SUMMER SALES June 14, 2009 Green rejects Hammers offerWEST HAM goalkeeper Robert Green has thrown his future at Upton Park into doubt after refusing the club’s latest contract offer. The England stopper still has three years of his current deal to run but the Hammers are keen to commit the 29-year-old to a longer-term deal. Talks are expected to continue [...]
High Speed 1 will make Kent even more commutable June 11, 2009 THE Garden of England has always been an attractive location for commuters looking for fresh air and plenty of green countryside. Towns such as Tonbridge and Sevenoaks have long been classic commuter towns for those working in the City, but other parts of Kent have been out of reach for those who work in London. [...]
Jazzing up your outdoor space for summer June 11, 2009 WITH the weather forecast to stay fine over the summer, your garden is going to come into its own. If you’re lucky enough to have your own outdoor space, you owe it to the rest of us to make it as comfortable and stylish as possible. Here are a few objects that would bring light [...]
FOCUS ON: COLCHESTER, ESSEX June 11, 2009 FARTHINGS, GREAT HORKESLEY, CO6 4EQPrice: £1.25mThis imposing 1930s country house is just five miles north of Colchester, which is just under an hour from Liverpool Street. The accommodation is split over three floors and there are five bedrooms. From the first floor landing is a conservatory, leading out to a covered balcony. The drawing room [...]
Summer sparklers June 11, 2009 SWEATY days in the city and holidays in blue-skied paradises do not warrant clunky jewellery. In hot weather, elegance is all. This summer it’s easier than ever to find jewellery that embodies the languorous feeling that comes with sunshine. Here we have picked a small sample of gorgeous pieces that are both luxurious, serious jewels [...]
DRESSING LIKE A DUDE ON HOLIDAY June 11, 2009 Sara HollambyStyle Counsel A LOT of guys ask me how to carry off “casual”. It’s a difficult question. Unlike when you are wearing a business suit where it’s just a case of the sharper the better, being casual is almost the opposite: you want it to look like you haven’t bothered. But you have to make [...]
Q&A: SALES June 11, 2009 Camilla DellMANAGING DIRECTOR AT BLACK BRICK Q. Dear Camilla, there has ben a lot of talk recently about property prices starting to rise. Is this true, and should I be thinking of buying? A. These things are never straightforward. When you look back at housing data and statistics from the last property market crash, there [...]
Noble Storm perfectly drawn to cause upset in Sandown’s feature June 11, 2009 IT WAS an ‘Irish Day’ at Epsom last Saturday when Sea The Stars ran away with the Derby and it’s Irish Day again at Sandown tomorrow when the Esher track celebrates everything the Emerald Isle has to offer. It promises to be a fantastic day out with plenty of other attractions as well as the [...]
the INSIDER June 11, 2009 YIPPEE, Royal Ascot is nearly here and that means Champagne and Fillies. The Queen Mary, Albany Stakes and the Coronation Stakes are all fantastic races for the fairer sex. However, my banker for the meeting is a colt that runs in the first two-year-old race of the meeting, the Coventry Stakes. CANFORD CLIFFS has only [...]
Sri Lanka look the safe bet against Pakistan June 11, 2009 PAKISTAN vs. SRI LANKALORD’S – TODAY 1.30PM, SKY SPORTS 1 THE Twenty20 World Cup has begun with a bang and the Super Eights are now well underway. There has already been some fantastic action and one of the tournament’s most exciting teams, Sri Lanka, take on rivals Pakistan this afternoon at the home of cricket. [...]
