Its hip to be in the square, whether that’s in London or outside the city July 16, 2009 IN residential stakes, it’s pretty hard to top the London square. An emblem of elegance, a coveted enclave for the rich, famous and private, a square is where people who have reached the top go for a house. And despite the property market slump, those with cash still can’t get enough of them. Howard Elston, [...]
SEEING IS BELIEVING AS 6,500 RUNNERS HIT THE CITY OF LONDON July 16, 2009 THE CITY was out in force last night for the fifth annual Standard Chartered Great City Run, and The Capitalist was impressed that as many as 6,500 of you tackled the five kilometre race in the name of the official charity, Seeing is Believing (SiB). The square mile closed to traffic so that teams from [...]
DRESSES IN THE OFFICE July 16, 2009 Sara HollambyStyle Counsel IWAS talking to a friend the other day about wearing dresses at the office – are they suitable and high-powered enough for the City? Dresses are certainly very comfortable when the weather is hot, you don’t have to worry about co-ordinating tops with bottoms, and they are a great way of injecting [...]
The lady with the power of heeling July 16, 2009 FOR more than a century, we have been heeling exceptional people,” says Olga Berluti, doyenne of the bespoke shoe business and maker of some of the most sought-after men’s footwear around. You sense she could mean “healing” too – she has an almost moral belief in the value fine shoes bring to her customers. For [...]
NOW SHOWING SIX OF THE BEST July 16, 2009 THEATRE:Jerusalem Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook star in playwright Jez Butterworth’s return to the Royal Court. ART: Corot to Monet The National Gallery rustles up its best Impressionist landscapes. FILM: 35 Shots of Rum Terrific latest from French director Claire Denis. THEATRE: Eight Vote for the plot you want to follow in Ella Hickson’s award-winning [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND PREVIEWS July 16, 2009 FILMTHE INFORMERS Adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis’s novel, with Mickey Rourke and Rhys Ifans. FROZEN RIVER Strong US drama about illegal immigration, with Melissa Leo on Oscar-nominated form. KISSES Charming Irish indie film about a pair of runaways up to no good in Dublin. DVDTHE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT Ghoulish supernatural goings on, supposedly based on [...]
Hogwarts? It’s Hollyoaks with broomsticks July 16, 2009 FilmHARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCECert: 12A AT THE START of the Harry Potter franchise, the films were fun. They were joyful affairs, full of the sweetness of JK Rowling’s imagination and the spirit of inventiveness that seemed to suffuse everything, from quidditch games to Diagon Alley. Even with Death Eaters, basilisks and dark lords [...]
Aviva reassures on capital July 15, 2009 Insurer Aviva’s regulatory capital cushion is getting stronger, and the group is not planning any further disposals, its chief executive, Andrew Moss, said yesterday. In an interview, Moss said Aviva, the UK’s second-biggest insurer, had called time on disposals after offloading Aviva Australia to National Australia Bank in June, adding £400m to its capital cushion. [...]
FSA bans insurance broker July 15, 2009 The Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday prohibited Graham Darby, director of insurance broker Ambrose Darby, for failing to control the business of the firm adequately. The order bans Darby performing significant influence functions at any authorised financial firm. The FSA found that Darby, who was diagnosed in July 2008 with a severe medical condition, did [...]
Thornton’s sales melt in summer July 15, 2009 Chocolate retailer Thorntons yesterday posted a fall in fourth quarter sales, blaming the hot weather, but said full-year profit will be a touch ahead of market forecasts. “The board expects that profit before tax and before the anticipated pension scheme credit for the full year ended June 2009 will be marginally ahead of the current [...]
