How to make the ultimate working from home salad June 3, 2021 We asked Eleanor Warder, co-founder of healthy restaurant Atis, to talk us through her dream Working From Home lunch. Here’s what you need to make the Atis Azteca salad bowl: Chopped romaine Baby spinach Black beans Sweetcorn Avocado Feta Baked chipotle tortilla chips Pickled red onion Lime coriander dressing For my healthy lunch recommendation I’m [...]
Grape things afoot in Malta, the world’s smallest wine-producer June 3, 2021 The latest wine day to put in your diary is 20 March, which has just been proclaimed Girgentina and Gellewza Day. But you don’t have to wait until the vernal equinox of 2022 to sample Maltese wine. Malta is the world’s smallest wine-making country. Most of its wine is sold domestically so sometimes it’s easier [...]
After Love film review: A captivating story of grief June 3, 2021 Many independent dramas deal with the subject of grieving, a topic too sombre for commercial films but one that remains pertinent to everyone. However, Aleem Khan’s debut feature takes an unusual route to tell its story even for a film outside of the mainstream. Joanna Scanlan stars as Mary, a British woman converted to Islam [...]
RML Short Wheelbase in detail: new supercar, old-fashioned values June 3, 2021 With a V12 engine, manual gearbox and classic curves, the RML Short Wheelbase certainly gets the basics right. We visit the team behind it.
Dream Horse review: A sentimental underdog story about a horse June 2, 2021 For nearly thirty years, British film has specialised in a certain type of underdog comedy. Stories about people from small, usually downtrodden towns reaching for their dreams and achieving the impossible (it also helps if it’s vaguely inspired by a true story). In the 90s films including The Full Monty and Brassed Off set a [...]
Where to eat in… Mayfair: Breakfast lunch and dinner, sorted June 2, 2021 When you think of the traditional heartlands of City PM, the Square Mile and Canary Wharf are probably the first places that spring to mind. But Mayfair, with its hedge funds, law firms and commercial property offices, has always been a hub for our readers. Of all the hospitality locations to suffer through the lockdown, [...]
Richmond and Hampton are perfect for a London ‘micro-break’ June 2, 2021 Horror story images of eight hour queues at Heathrow – a perfect storm of Corona restrictions, Brexit chaos and pent-up demand – are enough to put anyone off going abroad for their summer holidays. When you’re likely to spend longer standing in line at immigration than waiting to see the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, [...]
Jawbox Gin unveils record breaking 915-measure bottle June 2, 2021 Size matters when it comes to gin. With the market saturated with small batch artisans all trying to out-botanicalise each other, one distillery has decided to go in the opposite direction, producing the world’s largest gin bottle. Northern Ireland’s Jawbox Gin has unveiled a 73cm tall, 32 litre, 915 measure Jawbox Giant’s Edition containing the [...]
A Quiet Place Part II review: Horror sequel well worth the wait June 2, 2021 Along with Peter Rabbit 2 and No Time To Die, A Quiet Place II was one of the movies that signalled cinemas would be uniquely impacted by the events of the last year. We’re still waiting on Bond, but Peter Rabbit 2 arrived recently to a rapturous reception from audiences (slightly less so from critics). [...]
Scots look away – the best whisky in the world is made in Taiwan June 1, 2021 The best whisky in the world is made in Taiwan by a company that started off making mosquito repellent and root beer. The King Car Group’s Kavalan 10th Anniversary Sky Gold Wine Cask Matured Single Cask Single Malt Whisky has just been named “Best of the Best” single malt at the recent Tokyo Whisky & [...]
