FOCUS ON: HARLOW, ESSEX June 10, 2010 APPLEBY Price: £885,000 A late Victorian detached house, this five double bedroom property is ideal for families. It is set in grounds of 0.3 acres and also has a detached coach house – perfect for an annexe or a home office. There are four reception rooms, including a separate dining room and a conservatory. There [...]
INTERIORS June 10, 2010 Andrew Dunning HEAD DESIGNER, APD INTERIORS Q. Dear Andrew, I am thinking about replacing my kitchen. How should I go about doing this? A. Before you get carried away with designing your new kitchen, make a detailed plan of the space – measure everything, note where the water and power points are. While you do [...]
Honeypot homes are luring buyers up to Stanmore June 10, 2010 STEPPING off the end of a Tube line seems like entering a vacuum to most Londoners. One imagines a tangle of motorways, perhaps. Some cows. A few car parks. Visitors to Stanmore might be surprised. Stanmore is a place whose name anyone who regularly rides the Jubilee line will have heard, but the town is [...]
Hollywood gets the NYPD blues June 10, 2010 Film BROOKLYN’S FINEST Cert: 18 This gritty police drama sees director Antoine Fuqua return to the familiar territory with which he made his name in 2001’s Training Day. Fuqua assembles an impressive cast including Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Don Cheadle, and fans of The Wire will notice a few familiar faces from the cast. [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND June 10, 2010 FILM LETTERS TO JULIET Romantic drama set in picturesque Italy, with Amanda Seyfried. BLACK DEATH Medieval twaddle – you know, swords, mud, plague – with Sean Bean. H2OIL Documentary about the oil industry. Did someone say “timely”? DVD A SINGLE MAN Colin Firth is on Oscar-nominated form in Tom Ford’s super-stylish drama. A PROPHET Magnificent, [...]
Goodies certain to make dads beam June 9, 2010 DRAPER 40765 POWER DRILL £49.99 from amazon.co.uk It is a truth universally acknowledged that a dad hasn’t come of age before he has his very own power drill. This cordless model from Draper Tools is a durable option with long-lasting, fast-charing and reliable batteries that won’t fail you when you’re away from a power supply. [...]
OUT OF OFFICE June 9, 2010 MUSEUM OF LONDON Right here in the City and free, the Museum of London is a treasure trove of artefacts and curios, and its Galleries of Modern London, documenting the city’s development from the Great Fire of London in 1666 onwards, are now open after a £20m redevelopment. Displays include reconstructed versions of a Georgian [...]
They drink its all over… June 9, 2010 IF football is the universal game, then beer must be its companion drink. There is not a corner of the globe where the locals do not relish a kickabout. Similarly, wherever you find civilisation, you will inevitably find a brewery. Yet – and I’m sorry, Thomas Jefferson – not all beers are created equal. Just [...]
The car that delicately sips its fuel June 8, 2010 IF YOU’RE the kind of driver that gets their kicks out of economy and efficiency and can’t wait for the advancing wave of super economical electric vehicles to get here, then Volvo’s C30 1.6D DRIVe could be the car for you. The coolest thing about Volvo’s C30 DRIVe Start/Stop model is undoubtedly reading the LED [...]
OUT OF OFFICE June 8, 2010 LOTUS ART POP UP SHOP Bespoke luxury service Couturelab is to host a pop-up store for high-end Thai brand Lotus Arts de Vivre, a rare opportunity to purchase one-off pieces. Founded by a Bangkok-based family, Lotus Art de Vivre is known for its striking creations of rare and exquisite jewellery, accessories and home décor pieces [...]