Spurs get their man with £1m deal for Holtby January 28, 2013 TOTTENHAM have moved to mitigate the long-term injury suffered by Sandro by finally persuading Schalke to let Germany midfielder Lewis Holtby join them this week. A bid believed to be around £1.25m proved enough to tempt the Bundesliga club into releasing Holtby, who was out of contract in the summer and due to join Spurs [...]
Hammers recruit former Boro defender Pogatetz on loan January 28, 2013 TOUGH-TACKLING former Middlesbrough defender Emanuel Pogatetz admits the lure of playing in England again convinced him to join West Ham on loan until the end of the season. The Austria international, 30, completed his short-term move from German side Wolfsburg yesterday and could make his Hammers debut tomorrow at Fulham. “First of all when I [...]
Brown to lead Scotland at HQ January 28, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Scotland have named Saracens flanker Kelly Brown captain for Saturday’s RBS Six Nations opener against England. Interim coach Scott Johnson added that captaincy was “about deed and not Churchillian oratory, in my book”.
Bouncer on Toffees’ guest list January 28, 2013 FOOTBALL: Everton are set to seal the £8.5m signing of Holland midfielder Leroy Fer from FC Twente. Fer, 23, nicknamed “The Bouncer” for his physicality, was last night due to fly to England for a medical.
Nuno Mendes: how to throw the ultimate dinner party January 28, 2013 When Krug decided to host an event based around the concept of happiness, they called on Nuno Mendes, the experimental Michelin-starred chef behind Bethnal Green’s Viajante restaurant. The ambitious project aimed to create the ultimate dining experience – helped along, of course, by some of Krug’s finest fizz. We caught up with Mendes to ask [...]
It is high time the steamed pudding made a come-back January 28, 2013 Head chef, Paternoster Chop House Can you remember the last time you ate Spotted Dick? I’m betting that for many of you it was several decades ago at school, covered in lumpy custard. Aside from that eternal favourite sticky toffee pudding, we don’t tend to eat a lot of steamed puddings these days. This is [...]
Breathe new life into your fitness routine January 28, 2013 For the core queen: If you’re one of those people who has left a traditional Pilates class wondering what all the fuss is about, you might like Pop Pilates. Dubbed the “super intense, hard-core version of Pilates”, Pop Pilates sees you performing the traditional bridge with weights; a plank on a Swiss ball and dumbbells [...]
London’s first female-only well-being members club opens its doors in Belgravia January 28, 2013 THE CAPITAL is experiencing a new wave of women’s only clubs. While men have long enjoyed the benefits of the popular Turf Club and Boodle’s, there’s been a void in the market for women – but that’s changing. In September Prada’s sister brand Miu Miu opened a pop-up women’s-only private members club at Café Royal [...]
Consumer slump to last until 2017 January 27, 2013 HOUSEHOLD consumption may take five more years to fight its way out of the worst consumption slump since the great depression and back to its pre-crisis peak, Deloitte warned this morning. Consumer spending has improved only marginally since it fell off a cliff during the credit crunch, and this gloomy trend is set to continue, [...]
FTSE firms to put brakes on bonuses January 27, 2013 BLUE-CHIP companies plan to rein in bonus payouts for their executive staff this year, though bosses can expect to see their pay packets grow in the long run, according to research out today. One in five FTSE 100 firms expect executive bonuses to fall by at least 10 per cent this year, and 17 per [...]
