FOOD & BOOZE NEWS June 28, 2010 ANTUNES SETS UP SHOP ON SOUTH BANK French chef Joel Antunes built a laudable reputation for himself back in the Eighties and Nineties working around France, Asia and the UK before launching Les Saveurs in Mayfair, where he picked up a Michelin star. After that he went to the States, but his latest venture is [...]
CITY EYE June 28, 2010 A MOTHER watches her son playing a piano in the churchyard of St. Paul’s. The pianos chained up around town are part of Street Pianos, a City of London festival event.
The king of scent and his powers of perfume picking June 28, 2010 WHEN we meet, Roja Dove is wearing a billowing turquoise silk shirt tucked into trousers held up by a diamante belt with a skull clasp, and has skin so dewy it could be that of a 20 year-old boy. Such remarkable self-presentation, not to mention his mellifluous voice, is immediately suggestive of the fact that [...]
Fishy feet may be the best June 28, 2010 THE hot weather will be a mixed blessing for anyone for whom sandal wearing means feet resembling parched deserts cracked with jagged canyons. There are all the usual ways of dealing with this – creams, sanding down with pumice, going for a full-on pedicure – but sticking your tootsies in a tank full of flesh-eating [...]
FIT IN THE CITY June 28, 2010 GET PEDDLING: Gridlocked traffic, the rising cost of fuel and temperatures on the underground reaching 40 degrees this summer should make this one a no-brainer (better still, invest in some good running shoes and pound the pavements Forrest Gump-style). BACK AWAY FROM THE REMOTE: With the rising cost of energy, there’s never been a better [...]
Shamed England hit rock bottom June 27, 2010 SORRY England crashed out of the World Cup yesterday after suffering their heaviest-ever finals’ defeat to a rampant Germany in Bloemfontein. Fabio Capello’s men were outclassed by the Germans on their way to a 4-1 defeat, but the game will be remembered for a moment of controversy when Frank Lampard’s shot cannoned off the underside [...]
G20 delays tough choices June 27, 2010 LEADERS of the world’s largest economies attempted to display a united front last night, agreeing to cut government borrowing while stimulating growth after a weekend of tense talks in Toronto. The Group of 20 communiqué agreed new targets for reducing deficits and sovereign debt, but America’s fear that fiscal tightening in Europe could derail the [...]
Unite delays strike ballot June 27, 2010 THE Unite union has announced plans to postpone balloting British Airways cabin crew on further strikes to allow union members to consider the latest offer from the airline’s management. BA made a new offer to cabin crew on Friday in a bid to end the long-running dispute over pay and conditions before the employees are [...]
The real game is emerging markets June 27, 2010 IT is always tempting to build grand theories about national decline following the kind of thrashing meted out to England yesterday afternoon. This should be resisted; Germany v Britain makes great sport but little else. We may not be any good at football right now – and Fabio Capello needs to be sacked – but [...]
Home prices up over year June 27, 2010 MONTHLY house price rises in England and Wales slowed marginally in June, but still took the annual rise in prices to the largest since January 2008, property data company Hometrack said today. The number of houses being put up for sale rose at a faster rate than the number of buyers, potentially limiting future price [...]
