Cha Chaan Teng review: why this Holborn restaurant is like Miley Cyrus twerking August 30, 2016 The liberal food world tied itself in knots last month when Girls creator Lena Dunham suggested that her alma mater serving terrible banh mi and sushi could be classed as cultural appropriation. The story is largely bollocks, of course – many have pointed out that a handful of students (quite rightly) saying that pulled pork [...]
The UK is owed more than £300,000 in unpaid parking fines from embassies and foreign missions, according to the Foreign Office July 21, 2016 Foreign embassies owe a total of more than £300,000 in parking fines, according to figures published by the Foreign Office today. In addition to more serious offences, almost £500,000 of fines were levied through 2015, with just £161,328 either paid or waived by local councils, Transport for London and the City of London. In a [...]
Qataris take on large chunk of BHS’ property portfolio and its website June 30, 2016 The administrators selling off parts of the BHS empire have landed a deal for a large number of the embattled brand's clothing stores and its website. Qatari group Al Mana, which already runs some of BHS' shops abroad, will take on 70 of the company's overseas stores. Duff & Phelps was appointed to run BHS in April, and this [...]
Stocks hope to rebound after last week’s dip – London Report November 15, 2015 MARKETS across Europe will be looking to recover lost ground this week, following UK and European stocks recording their worst performance since late August last week, due to falling mining shares chipping away at blue chip FTSE 100. Tomorrow EasyJet will report its full year results, coming off the back of a share price surge [...]
Shooting heard in Ankara as President Erdogan calls for “mass resistance” following military “coup” July 15, 2016 There have been reports of military helicopters shooting at targets in the Turkish capital Ankara, following a military "coup". The news came shortly after a bizarre television appearance by President Recep Erdogan, who was interviewed on CNN via a Skype call on a smartphone. During the interview, he called for the population to resist – although he added he was still [...]
Our resident chef Mark Hix on Britain’s recent drinks upheaval and why should all be cheering on our distillers July 5, 2016 I love the way the British drinks revolution is going. Well, maybe I’m exaggerating when I call it a revolution, but there’s certainly been a huge increase in the production of distilled drinks, especially gin. A new gin is landing on my desk almost weekly, which is great news for bars, mixologists and, of course, [...]
At the close: Markets enter reverse as Brexit strains stack up July 6, 2016 Sterling has been savaged today, the FTSE 100 has crashed and half of all assets in UK property funds have been frozen in a difficult day on the financial markets. The pound dropped down below $1.28 overnight, recovered briefly, but is now on the slide after a number of analysts published decidedly bearish forecasts. A [...]
British Airways flight BA479 lands safely after circling Heathrow for over an hour with landing gear problem July 2, 2015 A British Airways plane is circling Heathrow at 5,000ft sue to a landing gear problem. Read more: Standard and Poor's upgrades British Airways's outlook Flight BA479 was meant to land at 1.05pm but made loops around the capital before safely landing on runway 27R at around 2.30pm. The flight travelling from Barcelona landed at a [...]
Here’s how the UK tech industry feels about Theresa May as PM July 12, 2016 The UK’s tech industry has welcomed the eventual arrival of a new Prime Minister in Theresa May, who effectively became David Cameron’s successor and the woman to lead Britain out of Europe after her only other rival dropped out of the running in the leadership race. The surprise result after one of the most tumultuous [...]
No Man’s Sky review: Can this indie space explorer live up to its own galaxy-sized hype? August 10, 2016 No Man's Sky gives real thought to what it would be like to be marooned on an alien planet. What would it look like? How would it feel? British indie developer Hello Games has created an algorithm-based universe containing a mind-boggling number of planets to explore, far more than will ever be seen by human [...]