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Auctioned masterpiece could set a record for German painter Georg Baselitz February 14, 2017 Sotheby’s has estimated Mit Roter Fahne – or With Red Flag, as it’s known in English – could sell for £6.5m-8.5m when it goes up for auction in March. If the 1965 painting could command such as price, it could set a new record for German painter Georg Baselitz. The auction house has witnessed an increase [...]
A last-minute Valentine’s day guide: Six City restaurants with tables for two available February 14, 2017 The day of love has come round – but if you haven’t had much luck booking a romantic place to celebrate (or, ahem, you just forgot), we’ve put together a list of the City’s best dining spots with last-minute tables for two. No need to thank us – just take a look below and take [...]
The Founder director John Lee Hancock: “There are things about Ray Kroc I really admire” February 14, 2017 Released in UK cinemas this week, The Founder tells the story of the world’s best-known brand, McDonald’s – and how entrepreneur Ray Kroc wrestled the company away from its founders. We sat down with the movie’s director, John Lee Hancock, to talk burgers, unscrupulous business tactics and what he learned about leadership from Kroc. Your [...]
Golf GTI 2017 review: The grand daddy of hot hatches is back, baby February 13, 2017 Manual gearbox. Tartan seats. Bright red paint. It could be the summer of ’76, with me at the wheel of Volkswagen’s brand new Golf GTI. Instead, it’s 2017 and I’m driving a revised version of the seventh-generation Golf GTI. While the GTI was once the hot hatch of choice for yuppies, fashionable mums and even [...]
Domino’s Pizza has created a 22-carat gold pizza slice engagement ring February 13, 2017 If you’re into cheesy Valentine’s gestures, look no further than this: Domino’s Pizza has created a 22-carat gold pizza slice engagement ring, topped with diamonds that resemble pepperoni. A lucky customer will win the chance to get their hands on this limited edition slice via a competition on the pizza giant’s Facebook page. The move [...]
Finding love on the first date will cost you, a quarter of the average weekly wage to be exact February 13, 2017 If you can't seem to find love, you're probably not spending enough, it turns out – after new research found Britons are not shy about splashing the cash to impress on the first date, with the average expenditure on a first date hitting £132.57 – over a quarter of the average weekly wage. The data, [...]
Quiz: How boring is your daily lunch choice? February 13, 2017 Not looking forward to lunch today? That's hardly surprising: a new study has found a whopping three-quarters of Britons eat the same lunch every day – with 58 per cent saying they've eaten the same thing for as long as they can remember. The study, by the New Covent Garden Soup company, found 81 per cent of [...]
DriveTribe co-founders Richard Hammond and Ernesto Schmitt talk dating, driverless cars and excluding Jeremy Clarkson from music ventures February 13, 2017 How would you transition from celebrity to business magnate? If you’ve already done well in life, one option is to wind down. This is not, however, the option Richard Hammond and sidekicks James May and Jeremy Clarkson are going for. In case they didn’t have enough to do launching Amazon’s The Grand Tour, they’ve also [...]
How to find quiet sanctuary in the buzzy, bohemian city of Prague February 10, 2017 Widely regarded as one of Europe’s prettiest capitals – and one of the only European cities that remained largely undamaged during the Second World War – Prague is like an ornate display cabinet of architectural styles throughout the ages. From the 14th century Gothic wonder that is Charles Bridge to the graffiti-strewn John Lennon Wall, [...]
I went to Hollywood and, following a brief and unaccountable sense of impending doom, found it to be lovely February 10, 2017 "Look, there’s Angelyne." Our tour guide to the stars pointed to a woman in the lane next to us riding a hot pink Corvette. She looked pale and ageless, like hummus that had been moulded into the shape of a sad Dolly Parton. Her cloud of yellow hair was puffed out like a big candyfloss, [...]