Why Build to Rent is the answer to London’s housing shortage April 14, 2016 Every week, City A.M. invites an industry professional to write about an emerging trend in the property market. Build to Rent represents a new way of living at a time when people are struggling with affordability and poor rental accommodation. And it could be the answer to the UK’s housing shortage providing large numbers of [...]
Holiday homes on the Costa del Sol are set to rise in the next few years as supply begins to run dry April 14, 2016 The Spanish property market may have been in a slump for the past few years but the bounce back has started. Enquiries are up in Marbella, glittering hang out of reality TV stars and the superyacht set, as well-heeled buyers source a home on the Med. The main hub of activity in this Costa del [...]
How Argentina’s finest Malbec eventually won over our wine columnist April 13, 2016 If I were to choose an acronym to promote my luxury product, WMD wouldn't be my first choice. It’s hardly redolent of balmy days spent quaffing a glass of full bodied vino. But World Malbec Day – now sheepishly retooled as Malbec World Day – celebrates its third anniversary on 17 April. Malbec is officially [...]
Quiches are back and they’re sexier than ever: Here are six of the best places to get them in London April 12, 2016 Here are six quiches that'll make you re-assess your apathy towards egg-filled tarts. The Mount Street Deli 100 Mount Street, W1K If you’re an ardent quiche fan, you’ll never get bored with the Mount Street Deli, which serves up freshly-baked quiches from its Mayfair premises daily. The quiche menu changes daily, depending on what hearty [...]
The Harcourt restaurant review: Reindeer and meatballs are reimagined as pub grub in Marylebone April 12, 2016 There are enough fancy ways to dine in London to fill your fancy pants several times over. You have 12-course tasting menus and sprawling art deco palaces and molecular gastronomy and precise fine dining and sharing concepts and foraged ingredients and organic gluten-free superfoods and authentic indigenous cuisines from previously undiscovered nations. But sometimes you [...]
48 Hours in Marrakech – what to see and do on a stopover in the Moroccan city April 8, 2016 Where to stay Get totally chilled out at the Almaha Marrakech, designed by the world-famous Charles Kaisin. The riad has a serene shallow pool that fills up every evening to reflect the starry sky. Visit almahamarrakech.com Where to go Hop, skip and jump through history at Palais Bahia and walk along the artisanal mosaic tiles. [...]
Why rising London house prices have got parents buying homes for their school-age children April 8, 2016 Every week, City A.M. invites an industry professional to write about an emerging trend in the property market. Over the past few years, given the exceptional price growth London has seen, the role of “the bank of mum and dad” in house sales has evolved considerably. No longer restricted to parents helping their 20-something adult children finishing [...]
Eight of the best bottles of tequila, including George Clooney’s latest venture Casamigos April 7, 2016 In childhood, we form sensory memories that can last a lifetime: the smell of baking might remind you of your grandmother’s home, for instance. It can also work in a negative way – for many, the taste of tequila reminds them of overpowering nausea and vicious hangovers. But this spirit, made from the blue agave [...]
Working Lunch review: Vita Mojo brings total food customisation and cashless eating to the City April 5, 2016 Vita Mojo 22 Carter Lane, EC4V WHAT? The City’s first entirely cashless restaurant that allows you to order and completely customise your food online or via one of the restaurant’s iPads. Its ultra-healthy menu is cooked on the premises using specially-sourced, organic ingredients and served up hot to suit pretty much any diet you can [...]
Restaurant review of Jason Atherton’s Sosharu and Soho’s Oliver Maki, London’s newest Japanese upstarts April 5, 2016 Oliver Maki 33 Dean St, W1D 4PWS | Tel: 020 7734 0408 Food ★★★☆☆ Value ★★★☆☆ Atmostphere ★★☆☆☆ Cost for two with beer and cocktails: £170 There’s no easy way to make a million in the restaurant business. It’s a Sisyphean struggle, an endless, mostly thankless, battle against astonishing odds. Every year is the year it could all come [...]
