RICHEMONT’S GROWTH FUELLED BY CHINA WATCH BOOST May 19, 2011 CARTIER watchmaker Richemont posted record sales and profits for its jewellery and watch brands in the year to April. Sales rose a third to €6.9bn (£6.1bn), while pre-tax profit was 79 per cent higher at €1bn. The numbers were boosted by Net-A-Porter, the online fashion business it bought in April last year, which contributed sales [...]
Pirates series hits the rocks May 19, 2011 FILM REVIEWS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Cert: 12A IN the fourth episode of Disney’s adventure franchise everybody is searching for the Fountain of Youth. But it’s the series itself that feels long in the tooth, groaning under the weight of its pointlessly prolonged existence – pointless, that is, unless you’re a Disney [...]
Chelsea in bloom as Flower Show lands May 19, 2011 ALL those months of composting are coming to fruition as the RHS Chelsea Flower Show arrives. From Tuesday the area will be in full bloom with the world’s finest gardening talent on display. City A.M. rounded up six of the show’s hotly-tipped highlights. AUSTRALIA GARDEN This marks the debut for the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne [...]
ALSO OUT: May 19, 2011 DVD BLACK SWAN Natalie Portman on Oscar form in Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller. THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 1 Surprisingly effective US TV hit with Brit Andrew Lincoln. THE NEXT THREE DAYS Formulaic thriller with Russell Crowe. GAMES L.A. NOIRE (PS3, X360) 1950s Los Angeles gangsterland is brought to scintillating life. THE WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF [...]
How to become George Clooney’s neighbour May 19, 2011 NABBING a sneaky peak of George Clooney sun bathing is surely priceless. And yet after some investigation, it turns out it might not be as expensive as you’d think. For the sum of €850,000 you could actually own the apartment next door to Clooney on Lake Como – an apartment that benefits from views directly [...]
KENNINGTON, SW9 May 19, 2011 AMELIA STREET Price: £280,000 This one-bedroom first floor flat is located close to Elephant and Castle’s shops and transport links. It has a large, well-lit living room, kitchen and bathroom. Contact: Foxtons on 020 7801 1111 or go to www.foxtons.co.uk RAVENSDON STREET Price: £850,000 This three-storey early Victorian house has three bedrooms, a garden and [...]
BUY May 19, 2011 MANAGING PARTNER OF BLACK BRICK PROPERTY SOLUTIONS Q. I am thinking of buying a second home in the country. I’ve found something really lovely, but the house has been on the market for over a year. Should I be worried? A. Don’t panic, the country house market is very different from central London. Prices are [...]
PROPERTY NEWS May 19, 2011 SHOREDITCH GOES AVANT-GARDE Telford Homes have just launched a new cutting edge residential development in Shoreditch. It has been designed by architect Stock Woolstencroft to include a communal “Free Spirit Garden.” Prices start at £250,000. BOUTIQUE ESTATE AGENT TO OPEN IN BELGRAVIA Quintessentially Estates plan to open a boutique estate agency in Belgravia. It is [...]
A horse fit for a Queen May 19, 2011 THE Investec Derby is just over two weeks away and the world’s greatest flat race, held at Epsom for over 200 years, may be about to have its most famous winner. Carlton House, bred by Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley Stud operation and the red-hot 7/4 favourite with William Hill to land the mile and a half [...]
Overdose may struggle against better opposition May 19, 2011 ALL eyes will be on Hungarian superstar Overdose as he has his first real test back from injury in tomorrow’s Temple Stakes at Haydock (3.00pm) The six-year-old grabbed the headlines when bolting up in the voided Prix de l’Abbaye on Arc day back in 2008, but injury has only seen him make the racecourse six [...]
