Martin Williams interview: New Evolv boss on aggressive growth and the closure of M May 22, 2025 In a new series interviewing the judges of our new Toast the City awards, our Life&Style editor sat down with new Evolve Collection boss to talk Terence Conran, aggressive growth and how it feels to see M Restaurant close Few people have had a bigger impact on the City’s food and drink scene than Martin [...]
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: Out on the town with Evolv boss Martin Williams May 21, 2025 Last week, my Evolv Collection exec team and I were invited to visit Domaine de Mirabeau, the home of pink pleasures. In a world where wild yeasts are added to wines not only to assist primary fermentation, but to ‘influence’ the flavour profiles (think apricot, raspberry or peach, regardless of grape profile), it was inspiring [...]
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme is a work of art May 21, 2025 This year’s Cannes opener is the latest Wes Anderson feature, The Phoenician Scheme. It’s his second time opening the festival, cementing his status as one of the few filmmakers alive who can draw a crowd based on their name alone. Yet, nearly 30 years since his first film, he remains divisive: to some, his work [...]
Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid 2025 review: Work, rest and play May 21, 2025 Book a Porsche press car and there’s a good chance it will be delivered by a Cayenne. The vehicles often travel inside a covered trailer, which is hauled to all corners of the UK by this particular workhorse. “I love them. They’re just so capable and comfortable,” says the driver as he unloads my showroom-fresh [...]
How to buy wine for… A blitz spirit street party May 21, 2025 When I first moved into my street I was bemused by its welcome. Having lived in London for years, my neighbourly communication had typically been limited. The odd hello when you awkwardly leave your houses at the same time. In my twenties, there were some fraught messages from above about the volume of my music, [...]
Spanish wine: What I’ve learned and where to drink it May 20, 2025 Spanish wines are changing. At the annual Spanish Wine Tasting earlier this year I was struck by how the traditional styles are evolving and many of our preconceptions must be thrown out the window. Here are some of the top trends I noticed. Red wines are getting lighter There is still plenty of power but, [...]
Maserati GranTurismo Folgore review: Nice but niche May 20, 2025 After five years in development, Maserati recently scrapped plans for its fully electric supercar: the MC20 Folgore. Blamed on ‘insufficient demand in the super sports car market for a battery electric vehicle’, the decision reflects a wider challenge for the automotive industry. In short, car enthusiasts don’t feel enthusiastic about EVs. Where does that leave [...]
James May and Richard Hammond race an aeroplane in a Porsche May 20, 2025 Richard Hammond and James May have reinvented one of Top Gear‘s most famous on-screen challenges with a unique cross-country race. In a new 20-minute video, filmed for Hammond’s DriveTribe channel, the duo pitch a high-performance Porsche against a small aircraft. A clever twist is that both the plane and car – a Porsche Taycan Turbo [...]
A fresh perspective of Cambridge at Turing Locke May 19, 2025 At the Turing Locke apartments in Eddington, Cambridge, a ten minute walk separates the new from the familiar. The Cambridge residential suburb of Eddington didn’t exist ten years ago – the new area on the outskirts of the historic university city is blissfully surrounded by fields and you can see the town being built around [...]
Art’otel London Hoxton, review: an unlikely Shoreditch icon May 18, 2025 Built on the site of a Hoxton pub that became synonymous with the Brit Art movement, the Art’otel Hoxton has some seriously big, trendy shoes to fill – and we think it’s met the challenge. Not content to hang art on the walls, the double-height atrium in the hotel’s foyer becomes the art. Edge-to-edge screens [...]