Eat, drink and be merry December 3, 2013 Perfect boozy gifts for the man who wants to unwind in style Bombay Sapphire £29.99 including personalised engraving available at Selfridges on the 10 and 11 December. bombaysapphire.com Mount Gay Rum Old Cask Selection £112.96 thedrinkshop.com Whisky stones ice cube alternatives £15.98 amazon.co.uk Mason Shaker cocktail kit £170 masonshaker.com Crystal Head Vodka £62.50 harveynichols.com Elephant [...]
Awesome accessories December 3, 2013 Forget socks with Santa on them – these will last long after the tree comes down Hawes & Curtis leather belt £44.50 hawesandcurtis.co.uk Theo Fennell Evil Eye cufflinks £7,700 theofennell.com Linkson Jack bespoke ties From £90 linksonjack.com Wempe Zeitmeister World Time £1,625 wempe.com Alpaca Ski Socks £18 perilla.co.uk
Toys for big kids December 3, 2013 For the man who is still a child at heart London Underground Monopoly £29.99 ltmuseumshop.co.uk Vespa 946: Ricordo Italiano £7,740 vespa.com Battroborg fighting robots From £26, arena set £54.99 amazon.co.uk Robot Nutcracker £28 sciencemuseumshop.co.uk Marvel Now! Omnibus £46.50 amazon.co.uk
The City Fit Challenge is over – but who has claimed victory? December 2, 2013 It’s not over until the fat lady sings, but after our City Fit Challenge – in partnership with Danio, Danone’s high protein yogurt of substance – there’s not much fat to be seen. We asked three busy office workers who were keen to lose a few pounds to undertake the 5:2 diet, which involves restricting [...]
Fitness Expert: Christmas and New Year is an exercise in damage limitation: but it’s not an excuse to quit December 2, 2013 AS THE holiday season approaches, the chances are very high that a vast number of calories will be passing your lips in the days and weeks to come. Although estimates vary, some people put on about five pounds over Christmas, with up to 6,000 calories consumed on Christmas Day alone. When you include New Year’s [...]
Diet Expert: Manage your calorie intake over Christmas for an easy start to 2014 December 2, 2013 THE 5:2 diet is the perfect approach to survive the Christmas festivities and not end up spending next January trying to lose that extra weight you gained in December. As a dietician, obviously I can’t condone excessive eating or binge drinking, but indulging at Christmas is one of life’s great pleasures and a well earned [...]
The yogurt pot that’s packed with protein December 2, 2013 DANIO is a super thick, super tasty strained yogurt, which is high in protein and low in fat. Each pot is packed with at least 12g of protein making it the perfect post-workout snack. The secret behind Danio’s spoon-bendingly thick texture is that it is produced by a straining process which uses over twice the [...]
A room with a view December 1, 2013 Hotels in which you don’t need to leave your bedroom for a spectacular vista WHETHER you prefer Manhattan’s ever-changing cityscape or the rolling, green mountains of St Lucia, there is a perfect hotel for you. Check out some of the most stunning vistas on the planet through the windows of these super-luxurious hotels. 1. Arts [...]
Thompson and Hanks shine in awards-baiting Disney biopic November 28, 2013 FILM SAVING MR BANKS Cert PG | By Simon Thomson Four Stars SAVING Mr Banks is the true story of how, over two weeks in Los Angeles, Walt Disney persuaded P.L. Travers to turn her children’s book series, Mary Poppins, into a film. Starring double-Oscar winners Emma Thompson as Travers and Tom Hanks as Disney, [...]
Awkward laughs prove to be just what the doctor ordered November 28, 2013 THEATRE IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY) St James Theatre | By Simon Thomson Four Stars IT’S THE dawn of the electrical age in a spa town near New York, and the enterprising Doctor Givings is treating hysterical patients. With vibrators. This is the West End transfer of Sarah Ruhl’s Tony-and-Pulitzer-nominated comedy In [...]