THE TIPSTER October 2, 2011 IT is a busy week this week for retailers with Tesco and several others updating the markets with their latest trading statements. Tesco has been wobbling like an errant trolley between 355p and 385p for nearly two months now. Until this range is broken, look to sell at the top and buy at the bottom. [...]
SIR PAUL JUDGE OPENS PENTHOUSE HOME FOR COFFEE AND CHAMPAGNE October 2, 2011 IT WAS hard to know who won the cake-making competition at Sir Paul Judge’s coffee morning on Friday – “they were all anonymous” – but with free champagne from Bollinger and chocolate from Green & Blacks on tap, no-one was counting. The Chartered Institute of Marketing president threw open his riverside penthouse for the Macmillan [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK October 2, 2011 THEY steered clear of the eight-course taster menu at £150 per head, but the three hedge fund managers who visited chef Nigel Mendham’s new restaurant Thirty Six at Dukes Hotel on St James’s Place still managed to rack up a sizeable tab. Starting with three glasses of Perrier Jouet Blanson champagne to accompany their starters [...]
Brisbane: still surfing, sun, and lots of fun October 2, 2011 NOT so long ago, Brisbane was little more than the country cousin to Sydney and Melbourne, and the gateway to Surfers Paradise and Noosa. However, this city, the third largest in Australia, and the capital of Queensland, is transforming into a fast-paced modern metropolis. Brisvegas, as it is affectionately known, is making a name for [...]
TRAVEL NOTES October 2, 2011 Celebratory cocktails with Dorchester Last chance to see out 2012 fashion weeks in style by sipping specially-created fashion season cocktails at the Dorchester and 45 Park Lane. Or if you’re still in Paris, pop into the Hôtel Plaza Athénée (pictured above) for a Mexican mescal-based number. Available until 5 October. www.dorchestercollection.com All aboard for some [...]
The Kindle Fire looks good… But what is it for? October 2, 2011 Apple burned by Kindle Fire. Fire heats up tablet market. Amazon fights the iPad with fire. It’s been a good week for fire related puns (and, therefore a good week for Google, which recently bought a fire-pun patent portfolio and is in the process of litigating against everyone who has used one*). Coverage for Amazon’s [...]
FAMILY TRAVEL October 2, 2011 Having spent much of my childhood climbing apple trees, playing pooh sticks and putting out milk for hedgehogs at my grandfather’s home in Suffolk, it felt natural to kick off this monthly travel column by revisiting the South East with my own family in tow (hubby, bump, two year-old Clementine). We packed up the car [...]
Chants sicken Redknapp as Spurs claim derby spoils October 2, 2011 TOTTENHAM (2) vs ARSENAL (1) TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp branded the Arsenal fans who subjected Emmanuel Adebayor to a torrent of abuse throughout a heated north London derby as “disgusting”. Kyle Walker’s 25-yard blast secured three points for Spurs, affording the Togo striker the last laugh and the opportunity to laud it over the supporters [...]
Johnson fury as controversy sours England win October 2, 2011 MANAGER Martin Johnson has revealed his anger after England’s progress to the World Cup quarter-finals were overshadowed by fresh allegations about the behaviour of his players. Johnson confirmed that wing Chris Ashton, flanker James Haskell and hooker Dylan Hartley were made to apologise to a Dunedin hotel employee over comments they made to her. The [...]
Lampard at the treble in Chelsea romp October 2, 2011 BOLTON (1) vs CHELSEA (5) CHELSEA manager Andre Villas-Boas insists he will not allow a player’s age to influence his team selection after Frank Lampard rolled back the years with a clinical hat-trick. Lampard followed up his midweek strike at Valencia with a vintage treble, while striker Daniel Sturridge grabbed the other two as the [...]
