Half of Brits still planning to visit family over Christmas despite Omicron concerns December 17, 2021 Despite concerns over the latest Covid variant Omicron, almost half of Brits have stated they will go ahead with their plans to visit family and friends over the festive period. Data gathered by independent watchdog Transport Focus over the course of the first two weekends of December has shown that 46.5 per cent of out [...]
Get into the festive spirit at El Palace, Barcelona December 15, 2021 THE WEEKEND: Escape December drudgery and head off for a festive city break to kickstart that long-neglected Christmas spirit. Skip the traditional packed Christmas markets of Northern Europe and look south to Spain instead, where Barcelona piles on dazzling decorations, twinkling city-wide lights and chocolate-box markets to tick off the present shopping. It’s also much [...]
Christmas wine for your dry bird: How to pick the perfect festive bottle December 15, 2021 It is the festive season, and we will soon be shoving turkeys into ovens to feed the masses, but turkey is a notoriously dry bird and calls for the right wine to help wet our whistles. Though traditionalists may feel the classic Bordeaux is always acceptable beware of drying tannins. A wiser choice if you [...]
Xmas Drinks 2021: The spirits you need on your cabinet over the holidays December 15, 2021 The Botanist Islay Dry Gin is ideal for seasonal cocktails. Made by the experimental Scotch whisky-makers at Bruichladdich, using a rare, salvaged Lomond still, the Botanist combines nine traditional gin botanicals with a further twenty-two ingredients foraged from the island. The resulting spirit is incredibly smooth, enlivened by citrus, mint, and harmonious floral flavours, that make [...]
Hollywood Bowl brings home profits despite Covid closures December 15, 2021 Bowling operator Hollywood Bowl managed to bring home profits despite Covid restrictions halting business for the better part of the year. The company’s shares have gone down 0.87 per cent, to 227.50p. In its final results for the year ended 30 September, Hollywood Bowl registered a 0.9 per cent increase in its operating profit margin, [...]
Sally Rooney and Kazuo Ishiguro among the most sold books of 2021, Amazon reveals December 14, 2021 Sally Rooney’s new novel ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’ and Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Klara and the Sun’ feature among the 10 most sold books of 2021. According to an analysis carried out by Amazon, Rooney and Ishiguro feature alongside 2020 award-winning books such as Delia Owen’s ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ as well as Matt Haig’s ‘The [...]
Jenson Button tests new Radford 62-2 sports car for first time December 13, 2021 Former F1 world champion Jenson Button has recorded performance figures for the Lotus-based Radford 62-2 sports car on-track at Hethel.
Paul McCartney to invest in music start-up Audoo December 13, 2021 Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is reportedly among the investors financing music start-up Audoo. McCartney – joining the likes of music firm Tileyard London and Abba singer Bjorn Ulvaeus – is behind the app’s £7.2m funding round, the Times reported. In its pre-series B funding Audoo – which aims to revolutionise the royalty payment system [...]
Hyundai Kona N review: Fun for the family December 13, 2021 The Hyundai Kona N is a compact SUV that brings track-honed excitement to the school-run. John Redfern gets behind the wheel.
Lamb film review: Another unsettling horror from A24 December 11, 2021 The term Sheeple is given a whole new context in Lamb, the directorial debut from Valdimar Jóhannsson, co-written with Björk collaborator Sjón. Maria and Ingvar (Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snær Guðnason) are the owners of a farm in Iceland, whose quiet existence is disturbed when one of their sheep give birth to a human child [...]