Making bubbles under the sea: Is this the future of fizz? March 26, 2022 English wine has boldly gone somewhere it has never been before: under the sea. The idea of under-water aging has been trialled across the world since 2010, when some Veuve Clicquot dating from the early 1800s was found in a shipwreck, proclaimed delicious, and sold at a premium. However, Hampshire’s Exton Park is now the [...]
Rapper Kano is the mastermind behind The Duppy Share’s new rum March 26, 2022 Last week the latest season of the gritty London crime drama Top Boy dropped on Netflix, and as you settle in to binge the series, its star – actor and MOBO-winning grime pioneer Kano – has you covered for drinks. He’s the driving force behind the flavourful Duppy White Jamaican rum, part of The Duppy [...]
We’re calling out for a hero: Michael Bay. But is his Ambulance good? March 25, 2022 As painful as it might be to admit, it’s the perfect time for Michael Bay to make a comeback. Cinemas need big, bold crowd-pleasers, and there’s no-one bigger or bolder than the man behind the Bad Boys and Transformers franchises. His new film is called Ambulance, but those thinking this will be a sensitive ode [...]
Last minute Mother’s Day idea: Try the Pan Pacific hotel March 25, 2022 Mother’s Day is on the horizon and with canny timing the Pan Pacific hotel has launched an afternoon tea centred around childhood memories in its elegant Orchard Lounge. Award-winning executive pastry chef Cherish Finden recalls her own Singaporean childhood during either a traditional English tea or a fully Asian affair, the latter of which I opted for. We [...]
Clybourne Park review: Satire on race lacks emotional depth March 25, 2022 Bruce Norris’ clever play about the way racism lurks in the suburbs was a knock-out when it premiered twelve years ago. It bagged Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Play, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. So it should have: its script points out the systemic prejudices that are in many ways as pervasive today [...]
Limited edition Aston Martin V12 Vantage is a ‘spectacular finale’ March 24, 2022 Limited to just 333 examples, the dramatic new V12 Vantage celebrates the end of Aston Martin's 12-cylinder supercar.
Citroen C5 X review: Vive la différence March 24, 2022 Tim Pitt drives the radical new Citroen C5 X, an upmarket plug-in hybrid with a uniquely French approach to luxury.
Where to go on holiday? That’s easy: Andalucía is the natural choice March 24, 2022 | Sponsored The coronavirus pandemic has changed many of our attitudes and the way we do things, but now that international travel restrictions are being eased after two years when it has been difficult and often inadvisable to go anywhere, many people are starting to think about having a holiday this year. The big question, of course, [...]
iPad Air 2022 review: A worthy follow-up to the best tablet in years March 23, 2022 While the launch of a new Apple device is usually pretty difficult to miss, you could be forgiven for overlooking the iPad that hit UK shelves in March 2020, in the week leading up to the first lockdown. That would have been a shame, however, because the iPad Air 2020 (“Air” being Apple’s mid-range iPad, [...]
Phantom of the Open review: Mark Rylance scores hole-in-one with hilarious underdog tale March 22, 2022 This Mark Rylance comedy-drama is perhaps the most twee film you’ll see this decade, but it’s genuinely heart-warming too, with endless hits of proper comedy. It’s not the year’s first joyous tale of a working class British underdog. The Duke, starring Jim Broadbent as an elderly campaigner against BBC television licensing, was in a similar [...]