All aboard: the QM2 does the Atlantic in style June 10, 2012 LEAVING the glamorous glitzy Big Apple on a big glitzy ship felt right. Berthed in the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, the sharp-prowed Queen Mary 2 looked both huge and majestic. On our taxi ride to the terminal our driver bypassed the anti-capitalist demonstrators in Wall Street, so named for the barrier the Dutch built in the [...]
Summer is here: now do it in style May 29, 2012 WHERE TO GET IT: >> Tom ford Cyrille shades, £233, amazon.co.uk >> Hackett check shirt, £110, johnlewis.com >> Chapman Bags canvas iPad day-bag, £115, my-wardrobe.com >> Slowear yellow pants, £195, MrPorter.com >> Grenson leather brogues, £195, MrPorter.com WHERE TO GET IT: >> Hartford straw trilby, £100, MrPorter.com >> Ellery Keith shades, £300, eyegoodies.com >> Robert Graham “Echoes” sport jacket, £349, robert-fuller.co.uk [...]
CAR TALK May 29, 2012 Is the new Ford Focus ST a tangerine dream? The Ford Focus ST will cost from £21,995 when it goes on sale in June. Powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged EcoBoost engine, the new Focus ST develops 247bhp, yet can return 39.2mpg with CO2 emissions of 169g/km. The car has a unique suspension and upgraded steering [...]
Harlequins triumph owes much to Richards, insists boss O’Shea May 27, 2012 HARLEQUINS (30) vs LEICESTER TIGERS (23) HARLEQUINS director of rugby Conor O’Shea paid tribute to the foundations laid by his notorious predecessor Dean Richards after claiming the first Premiership title in the club’s history. Table-topping Quins held on in a nervy climax to Saturday’s final at Twickenham to beat Leicester and complete a dramatic turnaround [...]
Title would cap Robshaw year, says Healey May 24, 2012 HARLEQUINS captain Chris Robshaw will crown the most remarkable individual season ever if he leads the south Londoners to their first Premiership title tomorrow at Twickenham, says former England star Austin Healey. In a whirlwind few months Robshaw has been plucked from the international wilderness to become the central figure in Stuart Lancaster’s new-look England [...]
A Mexican adventure in high style May 13, 2012 The last time I came to central America was 15 years ago on my gap year. Bed for the night tended to be a hammock, or mosquito-infested beach shack if we were pushing the boat out. Clothes were stuffed in a backpack, made heavier by my inspired first day purchase of a 5kg granite pestle [...]
Coach Lancaster faces inevitable difficult spell, admits Andrew May 10, 2012 RUGBY Football Union chief Rob Andrew is predicting some “difficult moments” over the coming months for England manager Stuart Lancaster, but has vowed the organisation will not lose faith with the inexperienced coach. Andrew spoke to City A.M. after Lancaster named his 42-man squad for next month’s tour to South Africa, his first since being [...]
ADVISERS ROTHSCHILD May 3, 2012 JENNIFER YU HEAD OF GREATER CHINA BRIGHT Foods was advised by Rothschild and Linklaters’ teams in Britain and China. Rothschild’s team here was made up of Akeel Sachak, global head of consumer, Robert Plowman, Jessica Gretton and Abhishek Wahi. In China the deal was led by Jennifer Yu, Rothschild’s head of Greater China, and Ting-Jie [...]
GM raises US sales outlook May 1, 2012 GENERAL Motors reported a smaller-than-expected decline in US new vehicle sales in April and raised its outlook for the year. The US carmaker said its sales fell eight per cent last month while Ford posted a five per cent fall. GM warned that the next few months could be choppy, but projected that US auto [...]
Ford faces first strike action in over 30 years in pensions fight April 25, 2012 WORKERS at Ford’s UK sites are being balloted for strike action over a pensions dispute, the Unite union said yesterday. If the 2,500 staff vote for a strike, it will be the first industrial action to hit Ford since the 1970s. Workers will vote at Ford’s UK headquarters and at several factories including Dagenham, where [...]