Even the Rain is blunt but it’s no washout May 17, 2012 FILM EVEN THE RAIN Cert 15 (English subs) | Steve Dinneen **** Even the Rain is a wildly ambitious film that interweaves the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World with the modern-day exploitation of the indigenous South Americans. Gael García Bernal plays earnest young filmmaker Sebastián, who is on location shooting a movie [...]
Diamond Jubilee events May 17, 2012 Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant 2pm, Sunday 3 June, Battersea Bridge One of the highlights of the Jubilee weekend will be the Thames Pageant, where up to a thousand boats will gather on the river, from the smallest rowing boat to giant military vessels. The flotilla will make its way down the Thames, starting at Battersea [...]
Where to eat like a queen May 17, 2012 Free dinners for Diamond Wedding couples at Clos Maggiore 3 King Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 8JD, tel: 020 7379 9696 One of London’s most romantic restaurants, Clos Maggiore, is paying homage to the Queeen’s Jubilee by offering a delicious four-course dinner on the house to couples who can prove they were married in 1952. The [...]
Make your iPhone do the hard work for you May 16, 2012 STOCKWATCH Platform: iOS Cost: 69p Track your investment portfolio on the go. This app will let you track unlimited stocks and pick your favourite ones to keep a close eye on. It draws detailed, up to date information from more than 50 exchanges across the world. It also comes with an extra security lock to [...]
THINK OF ALL THAT TIME YOU’VE SAVED… May 16, 2012 Tiny Wings | 69p | iOS Have a few minutes to spare? Then try playing Tiny Wings. The game is incredibly simple: press the screen to make your flightless bird charge down cliffs. Insanely addicitve: don’t play it on the circle line, you’ll be going round all day. Minecraft | £4.99 | iOS and Android [...]
Mellow yellow: adding warmth to chilly spring May 16, 2012 Mango scarf print dress, £34.99, mango.com Ultra-chic, this belted dress manages to evoke the golden hue of summer while keeping a solid work-worthy respectability. The mosaic is very on trend. Massimo Polomba Ella Narcissus yellow tote, £350, asos.com Hand-crafted in Italy, this gorgeous tote will carry your life in it easily – without looking sloppy. [...]
FX30d aims for Infiniti and beyond May 15, 2012 It’s possible that you haven’t heard of Infiniti but it’s a company that’s prepared to kidnap a colour in the pursuit of brand awareness. How very modern. Infiniti wants to render us all unable to see the colour purple without thinking about its brand. During lunch, even my mashed potatoes were purple. Launched 20 years [...]
CAR TALK May 15, 2012 Ferrari looks to its famous racing day Ferrari is aiming to paint the track red in September when its famous Ferrari Racing Days weekend returns to Silverstone. Vintage F1 Ferraris and iconic models – including the FXX and 599XX – will all undertake demonstration laps. Ferrari owners will get a chance to race their own [...]
Cocooned in style at the Ritz’s Salon May 15, 2012 THE Salon is a little known part of the Ritz, up on the seventh floor. It’s a surprisingly unguilded haven – plainly decorated, and quiet but for the civilised murmur of ladies having their hair and nails done and the odd door closing softly behind someone going in for a treatment. Into this rarefied atmosphere [...]
Prep for summer with Rodial’s new sculpt treatment May 15, 2012 FIT IN THE CITY This week I continue my search for the city’s best beach shape-up regimes. TRIED & TESTED: THE POWER PLATE/RODIAL SUMMER SCULPT Every so often a collaboration occurs that’s so sexy you sign up for it without really knowing what it is. This summer’s sexiest link-up is between Power Plate (www.powerplate.com/uk) and [...]
