PROPERTY NEWS August 18, 2011 PROPERTIES GOING FAST IN WOODSIDE PARK Half of the apartments at the Wheston Lodge development in Woodside Park have sold in just three months. The development consists of 25 one and two bedroom apartments. Prices start at £275,000. Contact: Wheston Lodge on 020 8446 9136 or go to www.thornsettgroup. com. EQUESTRIAN PROPERTY BOLTING AHEAD Hamptons [...]
INTERIORS August 18, 2011 CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT DESIGN CONSULTANCY APD INTERIORS Q. I would like to liven up my home with wallpaper. What are the current trends? A. Wallpaper has had a revival in the last few years after falling out of fashion in favour of plain painted walls. The use of wallpaper adds detail to an interior and [...]
FOCUS ON: BOW, E3 August 18, 2011 COBOURN STREET Price: £1,395m This Victorian terrace house retains many of its period features. It has four bedrooms arranged across four floors. The interiors are well designed throughout. Contact: Foxtons’ Shoreditch office on 020 7033 1414 or go to www.foxtons.co.uk MEDWAY ROAD Price: £499,995 Located close to the Medway Conservation area, this four-bedroom Victorian town [...]
Great title, great stars, bland result August 18, 2011 Film COWBOYS & ALIENS Cert: 12A IT’S the best film title since Snakes on a Plane, and this would-be blockbuster also has two huge stars – Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford – on good form. Craig is especially memorable, riding into the dusty town of Absolution with no name, a mysterious shackle on his wrist, [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK FILMS, MUSIC, GAMES August 18, 2011 FILM KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS Marvel at Alec Guinness playing nine roles in this Ealing classic. SPY KIDS 4: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD 4D More kiddy-friendly action fun. IN A BETTER WORLD Tremendous Danish drama, winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar. DVD SOURCE CODE This year’s Inception, an exhilirating tech thriller with [...]
Gunners can notch their first win at the Emirates August 18, 2011 ARSENAL vs LIVERPOOL TOMORROW – 12.45PM SKY SPORTS ARSENE Wenger is one of the most experienced managers in the Premier League, but the last few weeks must still have been pretty testing for him. The sale of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona clearly hurt and with Samir Nasri heading off to Manchester City plus a couple [...]
Masamah has the speed to burn off Nunthorpe rivals August 18, 2011 THIS afternoon’s Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (3.40pm) is the next stage of the QIPCO British Champions Series and punters will be hoping for a better result than last year when the unheralded 100/1 shot Sole Power landed the prize. Eddie Lynam’s four-year-old will be back to defend his crown and even though he has disappointed the [...]
Frankie’s Thoughts August 18, 2011 THE York Ebor meeting is one of my favourites of the whole year and I was absolutely thrilled with Blue Bunting’s win in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks yesterday. She is an outstanding filly, very gutsy and has given me some fantastic days this season. The next leg of the QIPCO British Champions Series is this [...]
Weale: Quarter three growth should show improvement August 18, 2011 Britain’s economy is likely to expand by more in the third quarter than it did in the second three months of the year, and a second round of quantitative easing is not needed now, Bank of England policymaker Martin Weale said on Thursday. Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, Weale said he had ditched his call [...]
Global growth fears drain confidence from markets August 18, 2011 Renewed fears over spluttering global economic growth dragged back world markets with commodity and financial stocks suffering in the increasingly bleak climate. Morgan Stanley cut its forecast for global growth, citing “recent policy errors” in the US and Europe, plus prospects of further fiscal tightening in 2012. MSCI’s world equity index fell 0.8 per cent [...]
