The Long View: The key to effective action? Don’t view the world in those nifty shades of grey September 12, 2013 SHADES of grey are fashionable – and not just because of those kinky books. If there’s one ideal that the modern intellectual class likes to celebrate, to praise in students and respect in authority, it is a fine, discriminating eye for picking out the full spectrum of grey on any issue. Monochrome thought is for [...]
Self-driving pods and 3D printing will be the real challenge for Royal Mail September 12, 2013 TWENTY years ago, as the web came into existence, it was obvious that Royal Mail would be carrying fewer personal and business letters by now, that there would be a vast rise in junk mail and another huge increase in parcel deliveries thanks to online buying. All of those expectations have come true. After a [...]
Letters to the editor for 13 September 2013 September 12, 2013 Financial taxes [Re: The unlawful EU financial transaction tax should rightfully be abandoned, yesterday] I oppose the EU’s Financial Transactions Tax (FTT), but why are we ignoring the fact that we already have a domestic 0.5 per cent levy on share trading in the UK? Stamp duty is five times the rate of the FTT’s [...]
Tatum can’t save presidential flop September 12, 2013 FILM WHITE HOUSE DOWN Cert 12a | By Simon Thomson Two stars WHITE House Down could have been the biggest movie of 1996. Wedged in between Nicolas Cage’s The Rock and Harrison Ford’s Air Force One, the premise of terrorists attacking the seat of American government would have blown the minds of the movie-going public. [...]
Where to Drink September 12, 2013 From NYC to London EVERY so often in a major metropolitan centre, one venue will achieve supremacy as the foremost spot to see and be seen in, and Ian Schrager’s new hotel, nestled in Fitzrovia on Berners Street, bears all of the hallmarks of one such opening. Famed for founding the zeitgeisty Studio 54 in [...]
A well-produced morality play for the modern age September 12, 2013 THEATRE THE RITUAL SLAUGHTER OF GORGE MASTROMAS Royal Court | By Xenobe Purvis Four Stars PLAYWRIGHT Dennis Kelly creates a morality play for the modern age in The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas, his enthralling debut at the Royal Court. Its premise is simple: an affable everyman is offered the opportunity to succeed, a Faustian [...]
Furnished with love and personality September 12, 2013 Furnishings don’t get more personal than they do at Nina’s. Melissa York talks to the woman behind the concept NEVER face the stress of squeezing too-large furniture through doorways or matching the right shade of mahogany again. A new concept store has opened in Chelsea that allows you to design furniture and interiors to match [...]
Bakery complex is best thing since sliced bread September 12, 2013 The Victorian one-level apartments in Parkgate House offer homeowners the ultimate in river living WITH the transformation of Battersea Power Station due for completion in 2016 and an extension of the Northern Line planned for 2020, the future looks bright for Battersea. The redevelopment projects are generating interest from a host of domestic and international [...]
Focus on Fulham: South west hotspot is the real Ful monty September 12, 2013 FULHAM is one of the most desirable locations in london – it has the bustle of the city combined with a small-town sense of community. It’s only a few minutes from the heart of London but it has a leafy, laid-back atmosphere that belies its location. It may be seen as the less auspicious neighbour [...]
Private View: On the market in fulham this week September 12, 2013 Fernhurst Road, SW6 £1.79m This four-bedroom house is arranged over three floors. The ground floor features a reception room leading to a kitchen/dining area with French doors that open out on to a south-facing garden. The upper floors offer four double bedrooms, one with an ensuite and one family bathroom. For more information contact Chesterton [...]
