 2009 SUPERFREAKONOMICSBY STEPHEN DUBNER AND STEVEN LEVITTPENGUIN, £20.00 WRITING a sequel to one of best-selling pop economics books of the last decade was always going to be hard. And it took Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner more than four years to create Superfreakonomics, the “freakquel” to their original collaboration, Freakonomics. Like the original, Superfreakonomics [...]
20-hour shifts are the recipe for success October 28, 2009 IT’S 9AM and Marcus Wareing looks very tired. We’re in the kitchen at his self-named Mayfair restaurant, the best in London, according to Harden’s Guide. It is unusual for a chef of Wareing’s fame and brand-power to be so involved in the kitchen, but he is nothing if not hands on. “This morning I’ve been [...]