Life in your hands: smartphone apps September 28, 2011 RIGHT, you’ve got the latest kit, the iPhone 4, iPad 2, BlackBerry Bold Touch perhaps, but your smartphone’s home screen is looking ever-so bare. Remedying this involves a trawl through app stores and user reviews without even knowing what you’re looking for. Fear not. We look beyond the social necessities of Facebook and Foursquare, and [...]
OUT OF OFFICE September 28, 2011 LONDON RESTAURANT FESTIVAL Celebrate the London Restaurant Festival this October as it sweeps through the capital once more. Highlights include the gastronomic roadtrip Gourmet Odyssey, (that is, a restaurant crawl on a Routemaster bus), which hops from course to course including restaurants such as the Michelin-starred Arbutus to Dishoom on Upper St Martin’s Lane. 3 [...]
House prices drop across 20 US cities September 27, 2011 HOUSE PRICES in almost every US city fell over the last year, according to the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller index, out yesterday. The 4.1 per cent decline in the year to July takes prices back to levels last seen in the summer of 2003. The value of single-family homes fell in 18 of the 20 [...]
The latest in Mini’s adventure September 27, 2011 IF you’re not a Mini fan look away now. The relentless march of the Mini brand has taken a further step towards automotive world domination with the introduction of its fifth model in the mini lineup, the Mini Coupé. According to the marketing guys at Mini, a two-seater Mini is just what the world needs. [...]
CAR TALK September 27, 2011 TOYOTA’S PRIUS PLUG-IN HYBRID Toyota’s new Prius Plug-in Hybrid will cost less than £31k when it goes on sale next year. The car has an electric (EV) driving range of more than 14 miles, CO2 emissions of 49g/km (combined) and a claimed potential fuel economy of 134.5mpg. The Ultra-Low Carbon Vehicle grant scheme could possibly [...]
London prime property soars September 26, 2011 INVESTORS fleeing from the Eurozone turmoil are parking increasing amounts of money in top London property, pushing the price of prime houses close to £4m in recent weeks. Viewings are up by 25 per cent over the three months to September. The number of available properties has risen by 13 per cent, but not enough [...]
Cannon Place kicks off hunt for tenants September 26, 2011 CANNON Place is set to officially open today, marking an end to almost four years and £200m of construction work – though the building will be launched without a tenant. The 400,000 square foot, eight storey building above Cannon Street train station is one of the only large offices to complete in 2011, ahead of [...]
Brush up on your shaving skills with luxury skincare September 26, 2011 BEWARE, King of Shaves, there’s a threat to your dominion. The new generation of men’s skincare has evolved from an unexpected quarter. Women’s beauty brands have cottoned on to the fact that after shaving, men really do take care of their skin. Cult classics from luxury brands such as Eve Lom and Dr Sebagh are [...]
FIT IN THE CITY September 26, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT CAFFEINE makes the headlines nearly every week with studies claiming that it’s responsible for everything from improving memory to raising metabolic rate. But now there’s a new reason for caffeine to hit the headlines: last week, Toby Scheckter, racing driver and son of F1 driver Jody Scheckter, released his very own [...]
The lightest dinner out in town September 26, 2011 Galoupet 13 Beauchamp Place, SW3 1NQ 0207 036 3600; www.galoupet.co.uk FOOD *** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £40 THERE is so much that is pleasing about Galoupet. It looks like the kind of place you’d find in one of those super-cool northern European cities like Malmo or Arrhus, frequented by thin-legged [...]
