What to get if you don’t want an iPhone April 13, 2010 FOR APP FANS: HTC LEGEND HTC has also developed Google’s hotly-anticipated Nexus One phone, expected on these shores any time now. For now we have the HTC Legend, a groovy thing with a sharp aluminium body. Running on the Android operating system, it’s as powerful and app-friendly as they come, and cool design elements like [...]
OTHER OPTIONS IN BELGRAVIA April 12, 2010 ZAFFERANO One of London’s most valued Italian restaurants, with a kitchen formerly led by Giorgio Locatelli, now by his protégé Andy Needham. Luxurious Italian dishes include duck lasagna with morel mushrooms and veal shin ravioli with saffron. 15 Lowndes Street, SW1X 9EY. 020 7235 5800, www.zafferanorestaurant.com BOISDALE OF BELGRAVIA The London home of Scottish good [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS May 31, 2010 PRÊT-À-PORTEA IS BACK AT THE BERKELEY The Berkeley’s world-famous Prêt-à-Portea is back with a new collection of goodies.?Inspired by the latest catwalk looks, the tea includes Yves Saint Laurent cakes and Christopher Kane macaroons – apt after a day of shopping at Harvey Nichols and Harrods. Other treats include a Jason Wu-inspired poppyseed cake, a [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK March 31, 2010 FILM HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON High-quality animated family fun about a Viking boy and his dragon. REMEMBER ME R-Patz (Twilight’s Robert Pattinson, if you’re not a teenage girl) moves into romantic drama. PCYCHO Re-release time for the film that gave us the phrase, “the shower scene from Psycho”. DVD 2012 The world comes to [...]
LSE says it may fire compliance staff to cut costs March 29, 2010 THE London Stock Exchange (LSE) may start firing its own compliance staff to force down costs in line with rivals unless regulators create a level playing field, it said yesterday. LSE chief executive Xavier Rolet said the London bourse and rival Chi-X Europe were roughly level in terms of market share in equities trading of [...]
SNAP HAPPY June 23, 2010 Samsung NX10 A hybrid camera combining compact dimensions with digital SLR tech, the NX10 includes a 14 megapixel detachable lens, HD movie recording, and a very high quality, 3 inch viewing screen. £599 www.jessops.com Leica V-Lux 20 Taking a camera on your travels is one thing, but how about one that can record exactly where [...]
Our nation of shoppers is not about to quit the habit yet July 14, 2010 SINCE the onset of the recession, the pressure has increased to turn the UK economy into a manufacturing centre of excellence and at the same time become a nation of savers. But has the nation really turned its back on its former favourite pastime, shopping? Well, the hard data would suggest no. According to the [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND May 6, 2010 FILM THE BACK-UP PLAN Someone allowed J-Lo to make a film again, supposedly a romantic comedy. Bad idea. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Lame and pointless attempt to remake the Freddy Kruger slasher flick. FURRY VENGEANCE Even worse, Brendan Fraser gets set upon by CGI woodland animals. I mean really. DVD THE PRISONER The recent remake [...]
Stress-busting for City professionals August 23, 2010 IT seems pretty impossible to avoid stress at some point in the working week, but is stress a word we use too easily? Neil Shah, world-renowned well-being expert and director of the Stress Management Society, offers a straightforward definition when he says we cope with life like a bridge: when the structure has more and [...]
Tesco April 20, 2010 THE LATE Jack Cohen, who founded Tesco in 1924, was fond of telling staff “you can’t do business sitting on your arse”. It’s a slogan that clearly resonates with the current management team, who show no sign of losing their expansionary zeal. Tesco has grown much further and faster than domestic rivals like J Sainsbury [...]