Big is beautiful October 18, 2009 Westbourne Tote, Radley, £250Character in a bag.www.radley.co.uk Leather Studded Tote, Miu Miu, £920Bang on trend with the studs, but understated.www.netaporter.com Eton Bag, Aspinal £475Croc-skin classic in a colour to die for.www.aspinaloflondon.com Fippy Suede Bag, Comptoir des Cotonniers, £146Equally useful – and attractive – for work or play. www.comptoirdescotonniers.com Faithful Houndstooth Bag, Alexander McQueen, £995Edgy yet [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 18, 2009 ED RUSCHA AT THE HAYWARDEd Ruscha is one of the most influential artists of the past half-century. This exhibition, which spans his career, is the first retrospective to focus exclusively on his paintings. The show looks at how American pop culture inspired him, from his paintings of shop fronts and sign boards, to logos, including [...]
Snow train to the Alps October 18, 2009 AMID a crowd of 10, 11 – no 12 – small heads, it was difficult to see which movie they were watching on our portable DVD player. To be fair, there wasn’t a lot to keep kids amused at France’s Chambery airport. And, yet again, we were delayed there for a few hours because of [...]
Ledger takes his final bow in a surreal flight of fancy October 15, 2009 FilmTHE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUSCert: 12a IF YOU are looking for a role that can stand as a testament to the talent of Heath Ledger, who died during the filming of this movie, then you would do far better to remember his turn as the Joker in last year’s Batman film, The Dark Knight, than [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND PREVIEWS October 15, 2009 FILMCOUPLES RETREAT Old swingers Vince Vaughan and Jon Favreau reunite in this comedy.ONG-BAK: THE BEGINNING Sequel to Thailand’s martial arts blockbuster.TRIANGLE British horror thriller set aboard a haunted boat. DVDX-MEN ORIGINS: WOLEVERINE Hugh Jackman stars in this duff X-Men prequel.24: COMPLETE SEASON 7 Jack Bauer goes up against his old colleague, Tony Almeida.DIRTY HARRY COLLECTION [...]
Art comes in from the cold, but cautiously October 15, 2009 ROMAN Abramovitch, Gwyneth Paltrow and US hedge fund giant David Ganek were among the rich and famous at the opening of Frieze art fair yesterday. For if there’s one event that even Abramovich can’t miss, it’s this: a chance to browse and buy the world’s hottest contemporary art during its five-day residence in a marquee [...]
Live in style in one of the great Victorian buildings but hurry October 15, 2009 IT’S not that often that you get a chance to live in one of London’s great Victorian buildings. Those who fancy a spot of Grade 1-listed Gothic should get their skates on, because there are now just two apartments remaining in the revamped St Pancras Chambers Apartments. With bonuses back, if you fancy living in [...]
FOCUS ON: ISLINGTON, N1 October 15, 2009 ST PAUL’S PLACE, N1Price: £1.225mOverlooking a small park, this four-bedroom house near Angel Tube station has been recently restored by the current owners. It includes three decent-sized bedrooms and a smaller room that could be used as a single bedroom or an office. The back garden has both a paved section and a lawn.Contact: Savills [...]
Madoff’s fraud was driven by pure revenge October 14, 2009 THE BELIEVERSBY ADAM LEBOROrion, £18.99Budapest-based journalist Adam LeBor’s book about the world’s greatest fraudster comes on the heels of American investigative journalist Erin Arvedlund’s tell-all (or rather, as much as she could) about Bernard Madoff. LeBor’s book is packaged slightly differently but there’s no escaping he’s a bit of a sloppy second. His stance is [...]
Du pain, du vin, du Cornish Yarg October 14, 2009 IT’S a historic moment. British cheeses are outselling French fromages at a rate of two to one as shoppers choose the homegrown beauties now available by the hundred. The figures are not, to be fair, applicable across the populace, but rather relate to the tastes and inclinations of M&S shoppers. Still, as a barometer of [...]