RAPID RESPONSES April 19, 2012 Gas warning [Re: There’s a real danger that fracking will cause a major boom, Wednesday] This article makes some assertions on the implications of shale gas extraction in the UK – first the conclusion that shale gas would be a blow to the renewable energy industry and second that shale is cheap and abundant. In [...]
Fresh life in the Cornish market April 19, 2012 With weather like this week’s, one might be tempted to quit the UK entirely. But when the sun shines, and even when it doesn’t, there’s no lovelier part of the country than Cornwall – and the market knows it. Cornwall is not cheap – you can easily spend a few million on a seaside sprawl. [...]
The great outdoors April 19, 2012 Rob Ryan Bunting, £24.95, grahamandgreene.co.uk Very cute and colourful way to lend vibrancy and style to your garden. Perfect for parties, too. Art Meets Matter Coast 2 Pistachio Deckchair, £75, artmeetsmatter.com Listing all the UK’s sunniest destinations, this is a groovy litte number and will transport you you straight to the seaside. Graham and Green [...]
FOCUS ON: BATTERSEA April 19, 2012 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE Price: £3.15m This semi-detached home features a large master bedroom and four additional double bedrooms. Outside there is a garden and a patio, ideal for outdoor dining. Close to Battersea Park, this spacious house is perfect for a family. Contact Savills on 0203 402 1900 PAGE MEWS Price: From £1.15m These [...]
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a feel-good hit April 19, 2012 FILM SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Cert 12A | By Zoe Strimpel **** A beautiful young woman named Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt) works for an unrealistically glossy PR company in London. She has a client: a sheikh, who has a dream to create a river in the desert land of the Yemen, import Scottish salmon [...]
Ecstasy is a low-rent Human Traffic that came 13 years late April 19, 2012 FILM ECSTASY Cert 18 | By Steve Dinneen ** Almost two decades since Trainspotting was released, Irvine Welsh is once again the man of the moment. His prequel to that groundbreaking novel, Skagboys, is just out (doing little to dispel the claim he’s just a one-trick pony) and now he’s back on the big screen [...]
Cillian Murphy plays the role of his life in Misterman April 19, 2012 THEATRE MISTERMAN Lyttelton at the National | By Steve Dinneen ***** The Lyttelton theatre is a big space for one man to fill – but for the duration of Misterman, there is only one person you will want to look at. Cillian Murphy plays the God-fearing Tommy Magill, a troubled but well-meaning young man from [...]
Viable boozing in Kings Cross April 19, 2012 JUST across the Thames from Parliament, a grand new English steakhouse named Gillray’s has opened in London’s County Hall, bringing with it an imposing circular cocktail bar with views across to Big Ben. Taking its name from a satirical 18th Century caricaturist, it exudes a fitting old-world gentility and commitment to everything English, evident in [...]
Gunners to prosper with no distractions April 19, 2012 AS Madness’s One Step Beyond boomed out at Stamford Bridge after the 1-0 defeat of Barcelona on Wednesday night, the Chelsea players looked like they believed this could be the year they finally go all the way in the Champions League. Roberto di Matteo’s back-to-basics approach is paying handsome dividends and he’s taken expectations from [...]
Course specialist Merigo can claim his second Coral Scottish Grand National April 19, 2012 PAUL Nicholls had possibly the greatest day of his racing career last Saturday when Neptune Collonges finally broke his Grand National hoodoo, and Team Ditcheat will be confident of notching another big win tomorrow as Harry The Viking looks to hold strong claims in the Coral Scottish Grand National (3.25pm). The seven-year-old, part-owned by Sir [...]
