Formula One rising star Jordan King on how it takes more than cash to become a champion March 2, 2016 Jordan King is just 22-years-old, but to talk with him you’d think he’d been racing in Formula One for a decade, such is his calm confidence and commercial aptitude. He’s currently contesting F1’s feeder series, GP2, and testing for the Manor F1 team with the hope of stepping up to a race seat next year. [...]
Now trending: Your new spring wardrobe in pictures March 2, 2016 Fashion artist Emma Hopkins lays bare the latest styles for spring/summer 2016 to help you stay ahead of the crowd.
How E Tautz designer Patrick Grant is using Kickstarter to save the UK textiles business March 2, 2016 Patrick Grant, the award-winning designer behind resurgent Savile Row tailor E Tautz, is best known for his modern take on traditional men’s tailoring. With his latest venture, however, he’s set his sights even higher: saving the UK textile industry. Community Clothing was born when E Tautz’s manufacturer Cookson and Clegg near Blackburn (also a supplier [...]
Sheer delight: gothic fashion and vampish accessories are back March 2, 2016 Bring out your inner goth with these floaty black dresses and vampish accessories, shot exclusively for City A.M. Bespoke Photography: Carla Guler, Styling: Ozzy Shah, Fashion assistant: Harry Clements, Hair & makeup: Scarlett Burton using YSL Beautè and Bumble & Bumble, Hair & makeup assistant: Sophie Heaton, Retouch: Faye Sampson, Shoot location: Ormonde House, currently on the market for £10.8m through [...]
Spanish wine is enjoying an unprecedented period of quality and affordability – take advantage now March 2, 2016 It struck me as I was deciding where to invest my modest 2016 wine budget, that Spanish wine is an absolute bargain, at every level. We would all be mad not to take advantage of this phenomenon while it lasts. My brainwave was hardly original; none other than the great wine seer Robert Parker has [...]
Mix it up: Farewell to Dick Bradsell, Britain’s very own cocktail genius March 2, 2016 I never met Dick Bradsell. My brother-in-law worked for him at the now defunct Detroit bar, but I never took the chances I had to speak to the genius of mixology who, sadly, passed away at the weekend. By all accounts, Bradsell revolutionised Britain’s cocktail scene, putting London (alongside New York) at the frontline in [...]
A tale of two grills: Bukowski Charcoal Grill and Boyds Grill & Wine Bar March 1, 2016 BUKOWSKI CHARCOAL GRILL 10-11 D'Arblay Street, W1f 8DT Tel: 020 3857 4756 FOOD ★★☆☆☆ | VALUE ★★★★☆ | ATMOSPHERE ★★☆☆☆ Cost for two with beer and cocktails: £70 – – – – – – – – – – – BOYDS GRILL & WINEBAR 8 Northumberland Ave, WC2N 5BY Tel: 020 7808 3344 FOOD ★★★★☆ | VALUE [...]
The craft behind the costumes at Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House March 1, 2016 Bloodied disembodied arms hang from the walls of an otherwise pristine workroom in Essex, where students – their focused expressions lit up by as many Macbook Pros – largely ignore the gruesome debris in their midst. “Oh, that’s Napoleon Blown-apart,” the teacher says. “It’s a project we were working on where we got the students [...]
Working Lunch review: The Black Penny, Covent Garden, serves gourmet food without the fuss March 1, 2016 The Black Penny 34 Great Queen Street, WC2 WHAT? A trendy coffee house and brunch spot modelled on the “penny universities” of 17th century England, where punters would be able to pay a penny for a beverage and a lecture. Prices may have gone up a pretty penny, but the concept remains the same. The [...]