FOCUS ON: BETHNAL GREEN, E2 May 28, 2009 CITY PAVILION, CHILTON STREET, E2Price: £650,000Located just off Brick Lane and near Spitalfields market, this large three-bedroom apartment offers plenty of space for your money. It is on the second floor of a courtyard building and has a dual-aspect living room with floor-to-ceiling windows. The kitchen is open-plan and recessed to the side with solid [...]
Q&A: INTERIORS May 28, 2009 Alan WaxmanMANAGING DIRECTOR AT LANDMASSQ. Dear Alan, My house is small and lacking in storage space. Is there anything I can do to make the place seem larger and use the space more efficiently?A. The first thing about having a small place is that the choice of colours is crucial to maximise the space, along [...]
Q&A: INTERIORS May 28, 2009 Alan WaxmanMANAGING DIRECTOR AT LANDMASSQ. Dear Alan, My house is small and lacking in storage space. Is there anything I can do to make the place seem larger and use the space more efficiently?A. The first thing about having a small place is that the choice of colours is crucial to maximise the space, along [...]
Life is returning to the Docklands property market May 28, 2009 Nowhere gratifies the spirit of the property doom-mongerers like Docklands – loaded as it is with architectural emblems of the boom years; a development graveyard of flats left empty as banks fell and buyers took fright. In other words, a homebuyers’ nightmare. This, however, is proving an unfairly dim view to take. Charlie Fisher, sales [...]
Life is returning to the Docklands property market May 28, 2009 Nowhere gratifies the spirit of the property doom-mongerers like Docklands – loaded as it is with architectural emblems of the boom years; a development graveyard of flats left empty as banks fell and buyers took fright. In other words, a homebuyers’ nightmare. This, however, is proving an unfairly dim view to take. Charlie Fisher, sales [...]
WHERE TO DRINK May 27, 2009 NORTH:The Albion, nestling just off Upper Street, will make you forget you are in London. A massive, green beer garden and great food (it has won awards for its Sunday lunch) are topped off with a good beer selection, including Flowers IPA and Black Sheep.10 Thornhill Rd, N1 1HW. Highbury & Islington tube/rail. Tel: 020 [...]
The truth about the toughest MBA out there May 27, 2009 WHAT THEY TEACH YOU AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOLBy Philip Delves BroughtonVIKING, £12.99 GRADUATES of the Harvard MBA programme run the World Bank, the American Treasury, General Electric, Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble. According to Philip Delves Broughton, they control “the hours we work, the vacations we get, the culture we consume, the health care we [...]
The truth about the toughest MBA out there May 27, 2009 WHAT THEY TEACH YOU AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOLBy Philip Delves BroughtonVIKING, £12.99 GRADUATES of the Harvard MBA programme run the World Bank, the American Treasury, General Electric, Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble. According to Philip Delves Broughton, they control “the hours we work, the vacations we get, the culture we consume, the health care we [...]
OUT OF OFFICE May 27, 2009 LIVE MUSIC AT THE SANDERSONThere’s no better way to enjoy the long summer twilight than sipping a cocktail while listening to good music in a lovely courtyard. The Sanderson is providing just such a scenario this summer, with its Sanderson Predicts live music series, the first of which is next Friday. Launch night is a [...]
OUT OF OFFICE May 27, 2009 LIVE MUSIC AT THE SANDERSONThere’s no better way to enjoy the long summer twilight than sipping a cocktail while listening to good music in a lovely courtyard. The Sanderson is providing just such a scenario this summer, with its Sanderson Predicts live music series, the first of which is next Friday. Launch night is a [...]