London rejoices as maestro returns March 15, 2010 There are two types of people that will thrill at Bistrot Bruno Loubet, the quietly trendy Zetter Hotel’s latest restaurant incarnation. Type one are the gastronomes – otherwise known as foodie geeks – who follow the movements of top French chefs. They will be excited – indeed they are excited – that this Gallic maestro [...]
Ethical investors cannot have their cake and eat it September 14, 2010 AcademicS were making waves in the socially responsible investment (SRI) community this week, as a new study suggested that SRI funds offer lower returns than simple index-trackers. Conducted by the EDHEC-Risk Institute, the paper updates a study of French SRI funds by looking at 172 funds’ returns between 2002 and 2009. It shows that while [...]
TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DRESS UP March 11, 2010 THOSE gorgeous gowns in the Oscars earlier this week got me thinking. If I had a lovely dress (obviously nowhere near Oscar standard) where would I wear it? Maybe the odd charity ball that comes up once in a blue moon or perhaps a wedding or the races. Isn’t that a shame? Why don’t we [...]
RENTING March 18, 2010 James Davis CEO OF ONLINE LETTINGS AGENT UPAD.CO.UK Q.What do I need to do to increase the rent I’m charging my tenant? They had a six-month assured shorthold tenancy (AST) which has now become a periodic tenancy as they’ve been there almost a year. A.There are three ways for a landlord to increase the rent [...]
Adebayor not ready to return January 13, 2010 MANCHESTER City striker Emmanuel Adebayor admits he has been unable to eat as he struggles to come to terms with the machine gun attack on him and his Togo team-mates. Adebayor’s press officer was one of three men killed in the ambush on the Togo team bus as they travelled to the Africa Cup of [...]
Beat the blues with a slice of Caribbean sun March 25, 2010 WINTER is finally over, and the sun has been reminding us all of its existence in the past week or so. If you are already thinking ahead to next year and wondering how you will get through another few months of darkness and “snow days”, there’s a solution: buy a home in the Caribbean. Barbados [...]
FOCUS ON: BETHNAL GREEN, E2 February 4, 2010 HAGUE STREET, E2 6HN Price: £550,000 For its location – just one stop by Tube or 30 minutes walk to Liverpool Street – this three double-bedroom house offers good value for money. It is both spacious and airy and the living room benefits from windows to the front and back. The kitchen has room for [...]
In the summer Switzerland’s mountains burst into life April 11, 2010 I’VE been skiing just once, when I was 11. My chief memories are of floundering in a snowdrift as my Austrian instructor sped off cursing my inability to stay upright, and the fact that by the end of the week I still hadn’t even mastered the snowplough. It really wasn’t for me. Since then, the [...]
She’s far more than just a (legal) blonde: a star is born February 16, 2010 MEETING Sheridan Smith, the 28-year old star of the smash hit Legally Blonde: The Musical, is rather like a game of hide and seek. Or, as it turns out, a treasure hunt. For the former star of such television gems as Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of?Crisps and Gavin and?Stacey, has gone awol. [...]
It’s not Burns’ night without the right dram January 20, 2010 MONDAY night will see Scots everywhere donning kilts, eating offal and downing an awful lot of whisky for Burns’ Night Supper, the annual celebration of the Bard of Ayreshire, Robert Burns. Haggis – served with neeps (mashed turnip) and tatties (potatoes) – may be an acquired delicacy for some, but when washed down with liberal [...]