WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 31, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES UK CONSUMER RECOVERY SET TO BE SLOWEST IN 180 YEARS The UK economy is set to experience the slowest pick-up in consumer spending of any post-recession period since 1830, according to a Financial Times analysis of official forecasts. Families are expected to spend just slightly more by 2015 than they were before the [...]
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 [...]
An exclusive way to sample the simplest, best Gallic food May 25, 2011 AS dinner parties go, this one’s a bit different. Over to my left sits double Michelin-starred chef Claude Bosi of Hibiscus, on the right is Joel Antunes of South Bank’s acclaimed Brasserie Joel and opposite him is Russell Norman, the rising star of London’s restaurant scene with his hugely popular “Venetian tapas” joints Polpo, Spuntino [...]
Lavishness amid the lonely splendour of the Welsh coast May 22, 2011 SOUTH Wales is home to a duality like nowhere else in the British Isles. It’s a land of timeless verdancy, endless summers and persistent rain. It’s a land torn apart by poverty, and before that the machinery of heavy industry. It is also my favourite place on earth. On the train eastwards from Swansea, this [...]
Eat, drink, enjoy May 12, 2011 ALL that Polo watching can be thirsty work, but thankfully there’s a wealth of treats and champers on offer. City A.M. checked out the best to come. HARRODS HAVEN Fans of Harrod’s fine food section will find a home away from home this year. The iconic store is opening its first ever pop-up food court. [...]
Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside… May 12, 2011 DON’T let the weather-beaten face of John Fowles’ French Lieutenant’s woman staring out from the Cobb in Lyme Regis colour your perception of this seaside town. The area’s boutiques, deli food shops and sandy beaches make it as quaint as British seaside towns come. It is the sort of place that you actually want to [...]
City: Scots exit good for UK plc May 8, 2011 SCOTTISH independence would be good for the British economy, according to members of the City A.M/PoliticsHome Voice of the City panel. Fifty one per cent of the panel, which has been specially recruited to represent a cross-section of London’s business and financial community, said an independent Scotland would be either “very good” or “somewhat good” [...]
Don’t cry for me, Argentina: I’ve found Malbec paradise May 8, 2011 THE new Argentina is deeply seductive – its famous beef and increasingly famous wine are celebrated in restaurants from New York to Beirut. Its natural beauty, from the Andes to the plains of Patagonia; its sparkling heat, beautiful people and stunning horses lure travellers the world over. And Buenos Aires, the gorgeous, cosmopolitan crown on [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 5, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES JAGUAR TO INVEST £5BN Jaguar Land Rover is investing £5bn over the next five years to catch up on quality with BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi – the three German companies that dominate the luxury end of the automotive business globally. The money will be spent mainly on product development and new equipment at [...]
The emperor’s new Motorola May 4, 2011 @steve_dinneen IF you were looking for a use for the reels of bunting left over from the Royal Wedding, hark! The Motorola Atrix finally went on sale yesterday! Of course, there is little chance anyone will actually be reading this – they will be camped outside The Carphone Warehouse, soaking up the carnival atmosphere, hoping [...]