British Baroque at Tate Britain review: A compelling journey through an unsung period of history February 7, 2020 At some point over the past few years, you might have fantasised about going back to a time before politics as we know it existed. To do that, you’d have to set your time machine about as far back as the Baroque period. Running from the late 17th to early 18th century, it began with [...]
Upgrade your movie night with these apartments that have home cinemas February 7, 2020 This Sunday (or more accurately for viewers in the UK, the early hours of Monday) is one of the biggest days in the calendar for cinephiles, as they get to find out the winners of the 92nd Academy Awards. Plenty will be staying up, if only to mock the dodgy acceptance speeches and secretly hope [...]
Property of the Week: Old or new? Take your pick on Portobello Road January 31, 2020 It may be home to the world’s largest antiques market; but Portobello Road in Notting Hill is surely just as renowned for its property. Tourists and influencers alike make the pilgrimage to W11 to take pictures with the row of brightly coloured Georgian houses, which have become such a symbol of London that they feature [...]
Property of the Week: A Wapping warehouse where WWI soldiers’ toothpaste was made January 24, 2020 Located halfway between Bank and Canary Wharf, Wapping’s waterside is a favourite location for the swanky riverside apartments of young financial services types. But dial back the clock a hundred years and it was a far grittier affair, the landscape dominated by bustling docks and factory chimneys. This penthouse that has just come on the [...]
Phone zombies, an interactive ‘brain’ and milk bottle art at Canary Wharf’s Winter Lights festival January 17, 2020 Those who have taken a walk around Canary Wharf in the last week or so will have noticed some strange-looking structures popping up in the area’s streets, squares and parks. Last night the purpose of all this finally came to light – literally, as the sculptures burst into vibrant illumination to mark the beginning of [...]
It’s high time for London’s Low Line January 17, 2020 Plans for the new Low Line in Southwark have got Londoners a bit excited. The project to rejuvenate railway arches and convert them into shops and green spaces has inevitably drawn comparisons to the High Line in New York’s Meatpacking district, which became an instant hit with tourists when it opened in 2009. But the [...]
Property of the Week: This £20m Fulham mansion has The Hurlingham Club and a heliport on its doorstep January 10, 2020 Cinema, swimming pool, sauna, bar, wine storage. These are things most of us can only dream of having in our homes – but that’s what one super-rich buyer will be getting if they snap up Fulham mansion, New Lodge. New to the market with a jaw-dropping £20m price tag, the six-bed, six-bath home on Broomhouse [...]
Jumanji: The Next Level review: Jack Black and Danny DeVito’s star power doesn’t make up for shaky plot December 16, 2019 As a die-hard defender of the 1994 original, and a some-time apologist for its 2017 remake, I was willing to forgive a lot of Jumanji: The Next Level. It is, once again, a body-swap comedy in which a group of teenagers become characters in a 1990s video game. And while you don’t ask much of [...]
2020s interiors trends: Goodbye millennial pink and hygge, hello art deco and classic blue December 13, 2019 Some decades manifest their very selves in the form of interiors. It’s hard to conjure up an image of the 1970s that doesn’t involve shag pile carpets and brown swirly wallpaper, for example. What of the teenies, then? We round up what might one day be considered the classic styles of the decade, and predict [...]
Property of the week: An Italian villa for the price of a terrace in Streatham December 13, 2019 There are some types of home that people own, in part, because they sound impressive when dropped into conversation. Villas in the Italian countryside definitely fall into this category. If you too want to show off to your friends, this home which has just come on the market with Casaitalia International can be snapped up [...]
