Maintain the fitness regime by getting stylish in the gym January 27, 2011 BE honest. Have your new year’s resolutions to eat less and go to the gym more really taken shape? If not, and you’re having trouble getting into the mood for exercise, surely a few beautiful pieces of delicious kit would do the trick. Our favourite shops are loaded with delicious hoodies and tops for either [...]
GETTING DRESSED January 27, 2011 FOUNDERS, ROUS ILAND MEMBERS’ BOUTIQUE Q.The temperature keeps changing – how can I dress and wear a coat that leaves me more versatile to these fluctuations? A.The weather has become more and more unpredictable so our wardrobe must be flexible. In winter, try a coat with detachable collar (fur or faux depending on your preference) [...]
FASHION NIBS January 27, 2011 BLAHNIK GOES BLING If strutting out in a pair of Manolos isn’t enough, women will soon be able to display their devotion to the shoe kingpin with Blahnik-inspired jewellery. A collaboration between Blahnik and Spanish brand TOUS will showcase his famous Campari shoe in the form of silver and vermeil pendants, as well as an [...]
A waste of talent January 27, 2011 FILM REVIEW HOW DO YOU KNOW Cert: 12A I WANTED to like this film, I really did. It’s the work of James L Brooks, the Simpsons’ producer. It’s got talented stars in Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd, and it’s been praised for being an intelligent romcom. Well, it may be intelligent and it has the [...]
City A.M. exclusive: Michael Douglas on Gordon Gekko January 27, 2011 IN THE character of the Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas created one of cinema’s most memorable scoundrels, writes Timothy Barber. That was in the 1987 film Wall Street, made at the height of the 1980s boom years. In last year’s follow-up, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (released on DVD on Monday) Gekko [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND January 27, 2011 FILM TANGLED The fairy tale of Rapunzel gets the 3D Disney treatment, with pretty enjoyable results. HEREAFTER Clint Eastwood ponders the afterlife in this portentous drama starring Matt Damon. BIUTIFUL Javier Bardem earns an Oscar nomination in this tale of a Barcelona man trying to get by. DVD THE OTHER GUYS Mark Wahlberg and Will [...]
Home advantage can give Everton the edge January 27, 2011 EVERTON vs CHELSEA Tomorrow – 12.30pm ESPN CHELSEA’S 4-0 victory at Bolton on Monday night will have given their supporters some belief that their side are finally on the way back. It was an impressive performance and although the first priority for Carlo Ancelotti is to ensure Champions League football next season, a decent run [...]
Bensalem to burst into World Hurdle picture January 27, 2011 CHELTENHAM stages its ‘Trials Day’’tomorrow and BENSALEM looks the best bet on the card in the Cleeve Hurdle at 3.35pm. Alan King’s eight-year-old has an amazing record when fresh and has won all of his career starts to date when reappearing from a substantial break. He is reportedly working extremely well at home and will [...]
FIRMS WELCOME TRIBUNAL REFORM January 26, 2011 THE GOVERNMENT will today unveil sweeping reforms to employment tribunals, in a bid to clamp down on spurious claims and rebalance the system in favour of businesses. Vince Cable, the business secretary, is expected to announce that firms will be able to sack workers during the first two years of employment without being taken to [...]
Banks hit out at calls for breakup January 26, 2011 BRITAIN’S biggest banks warned against any radical change to their structure yesterday, after the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) published responses to its research on how best to boost competition in the banking sector. Several City stalwarts including Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) claimed that banking would not be made safer by [...]
