Sizzle in your swimwear July 8, 2010 IT was reported last week that women spend more on their swimwear than they do on their holidays. This either means that their holidays are very cheap or that their swimsuits are amazingly expensive, but the upshot is that swimwear is in the fashion spotlight and it just won’t do to, err, skimp. Yet it’s [...]
TREND WATCH: UNDERWEAR AS OUTWEAR July 8, 2010 UNLESS you happen to have the figure of Kate Moss, going bra-free – or even strapless – is not usually an option. Fuller-chested women need proper bras, straps ‘n’ all. Problem is,when it comes strappy top season, it’s hard to get dressed without showing your bra straps – and that look is dubious at best. [...]
Drama in the Deep South July 7, 2010 FORD COUNTY BY JOHN GRISHAM ARROW PAPERBACK, £7.99 BY ZOE STRIMPEL John Grisham, trusty friend of travelling businessmen for 20 years, is the definition of “best-selling author”. But what distinguishes him from the slews of so-called best-selling thriller writers, many of them attempting to be just like him, is the watertight quality of his writing [...]
LIFE COACH July 7, 2010 LIVING in the city and working full time might not seem very compatible with dog owning, but it can be done. London’s myriad park spaces make this a better city for dog owning than most. However, if you think giving your dog a quick run around before you leave for work and then leaving it [...]
OUT OF OFFICE July 7, 2010 BIKERADAR LIVE 2010 Cycling enthusiasts should check out BikeRadar Live at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent this weekend. Now in its second year and just in time for Tour de France fever, the event gives you the chance to test-ride the latest road and mountain bikes, including the Colnago C59 Italia bike (left), which [...]
Let your phone keep you fit and healthy July 7, 2010 EDITOR, MOBILEB2B.CO.UK Mobiles are smart and know all our intimate details. So it was only a matter of time before they’d reach doctor status. Here’s how they control our hearts and minds – and everything else. DR INABOX Ericsson has launched a new Dr In a Box service that obviates the need for you to [...]
Six ways to spice up your kitchen July 7, 2010 LIKE your fellow time-pressed City denizens, you know you should be eating healthy home-made bread and organic frozen yoghurt instead of endless ready meals, but during that rare evening off who really has time to drop everything for hours of authentic home-cooking? Luckily, thanks to the wonders of human progress and the innovative genius of [...]
Real men only apply July 6, 2010 For a while, a few years back, it looked like the US trend for vast trucks and pickups was going to catch on here. Stateside rappers wearing signet rings the size of dinner plates applied the same “bigger is better” approach to all of their purchases, and cars like the mahoosive Hummer were suddenly very [...]
OUT OF OFFICE July 6, 2010 HABIT OF ART RETURNING After a sell-out run at the National, Alan Bennett’s amusing play about old age, the creative spirit and sexuality is returning to the Lyttelton from next week. National Theatre regulars Desmond Barrit and Malcolm Sinclair take over the roles of WH Auden and Benjamin Britten, towering figures of the arts staring [...]
Expert, yes. Tasty, yes. Fun, err… July 5, 2010 Roux at Parliament Square RICS, Parliament Square, SW1P 3AD Tel: 020 7334 3737 Cost per person without wine: £55 THE Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is perhaps not the sexiest-sounding location for a restaurant. Yet the Victorian building in which Roux at Parliament Square sits is handsome, the location is prime and the people [...]
