Optimism pervades as Opec prepares to meet in Algiers September 26, 2016 A wave of optimism swept through global oil markets this morning as the world's biggest producers prepare to meet on the sidelines of an international conference in Algeria later this week. Positive comments made by the country's energy minister helped send Brent crude, the global benchmark, up as much as 1.15 per cent to $46.42 per barrel. [...]
Three signs the iPhone 7 will be a huge hit for Apple September 15, 2016 The iPhone 7 received a cautiously optimistic welcome when it was unveiled a week ago. While new features such as being waterproof and a shiny new jet black colour were largely surface changes rather than a revolutionary new direction for the brand, they were certainly likely to dazzle potential buyers, analysts thought. Apple has quite a bit riding [...]
Eneko at One Aldwych review: the Ronaldo of chefs’ new restaurant Eneko is a poor relation to its Basque sibling Azurmendi September 13, 2016 Azurmendi, a short drive from the centre of Bilbao, is one of those restaurants food groupies plan holidays around. Eneko Atxa’s three-Michelin star venue is like an epicurean Bond lair, a glass cube squatting in its own lavish herb garden, which guests are obliged to peruse before they begin their multitude of courses. Atxa himself [...]
Three at 3: The three stories you need to read right now September 9, 2016 It’s Friday afternoon – so why bother trawling the internet for something to read? We’ve put together the top three stories of the day in bite size form, just to make your life that bit easier. Check out our three at three. It’s a Tea-volution As if making a cuppa isn’t quick enough, a tea maker [...]
Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate oil prices slide on huge surprise increase in US crude stocks August 24, 2016 The price of US oil fell by more than two per cent this afternoon after an unexpected increase in crude stocks in the country reinvigorated worries about a global supply glut. Today the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released figures showing domestic crude supplies rose by 2.5m barrels in the week ended 19 August to a [...]
Oil prices slide on Iraq and China production boosts and rise in US rig count August 22, 2016 Oil prices slid on Monday on concerns about increased exports from China, Iraq and Nigeria, as well as a rising US rig count. Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell $1.34, around 2.6 per cent, to $49.54 per barrel in mid-afternoon trading. West Texas Intermediate crude was down as much as $1.43, 2.95 per cent, to $47.09 per barrel. Read more: Global oil [...]
Pity the City’s introverts now the Night Tube is here, how will they get out of dreaded work drinks now? August 19, 2016 Hurrah for the almost mythical Night Tube. We’ve known of its existence for nigh on two years, had to wait a year for delays and now, as you’ll already be aware, it will finally come into action tonight. The City is likely to be awash with its usual revellers and more asides, bolstered by the knowledge [...]
Our resident chef Mark Hix on how the Glorious Twelfth heralds a hunting season full of delicious grouse August 9, 2016 This Friday marks the Glorious Twelfth, the day on which the grouse-hunting season officially begins. I’m hoping to squeeze in a little shoot in Dumfriesshire, and perhaps do some salmon fishing on the River Nith while I’m at it. The game season is one of the most important events in the British culinary calendar – [...]
Byron latest: High Holborn branch targeted by protesters following immigration claims August 1, 2016 Protesters have gathered outside Byron Hamburgers' restaurant on High Holborn three days after demonstrators released cockroaches and other insects in the branch. More than two thousand people had said on Facebook they would attend the protest at the High Holborn branch. It has been arranged in response to widespread claims that Byron acted in conjunction with [...]
Byron’s bugbear: Two branches besieged by insects released by protesters July 31, 2016 Byron Hamburgers was blighted by a biblical-style plague from protesters this weekend as cockroaches, crickets and locusts were released into two central London branches of the posh burger chain. Protesters from London Black Revs and the Malcolm X Movement released thousands of insects into the Central St Giles and Holborn branches on Friday evening, following widespread reports [...]