Greek food, but not as you know it April 29, 2014 Dish of the day Mazi’s Spinach I CAME up with the name Mazi – which means “together” in Greek – because it’s a sharing concept. We wanted to bring people together. We’re also trying to modernise traditional Greek recipes so it’s a combination of the old and the new. It’s also my grandmother’s name so [...]
It’s loud and fast, but wide of the mark April 28, 2014 Peter Burgess failed to fall in love with the original F-Type – can the coupé version convince him otherwise? WE’VE HAD our issues, Jaguar and I, over the F-Type. Like the Emperor’s new clothes, all the press seemed bowled over, except for me. Sure, it’s mighty fast and incredibly sexy. But does it really need [...]
Not convinced? April 28, 2014 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE COUPE SPORTSHIFT PRICE: £91,080 0-62MPH: 4.8 secs TOP SPEED: 180mph CO2 G/KM: 299g/km MPG COMBINED: 21.9mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Three Stars PERFORMANCE Four Stars PRACTICALITY Two Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Two Stars MASERATI GRAN TURISMO V8 SPORT PRICE: £90,390 0-62MPH: 4.9 secs TOP SPEED: 183mph CO2 G/KM: 354g/km MPG COMBINED: 18.6mpg [...]
Donmar Privacy play reveals all April 28, 2014 THEATRE PRIVACY Donmar Warehouse | By Alex Dymoke Four Stars “IN 21 YEARS of invading people’s privacy I’ve never found anybody doing any good… Privacy is for paedos. Privacy is evil.” This speech by former News of the World hack Paul McMullan delivered to the Leveson inquiry is quoted verbatim in the first act of [...]
10-week fitness challenge | The get-fit diary of an out-of-shape office worker April 28, 2014 Steve is undertaking a 10 week “total body transformation” programme with No.1 Fitness, which involves four sessions a week at the gym, a strictly-controlled diet and absolutely no alcohol under any circumstances whatsoever (not even a little bit, just to take the edge off…). Here’s how it’s going: The last fortnight has been tough. I’m [...]
Sydney, Australia: the global cultural capital of the future April 27, 2014 Forget the stereotype, Australians can do hipster as well WHAT’S the difference between Australia and a petri dish? If you leave a petri dish for long enough it will eventually develop a culture… Or so the joke used to go. But anyone who’s visited Sydney recently would struggle to justify that view. Australia’s economy has [...]
48 hours in… Berlin April 27, 2014 WHERE TO STAY Rocco Forte’s Hotel de Rome is located on one of the most important squares in former East Berlin. The rooms are among the most luxurious in Germany. WHERE TO EAT There are plenty of high end restaurants in Berlin like the Ganymed Brasserie (pictured) but Turkish is the cuisine that draws the [...]
A mean, green, plug-in machine April 22, 2014 The new Mitsubishi Outlander lasts and lasts – it might just be the SUV to clean up the City BATH is a beautiful spa town with World Heritage City status. But its traffic is terrible. If you thought the City was bad, try Bath at 8am on a weekday. It’s the perfect place to sit [...]
Not convinced? April 22, 2014 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… NISSAN LEAF PRICE: £21,490 (after grant) 0-62MPH: 11.5 secs TOP SPEED: 87mph CO2 G/KM: 0g/km MPG COMBINED: N/A THE VERDICT: DESIGN One Star PERFORMANCE Two Stars PRACTICALITY Two Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Two Stars TOYOTA PRIUS PLUG-IN PRICE: £28,395 (after grant) 0-62MPH: 11.3 secs TOP SPEED: 112mph CO2 G/KM: 49g/km MPG COMBINED: 134.5mpg THE VERDICT: [...]
Exhibition of the decade so far April 21, 2014 ART HENRI MATISSE: THE CUT-OUTS Tate Modern Five Stars IT’S A moving story: a great painter whose health is failing him moves into the stage of life we usually associate with greyness and discovers colour. A 72-year-old Matisse was forced to lay down his brush after a cancer operation in 1941, but this led him [...]