Keep your festive drinking in control November 23, 2009 ONE MINUTE we’re told that drinking alcohol in any quantity is bad for us; the next it appears that red wine is like mother’s milk and should be consumed with gay abandon. Only last week a Spanish study commissioned by the Basque Public Health Department was published, saying that men who drank up to 11 [...]
How to control Xmas party damage November 23, 2009 THE revelry of the Christmas season always carries the same sting in its tail: hangovers, weight gain and liver strain. On average, people gain five pounds over the four-week period, the result of consuming 500 extra calories a day (a few handful of crisps, a mini sausage roll, a couple of glasses of wine and [...]
An East End gastropub on the up November 23, 2009 The Princess of Shoreditch76 Paul Street EC2A 4NE,Tel: 020 7729 9270Cost per person without wine: £34 THE NEWLY revamped Princess of Shoreditch describes itself as a “gastropub and restaurant”, which might be seen as having your cake and eating it, but the owners have grand ideas. In the bar downstairs you can get souped-up pub [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS November 23, 2009 QUAGLINO’S BACK ON FORMQuaglino’s, the vast St James’s dining establishment that was the fashionable cornerstone of the Conran empire in the nineties, is aiming to bring back the buzz with a new chef, an enhanced look and a bit of live entertainment. Belgian cook Konrad Inghelram arrives having worked at Michelin-starred establishments back home, and [...]
THREE OTHER EAST END FAVOURITES November 23, 2009 BOUNDARYConran’s smooth Shoreditch cellar has become one of East London’s favourite restaurants in which to see and be seen while eating classic French food with the odd twist, such as a kale served as a main-event dish. There’s an extensive seafood section and a daily rotisserie serving glistening, fresh slabs of meat. 3 Boundary St, [...]
Trekking with condors and canyons makes the Wild West unforgettable November 22, 2009 COMPUTER-controlled fountains rising out of an artificial lake on the Las Vegas Strip cavorted to the strains of The Pink Panther. Later we joined the midnight crowds singing along to Don McLean’s American Pie at a laser show in Fremont Street, downtown where the first casinos were built. It couldn’t be a greater contrast with [...]
TRAVEL NOTES November 22, 2009 Discount family trips to AsiaTravel Indochina is offering a free place for one child when a family of four books any family tour this November for departures in January, February or March 2010. Offerings include a 10-day journey to Cambodia, which kicks off with a street level tour of Phnom Penh and features a leisurely [...]
FOCUS ON: ROMFORD November 19, 2009 ORANGE TREE HILL, HAVERING PARK£1.2mA well-maintained property from the 1920s with its own heated swimming pool, beautiful gardens, large garage and further outbuildings, plus a gymnasiumn area.Contact John D Wood &Co on 020 7908 1108www.johndwood.co.uk PERTH ROAD, ILFORD£675,00Three bedroom, fully detached property with separate garage, located near Valentines Park.Contact Spicer McColl on 020 8518 1890www.spicer.co.uk [...]
Live upside down in the cool new-look Battersea November 19, 2009 SOMETIMES the oldest ideas are sensible. But sometimes we just keep on doing the same things for no good reason. Why should the living room be on the ground floor and the bedrooms upstairs? Well, they aren’t at the Ipsus03 development in Battersea, where they have decided to “invert” the normal living arrangements. The properties, [...]
Damon excels in portrait of a whisteblower November 19, 2009 FilmTHE INFORMANT!Cert: 12AMATT Damon plays a senior executive and whistleblower in the latest film from prolific director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11, Out of Sight). But this isn’t the kind of taut corporate thriller that’s become fashionable in Hollywood of late. That exclamation mark in the title makes it obvious that this isn’t a film that [...]