Our resident chef Mark Hix champions the Kentish cob nut, a great seasonal ingredient and friend to Brussels sprouts August 23, 2016 The Kentish cob nut is one of those great seasonal ingredients, with an even greater history behind it. In the early 1800s, the Victorians loved this variation on the hazelnut and planted thousands of acres of cob nut trees. They were cultivated in large amounts by Mr Lambert of Gourdhurst in Kent and that’s how [...]
The superyacht haven of Porto Montenegro is a hidden paradise on the Adriatic August 19, 2016 Starboard is on the right when the boat is moving forward, and port is left. The thing in the middle pointing up is called a mast, and this horizontal bar is called the boom,” explains Ben, the man (or skipper, if we’re going to get technical) that we were to entrust our lives to for [...]
David Brent: Life on the Road review: Ricky Gervais plays his excruciating old hits one more time August 18, 2016 Ricky Gervais may have captured the zeitgeist with The Office, but he’s reminded us often enough in the 13 years since it finished that it’s a bar he’s not always capable of hitting. This movie spin-off shows he can still play those toe-curling greatest hits, even if his film isn’t exactly brimming with new ideas. [...]
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips is an utterly refreshing family drama August 18, 2016 The extravagantly titled 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, is a conventional tale of wartime Britain, made extraordinary by an unusual approach. Stripped-back staging and exaggerated performances create a heightened reality, and pervasive humour means that when tragedy inevitably strikes, it’s blindsiding. Based on real-life events – and a novel by Michael Morpurgo – [...]
Groundhog Day at the Old Vic review: Tim Minchin’s follow-up to Matilda is a bawdy, hilarious modern-day Dickens tale August 18, 2016 At the opening of Groundhog Day I overheard David Walliams say to writer Tim Minchin: “This better be bloody good.” He was saying what everyone was thinking: there’s an absurd amount of expectation heaped on Minchin’s first musical since 2010’s Matilda, a level of hype perhaps not seen since The Book of Mormon. So it’s just as [...]
Property of the Week: Tour de France presenter’s studio flat in Soho is ingeniously designed August 18, 2016 Simple living in the messy heart of London – that’s what this extraordinarily modern studio flat offers in Soho for £699,000. Owned by ITV’s Tour de France presenter Gary Imlach, it’s a perfect pied-a-terre tucked away in a gated period building on Broadwick Street. To get to it, you need to climb a set of [...]
Opinion: Rightmove’s housing index shows that London may have fallen, but it’s sunny in the Shires August 18, 2016 The latest housing index from Rightmove has caused a stir, revealing that prices have hit their lowest point since November and have dropped 1.2 per cent nationwide. Londoners in particular seem hardest hit with the average price falling 2.6 per cent. It’s very easy to put the entire blame on Brexit and increases in Stamp Duty, but [...]
New homes on sale in London this weekend: from Old Street’s industrial warehouses to family homes in Wimbledon Village August 18, 2016 City Wharf, Old Street From £770,000 Ten two bed apartments have been released for sale in this completed development on City Road. It’s in the heart of Tech City, which has just received a £25m boost from central government. In total, there are 64 studios to three bedroom apartments in the scheme overlooking the 19th [...]
Fancy driving a Tesla? You can rent one from Heathrow Airport August 17, 2016 Horses were a cool way of getting around. You couldn’t ride one into a tree or over the edge of a cliff, even if you tried. You could fall asleep on them and safely wake up in the stable next to your house. They eat nothing but hay and poop out pure, nutrient-rich horse puddings. [...]
Why Edinburgh’s festivals rival the Olympic Games August 17, 2016 | City Talk In 2015, combined attendance across Edinburgh’s festival programme topped 4.5 million people. Only the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup can rival those visitor numbers – and both are held every four years. Collectively, Edinburgh’s festivals are the undisputed heavyweight cultural champions of the world. Every year, more than 25,000 artists from 70 countries, 1,000 media professionals [...]