From Barnet to Fulham via Camden and Southwark: Here are London’s most expensive and decadent rental properties April 19, 2022 While the average London tenant will pay £1,574 per month, the average cost of residing at the very top of the capital’s rental market comes in at a huge £23,839, – a 1415 per cent rental price premium. London-focused rental platform Rentd looked at the average cost of renting in each London borough before comparing [...]
Austin-Healey is back: Caton roadster to debut at Salon Prive London April 19, 2022 The Healey by Caton is limited to just 25 examples, and will be on show at Salon Prive London later this week.
Aston Martin DBX707 review: High and mighty April 19, 2022 The 193mph Aston Martin DBX707 is the world’s most powerful SUV. Tim Pitt lets it off the leash on incredible mountain roads in Sardinia.
After 12 weeks of ‘EMS’ electro muscle stimulation, here’s what we learned April 13, 2022 Every four years, a bit like the Olympics, I take on a mad fitness regime to see how far I can push myself out of a largely sedentary lifestyle. The first time, back in 2014, having never been a member of a gym, I went back to basics, learning about nutrition, how to properly use [...]
Immersive theatre giants Punchdrunk: ‘We want audiences to feel a sense of danger’ April 12, 2022 I’m feeling my way down a dark alleyway just wide enough to fit through. An expansive theatre set towers metres above me. Three u-turns later I’ve lost my bearings as we stop in front of a harness, rocking gently in the air. “One audience member will get taken here and come face-to-face with a God,” [...]
The A-Z of wine: This week, E is for… England April 12, 2022 We continue to march through the alphabet in search of new wines and old favourites. What’s this then? A green and pleasant land bedeviled by internal strife caused by a single contentious issue – namely, what do you call a soft bread roll? Also home to a burgeoning wine industry fuelled by centuries of wine [...]
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy review: Vital, frenetic storytelling April 12, 2022 Ryan Calais Cameron’s urgent new play is a worthy bedfellow to the seminal theatre show which inspired its name, 1970s breakthrough piece For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. It features seven men on stage in a set up that’s something like a group therapy session, with the men [...]
Drinks events back after the pandemic, Here are two for your diary April 12, 2022 The first big booze shows are on the horizon – we’ll drink to that! The Cognac Show All Cognac is brandy, but not all brandy is Cognac. Though it suffers from a perception that it is too fancy, expensive, and decadent, this varied category of French grape spirits was the workhorse of many traditional cocktails, [...]
British-built Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa Revival takes to the road April 11, 2022 The first new Bizzarrini 5300 GT Revival has undergone final endurance testing. Only 24 examples of the Italian sports car will be made.
Audi RS3 Sportback review: the scorching 400hp hot hatch April 11, 2022 Tim Pitt drives the Audi RS3 Sportback hot hatch – and reflects on its Quattro rally-car roots. How does it compare to the Mercedes-AMG A45 S?