Who you gonna call? These guys January 10, 2013 FILM GANGSTER SQUAD Cert 15 **** What KIND of a name is Gangster Squad? It sounds like something a bunch of unimaginative children might have come up with. But Gangster Squad is the perfect name for this movie. Perfect. The eponymous squad are essentially a group of superheroes with badges, assembled to defeat an evil [...]
Les Misérables is one for afficionados of the musical only January 10, 2013 FILM LES MISÉRABLES Cert 12A ***** (fans of the stage musical) * (everybody else) I TELL you what, there ain’t half a lot of singing in Les Misérables. If you’re not au fait with musicals, it doesn’t go: acting, acting, acting, song, acting, acting, acting, song. It goes: song, song, song, song, song, song, song. [...]
London Collections: Men shows the capital has what it takes January 9, 2013 DAY TWO THERE HAS always been a tension between “fashion”, as opposed to “style”, where menswear is concerned. For many men, the collections shown on the runway represent something confined to a very small circle of “fashion folk”. It’s not hard to understand where that perception comes from: how many men outside the fashion world [...]
The XFR is a truly astonishing beast January 8, 2013 WHEN Jaguar Cars came up with the inspired tagline “Grace, space and pace” in the 1960s, they set up their stall as a brand that considered overt displays of power somewhat vulgar. Even this XFR model, despite its capacity to boost you up to speeds that will make your hair stand on end, looks more [...]
Get set for Europe’s finest boatshow January 7, 2013 The Tullett Prebon London Boat Show returns to ExCeL London from 12-20 January 2013 and promises to light up the capital with a stunning showcase of all things marine. The annual Show, this year situated within ExCeL’s South hall, is widely renowned for being the first place to see the newest marine innovations, designs and [...]
London Collections Men: day one January 7, 2013 The inaugural three-day showcase is back and bigger than ever AFTER A stellar debut last summer, London Collections: Men kicked off in style yesterday with David Cameron officially opening the festivities with a reception at Downing Street. This year’s event will showcase over 60 of the capital’s best menswear designers, cementing the capital’s position as [...]
UK house prices enjoy December rise January 7, 2013 UK house prices enjoyed a last-minute boost to 2012 and rose by 1.3 per cent in December, according to Halifax’s house price index out this morning. On an annual basis, house values edged down by 0.3 per cent over the year, the lender said. Overall, there were six monthly rises and six decreases during 2012. [...]
St Tropez: glitz, glamour and a little genuine beauty January 6, 2013 IT HAS become a cliche to mourn the death of the once unspoiled fishing “village” that was St Tropez – the days when Brigitte Bardot walked barefoot along the Quai de L’Epi and you could barter over a freshly caught sea bass at the pier. Or even the days when you could still get a [...]
Enjoy Cephalonia in style at Faros Suites, Fiskardo January 6, 2013 IF YOU want to get a flavour for Cephalonia and stay in one of the prettiest harbours, head for Faros Suites in Fiskardo. There’s nothing ritzy about the apartments but they’re comfortable, modern and tinged with South African artefacts installed by the owners who spent their childhood there. There are seven apartments, some with sea-views, [...]
Madrid might just be the best capital city you’ve never been to January 6, 2013 TO MOST Brits, Barcelona is the Spanish city. The whacky cathedral by Gaudi that isn’t finished almost 90 years after he died, “Barca” the only football team in the world that leads a debate on independence, Las Ramblas, F1, the list goes on. Yet to the Spanish, Madrid is their Capital, not just in name [...]