Following Soho’s Norman invasion October 19, 2011 RUSSELL NORMAN was the former operations director at Caprice Holdings, where he launched concepts such as the Ivy Club with Mark Hix, chef director at the time. He left in 2008 to set up Polpo, a Venetian bacaro, which serves small Italian plates in an informal setting. Following Polpo’s success (which was recently named 25th [...]
Reinventing the old-school bar legends October 19, 2011 LEGENDARY venues are currently undergoing reboots all over London. Home House’s newest portal to hedonism, The Vaults, draws inspiration from Studio 54 for a modern twist on the glory days of disco. This intimate space has a private entrance leading to a clandestine leather-clad door complete with chain-mailed peepholes. Inside, vaulted rooms of rich copper [...]
When touching and reading combine October 19, 2011 THE e-reader has reached adulthood, and bloomed with the addition of a touchscreen. Do touchscreen e-readers look better? Yes: they look more sleek and almost sexy. Are touchscreens necessary? Perhaps not. The reader experience is not so different to what we had when we were thumbing tiny keys, but, with the exception of the iPad, [...]
Aguero to the rescue as City leave it late to earn a lifeline October 18, 2011 MANCHESTER CITY (2) vs VILLARREAL (1) MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini believes his side have finally announced themselves on Europe’s grandest stage after Sergio Aguero’s injury-time strike secured a maiden Champions League victory. Having taken just one point from their opening two matches in the competition Mancini declared victory essential prior to kick-off, but Ruben [...]
Rooney’s spot on to secure United’s win October 18, 2011 OTELUL GALATI (0) vs MANCHESTER UTD (2) MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson praised Wayne Rooney’s composure after the striker kept his nerve to fire the champions to a first European victory of the season. Rooney, sent off for England on his last competitive start, scored two second-half penalties as United downed a resolute Otelul [...]
Chiefs probe Wales coach over cheat admission October 18, 2011 WALES coach Warren Gatland could face punishment after the International Rugby Board opened an investigation into his admission that he considered cheating during Saturday’s World Cup semi-final defeat to France. Gatland confessed yesterday that he and his staff discussed asking a front-row forward to feign injury – a move that, having already lost prop Adam [...]
The Debate: Was Gatland right to consider cheating in France defeat? October 18, 2011 YES JAMES GOLDMAN SO AN international coach considered massaging the rules to his potential advantage in a bid to counter a perceived injustice – forgive me if I don’t combust in a fit of moral outrage. Warren Gatland’s confession that he thought about asking one of his prop forwards to feign injury in order to [...]
Smashing sixes, not windows, is what defined my summer October 18, 2011 AS ALASTAIR Cook’s one-day team toil on the Subcontinent against an Indian side intent on righting the wrongs of their catastrophic summer tour, arguably England’s most destructive batsman sits at home, almost resigned to the fact the book has been closed on his limited-overs international career. Championed, legitimately so on the evidence of this summer’s [...]
Time for Bell to take on pivotal England role October 18, 2011 ENGLAND have been thoroughly outplayed in the opening two one-day internationals against India and there is every danger this series could end up being a whitewash if changes aren’t made. I don’t want to be overly critical as India is an exceptionally tough place to tour at the best of times, and having been destroyed [...]
Villas-Boas wouldn’t ditch relegation rule October 18, 2011 CHELSEA vs GENK CHELSEA manager Andre Villas-Boas has added his voice to the chorus of condemnation for plans to scrap relegation and ringfence the Premier League. Managers’ chief Richard Bevan on Monday alleged that some overseas proprietors of top-flight clubs wanted the change, namely those from the United States and Asia. Manchester United boss Sir [...]
