The top spots to see in the new decade December 16, 2009 BLACK AND WHITE BALL AT BEACH BLANKET BABYLON Think art nouveau and film noir with a dash of Casino Royale – if your mind stretches that far. Notting Hill’s most glamorous restaurant/bar is offering a New Year’s Eve night with a jazz band and guest DJs till 2AM. There’s a four-course dinner too, for those [...]
OUT OF OFFICE November 10, 2009 JAMIE LUMLEY PHOTO SHOW OPENSAs the son of Joanna Lumley, Jamie Lumley is in pole position to comment on the plight of the Ghurkas. Last night saw the launch of his new photo exhibition, which explores the concept of home based on his experience of London and time spent in Nepal with his mother on [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS October 26, 2009 ROKA OPENING IN CANARY WHARFCanary Wharf is becoming the talk of the town for its buzzing food scene.?With restaurants flinging open their doors faster than you can say “bruschetta”, it’s getting tough to keep up. Do not, however, miss Monday’s opening of the fantastic Japanese restaurant Roka, which serves a delectable assortment of sushi, meat [...]
GOLDMAN BANKER IN DIVORCE SKIRMISH September 7, 2009 DIVORCES are always grim affairs, but when they involve senior bankers, at least there’s a bit of colour involved. A Goldman Sachs managing director, Frenchman Yann Samuelides, has been in court battling with Denis Morley, a 67-year-old pensioner, over his wife’s divorce petition. Morley told Clerkenwell and Shoreditch county court that Samuelides promised a £500,000 [...]
SANTANDER CHIEF BREAKING CITY HEARTS WITH HIS EXOTIC CHARM August 3, 2009 WHILE all the big British bank bosses are pitted against each other this week in terms of first-half profits, Spanish bank Santander’s UK boss António Horta-Osório has been enjoying the glory of a rather more frivolous accolade. Horta-Osório became chief executive of Abbey in August 2006, after long stints at the helm of the bank’s [...]
THREE OTHER HIGH-END ITALIANS July 13, 2009 L’ANIMAClassy, chic, and with excellent food, this is one of the best new openings in the City in the past year, and one of the few Square Mile restaurants that you might want to visit with friends, as well as contacts. 1 Snowden Street EC2A 2DQ, tel: 020 7422 7000, www.lanima.co.uk. LOCANDA LOCATELLIAn oldie, but [...]
SWINE FLU SCARE TAKES HOLD AT HEART OF THE FINANCIAL WORLD June 25, 2009 MORE anxiety down at City accountancy firm Ernst & Young, where the dreaded swine flu has taken down a senior accountant and thrown concerned workers into panic. The Capitalist revealed yesterday that one individual from the firm’s More London Place office has been diagnosed with swine flu, while his team and clients are awaiting results [...]
GLAMOROUS DRAGON HAS SIGHTS ON TV DEN June 24, 2009 ENTREPRENEURIAL types and their brave backers packed the Institute of Directors yesterday for the fifth bi-annual Entrepreneur Country conference, hosted by BBC Dragon, Ariadne Capital chief executive and City A.M. columnist Julie Meyer. Meyer was proud to introduce her new protégé, Warren Cole, to the investors in the room, after he became her third investment [...]