Mother’s Day 2016: Brits will spend £928m this year on Mother’s Day gifts March 4, 2016 The nation is gearing up for a spending bonanza this Mother’s Day with a whopping £928m being spent on mums this year. New research looking at Mother's Day offerings shows that Brits are set to spend an average of £58 each on mother dearest. The boys have outshone the girls this year, too, as the study [...]
Ebay 20th anniversary: Online auction giant celebrates 20 years of buying and selling September 4, 2015 Auction site eBay yesterday marked its 20th birthday – and it has come a long way since computer programmer Pierre Omidyar began the business, listing a broken laser pointer pen as his first item for sale. Amazingly, as he found a buyer, Omidyar knew he was on to a winner. The US-based company [...]
The artful dodger: Prolific forger Mark Landis gave all his counterfeit paintings away for free July 2, 2015 Mark Landis was 30-years-old and living alone in San Francisco when, on a whim, he decided to become a museum benefactor. “I had been seeing things on TV about wealthy philanthropists giving pictures away to museums in memory of people. I wanted to show my mother that I was doing well, I wanted to show [...]
Father’s Day Vs Mother’s Day: Gift spending leaves dads short-changed compared to mums June 21, 2015 It may be that one special day of the year when it’s all about them, but poor old dads are actually being short-changed when it comes to Father’s Day. People are way more interested in celebrating mums than dads, it turns out, and the same goes for how much cash gets splashed on them too. [...]
Hands on heart January 28, 2015 Yes chaps, it’s time to think about Valentine’s again – and we have the perfect gift to set her ticking If you wear a wristwatch, a recent statistic puts the number of times you check the time at 88 times a day. So if you think about it, that could be 88 times a day [...]
Godzilla thunders back onto screens May 15, 2014 FILM GODZILLA Cert 12a | By Alex Dymoke Three Stars SKYSCRAPERS haven’t come in for this much abuse since Prince Charles started sounding off about contemporary architecture. Brit director Gareth Edwards’ take on the classic Japanese B-movie doesn’t so much reimagine the original as inject it with growth hormones. It’s a monster of a monster [...]
Restaurant review: Urban Meadow October 15, 2013 RESTAURANT Urban Meadow, 150 Bayswater, W2 4RT Tel: 020 7792 7066 FOOD Three Stars VALUE Five Stars ATMOSPHERE Four Stars Cost for two with drinks: £50 THIS is one of those columns restaurant critics write after they’ve been on holiday, where they bang on about the nice places they’ve been eating while you’ve been stuck [...]
Clinton warns outlook worse than it feared March 29, 2012 CLINTON Cards warned yesterday that the outlook for the full financial year was worse than previously expected as the ailing greeting cards and gift retailer slumped to a first-half loss. The firm, which runs 628 Clinton Cards stores and 139 Birthdays outlets, said its strategic review – led by new chief executive Darcy Wilson-Rymer – [...]
Clinton warns outlook worse than it feared March 29, 2012 CLINTON Cards warned yesterday that the outlook for the full financial year was worse than previously expected as the ailing greeting cards and gift retailer slumped to a first-half loss. The firm, which runs 628 Clinton Cards stores and 139 Birthdays outlets, said its strategic review – led by new chief executive Darcy Wilson-Rymer – [...]
Mum’s the word March 14, 2012 MOTHER’S DAY, lest you forget, is not just for your own mother. It’s also for the mother of your child. So, once you’ve paid tribute to all the hard work your own maternal unit has put in over the years (and let’s face it, to produce a child as wonderful as you takes a lot [...]