Revealed: 20 purchases that prove money can buy happiness July 22, 2019 They say money can’t buy happiness, but there’s no doubt retail therapy can help boost your mood. Now a survey has revealed the nation’s favourite pick-me-up purchases, showing how Brits like to spend their hard-earned cash over the summer months. Read more: Why families feel ripped off by overseas summer holidays The research, commissioned by [...]
Pinch brings boutique British interiors to Pimlico’s design district July 19, 2019 Pimlico Road Design District is fast becoming a galaxy of interiors stars. From designers Rose Uniacke, Nicholas Haslem and Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, to the delectable fabrics and wallpaper of Soane Britain, and the luxury textiles of de Le Cuona, each shop and showroom is unique, and there’s a contemporary energy to a district [...]
The Lion King ‘live action’ remake is a solid cover version but one that’s outshone by the classic July 19, 2019 The Lion King (PG); Dir. Jon Favreau; Three Stars All together now: “Naaaaaaaaants Ingonyamaaaa…”. There are few opening lines that inspire a sense of nostalgia quite like the opening to The Lion King, a fact Disney is betting an awful lot of money on in its latest remake of one of its old classics. With [...]
Equus at Trafalgar Studios review: A fresh take on this sexy, horse-blinding drama July 19, 2019 Everyone knows Equus as the play about the boy who gets off on riding horses. It follows Alan Strang, a 17-year-old trying to navigate his aberrant sexuality under the influence of his overbearing religious mother and disciplinarian socialist father. Martin Dysart is the psychiatrist tasked with treating him after he blinds six horses with a [...]
The director of Super Mario Brothers makes her first feature in 26 years and it’s not what you’re expecting July 19, 2019 Tell It To The Bees (15); Dir. Annabel Jankel; 2 Stars Based on the novel by Fiona Shaw, Tell It To The Bees is set in a small Scottish town in the 50s, where kindly doctor Jean (Anna Paquin) takes in single mother Lydia (Holliday Grainger) as her housekeeper. The two soon begin a relationship, [...]
Making Noise Quietly is a war film that forgoes guns and explosions to focus on those left behind July 19, 2019 There are many dramas about the devastation of war as viewed by those on the front line. Fewer, however, look at the effect of war on those back home. Making Noise Quietly is divided into three stories from three different eras – the first concerns a meeting between a conscientious objector (Luke Thompson) and a [...]
Focus on St John’s Wood: Super-prime rentals are hot property in this US enclave July 19, 2019 With its secluded streets, proximity to the West End and legendary status in the worlds of both sport and music as the home of Lord’s and Abbey Road, St John’s Wood has long been a desirable address. PG Wodehouse made it the home of Bertie Wooster’s best pal, aristocrat Bingo Little, in his Jeeves series; [...]
Property of the Week: Live in the home of the real-life Peter Pan July 19, 2019 Let’s face it – being a grown-up can be pretty tiresome. It’s why adults everywhere are working on their colouring books, letting loose in ball pits and commuting to work via scooter. If you too want to channel your inner child, what better way than by living in a house once occupied by the children [...]
New homes: Our pick of the new builds going on sale in London this weekend July 19, 2019 Grand Union, Alperton From £350,000 for a studio Homes are now available to buy at Grand Union, the major regeneration project being undertaken by St George, which has seen the developer open up a previously inaccesible section of the Grand Union Canal. The development in Alperton will comprise 3,000 studio, one, two and three-bedroom homes, [...]
Knot the usual auction: Buyer stumps up $850,000 in rare sneaker sale July 18, 2019 A Canadian entrepreneur has snapped up 99 pairs of the world’s rarest sneakers for $850,000 (£681,000) at an auction in New York. Read more: Sotheby’s wine sales hit £100m in record-breaking year In the first ever auction dedicated to sneakers, businessman Miles Nadal bought all but one pair of limited edition shoes on sale at [...]