HOW TO JAZZ UP LAST SUMMER’S WARDROBE April 15, 2010 1 Hobbs Siena woven belt in lime, £49, at John Lewis, www.johnlewis.com 2 Jennifer Ouellette Norma sequined knot head band, £56.20, www.netaporter.com 3 Top Shop Leather Trim Aviators, £15, www.topshop.com 4 Hermes Lilanga hand-rolled silk twill scarf, £250, www.hermes.com 5 Reiss cuff with metal and resin, £59, www.reiss.co.uk
City insider entertains again with a tale of international skulduggery April 14, 2010 THE TWAIN MAXIM BY CLEM CHAMBERS No Exit, £6.99 by Zoe Strimpel “A MINE is a hole in the ground with a fool at the bottom and a crook at the top,” says a character called Samuel Clemens at the beginning of this thriller. It’s 1900 when Clemens (pen name Mark Twain) uttered this “maxim” [...]
OUT OF OFFICE April 14, 2010 PIRATES OF PENZANCE AT WILTON’S Wilton’s Music Hall may be a stone’s throw from Tower Hill, but the oldest surviving music hall is a magnificently atmospheric throwback to another age. Its current show mixes the traditional – Gilbert & Sullivan – with the distinctly modern, in the form of an all-male production of the Pirates [...]
Top ten summer quenchers April 14, 2010 Black Diamond Sour For your late summer nights, this is a sultry rich cocktail with the aromas of a hot evening. Amaretto comes with blackberries, lime and violet liqueur, served over crushed ice and garnished with an edible flower. £8.50 at Loungelover, www.lestrois-garcons.com Garden of Earthly Delights Basil-infused Tanqueray gin, maraschino, peach purée and lemongrass [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS April 14, 2010 GO AL FRESCO IN LITTLE VENICE Rejoice: the season for summer popups has arrived. And none will be more summery than the 60-cover Summerhouse, on the banks of Little Venice’s canal. In keeping with a Hampton’s beach house theme, the menu will be full of American seafood dishes such as New England clam chowder, popcorn [...]
LIGHTS, CAMERA… April 13, 2010 Lumis Uno projector from Sim2 It’s not cheap, but this projector is one of the most advanced on the market, and will turn your home cinema into the ultimate private screening room. £18,000 www.sim2.co.uk Cara blu-ray player from Denon The Cara condenses technology from many of Denon’s flagship audio and video devices into a single, [...]
Say hello to the new lifestyle SUV April 13, 2010 ITS predecessor was undoubtedly ugly even for a 4×4, but there is no doubt about it: the first, most obvious element of the new Kia Sorento is how attractive it is. It’s one of the first Kia cars to be have been styled German design boss Peter Schreyer – the man who penned the Audi [...]
OUT OF OFFICE April 13, 2010 HAIR COMES TO THE WEST END Back in the age of flower power and the sexual revolution, James Rado and Gerome Ragni’s counter-culture musical was a defining cultural event. Its recent Broadway revival has been an award-laden smash hit and the production has now come to London with the full, tie-dyed Broadway cast. Until 25 [...]
Pound the City streets this summer April 12, 2010 WELL, the sun is out and the London Marathon is just a couple of weeks away, which means that there’s really no excuse not to strap on your trainers and get out there for a good, long lunchtime run. With perfect timing, the DLR has launched a new service called Discover Lunchtime Runs, with running [...]
OUT OF OFFICE April 12, 2010 AT THE BRIDEWELL: WHIPPING IT UP As election fever takes hold, the Tower Theatre Company is reviving Steve Thompson’s rip-roaring dissection of Westminster double dealing and dirty tricks. Set just after a general election that’s returned the Tories to power with a tiny majority, the play is rife with rebellious backbenchers, backstabbing Chief Whips and [...]