FOCUS ON: CROYDON, GREATER LONDON July 23, 2009 39 RADCLIFFE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 5QJPrice: £765,000If you’re a cricket lover glued to the television at the moment, then this smart four-bedroom period house backing on to the exclusive Whitgift Foundation’s cricket grounds is exactly what you are looking for. It comes with four bedrooms and has been refurbished to the highest standard by the [...]
Go South East to find a commuter’s haven by the sea July 23, 2009 WITH the High Speed One train line speeding towards completion, promising to connect major points in Kent to St Pancras in under an hour, the south east coast has become even more attractive a spot in which to settle. With its surprisingly numerous sandy beaches, it’s an ideal spot for young families as well as [...]
The return of film’s enfant terrible July 23, 2009 FilmANTICHRISTCert: 18 AFTER weeks of films vying to be the biggest of the year, it’s time for the one that already has the title sewn up of most harrowing and controversial. Lars von Trier has spent years gleefully blowing raspberries in the faces of moral arbiters, but the traumatic violence he’s constructed here is something [...]
NOW SHOWING SIX OF THE BEST July 23, 2009 FILM: Soul Power Terrific documentary about the concerts that accompanied the Foreman-Ali Rumble in the Jungle boxing match. THEATRE: A Little Night Music Trevor Nunn’s charming revival of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical, at the Garrick Theatre. ART: Per Kirkeby Tate Modern’s survey of the lauded Danish artist. theatre: Phedre Dame Helen Mirren delivers the towering [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND PREVIEWS July 23, 2009 FILMTHE PROPOSAL Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock star in a rom com desperately short on com. SKIN Sophie Okonedo stars in this true story about racism in South Africa’s apartheid years. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST Sergio Leone’s classic western rereleased, with Charles Bronson. DVDWATCHMEN Tiresome adaptation of the famous comic, starring Billy [...]
The tech sector recovery will leave some behind July 23, 2009 WHEN Apple sneezes, the whole technology industry catches a cold. That’s why its stunning results earlier this week saw analysts reaching for their rose-tinted spectacles. With the news coming hot on the heels of a bullish outlook from chipmakers Intel and Texas Instruments, several pundits called an end to the technology sector’s woes. Yesterday’s Gartner [...]
Best beach reads July 22, 2009 MY SOUL TO TAKE by Yrsa SigurdardottirHodder, £11.99This Icelandic thriller is cooler than most from the get go. Where else could you find a ballsy Reykjavik lawyer with little time for nonsense called upon to investigate a haunting at a plush but doomed new age hotel on the wild Icelandic coast? A gruesome murder kicks [...]
In a bubbly mood July 22, 2009 BAB – short for “bonuses are back” – has replaced “doh” as the word on the City’s streets, following revelations that bankers raked in end-of-year payouts like the credit crunch was all just a bad dream. But whatever the reality for those outside the gilded top offices of the Square Mile and Canary Wharf, there [...]
WHERE TO DRINK CHAMPAGNE IN THE CITY July 22, 2009 VERTIGOTower 42, EC2NShowy and high glam, this is a devoted champagne bar with the best views in town – perched right at the top of Tower 42 (pictured right). There is a fantastic choice of bubbly, including Veuve Delaroy Brut (£46), Georges Vesselle Bouzy Grand Cru (£66), two Bollies, a Krug (£385) and several Laurent [...]
Falling for a Romeo July 21, 2009 HAVE YOU ever seen anything so beautiful you could cry? For me, it’s this object before me, Alfa’s drop-dead gorgeous 8C Spider. So here I am, at Balocco circuit, Alfa Romeo’s private test facility between Milan and Turin. It’s 35 degrees. Test tracks, no matter where they are in the world, are not known for [...]