BUY May 3, 2012 DIRECTOR OF ESTATE AGENT, DOUGLAS & GORDON Q.All my friends keep telling me that if I wait, prices will fall. It does seem that in my area, North Kensington, some properties are coming down in price. Should I wait? A.Over the last 10 years, flats in the area you mention have gone up on average [...]
No Sparks in The Lucky One May 3, 2012 FILM THE LUCKY ONE Cert 12A | by Stevie Martin * THE LUCKY One, the latest Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) adaptation, amounts to little more than a group of pretty people lurching from one awkward, cringey scene to the next. Zac Efron is Logan, a man who avoided death in Iraq thanks to a photo [...]
Piggy squeals loudly but still disappoints May 3, 2012 FILM PIGGY Cert 18 | by Stevie Martin ** THE latest London-based gangland thriller sees a quiet and listless delivery boy (Martin Compston) blankly surviving a dull existence in the city after his brother is attacked by a vicious gang. When Piggy (a charismatic Paul Anderson), an old friend he can hardly remember, turns up [...]
Silent House is scary but it feels grubby May 3, 2012 FILM SILENT HOUSE Cert 15 | by Tom Latter *** IF THE mark of a good horror film is plunging the audience into an unrelentingly tense and nightmarish world, then Silent House is a triumph. It’s certainly very familiar, centring entirely on an isolated and inexplicably terrifying old house, and the plight of a girl [...]
Mo*vida enters its third phase and Soho gets yet more wine May 3, 2012 Last week one of London’s heaviest hitting hotspots relaunched for its third incarnation, revitalising itself to remain fresh and keep pace with the capital’s highly competitive entertainment market. Mo*vida has become a global brand and after opening an installation in Dubai it has enlisted the help of Sammy Chams (Maddox, L’Arc Paris) to conduct an [...]
Stepping into summer with colour and verve May 2, 2012 Carven linen and patent leather slingbacks, £325, netaporter.com The fashion pack’s favourite new label, these multi-texture, multi-colour slingbacks are the perfect way to bring summer to work. Acne Ambrosia tasselled leather sandals, £330, brownsfashion.com A-listers love this Swedish brand, and these tasselled sandals are the latest must-have. Gorgeous earth tones make them versatile and elegant. [...]
…and at Mr Porter, it’s all about colours and soft fabrics May 2, 2012 Jimmy Choo Eaton fringed driving shoe, £295 We say if you’re getting behind the wheel of a slick vehicle, you need the togs to match. And hey, zooming through the Alps can wear the feet out; these will make the ride smoother. Rivieras cotton slip-ons, £50 A shoe that evokes summer in all its verdant [...]
Smartphone makers go to war May 2, 2012 The big players in the smartphone world are preparing to deploy the latest weapons in their arsenal. At the high-end of the market, the battle between Apple and Samsung is hotting up with today’s release of the Galaxy S3. Meanwhile, RIM hopes to reaffirm its role as the “best of the rest” with its first [...]
Why RIM launch made me type this face :*( May 2, 2012 So RIM has unveiled… Well, nothing, really. A rather uninspiring prototype for a phone template its rivals brought to market half a decade ago. An unfinished operating system with no launch date. It is like the Emperor with his new clothes, except people worked out years ago that he was naked. Now they just turn [...]
PHONES THAT HAVE FALLEN IN COMBAT May 2, 2012 Palm Pre | 2009 The PDA-maker briefly threatened to break into the smartphone market with the Palm Pre. However, it was dogged with patent infringements and never sold in volume. Palm was sold to HP a year later. BlackBerry Torch | 2010 Is it a touchscreen or is it a Qwerty? Why, it’s both! The [...]
