Nike and MatchesFashion.com join Hackney Walk, a new fashion district in east London March 9, 2016 Move over Bond Street, luxury retailers are flocking eastwards to grab themselves a slice of hipster cool. Big name brands like Nike and fashion website MatchesFashion.com announced they’re opening up in the heart of Hackney last week at the topping out ceremony for a new retail district called Hackney Walk. Located on Morning Lane, it’s equidistant [...]
Lexus RX review: Will hybrid SUVs take over the market after VW’s dieselgate? March 7, 2016 Few things are as unwelcome in central London as a big, gas-guzzling SUV. One of them is a big, diesel SUV sporting a Volkswagen Group badge. Anti-diesel resentment has been bubbling for a number of years, culminating in the VW “dieselgate” emissions scandal that rocked (and continues rocking) the motor industry. However, one manufacturer has [...]
Top tips from the experts on how to get lots of people looking at your property online March 7, 2016 In the last 12 months, a slew of online portals have opened up to help you sell or lease your property online. These websites are certainly cheaper than enlisting an estate agent, but they also involve more legwork. Here are some fool-proof ways to get your property noticed online, whether you’re selling up on PurpleBricks.com [...]
London Has Fallen film review and other big releases this weekend March 4, 2016 London Has Fallen (15) | Dir. Babak Najafi ★★☆☆☆ Olympus Has Fallen was a surprise hit three years ago thanks to some old school plotting and a tailor made action hero in Gerard Butler. He returns as CIA Agent Mike Banning, who must protect the President (Aaron Eckhart) when the funeral of the British PM is [...]
Sheer delight: gothic fashion and vampish accessories are back March 2, 2016 Bring out your inner goth with these floaty black dresses and vampish accessories, shot exclusively for City A.M. Bespoke Photography: Carla Guler, Styling: Ozzy Shah, Fashion assistant: Harry Clements, Hair & makeup: Scarlett Burton using YSL Beautè and Bumble & Bumble, Hair & makeup assistant: Sophie Heaton, Retouch: Faye Sampson, Shoot location: Ormonde House, currently on the market for £10.8m through [...]
Mix it up: Farewell to Dick Bradsell, Britain’s very own cocktail genius March 2, 2016 I never met Dick Bradsell. My brother-in-law worked for him at the now defunct Detroit bar, but I never took the chances I had to speak to the genius of mixology who, sadly, passed away at the weekend. By all accounts, Bradsell revolutionised Britain’s cocktail scene, putting London (alongside New York) at the frontline in [...]
The craft behind the costumes at Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House March 1, 2016 Bloodied disembodied arms hang from the walls of an otherwise pristine workroom in Essex, where students – their focused expressions lit up by as many Macbook Pros – largely ignore the gruesome debris in their midst. “Oh, that’s Napoleon Blown-apart,” the teacher says. “It’s a project we were working on where we got the students [...]
Working Lunch review: The Black Penny, Covent Garden, serves gourmet food without the fuss March 1, 2016 The Black Penny 34 Great Queen Street, WC2 WHAT? A trendy coffee house and brunch spot modelled on the “penny universities” of 17th century England, where punters would be able to pay a penny for a beverage and a lecture. Prices may have gone up a pretty penny, but the concept remains the same. The [...]
Property of the fortnight: Former Belgravia guest house Ormonde House in need of a £2m cash injection March 1, 2016 Belgravia is London’s land of grandeur, of embassies and white stucco-fronted mansions owned by Arab princes. It’s hardly the place you’d expect to find a fixer-upper, but Ormonde House is exactly that. And all it needs now is a millionaire with grand designs. It used to be a guest house, nestled in between Sloane Square [...]
Mercedes-AMG C63 review: Can this muscle car disguise itself as a sophisticated saloon? February 29, 2016 Price: £60,060 0-62mph: 4.1secs Top speed: 155mph MPG Combined: 34.5mpg ★★★☆☆ | Design ★★★★★ | Performance ★★★☆☆ | Practicality ★★★☆☆ | Value Elvis Costello famously said, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture” – and he had a point. I could tell you the Mercedes-AMG C63’s soundtrack is like a Wagnerian opera, or a [...]
