Feeding the skin organic veggies, fruit and honey are the new cream September 28, 2009 PORRIDGE was drying stickily on my face and the smell of strawberries wafted towards me, past the little pot of goat’s milk yoghurt by my head. No, I was not the victim of a breakfast explosion – I was on a treatment table at Belgravia’s Glow Urban Spa, trying out the new talk-of-the-town treatment: American [...]
Where the cool suits go to play September 28, 2009 EIGHT Moorgate is the essence of the new City. Rather than being brash and in-your-face, everything about it says discretion, from the near-impossible to find location (behind Liverpool Street) to the matte, fairly plain-Jane interior design – there are no cascades of crystals here, no Cuban cigars or magnums of Bolly spread about enticingly. Instead, [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS September 28, 2009 ASIAN COOKING SCHOOL Hooray – a cooking school that focuses on Asian food. Instead of sweet or savoury, mains or dessert, Angela Malik’s new cookery course will focus on the tastes: hot, sweet, salty, sour and the fifth flavour, umami. Courses include Indian Express Lunch, Real Vietnamese Cooking, How to Create the Perfect Indian Dinner, [...]
THREE OTHER CITY SLICKERS September 28, 2009 RHODES 24Sitting at the top of Tower 42, Gary Rhodes has got himself a perfect spot in which to dazzle City high-flyers. Dishes are named after their bare ingredients, from lobster (glazed lobster omelette thermidor) to rabbit (potted, with potato and bacon salad) and are – on the whole – done well. 25 Old Broad [...]
ABOVE PAR golfbreaks September 28, 2009 AS the nights start to close in, golfers will be looking at the skies with some nervousness. Before the sleet and hail start, though, autumn is the perfect time to squeeze in a few rounds. Luckily for those of us who live in and around London, there are plenty of stunning golf courses just a [...]
OTHER GOLF VENUES September 28, 2009 BROCKET HALLJust 22 miles north of London, Brocket Hall is a spectacular location with two championship courses which are at their most beautiful in autumn. There is also a driving range, a putting green and you can hone your skills at the Faldo Golf Institute. To make the most of the location, you can also [...]
Tevez Hammers former club September 27, 2009 MANCHESTER CITY boss Mark Hughes last night hailed strike duo Carlos Tevez and Craig Bellamy after the former West Ham players put their old club to the sword. Tevez scored twice against his old colleagues, with Martin Petrov also on target for the home side and Carlton Cole replying for the Hammers. Victory lifted City [...]
BROWN FIGHTS FOR HIS POLITICAL LIFE … September 27, 2009 GORDON Brown yesterday pledged to impose the most draconian curbs on bank bonuses of any country in the world, as he launched a last-ditch fightback to save himself from humiliation at next year’s general election. The Prime Minister, who spoke at the Labour Party conference in Brighton yesterday, was under intense pressure to rally the [...]
… AS MERKEL TRIUMPHS IN GERMANY September 27, 2009 ANGELA Merkel last night swept to a second term as German chancellor, as her CDU/CSU party triumphed at the polls, bringing the curtain down on one of the strangest coalitions in European politics. The victory brings to an end the CDU’s “grand coalition” with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Merkel will now forge [...]
Branson plots Camelot deal September 27, 2009 SIR Richard Branson will enter the running to take over National Lottery operator Camelot in a “people’s lottery” run separately from his Virgin group, CityA.M. can confirm. Sources close to Branson said that the tycoon, who has made two previous attempts to take over the lottery, would be interested in making a bid, but was [...]
