Beautiful Things: The items on our shopping list this month, from vintage turntables to giant pink thumbs April 25, 2016 Bermuda Dansette Turntable £229, crosleyradio.com Founded in Ohio in the 1920s, Crosley Broadcasting was a pioneer in early radio, launching and running several stations before moving into the mass market manufacturing of radio and vinyl record players. At a time when radios were bulky, wooden luxury items, the players Crosley produced and sold were among the first [...]
The number of new distilleries in Scotland has more than doubled in the last three years, according to research from UHY Hacker Young April 25, 2016 Artisan alcohol has continued its indomitable rise over the last three years and new research suggests Scotch whisky could be about to join favourites such as craft beer and craft gin. The number of new distilleries in Scotland has more than doubled since 2013, research from nationwide accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young released today showed. Five [...]
When it comes to architecture, does size matter? This new book explores the beautiful and tiny world of “nanotecture” April 25, 2016 Think ‘architecture’ and you probably imagine towering skyscrapers or designer homes crafted from poured concrete and glass. But some of the most innovative architecture exists on a far smaller scale; treehouses and sheds and cabins, projects where every inch of space must be utilised. While less readily celebrated, small-scale architecture tends to be more personal, [...]
My House: Acclaimed lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe talks about life on the Thames April 25, 2016 My wife, Lucy, and I have owned boats for over a decade, Alora is our third and we’ve had her for 10 years. We commissioned her to be built from our own design and have a mooring at Cadogan Pier in Chelsea. Because we’ve owned boats before, we knew exactly what we wanted, so Alora [...]
The British Airways website suffers technical glitch leaving people unable to book flights or check in April 25, 2016 The website of British Airways went down for more than an hour, leaving people unable to book or check in for flights, or check flight times for arrivals and departures. Anyone going to britishairways.com or ba.com was met with an internal server error message while anyone using Google to search flights was also greeted with a message after choosing [...]
Tank beer could be the new craft beer as Pilsner Urquell expands supply to Draft House bar chain in London April 25, 2016 It might be early days, but craft beer may have just met its match. Pale lager maker Pilsner Urquell has stepped up its expansion of tank beer in the UK through a new partnership with the Draft House bar chain. The Czech brewer will supply the new Draft House tank bar on Chancery Lane, which [...]
Apple is about to report its first slowdown in more than a decade April 25, 2016 Apple's crunch time is approaching. The most valuable company in the world (for now, at least) is about to report a sales slowdown, which although expected, is not a welcome occurrence in the usually ever upward trajectory of the beloved brand. The figures Sales of around $52bn (£35.9bn), with the iPhone making up the lion's share, are predicted [...]
A clever extension that grabs your attention: Take inspiration from this innovative building project by David Kohn Architects April 25, 2016 Squint hard enough at this extension project in Islington and you can make out a playful fox motif built into the structure, with its sloping muzzle, three visible legs and beady porthole eye. The building replaced an original kitchen that was being used as a scullery, with the owners saying they wanted to use the [...]
Xerox’s revenue slips on printer sales slowdown as it refocuses on services, share price nosedives April 25, 2016 Printer and copier maker Xerox has posted a 4.2 per cent fall in quarterly revenue to $4.28bn (£2.96bn) from $4.47bn a year earlier after a strong dollar dragged on already low sales of its hardware. Profit dropped to $34m, or three cents per share, in the first quarter, from $225m, or 19 cents per share, in the same period of 2015. Analysts [...]
Tube strike: RMT says planned strikes on Piccadilly Line on Wednesday and Thursday have been suspended April 25, 2016 The planned Tube strike on the Piccadilly Line that was scheduled to take place tomorrow and Thursday has been called off, the RMT union has announced. The strike had been organised due to overwhelming support for a strike after a "comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations". The union said the strike had been suspended after progress was made [...]