A new haven for gentlemen December 13, 2010 DESPITE the growing popularity of beauty products aimed at men, the prevailing wisdom in the grooming industry is that the majority of bloke-orientated creams, cleansers, colognes and aftershaves are bought for men by women. Some retailers put that figure as high as 70 per cent. While we’re more used to slathering ourselves in lotions and [...]
Chelsea’s superluxe new development February 10, 2011 LIKE bees to a hive, wealth comes to London property. Certain prime areas of the capital are magnets for international superstars in finance and business – Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Mayfair. But if you’re truly discerning, do you aim to be Harrods’ neighbour? Perhaps not, according to the people behind Henry Moore Court, a super-luxe development [...]
United rebuff talk of £2bn takeover by Qatar Holding January 23, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED insist the club is not for sale and have denied suggestions that the Glazer family, which owns the club, has held talks with a Qatari consortium over a potential £2bn takeover. Qatar Holding, the £40bn investment company owned by the Gulf kingdom’s royal family, is thought to have had a £1.5bn offer for [...]
United rebuff talk of £2bn takeover by Qatar Holding January 23, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED insist the club is not for sale and have denied suggestions that the Glazer family, which owns the club, has held talks with a Qatari consortium over a potential £2bn takeover. Qatar Holding, the £40bn investment company owned by the Gulf kingdom’s royal family, is thought to have had a £1.5bn offer for [...]
Are Manchester United really about to become Qatar’s latest high-profile buy? December 19, 2010 WHEN Manchester United visited Qatar in January it was touted as a sunshine break, a chance for their title-chasing players to escape from the freezing conditions gripping England at the start of the year. But it also prompted whispers that the country’s most famous club were sounding out appetite to invest in United, or even [...]
Are Manchester United really about to become Qatar’s latest high-profile buy? December 19, 2010 WHEN Manchester United visited Qatar in January it was touted as a sunshine break, a chance for their title-chasing players to escape from the freezing conditions gripping England at the start of the year. But it also prompted whispers that the country’s most famous club were sounding out appetite to invest in United, or even [...]
OUT OF OFFICE November 15, 2010 SCOTTISH ART AT FLEMINGS Mayfair’s most genteel Victorian hotel has teamed up with the Fleming Collection on Berkley Street to offer a first-rate Scottish Art Experience. You’ll take a private tour of the gallery with a guide discovering some of the finest Scottish artists of the 19th century, followed by tea in the Flemings Hotel’s [...]
CAR TALK November 16, 2010 THE CONTROVERSIAL RANGE ROVER EVOQUE If the new 2WD Freelander is contentious, it’s nothing on the controversy that surrounds the new Range Rover Evoque. This is the production five-door version, which is making its debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show today. The Evoque will be the smallest, lightest and most fuel-efficient Range Rover ever [...]
CAR TALK November 16, 2010 THE CONTROVERSIAL RANGE ROVER EVOQUE If the new 2WD Freelander is contentious, it’s nothing on the controversy that surrounds the new Range Rover Evoque. This is the production five-door version, which is making its debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show today. The Evoque will be the smallest, lightest and most fuel-efficient Range Rover ever [...]
FASHION NEWS IN BRIEF October 28, 2010 WOMEN’S FAVOURITE SPANX NOW FOR MEN Spanx, the undergarments with a cult following among women keen to have their wobbly bits held in place, has just released a range of the hold-in pants for men. The male undergarments have been designed to help men “firm and flatten”’ and quash “beer bellies”. Selfridges has reported waiting [...]