Q&A September 2, 2010 HEAD DESIGNER AT APD INTERIORS Q.Dear Andrew, having returned from a stay in a gorgeous hotel suite, I realise my own bedroom is rather dated. How do I create a more luxurious look? A.First, how do you actually use your bedroom? Is it simply a place to sleep or does it also provide a sanctuary [...]
Excruciating embarassment is the recipe for Schmucks’ (mild) success September 2, 2010 Film DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS Cert: 12A AS dinners go, this one’s hardly haute cuisine, but it just about fills you up. On offer is a menu of daft characters, cheap gags and the odd bit of laugh-out-loud slapstick. Some of it is tasteless, much of it is undercooked, and the service is very slow – [...]
ARTS: WHATS COMING UP IN THE AUTUMN September 2, 2010 THEATRE Deathtrap – Noel Coward Theatre 7 Sept-22 Jan Simon Russell Beale stars in Ira Levin’s ingenious comedy about an author with a murderous case of writer’s block. KRAPP’S LAST TAPE – DUCHESS THEATRE 22 Sept-20 Nov Michael Gambon takes on Samuel Beckett’s masterful one-act monologue. HAMLET – NATIONAL THEATRE 7-27 Oct Following in the [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND PREVIEWS September 2, 2010 FILM THE LAST EXORCISM Not great attempt at Blair Witch-style horror, from director Eli Roth. JONAH HEX Josh Brolin stars in this confused comic-book adaptation set in the Wild West. SOULBOY Spirited slice of nostalgia about the Northern Soul scene. DVD FOUR LIONS Chris Morris’s brave, and very funny, film about imcompetent suicide bombers. CEMETERY [...]
The rise of the “he-vage” September 2, 2010 IT’s one thing for Jude Law to do it. But when bankers at Goldman Sachs in New York (and Russell Brand) start flaunting their “man cleavage” or “he-vage”, it truly is time to become concerned. Throughout the month of August, some Goldman staff were permitted to pay $25 to a designated charity in return for [...]
HOW TO FLAUNT YOUR LEGS (BEFORE THE MERCURY SINKS) September 2, 2010 MANY of you will have just returned from holiday all nice and tanned, dying to show off your new glow, and nowhere is this more tempting than with the legs. The papers and magazines are full of models and celebs stepping out on summer evenings in gorgeous dresses, glamorous heels and lovely bare pins. The [...]
Affordable pieces to add a glimmer to your autumn September 2, 2010 Post-summer workwear means a return to serious clothing, dark colours and conservative cuts. Here’s how to jazz it all up. CHAIN SIGNET RING £30 www.theearringboutique.com FUSCHIA AGATE SLICE £55 www.theearringboutique.com SUSAN CAPLIN VINTAGE £295 www.matchesfashion.com CORNFLOWER NUGGET CUFF £340 www.monicavinader.com KATIE PEARL LOOPS £7 www.monsoon.co.uk
TV wars loom as Apple takes aim September 1, 2010 Apple last night launched a revamped on-demand TV service it hopes will help it smash into the online rental market. Apple TV allows users to rent episodes of hit US shows like Glee for as little as 99¢ (64p) and play them through their TV. The device could catapult Apple into a market currently dominated [...]
Surprise output rise aids stocks September 1, 2010 AN UNEXPECTED surge in manufacturing growth in two of the world’s largest economies yesterday soothed fears over the prospects for the global economy. The closely watched gauge of activity in US factories from the Institute for Supply Management defied expectations of a drop to jump to 56.3 last month from 55.5 in July, indicating the [...]
Blair: I freed central bank September 1, 2010 FORMER Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed it was his decision to hand independence to the Bank of England in 1997 and said he set “the broad framework of the economy” during his decade in power. The provocative remarks – made in Blair’s memoir, A Journey – are likely to stir up the Labour leadership contest. [...]
