ISLINGTON December 22, 2011 MILDMAY PARK Price: £2.95m A 3,800 square feet, five bedroom period townhouse. Hollywood A-listers have frequented the house for photo shoots and it has provided the backdrop for shoots for high-end high street retailers and fashion magazines such as Vogue. Contact Cluttons Islington office: 020 7354 6666 or www.cluttons.com BASIRE STREET Price: £450,000 A two [...]
City can bounce back after their first defeat December 15, 2011 IT has been a tough couple of weeks for Manchester City after being dumped out of the Champions League by Napoli and then tasting defeat for the first time in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Monday night. They didn’t perform badly in either game, though, and Roberto Mancini will be desperate for his [...]
Five reasons why Hampstead is still tops December 1, 2011 1.HISTORY To live in Hampstead is to share cobbled streets and gourmet bakeries with the likes of Emma Thompson, Ricky Gervais, Peter O’Toole and Judy Dench. But the village’s place in the literary canon makes it one of the most historically evocative places in London. Keats lived next to South End Green, while an epic [...]
CAR TALK September 20, 2011 CHARITY HYBRID CAR AUCTION The UK’s first Fisker Karma Sedan – the luxurious electric hybrid sports car we waxed lyrical about last month – is being auctioned for charity on 8 October. The event, called ARTiculate, takes place at The Roundhouse, Camden and is in aid of Pratham UK, an NGO dedicated to the education [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS August 8, 2011 MAKING THE CUT ON PARK LANE Time was when about the best a Londoner could expect in terms of steak was the kind of abomination served in an Aberdeen Steak House. No longer. In the last 18 months, London has been sprouting quality steak restaurants in droves, and the latest to the party is Wolfgang [...]
Five star: prices soar in London boroughs August 18, 2011 IT is not just Arab sheikhs and Russian oligarchs snapping up the best of London’s residential property. Estate agency Marsh & Parsons received interest from would-be buyers in 193 countries over the last month, according to chief executive Peter Rollings. The firm’s website had the most visits from potential investors from the US, France, Italy, Germany, [...]
Make the most of half term and indulge your childish side as well October 17, 2011 THINGS TO DO LION KING 3D IMAX Everyone loves a bit of Lion King, and when it not only promises to be in 3D but also extra big on the IMAX screen, this offering is impossible to resist. 2-27 October, child ticket: £11, adult ticket: £16. LONDON ZOO Always a great place to take the [...]
Make the most of half term and indulge your childish side as well October 17, 2011 THINGS TO DO LION KING 3D IMAX Everyone loves a bit of Lion King, and when it not only promises to be in 3D but also extra big on the IMAX screen, this offering is impossible to resist. 2-27 October, child ticket: £11, adult ticket: £16. LONDON ZOO Always a great place to take the [...]
Kensington and Chelsea has most £1m plus house buyers in London May 30, 2011 THE borough of Kensington and Chelsea saw the highest number of £1m plus property sales in London last year, according to figures revealed today by specialist private bank Investec. A total of 4,530 properties sold for over £1m in 2010 with 912 of them sold in Kensington and Chelsea alone. City of Westminster saw 790 [...]
Mayor to back Saatchi’s office revamp plans June 29, 2011 SAATCHI & SAATCHI looks set to press ahead with plans to redevelop its Fitzrovia offices after Mayor of London Boris Johnson signalled he will approve the scheme. Camden Council had rejected the proposals after residents raised concerns that the area is already over developed and will suffer from the extra workers. The ad agency wants to almost [...]