Self-defence guru Mo Teague on how to be a hard target August 15, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT WHAT I’ve come to realise after 10 years in the fitness industry is that good self defence is more than kicking like the girls in Charlie’s Angels. There are many self-defence options available to both men and women in the capital but what’s becoming increasingly popular is “intelligent self-defence”. This is [...]
Cornhill goes up in the foodie world August 15, 2011 The Door Oyster Bar & Grill 33 Cornhill, EC3V 3NG, Tel: 020 7929 1378 www.thedoor-group.com FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £30 CORNHILL is such an atmospheric, iconic City street. It’s a shame, then, that the majority of its food and drink offerings are chains or chain-style affairs. Don’t get me wrong: Alphabet [...]
Dinner at Soho’s favourite bar August 15, 2011 Cafe Boheme 13-17 Old Compton Street, W1 5JQ Tel: 020 7734 0623 www.cafeboheme.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £35 WHO hasn’t begun, ended or whiled away a night at one of Café Boheme’s little street-facing tables? With Soho’s best vantage point on the corner of Old Compton and Greek Streets, no discernible [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS August 15, 2011 VIVEK SINGH CITY POPUP The City gets a pop-up with a (sort of) al fresco offering from Cinnamon Kitchen major domo Vivek Singh. Lasting until the end of September, Cinnamon Square can be found in Devonshire Square (just outside the Kitchen), with Bengali crab cod cakes, Bombay spiced tilapia, Hyderabadi spiced duck pao and aubergine [...]
Cameron pledges radical reforms August 15, 2011 DAVID Cameron will today pledge a sweeping review of the UK’s approach to social policy in the wake of last week’s devastating riots. The prime minister will use a speech this morning to announce a “social fightback” to match last week’s security operation. He will pledge to “review every aspect of our work to mend [...]
Speculation hots up over eurobonds August 15, 2011 ITALIAN politicians stepped up pressure for closer fiscal union across the Eurozone over the weekend, as a report emerged that German ministers were considering caving in on demands for eurobonds. Speaking ahead of a crucial Franco-German summit this week, Italian economy minister Giulio Tremonti said: “We would not have arrived where we are if we [...]
BP to offload North Sea rig August 15, 2011 BP is set to continue the trend of oil and gas firms exiting North Sea assets with the sale of its minority stake in the Shearwater field. Sources close to the deal told City A.M. the 27.5 per cent stake in the Shell-run gas field could net BP more than £150m. GDF Suez is also [...]
Cameron’s police and euro blunders August 14, 2011 EVERY so often, a confluence of events forces a country to choose a new direction. Britain is at such a crossroads: we need radical reform in virtually all areas of domestic policy as well as new trading relationships and security alliances internationally. The riots and the crisis in the Eurozone ought to serve as catalysts [...]
Rail fees to soar in January August 14, 2011 TRANSPORT campaigners have warned train fares will rise by four times the rate of inflation come January thanks to government plans. Transport secretary Philip Hammond will cut the £5bn annual train subsidy and has upped the amount rail operators can increase their fares from RPI plus one to RPI plus three. The plans will see [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 14, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES FEARS RAISED AS “LACK OF CAUTION” FUELS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES Commercial real estate values have been spurred by a “lack of caution” on the back of an “astonishing” rebound in lending to the sector, according to one of the largest global fund managers. LaSalle Investment e, which manages $45bn (£27bn) of real estate [...]
