YOU decide the Watch of the Year May 3, 2012 Blancpain Watch: X Fathoms Description: A charismatic, ultra-complex enhancement of Blancpain’s iconic 50 Fathoms diving watch. Price: £26,170 FP Journe Watch: CS Chronometre Souverain Description: Beautifully purist yet imbued with character, a slimline beauty from one of the world’s finest watchmakers. Price: £21,000 MB&F Watch: Legacy Machine No.1 Description: Classicism meets pure design audaciousness – including [...]
Sunday’s Greek elections are being ignored – but the tragedy plays on May 3, 2012 ON 6 May, Greece, like France, is voting. So what? This may be the reaction of many people. The Greek economy is under effective international control; the country does not need to try to go back to borrowing on international financial markets for over two years, and so on. That is the official script. And [...]
Everyone is building an app – but it’s not that easy to be like Facebook May 3, 2012 YOU know there’s a stock market bubble when the shoeshine boy starts giving you stock tips. In the same way, I can’t help but think there’s plenty of froth in digital right now, because everyone I know is building an app. As Facebook heads for its IPO on 18 May, which could value the company [...]
La Belle France is voting for some beastly politics May 3, 2012 IT’S the stuff Gallic political dramas are made of. A highly polarised campaign; a lively eleventh-hour debate between the candidates; a sense of emergency; a country cut in two as on the fringe of civil war. Incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy will face his socialist challenger François Hollande and France’s very fate is at stake. But compare [...]
Is Mervyn King justified in saying that he was powerless to stop the financial crisis? May 3, 2012 YES Bill Blain The financial lynch-mob seems determined to bury Mervyn King. It’s easy to blame a lame duck. Even if Northern Rock had been more aggressively addressed, would that have left the UK banking system intact? No. That leaves the charge he failed to rein in banks before they nearly sank themselves. But from [...]
RAPID responses May 3, 2012 Clueless Bank [Re: Mervyn King should have hiked rates to deflate the bubble, yesterday] I agree with you. Mervyn King has joined the long list of revisionist historians. To say he spotted the looming crisis is just not borne out by the facts and the Bank of England’s actions at the time. The loss of [...]
How to amp up the elegance in the bedroom May 3, 2012 Heal’s Cap 6 Drawer Chest, £1,495-£1,795, heals.co.uk Perfect for office, bedroom or living room, this piece is from a range of sleek Italian-made chests with soft closing drawers. Matt or high-gloss finish. Made.com Panama chaise, £389, made.com This left-hand facing chair in hot pink has an art deco style to it. Both elegant and fun, [...]
FOCUS ON: HENLEY May 3, 2012 ST ANDREWS ROAD Price: £2.25m A detached five bedroom family home with three reception rooms, three bathrooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, a garage, a large garden and a pool. Contact savills.co.uk or call 01491 843 000 RIDGEWAY FARMHOUSE Price: £3.25m A Grade II Listed, three bedroom home with a kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory, dining Room, drawing Room, [...]
NEED TO KNOW | AREA INSIGHT May 3, 2012 COMMUTING AND AREA Henley is in an unspoiled part of the country but retains the buzz of London. It hasdirect trains to Paddington which take just over an hour, easy access to both the M4 and M40 and is only a short distance to Heathrow, which means it attracts both international and London buyers. Situated [...]
High tech flats launch in Lewisham May 3, 2012 Family Mosaic last weekend launched its new Central Park development in Lewisham. The futuristic development includes electric car charging points in the basement car park and photovoltaic panels to generate electricity from daylight to help power the lifts and communal lighting. Prices are expected to start from £179,950 for a one bedroom apartment. To register [...]
