Zoe Strimpel has a Su-Man facial and her skin is still thanking her July 25, 2011 CROUCH End is not the most convenient of London locations. But when your motivation for going there is a facial with Su-Man, the vagaries of north London transport fade into irrelevance. Originally from Taiwan, Su-Man Hsu (pictured) was a professional dancer before retiring and focusing on massage. Her house is a haven of impeccable feng [...]
Episode 20: Dad and I do the school pick-up July 25, 2011 MY parents have stayed on for an extra couple of days, ostensibly to help with Noel although he’s at school all day but actually, to allow the dust to settle after my run in with my father. I get out of the chauffeur-driven car and walk towards my parents. My father wears an ancient trenchcoat [...]
Big City Climb a good excuse to get super fit July 25, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT NEED a new fitness goal? Whether you’re trying to banish your summer barbecue belly, or getting in early for your Christmas LBD, we might have just the fitness event for you… The Lord Mayor’s Appeal is after “daredevil contenders” to take part in a unique climbing event this autumn when participants [...]
THREE OTHER RESTAURANTS WITH FORAGED AND ORGANIC PRODUCE July 25, 2011 PETERSHAM NURSERIES CAFE The only garden centre cafe with a Michelin star, Petersham uses ingredients from the nurseries themselves to draw on. Dishes such as red and golden beetroot with heirloom tomatoes, marjoram and purple basil, and sardines with spinach, shaved fennel, rocket and sauce vierge are among chef Skye Gyngell’s creations. Church Lane, TW10 [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS July 25, 2011 CLOUDY BAY SHACK POPS UP As al fresco drinking goes, it doesn’t get much more civilised. The Cloudy Bay Shack, Cloudy Bay’s annual pop up vino lounge in Parsons Green, returns next weekend (July 30-31). This year the company has also stepped it up a notch, collaborating with Petersham Nurseries’ chef Skye Gyngell to offer [...]
The tide is turning on public spending July 25, 2011 IT has taken over a year but the coalition is finally getting to grips with public spending. It is still going up in cash terms, of course (there were never any plans to cut the sterling value of public spending) but for the first time it appears to have started to drop in real terms. [...]
Ireland sells €1.1bn stake in Bank of Ireland July 25, 2011 Ireland sold a €1.1bn stake in Bank of Ireland to a group of unidentified investors in a deal that will keep the country’s largest bank out of state control, the government said. The government had been widely expected to take control of Bank of Ireland, the last domestic lender outside of state ownership, after it [...]
Ryanair profit hit by soaring fuel costs July 25, 2011 Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, posted quarterly profits below market expectations due to higher fuel and operating costs. The Irish airline, which operates more than 1,500 flights a day, said it expects average income yields to rise by 12 to 15 per cent in its second quarter ending in September, but warned traffic would fall [...]
Yorkshire to buy Egg units from Citi July 25, 2011 Mortgage lender Yorkshire Building Society is to buy the mortgage and savings business of Egg Banking from American bank Citigroup, as Citi continues to sell non-core assets after its bailout during the credit crisis. Yorkshire, owned by its customers, said the Egg businesses it was acquiring comprised of a £2.5bn savings book and a 430 [...]
Reckitt earnings boosted by Suboxone drug July 25, 2011 Consumer goods group Reckitt Benckiser posted a 10 per cent rise in second-quarter earnings on Monday helped by last year’s SSL acquisition and the success of the film version of its Suboxone drug. The British group said it was well positioned to achieve its 2011 targets of a 12 per cent rise in net revenue [...]
