Lockdown making you hate your home? Try these eight trends from London Design Week December 31, 2020 Most of us are spending a lot more time at home thanks to the pandemic, throwing our bad decor decisions of the past into sharp relief. If you’re thinking of giving your home an overhaul, here are eight of the key trends from London Design Week to inspire you for the year to come. Exotic [...]
Take control of your nutrition December 29, 2020 Fine-tune your health and nutrition with uniquely formulated and award-winning cold-pressed juices and shots from Junius. The juice range divides its wellbeing approach into seven pillars, to help people personalise their health regimes. From ZIP to ZEN, target your health goal with nutritious and delicious ingredients like zingy ginger. Choose the SPA range if your goal [...]
Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce review: a very Italian affair December 28, 2020 Alfa Romeo has updated the Giulia with improved quality and new tech. We drive the sporty 280hp Veloce version
Festive cocktails, whether you’re fully stocked or the cupboard’s bare December 23, 2020 What a short-lived foray back into the great restaurants, bars and pubs of London that was! Like many restaurateurs and publicans across the country, I don’t mind being told to close my venue for the good of the nation (although there is still no evidence that hospitality contributes significantly more than other sectors to the [...]
Musk claims Apple once snubbed talks to buy Tesla December 23, 2020 Elon Musk has claimed Apple chief executive Tim Cook snubbed talks to buy Tesla back in 2017, when it was going through its “darkest days”. The tech billionaire said he reached out to the iPhone manufacturer in 2017, but CEO Tim Cook refused to take the meeting. Yesterday Musk tweeted: “During the darkest days of [...]
Our ultimate guide to last-minute Christmas spirits, including our whiskies of the year December 21, 2020 Christmas may be ruined, but things always look better through the bottom of a bottle. If you were planning on stocking up on last-minute gifts before the big day, you may have to rethink. But the silver lining of this new lockdown means you can claw back a few days to pick up the ideal [...]
How the 2020 global share slump and recovery ranks in history December 21, 2020 Stocks saw a record crash followed by a record rebound in 2020, creating some disparity between markets, as Duncan Lamont explains. The global stock market crashed at a record speed in early 2020 (Figure 1). On its way to a total decline of 34%, it clocked up a 30% loss in just 40 trading days. [...]
Tesla shares jump to record high ahead of S&P 500 debut December 19, 2020 Tesla shares rose to a record high on Friday as investors geared up for the electric carmaker’s anticipated entrance into the S&P 500 index. The company, headed up by billionaire Elon Musk, will become the most valuable ever admitted to Wall Street’s main market on Monday, accounting for more than 1 per cent of the [...]
The City View: CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson December 16, 2020 In the last City View podcast before Christmas, Andy Silvester talks to CMC Chief Market Analyst Michael Hewson as they look back on 2020 and dabble with predictions for 2021. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Michael looks at the possibility of a UK-EU trade deal, the prospects for the pound next year, the impact [...]
Why the new electric Polestar 2 should have Tesla worried December 16, 2020 The Polestar 2 is a cool and clever electric family car – and a direct rival for the best-selling Tesla Model 3.