Ebury square, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £3.5M-£24m These apartments are like owning your own five-star hotel. It is no surprise as the interior has been designed by Martin Goddard, the architect of luxury hotels around the world.Apartments range from two to four-bedrooms. Contact berkeleygroup.co.uk or 020 7118 9111
Chapel street, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £8.45m This semi-detached period house covers 4,541 sq ft. The property has four bedrooms (three of them en suite) a dressing suite, drawing room, dining room and media room, to name but a few living spaces. Contact kmightfrank.co.uk or 020 7881 7722
Eaton square, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £30m This huge four-bedroom apartment is one of Belgravia’s most prestigious addresses. Spanning the first and second floor, this is one of the most magnificent and grandest living spaces on the square. Contact savills.co.uk or 020 7581 5234
The first pioneer of modern architecture September 27, 2012 Charles Voysey is considered to be one of the first originators of British modern architecture. The English architect, textile and furniture designer created around fifty buildings, many of which sadly no longer stand today. A number of his houses have recently emerged on the market, creating a renewed interest in this somewhat forgotten figure. Voysey [...]
Estonia proves that it’s possible to cut spending and continue to grow September 27, 2012 THE on-going Eurozone crisis proves all those who highlighted the design flaws of the single currency were right. They said it would be impossible to maintain common competitiveness between disparate economies like Germany and Greece without fiscal transfers. The result would be significant and damaging imbalances. This was not inevitable, but it was always unlikely [...]
Facts may be slippery but the most important human qualities remain true September 27, 2012 FACTS aren’t what they used to be. When I started school, Pluto was a planet and carbon came in just three flavours: diamond, soot and graphite. By the time I left for university, a fourth kind of carbon had been announced, football-shaped buckminsterfullerene. And, thanks to Pluto’s reclassification six years ago, there are now just [...]
JK Rowling’s new book puts politics before originality September 27, 2012 IWAS never totally convinced by Harry Potter. Evil was a little too obvious – it would appear with a theatrical dimming of the lights, dominating, cruel and selfish. And good was too obviously good. JK Rowling likes to neatly marshal her leading actors, and to draw her readers along a pre-determined path towards an inevitable [...]
As crisis deepens in Spain, could Catalonia succeed in its desire for full independence? September 27, 2012 YES Yogesh Chandarana Political regimes collapse when governments no longer command the people’s respect. So, when approximately 1.5m Catalonians, of a total population of 7.5m, take to the streets demanding independence, we should take note. Catalonia has disproportionately born the brunt of cuts, with public investment by the national government cut by 45 per cent [...]
Rapid Responses September 27, 2012 Pensions fiasco [Re: Auto-enrolment will fail unless it fosters a broader savings culture, yesterday] The main reason why we’ve seen a decline in long-term savings is government interference in the economy, and a similar lack of willingness to tackle the scourge of inflation. Most savings have lost their real value over time, partly due to [...]
Holy Motors is an instant cult hit September 27, 2012 FILM HOLY MOTORS Cert 18 | ***** After 13 years without making a single feature film, Leos Carax returns with an insane, anxiety-dream of a movie. Holy Motors is spectacularly, joyously weird. It’s unashamedly high-concept, but there’s enough dark, clownish humour to prevent it from ever being boring or grandiloquent. Holy Motors is a day [...]
