OUT OF OFFICE January 25, 2010 CHRIS OFILI OPENS AT TATE BRITAIN Famous for his works decorated with elephant dung, Turner Prize winning Chris Ofili shows here that he’s an artist of great sophistication for his relatively few years. This retrospective spans 20 years of his work, from his time in Zimbabwe (the dung) to pieces inspired by living in Trinidad. [...]
The raw and the cooked rock at Roka January 25, 2010 Roka 1st Floor, 4 Park Pavilion, 40 Canada Square, E14 5FW FOOD ***** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £55 HAVE you ever been to Roka before?” asked our waiter, poised to take us through the Roka concept, as though this was the posh, pan-Asian equivalent of a Harvester. I regretted to [...]
THREE OTHER SLEEK CANARY WHARF RESTAURANTS January 25, 2010 PARLOUR Canada Square’s Park Pavillion is a new building that’s transforming Canary Wharf’s culinary scene by hosting four new restaurants. Parlour is one of them, a design-heavy cocktail bar and restaurant, with long party tables, separate booths, private mezzanine and al fresco terrace. www.theparlourbar.co.uk WAHACA Branch number three for London’s most fashionable Mexican restaurant, whose [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS January 25, 2010 MASTER OF MACAROONS COMES TO LONDON Parisian pâtissière to the stars Pierre Hermé is to come to London. Naturally he’ll have a Knightsbridge boutique – but that’s scheduled for summer. In the meantime, his gilded macaroons and bonbons will be on sale at Selfridges, from 5 February. Hermé is credited with creating the modern macaroon, [...]
Cocaine prop Stevens signs for Saracens January 25, 2010 BANNED England prop Matt Stevens has vowed to rebuild his career at Saracens after agreeing to join the Premiership high-fliers when his suspension expires next year. The 27-year-old’s burgeoning reputation was left in tatters after a positive test for cocaine saw him dropped from last year’s Six Nations and banned for two years. But South [...]
European success is dream ticket for Monty January 25, 2010 COLIN MONTGOMERIE would have been grinning from ear-to-ear at the sight of three of his big guns dominating the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship at the weekend. Martin Kaymer showed nerves of steel to hole his birdie putt at the last to edge out Ian Poulter and Rory McIlroy in a scintillating start to the new [...]
Waspish Schumacher hits back at his critics and sets sights on eighth title January 25, 2010 RETURNING track legend Michael Schumacher hit back at criticism of his driving style yesterday as he took the latest step towards his long-awaited comeback. The seven-time world champion responded waspishly when asked if he hoped to show he could win the title in the right way – a reference to controversial tactics he has employed [...]
Borthwick gets nod to stay as England captain January 25, 2010 STEVE BORTHWICK has been confirmed as England’s captain for the Six Nations Championship. The Saracens lock has captained England in every Test since Martin Johnson took charge of the team in 2008, but came under fire for his performances in the autumn internationals. Johnson initially named his 32-man elite performance squad without identifying a captain, [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF January 25, 2010 City revel in Saints victory AMERICAN FOOTBALL: New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton dedicated his side’s victory in the NFC Championship game with Minnesota Vikings to the whole city following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina four years ago. The Saints were cheered on to their first-ever Superbowl at the restored Louisiana Superdome after edging past [...]
Murray ready to face the wrath of Rafa January 25, 2010 ANDY MURRAY reckons he has the game to dethrone defending champion Rafael Nadal and continue his quest for a first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. The fifth seed is the only player yet to drop a set on the way to the last eight and produced a near flawless display in powering past [...]
