East meets west with this fresh take on the brasserie May 30, 2011 RIDING HOUSE CAFE 43 Great Titchfield St, London, W1W 7PQ, 020 7927 0840 www.ridinghousecafe.co.uk FOOD **** SERVICE *** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £32.70 THERE’s a sense of familiarity when you walk in to the Riding House Café. Parquet flooring, tick, exposed brick walls, tick, hospital-style white tiles, tick, communal booth tables, tick [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS May 9, 2011 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUEPRINT CAFE The Design Museum’s well-respected restaurant, the Blueprint Cafe, opened 21 years ago today. To celebrate, head chef Jeremy Lee has created a three-course set menu, including a glass of fizz (and, of course, Blueprint’s fantastic views along the Thames from its Bermondsey riverside setting) for a very reasonable £21. Dishes include [...]
London’s hidden property gems February 24, 2011 ROTHERHITHE, SE16 The renaissance of this former dock has gone largely unnoticed, and house prices are generally cheaper than surrounding areas. Carl Davenport, of estate agents Chesterton Humberts, says Rotherhithe is the “overlooked neighbour” of Tower Bridge. “Prices are in many cases cheaper by up to 20 per cent on a like to like basis,” [...]
The City is back but under new management December 21, 2010 BRITAIN’S financial landscape has been transformed since we last shone a light on the City’s most powerful figures two years ago. The City A.M./CityJet Power Hundred 2011 list ranks the most influential figures in UK finance as we head into the new year. It should be no surprise that it is very different from 2009. [...]
Audley’s sure his blueprint for success is ready to pay November 8, 2010 AFTER an hour in the company of Audley Harrison two things become abundantly clear: This is a man who settles for nothing other than perfection and if eating were an Olympic sport, Harrison would be in with a chance of adding to the heavyweight gold he won in Sydney a decade ago. Halfway through a [...]
LIFE COACH July 7, 2010 LIVING in the city and working full time might not seem very compatible with dog owning, but it can be done. London’s myriad park spaces make this a better city for dog owning than most. However, if you think giving your dog a quick run around before you leave for work and then leaving it [...]
South London set to soar in 2012 April 29, 2010 WITH the opening of a segment of the East London Line extension this week, Hackney, Wapping and Shoreditch just became a lot more desirable. Yet the best property moves are made well in advance of such obvious bonuses, so if you’re looking to buy now, consider the areas of south-east and south-west London that will [...]
JP MORGAN CAZENOVE IAN HANNAM June 9, 2009 JP Morgan Cazenove’s (JP M Caz) top dealmaker Ian Hannam was the chief adviser on the Heritage-Genel merger. He’s tipped to be the big beast of 2009’s bonus pool, having reeled in most of the company’s big deals. He, along-side JP M Caz’s new chief executive, Naguib Kheraj, secured advisership on the HSBC, Xstrata, Land [...]