Volkswagen Golf R 20 Years review: Golf with balls January 30, 2023 The Golf R 20 years is Volkswagen's ultimate hot hatchback, with 333hp, four-wheel drive, carbon fibre trim and a near-£50,000 price tag.
Skiing in St Moritz and Pontresina, the Swiss towns where British ski holidays were born January 29, 2023 The Grand Hotel Kronenhof is like a Wes Anderson movie brought to life. You join me in Pontresina, in Switzerland’s Eastern Alps, a pretty little mountain town of 18th century villas and Belle Epoque buildings. The hotel itself is large and neo-baroque, crowned with a jaunty green dome, and was opened in 1848 before being [...]
Straits Kitchen at the Pan Pacific hotel is great for Chinese wine January 28, 2023 If you’ve read about the rise of Chinese wine and are looking to explore its rise then there’s nowhere better than Straits Kitchen in the Pan Pacific Hotel. Sommelier Francois Bertrand is passionate about providing wines to fit their Asian menu, believing the variety and quality from China will surprise and delight. What unfolded over [...]
London Classic Car Show 2023: everything you need to know January 28, 2023 The London Classic Car Show returns to Kensington Olympia in February 2023. We reveal what to expect, how to buy tickets and more.
Lamborghini Urus Performante review: Winter sports January 27, 2023 The new 666hp, £209,000 Lamborghini Urus Performante is an SUV that thinks it's a supercar. Or is it the other way around?
Why Chinese wine is so hot right now January 27, 2023 Sunday marked Chinese New Year, an excellent reason to sample some of the country’s incredible wines. Despite making wine for over 2,000 years, it is only relatively recently that winemaking has increased and started filtering into the UK’s market. “Wine is becoming popular because younger people are more influenced by Western tastes, and grape wine [...]
Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate is an epic V12 swansong January 27, 2023 The most powerful production Aston Martin ever, the DBS 770 Ultimate is a fitting tribute to the V12-powered grand tourer.
The Apprentice recap: this week’s most ridiculous moments, ranked January 26, 2023 Another week of The Apprentice, another week of cacophonous shouting from people in suits squabbling over loose change. The Apprentice episode 4 saw the two teams sent off to Brighton to barter for vintage and second-hand items at low prices. It was a week of small spending, small gains and, well, not a whole load [...]
Supercharged Porsche 911 by Theon Design review: Super drug January 26, 2023 The latest Porsche 911 restomod from Theon Design combines ferocious supercharged performance with a softer side. Tim Pitt drives it.
Gerard Butler new film Plane is a big dumb action movie January 26, 2023 Amidst all the complicated emotions of Oscar season, it’s a nice change of pace to see something as straightforward as Plane, starring Gerard Butler, on the release slate. The all-action Scot plays Brodie Torrance, a pilot in charge of a routine flight that’s forced to crash land on an island near the Philippines. While Plane [...]