When black bowler hats gave way to red braces October 26, 2011 THE BIG Bang set the City on a course of profound expansion, not just of wealth, but of people and culture and even location. Twenty-five years after deregulation, London’s financial and legal districts are full of the sort of people that would have made the bowler-hatted old boys of the post-war period shudder. Women, foreigners, [...]
Regent Street Japanese with style and substance October 3, 2011 Senkai 65 Regent Street, W1B 4EA 020 7494 7600 FOOD **** SERVICE *** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £60 STEERING clear of food with “style” is a culinary hobby. I can’t help the suspicion that “Chinese-style” chicken, for example, has less than a token resemblance to Chinese culture. At most, there’s a sprinkling [...]
FIT IN THE CITY September 5, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT YOU know those lucky naturally thin people that eat loads? Well, they’ve won a genetic lottery of sorts. Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Lausanne found that around one in 2,000 people have a duplicated gene making them many times more likely to be skinny (23 times more if [...]
Stellar Keller: French Laundry gives a taste of US’s very best October 4, 2011 AS someone whose job description includes reviewing restaurants, I admit it: I’m spoiled. Sure, it’s not all perfect foie gras and caviar washed down with Dom Perignon. But over time, you clock up a lot of great food because inevitably, the job includes eating at the very best as well as the not-so-good. I tell [...]
CAUDWELL FLIES FROM BULLIES TO BILLIONS October 31, 2011 HOPE FOR everyone who had a miserable time at school – it might not stop you becoming as successful as John Caudwell, the freckle-faced Phones4U founder who rose from his “dog eat dog” start to become a self-made telecoms billionaire. “My childhood was a permanent challenge,” said the once-bullied tycoon. “On my very first day [...]
CAUDWELL FLIES FROM BULLIES TO BILLIONS October 31, 2011 HOPE FOR everyone who had a miserable time at school – it might not stop you becoming as successful as John Caudwell, the freckle-faced Phones4U founder who rose from his “dog eat dog” start to become a self-made telecoms billionaire. “My childhood was a permanent challenge,” said the once-bullied tycoon. “On my very first day [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 16, 2011 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Bob Elfring will join Bank of America Merrill Lynch as head of investment banking for Benelux and Northern Europe in July, where he will be responsible for the growth of the bank’s investment banking franchise. Elfring joins from Credit Suisse where he was head of investment banking for Northern Europe. [...]
Retail sales rise less than forecast in July August 18, 2011 Retail sales barely grew in July, data showed, in yet another sign that cash-strapped consumers cut back spending, underscoring the risks for the fragile economic recovery. The Office for National Statistics said sales volumes including automotive fuel grew by just 0.2 percent last month, leaving retail sales unchanged from last year’s level. Analysts had forecast [...]
Dinner at Soho’s favourite bar August 15, 2011 Cafe Boheme 13-17 Old Compton Street, W1 5JQ Tel: 020 7734 0623 www.cafeboheme.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £35 WHO hasn’t begun, ended or whiled away a night at one of Café Boheme’s little street-facing tables? With Soho’s best vantage point on the corner of Old Compton and Greek Streets, no discernible [...]
The Malaysian chateau where bodysculpting gets serious October 9, 2011 ON ARRIVAL in my spa suite at Malaysia’s new all-organic destination spa, I was pleasantly surprised to find a note on the pillow reading: “Chocolate is an elixir of life. Scientists from Harvard University say that eating a couple of chocolate bars a week could extend your life by almost a year.” By day two, [...]