The food was lovely, it was just a shame about everything else July 13, 2009 MURANO20 QUEEN STREET,LONDON, W1J 5PRT: 020 7592 1222murano@gordonramsay.comFOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £25 (set menu) WHEN Murano opened in 2008 it was greeted with trumpets and fanfare. It was the latest in Gordon Ramsay’s empire, and the food was by Angela Hartnett, one of the few women at the top of the [...]
St Lucia’s most spectacular retreat is taking luxury to new levels August 2, 2009 ONE OF THE remaining signs of St Lucia’s colonial past (and Commonwealth present) is the fact that, by law, the first 40 feet inland of every stretch of coastline belongs to the Queen. That doesn’t mean sunbathing is restricted to Her Maj and Philip, should they deign to drop anchor in these parts, but it [...]
Robson, 15, wins hearts but loses battle at Wimbledon June 22, 2009 BRITISH starlet Laura Robson said she was “upset but proud” after the 15-year-old gave former world No5 Daniela Hantuchova a major scare at Wimbledon. Robson, last year’s junior champion, had her opponent on the rack after taking the first set and moving a break ahead in the second. Nerves took their toll on the left-hander, [...]
Robson, 15, wins hearts but loses battle at Wimbledon June 22, 2009 BRITISH starlet Laura Robson said she was “upset but proud” after the 15-year-old gave former world No5 Daniela Hantuchova a major scare at Wimbledon. Robson, last year’s junior champion, had her opponent on the rack after taking the first set and moving a break ahead in the second. Nerves took their toll on the left-hander, [...]
Intellectual errors at the heart of crisis September 14, 2009 At its heart, the credit crunch was fuelled by a deep intellectual error. It was this error which encouraged banks to take such a naïve and flawed view of the double or triple credit boom of the last 15 years. Rather than being something that regulators knew was wrong but did not have the power [...]
MP expenses scandal has cut general election odds May 17, 2009 THERE is nothing like a good political scandal to get the blood flowing. Watching Question Time last week was a bit like watching Doctor Who when you were a child – best done from behind the sofa and through the fingers. Never has there been so much fury against politicians. The atmosphere is even worse [...]
VEXED IN THE CITY SOLVING YOUR RECESSION PROBLEMS May 26, 2009 DEAR VEXED: The expenses scandal has got me a little ruffled. Not just because of how MPs have been using taxpayers’ money. Mainly, actually, because I’ve been taking a few liberties with my own expenses – money’s tight and all. Now I’m scared of getting called on it and losing my job, to say the [...]
JACKSON CITY RACE INCENTIVE SCRAPPED July 7, 2009 THE fallout continues over tickets from the late Michael Jackson’s planned London tour – and this time, it has hit the City. Standard Chartered, those with elephant-like memories may recall, offered runners in their Great City Race next week the chance to see the King of Pop at the O2 Arena on 6 August, as [...]
Holidaying through rose-tinted spectacles June 21, 2009 BEACHES are what the Caribbean does best, and you’ll struggle to top the postcard perfection of Pink Sands in the Bahamas. Gazing out across the sand, it’s as though you’re seeing the world through rose-tinted spectacles, as the swathes of powder edging Harbour Island have a fantastical salmon-tinged hue. Crushed pinky shells of microscopic marine [...]
From Russia with laughs June 11, 2009 TheatreTHE CHERRY ORCHARDThe Old VicTHIS new production by Sam Mendes is one half of a double bill under the title of The Bridge Project, conceived by Mendes and Old Vic artistic director Kevin Spacey to bring together an Anglo-American company touring two productions at once. The other show is Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale. It might [...]