BUY May 3, 2012 DIRECTOR OF ESTATE AGENT, DOUGLAS & GORDON Q.All my friends keep telling me that if I wait, prices will fall. It does seem that in my area, North Kensington, some properties are coming down in price. Should I wait? A.Over the last 10 years, flats in the area you mention have gone up on average [...]
No Sparks in The Lucky One May 3, 2012 FILM THE LUCKY ONE Cert 12A | by Stevie Martin * THE LUCKY One, the latest Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) adaptation, amounts to little more than a group of pretty people lurching from one awkward, cringey scene to the next. Zac Efron is Logan, a man who avoided death in Iraq thanks to a photo [...]
Piggy squeals loudly but still disappoints May 3, 2012 FILM PIGGY Cert 18 | by Stevie Martin ** THE latest London-based gangland thriller sees a quiet and listless delivery boy (Martin Compston) blankly surviving a dull existence in the city after his brother is attacked by a vicious gang. When Piggy (a charismatic Paul Anderson), an old friend he can hardly remember, turns up [...]
Silent House is scary but it feels grubby May 3, 2012 FILM SILENT HOUSE Cert 15 | by Tom Latter *** IF THE mark of a good horror film is plunging the audience into an unrelentingly tense and nightmarish world, then Silent House is a triumph. It’s certainly very familiar, centring entirely on an isolated and inexplicably terrifying old house, and the plight of a girl [...]
Mo*vida enters its third phase and Soho gets yet more wine May 3, 2012 Last week one of London’s heaviest hitting hotspots relaunched for its third incarnation, revitalising itself to remain fresh and keep pace with the capital’s highly competitive entertainment market. Mo*vida has become a global brand and after opening an installation in Dubai it has enlisted the help of Sammy Chams (Maddox, L’Arc Paris) to conduct an [...]
Cup kings Chelsea set for another win at Wembley May 3, 2012 CHELSEA vs LIVERPOOL Saturday – 5.15pm, ITV 1 TRADITION might have gone out the window when it comes to the scheduling of the FA Cup final, but there is still no other game quite like it. Playing the final a week early affected both Chelsea’s and Liverpool’s midweek Premier League fixtures, although at least it [...]
FRANKIE’S THOUGHTS May 3, 2012 THE QIPCO British Champions Series kicks off again tomorrow and it’s going to be another hugely exciting season. I had some really decent wins last year and I’m hoping for more of the same. We could see another superstar emerge at Newmarket tomorrow afternoon as I honestly don’t think Camelot can be beaten in the [...]
French can upset Ballydoyle hotpots in this weekend’s opening Classics May 3, 2012 THE QIPCO British Champions Series, now in its second year, is designed to throw the spotlight on Britain’s best flat races and the first of the 35-race programme is tomorrow afternoon’s 2000 Guineas. Even though Aidan O’Brien hasn’t saddled the winner of the opening Classic of the season since Henrythenavigator back in 2008, the Ballydoyle [...]
Cisse wonder goal halts Chelsea’s top-four bid May 2, 2012 Striker continues scoring streak to inspire Newcastle victory CHELSEA 0 vs NEWCASTLE 2 CHELSEA manager Roberto di Matteo admits his side’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League hinge on winning the trophy after Newcastle, and Papiss Cisse’s goal of the season contender, tore their top-four hopes to ribbons. Red-hot Cisse’s extraordinary double, capped by [...]
Masterful Modric stirs Spurs win May 2, 2012 BOLTON WANDERERS 1 vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4 TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp conceded his hopes of one day managing England are over after a clinical performance from Spurs sent them back into fourth in the Premier League, edging Bolton closer to relegation to the Championship. “[The England job] has never bothered me since day one,” said Redknapp. [...]
