Where Is Anne Frank review – A touching testament to an icon, with a twist August 10, 2022 There have been a spate of animations in recent years that can deliver heart-breaking stories with the lightest of touches – think 2017’s The Breadwinner, or 2006 Oscar nominee Waltz With Bashir. The director of the latter, Ari Folman, returns to tell one of history’s best-known stories with a new twist. Where Is Anne Frank [...]
Lamborghini CEO speaks to City A.M.: “We’ve had our best six months ever” August 10, 2022 As Lamborghini announces a record profit, we speak to CEO Stephan Winkelmann about plan for a hybrid and electric future.
Top summer wines to drink in the blazing sun August 10, 2022 August is here, the month of festival burgers, picnic sausages and garden party grilling. Though you may be used to a cold beer in the sun, if you want to elevate that hotdog with a nice glass, here are the summer wines – and top tips about drinking in the hot weather – to keep [...]
Why rum cocktails are perfect in the hot weather August 10, 2022 There’s nothing like cool, crushable rum cocktails to take the edge off the suffocating sultriness of summer, but with another heat-health alert in place, who has the energy to mix anything? British rum-makers Dead Man’s Fingers have you covered though, with three new thirstquenching cocktails in a can. These ready to drink beverages (RTDs) come [...]
Barrafina Borough Market is a true London gem August 10, 2022 It is not often that my friend and I are totally silenced by food but this happened not once but three times, followed by reverent murmured “oh my gods” as we each tried to get more of said dish onto our plates. It cements the new Barrafina Borough Market as one of the best meals [...]
Feels Like June restaurant review: A summer rush of escapism in Canary Wharf August 10, 2022 There’s nothing like being a tourist in your own city. Sometimes I go to Canary Wharf to pretend I’m in Downtown New York, with its vertiginous skyscrapers, wide thoroughfares that expand alongside water basins, and steakhouses and cocktail bars offering solace to tired bankers. New Canary Wharf restaurant Feels Like June sounds like the perfect [...]
Gritty business: the power of passion and perseverance August 10, 2022 | City Talk What’s more important to success — talent or effort? Most of us would say talent. But according to psychologist and best-selling author Angela Duckworth, most of us would be completely wrong. That’s one of the main takeaways from her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. In an interview at Alpha Summit GLOBAL from [...]
Porsche Cayman GT4 RS review: street fighter August 9, 2022 Tim Pitt drives the Porsche Cayman GT4 RS – a factory hot rod with the 500hp flat-six from the 911 GT3. It could be the last of a dying breed.
Thames welcomes the Götheborg, the ocean’s largest wooden sailing ship August 8, 2022 If you were along the Thames this morning, this might’ve noticed a giant pirate ship-esque vessel smoothly sliding through Tower Bridge. That was the Götheborg, passing through London on its way to Asia. It made quite the storm on social media, where workers and tourists stopped for a moment to film the pristine transition of [...]
Why Devon’s Salcombe is the new hotspot for holidaying Londoners August 8, 2022 Apparently there’s been a raft of Londoners arriving in Salcombe absolutely fuming. Their Chelsea Tractors have been getting stuck down Devon’s tiny roads, and even the most expensive sat-navs are flummoxed by the windy-windy routes. What’s caused the spike in first-time visitors that seem to be getting lost, and were they aware before they set [...]