Where to spend Christmas: From Sydney to Finland, jet off to your dream winter wonderland November 9, 2014 Can’t face another Christmas trying to please the in-laws? Then make good your escape and book a festive trip far from home. Whether you’re looking for an authentic Scandinavian experience or just some respite from the cold, the ideal winter holiday is waiting for you. Here are some of our favourites: MEET SANTA [...]
Theatre review: Made in Dagenham starring Gemma Arterton November 7, 2014 ★★☆☆☆ Adelphi Theatre If you ever wondered why Carry On Camping, Carry On Up the Nile and Carry On Up The Jungle were never followed by Carry On Second Wave Feminism, or Carry On Women’s Liberation, then watch Made in Dagenham, a new musical in which slap, tickle and gender politics make uneasy [...]
Theatre review: John by DV8 November 7, 2014 ★★★☆☆ Lyttelton Theatre When Lloyd Newson, director of verbatim physical theatre company DV8, wanted to create a play about male attitudes towards love and sexuality, he interviewed fifty volunteers. But from the moment John walked in and told his tale, Newson knew he had to change tack. John’s father was a rapist, his mother [...]
Film review: Interstellar November 7, 2014 ★★☆☆☆ After the supermassive success of last year’s Gravity, it was only a matter of time before we got another mega-budget flick about Hollywood stars being sent to the stars. Christopher Nolan, who has an exemplary track record in smart sci-fi epics (Inception, The Dark Knight), is one of the few filmmakers who might have [...]
Woman’s hour November 6, 2014 The new generation of ladies’ watches boasting brains as well as beauty P22 Get in FREE to SalonQP London’s fine watch show opens today
Watch News: What’s ticking? November 6, 2014 British brand gets Swiss makeover Strolling up Shoreditch’s recently re-landscaped Leonard Street, City sorts might expect to see yet another gallery or artisan barista through the smoked window of number 83; certainly not a crisp watchmaking atelier, kitted with an array of precision tools and a 3D prototyping printer. But this is all part of [...]
Outrageous HM6 Space Pirate lands in London November 6, 2014 Announced to instant online acclaim on Tuesday, the latest “Horological Machine” from iconoclastic watchmaker MB&F will make its public debut today, at the SalonQP fine-watch show. A genuine feather in the cap for the Saatchi Gallery showcase, into its sixth edition this year, the HM6 Space Pirate is the most ambitious unveiling yet from Max [...]
A slice of Detroit in the West End November 6, 2014 Shinola, the resuscitated brand breathing new life into the blue-collar artisanal skills of America’s heartland, has landed in the heart of the buzzy Carnaby Street shopping precinct. Situated at 13 Newburgh Street, Shinola’s full range of “utility luxe” (our term) includes everything from watches (from £410) to leather goods, journals and even a selection of [...]
Fine watch show SalonQP arrives at the Saatchi Gallery November 6, 2014 If you’re a SalonQP regular, you’ll know what the fuss is about. Slowly but surely expanding in size and repute since 2009’s frayed-around-the-edges debut at One Marylebone, the Saatchi Gallery on King’s Road is now precisely the sort of slick, spacious, yet exclusive venue that London’s watch fans (both curious and diehard) and SalonQP’s [...]
It’s about time November 6, 2014 A crop of new collections prove that Switzerland is finally making watches for women with both beauty and brains. What took them so long Bellwethers pop up in the strangest of places. Last week, sandwiched between a Radio 4 discussion on the appeal of ghost stories and an item on people living with dementia was [...]