London Collections Men: day one January 7, 2013 The inaugural three-day showcase is back and bigger than ever AFTER A stellar debut last summer, London Collections: Men kicked off in style yesterday with David Cameron officially opening the festivities with a reception at Downing Street. This year’s event will showcase over 60 of the capital’s best menswear designers, cementing the capital’s position as [...]
UK house prices enjoy December rise January 7, 2013 UK house prices enjoyed a last-minute boost to 2012 and rose by 1.3 per cent in December, according to Halifax’s house price index out this morning. On an annual basis, house values edged down by 0.3 per cent over the year, the lender said. Overall, there were six monthly rises and six decreases during 2012. [...]
St Tropez: glitz, glamour and a little genuine beauty January 6, 2013 IT HAS become a cliche to mourn the death of the once unspoiled fishing “village” that was St Tropez – the days when Brigitte Bardot walked barefoot along the Quai de L’Epi and you could barter over a freshly caught sea bass at the pier. Or even the days when you could still get a [...]
Enjoy Cephalonia in style at Faros Suites, Fiskardo January 6, 2013 IF YOU want to get a flavour for Cephalonia and stay in one of the prettiest harbours, head for Faros Suites in Fiskardo. There’s nothing ritzy about the apartments but they’re comfortable, modern and tinged with South African artefacts installed by the owners who spent their childhood there. There are seven apartments, some with sea-views, [...]
Madrid might just be the best capital city you’ve never been to January 6, 2013 TO MOST Brits, Barcelona is the Spanish city. The whacky cathedral by Gaudi that isn’t finished almost 90 years after he died, “Barca” the only football team in the world that leads a debate on independence, Las Ramblas, F1, the list goes on. Yet to the Spanish, Madrid is their Capital, not just in name [...]
You would be mad to miss this January 3, 2013 FILM Iron Man 3 In cinemas 26 April While Iron Man 2 was met with mixed reviews, director Jon Favreau made a big comeback with The Avengers last year, which quickly became the highest grossing comic book film of all time. Expectations for the third installment of Iron Man, then, are high and so far [...]
House prices fall 1 per cent in 2012 January 3, 2013 UK house prices fell by 1 per cent on average in 2012, with London bucking the trend and recording the strongest annual price change. According to the Nationwide house price index out this morning, house prices slid 0.1 per cent in December, with the average house price sitting at £162,262. According to its quarterly data, [...]
Start the new year in style January 2, 2013 It’s JANUARY; the time of year where we all make New Years resolutions that we won’t stick to and convince ourselves that this will be the year that we finally get rid of those extra pounds that we’ve been ignoring for longer than we’d care to admit. But January isn’t just a time for examining [...]
A Fiat engine – but still an Alfa January 1, 2013 ALFA ROMEO is a brand based in sports cars and motor racing heritage. Its Mito has always been a looker since its introduction in 2008 and the new model is no exception. Its styling was inspired by the design of the 8C Competizione supercar, and it still looks fresh and uniquely characterful in a sporty, [...]
Car talk January 1, 2013 Calls for reintroduction of London Trolly Bus Motoring mag Autocar is calling on Mayor Boris Johnson to re-introduce the Trolley Bus to Oxford Street. Inspired by the reinvention of Exhibition Road in west London as a ‘shared space’, Autocar’s associate editor Hilton Holloway believes that part-pedestrianisation and the replacement of the regular buses with an [...]
