HOW TO GET DRESSED December 8, 2011 Founders of Rous Iland members’ Boutique www.rousiland.com Q. I’m now officially pasty white and feeling exhausted from too many parties, but there’s still over two weeks of a full social calendar before the year ends. How can I disguise my weariness and keep things exciting? A. If you’re already bored of your winter day-to-night ensembles, [...]
A Yuletide special: where the Nativity meets mobile tech December 7, 2011 JOSEPH is running the new Napster music service on the new iPhone (also works on the Android). It helps him soothe Mary whose tweets (Virgin Mary) show her to be increasingly exasperated. She’s also using the iHeal pain relief gadget sent by Homedics. But a bed would be better. Readers of Joseph’s tweets will see [...]
The greener Z4 with little downside December 6, 2011 The high price of petrol now affects people who previously wouldn’t have been able to tell you the fuel economy of their cars. It seems that everyone is beginning to look for ways of reducing everyday costs and now we’re all looking to buy less thirsty and more frugal cars. This is straightforward enough if [...]
CAR TALK December 6, 2011 THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL PIVO 3: IT CAN PARK ITSELF The Tokyo Motor Show usually excels at the weird and the wonderful and this year was no different. This is Nissan’s PIVO 3 concept, an electric microcar with all-wheel-drive, which has an electric motor at each wheel powering each wheel independently. The car can even [...]
House prices dip December 6, 2011 House prices fell by 0.9 per cent in November, mortgage lender Halifax said on Tuesday, though it said it expected the housing market to hold steady in the coming months. House prices fell by one per cent in the three months to November compared with a year ago, weaker than the 0.7 per cent decline [...]
Prepare for party season with a choice treatment December 5, 2011 Dunhill: Instant Eye Repair This gem of a spa is located at the luxury clothier’s emporium at Bourdon House in Mayfair. There are a range of treatments for men (and lately, women too) but for party season we think this one will pack a great punch for the busy Mayfair-ite – after all, fresh and [...]
Busting winter work-out myths December 5, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT WORRIED it’s not safe to spin with a sniffle? Thinking of packing the SPF away with the bikinis? I’ve debunked the top winter exercise myths below: It’s best to stick to indoor workouts in the winter. False. It’s fine – good even – to exercise outside, regardless of the temperature. A [...]
EPISODE 39 – and for a moment, 40 is perfect December 5, 2011 MY mother called at 7.49am, reminding me of the details of forty years ago and the agonies I’d caused her. I think she meant just at that moment. But I could be wrong. When the subject of my 40th first arose we were three. I feigned indifference but enticing beach holidays, a football match against [...]
Shops, sun and spice: Marrakech is the perfect winter weekend getaway December 5, 2011 HAVING spent a bit of time in Morocco before, I was bracing myself. Six years ago, on a lone voyage on a rusty old ship from Algeciras in Spain to Tangier, I was accosted by three tipsy artifact sellers on board, before getting my camera pinched on arrival at the dusty old port. Further into [...]
Australia’s UGL acquires DTZ Holdings for £77.5m December 4, 2011 AUSTRALIAN engineering firm UGL said overnight it had acquired all the trading operations of real estate services company DTZ Holdings for £77.5m. DTZ was placed into administration in the UK immediately prior to the acquisition. In a statement, UGL said that, after the buyout, it will have combined annual revenues of A$5.1bn (£3.4bn) and 53,000 [...]