The Libertine at Theatre Royal Haymarket starring Dominic Cooper fails to deliver on its salacious promises September 29, 2016 The Libertine begins with a promise. Dominic Cooper, as Restoration rake the Earl of Rochester, delivers a swaggering prologue, directly informing the audience that although they may like some of what he does, they will not like him. This speech is an implicit bargain; that he will behave appallingly, and the audience will be thrilled [...]
Floyd Collins at Wilton’s Music Hall review: clever staging and a strong cast can’t mask this poor musical September 29, 2016 Floyd Collins is a musical about a man stuck in a hole, and there were moments during this production that I felt like I was down there with him, waiting interminably in the darkness for the sweet release of death. Despite a strong cast and clever staging, exceptionally poor pacing makes Adam Guettel’s musical – [...]
The City of London has elected the principal of a prestigious West London school as the new lord mayor September 29, 2016 The principal of a prestigious West London school is to become the next lord mayor of the City of London. Andrew Parmley will replace current lord mayor Jeffrey Mountevans from 11 November, with the lord mayor's show following the next day. Parmley is currently principal of the Harrodian School in Barnes, and has experience in [...]
City Moves for 29 September 2016 | Who’s switching jobs September 29, 2016 Smith & Williamson Jim Clark and Philip Marsden, both of Marsden Clark Corporate Finance, have joined Smith & Williamson's corporate finance team. Jim is appointed as a director and Philip Marsden as a consultant, based at Smith & Williamson’s Moorgate office in London. Jim and Philip have over 50 years of transaction experience between them. [...]
Holiday Homes: Why the Four Seasons is pouring millions into Hvar, Croatia’s answer to the white island September 28, 2016 Hvar, in Croatia, seems to have it all: great weather, a fabulous coastline and a cool, relaxed ambience. Popular with the island’s young clubbers as well as the high-end sailing set, it’s even being hailed as a potential successor to Ibiza, all of which is attracting increasing numbers of property buyers and investors. It helps [...]
Why more private developers are looking to buy up the air rights above your building and make a fortune September 28, 2016 It isn’t hard to find a property expert claiming the future of the London housing market is up in the air. But there’s a growing band of developers who agree with them, albeit in a more literal sense. Smaller housebuilders have to get creative when looking for viable development opportunities, and for an ambitious few, [...]
Cache of paintings by mysterious artist who shunned fame to go on display for first time September 28, 2016 In the late 1950s, Keith Cunningham was one of the art world’s brightest stars. Critics praised him, galleries vied to show his work, and like his Royal College of Art contemporaries Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff, he seemed set for a brilliant career. Then one day, he stopped exhibiting. Cunningham died in 2014, aged 85, [...]
Too many young people are wasting their time by studying poor degrees at university September 27, 2016 It’s an exciting time of the year for many young people, with some setting off to university for the first time and others starting to polish their applications for next year. Good news if you have been accepted to read economics at Cambridge, say, or business studies at Oxford. A survey by the Sunday Times shows [...]
City Moves for 27 September 2016 | Who’s switching jobs September 27, 2016 Covington Graham Vinter, general counsel of BG Group from 2007 until 2015, has joined Covington’s London office. Graham will chair the firm’s project finance practice and supervise an expansion of the firm’s capabilities in this area. At BG Group, he was a member of the group executive committee and reported to the chiefexecutive officer. He was responsible for the company’s legal [...]
This Victorian home was turned into a House of the Year contender by two enterprising engineers September 26, 2016 When Tim Lucas searched for a family-size property under £500,000 on his local estate agents’ website, he was offered a crumbling collection of stables that hadn’t seen a horse since Queen Victoria was on the throne. This was London after all, what did he expect for that money? Most househunters would have shrugged their shoulders [...]