OUT OF OFFICE October 19, 2009 LAPLAND VIA THE LANGHAM HOTELIf you’re planning a bit of wining and dining over the festive season – and let’s face it, who isn’t? – you could end up in Lapland courtesy of the Langham Hotel. Diners who make reservations for four or more people at the hotel’s restaurant, The Landau, or its private dining [...]
THE MODERN HEALTH FARMS October 19, 2009 NUBEGINNINGS Devonwww.nubeginnings.co.ukPain potential: 9/10 Fun factor: 6/10 The idea: This sleek retreat is among the UK’s more hardcore – it calls itself a “weight loss boot camp”. Guests stay at least a week and lose up to 4 kilos. It also tackles the psychological side to wellbeing with a variety of therapies. Food: Locally sourced [...]
No more pain: how health farms became spas, and we got a bit soft October 19, 2009 WITHOUT FAIL, my grandmother and her mother used to go to a “health farm” for a week. It sounded like my idea of hell: a week of deprivation, nothing fun to do or eat. The end results spoke for themselves, though – they’d lose six kilos in a week and come home with wonderfully tapered [...]
Hunker down in a cosy bar this autumn October 19, 2009 WHEN temperatures drop – as they did rather suddenly at the weekend – it’s time for a change of tack when it comes to drinking venues. Those breezy summer cocktails in light-filled bars don’t seem quite the thing when it’s dark and blowing a freezing gale outside. What we need is intimacy and comfort – [...]
THREE OTHER BASTIONS OF BRITISH CUISINE October 19, 2009 SCOTT’SThis restaurant and oyster bar is almost as much about seeing and being seen as it is about the food. That said, the menu is considered one of the finest examples of soophisticated British seafood around, with the likes of pan-fried slip soles with brown shrimps, Cornish seabass and skate wings with cockles. 20 Mount [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS October 19, 2009 ALLENS BUTCHER GOES ONLINETime-poor, meat-loving Londoners will rejoice to know that they can now order their meat online from the famous Mount Street butchers. Alongside a stellar selection of beef, lamb, pork, veal, poultry, game and sauces, you can order seasonal favourites such as the Scottish beef-filled Steak Box and Christmas turkey. A new feature, [...]
Smart British food brightens Soho October 19, 2009 Hix66-70, Brewer Street, London, W1F 9TRTel: 020 7292 3518 www.hixsoho.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost in restaurant per person without wine: £55 IF I had a friend who was sceptical about the claims of British food to be world-class, I might well take him to a Mark Hix restaurant. Hix was formerly the executive head chef [...]
Whatever your view on the market there are tools to take advantage October 19, 2009 RECESSION or recovery? Deflation or inflation? New bull market or dead-cat bounce? These are the issues which have dominated investors’ attention throughout the first nine months of the year. Equities have plunged and rallied, yields on government bonds have blown out and contracted sharply, while commodity prices have soared and sterling and the dollar have [...]
Briatore takes FIA to court over life ban October 18, 2009 FORMER Renault team boss Flavio Briatore will today launch a legal bid to overthrow his lifetime ban from motorsport and claim up to €1m in damages from governing body the FIA. Briatore was found guilty of attempting to fix the result of last year’s Singapore Grand Prix, but the Italian believes the verdict was deeply [...]
Beach ball goal shouldn’t have stood – Winter October 18, 2009 FORMER Premier League referee Jeff Winter is adamant that Sunderland’s winner against Liverpool should never have stood. Darren Bent’s fifth minute shot evaded goalkeeper Pepe Reina after it cannoned off a beach ball that had strayed onto the pitch and Winter says ref Mike Jones got it wrong. “The referee and his assistant knew something [...]
