Dandies and femme fatales: a new wave of scent is here September 19, 2011 IN the world of scent, it’s all go. Europe’s top perfumers have unleashed a cascade of fragrances this autumn that are bold, mannered and exciting. Men are being asked to unleash their inner dandy – leather, tobacco and deep fruit are reminiscent of the salons and gentlemen’s clubs of yore. But we’re not talking “new [...]
Get more out of exercise September 19, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT EXERCISE hit the headlines again last week: new research from Loughborough University found that it not only lowers levels of waistline-enemy ghrelin (an appetite-stimulating hormone), it also raises levels of peptide YY – one of the good guys that suppresses appetite. So if you’re looking to capitalise on the waistline benefits [...]
EPISODE 28: GOOD MORNING MR. CASHMAN September 19, 2011 I LOOSEN my tie and look at my watch. 1.58am. I should have been home six hours ago and in bed maybe four hours ago. I certainly need to be up again and on my way back here within another four and a half hours. I look at the debris littering the bank’s boardroom. Chinese [...]
Making the CUT in style September 19, 2011 CUT 45 Park Lane, W1K 1PN, www.45parklane.com, 020 7493 4545 FOOD **** SERVICE *** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £70 IN the past, finding high-quality steak in London meant ordering plump filet mignon in a superior French restaurant and hoping the chef knew what to do with it. That’s all changed in the [...]
Croatian wine: surprise gem of Europe’s crop September 19, 2011 HEAD SOMMELIER AND MANAGER OF LUTYENS RESTAURANT AUTUMN’S a busy time for the wine trade and the last couple of weeks have been hectic with several tastings a day. The less glamorous side of the business is tasting interminable numbers of similar wines in order to fill a certain slot on the wine-list, the sub [...]
THREE OTHERS September 19, 2011 HIGH TIMBER, 8 HIGH TIMBER STREET, EC4V 3PA Morning Wire favourite High Timber has several things to recommend it. One: its Thames-side views. Two: its wonderful South African wine collection, presided over by the exuberant Neleen Strauss. Three: its steak. These are juicy, chargrilled slabs, served with terrific sauces on wooden boards with sides of [...]
Housing shortage sends London’s prices rocketing September 18, 2011 ASKING prices have barely moved in the country as a whole, but a lack of new sellers in London pushed prices up this month, according to today’s Rightmove house price index. Prices are up 2.4 per cent month-on-month in the capital, and 7.2 per cent compared with last September. That translates to a cash increase [...]
House prices 60pc lower in suburbia September 18, 2011 LONDON workers save an average of 60 per cent on house prices by living an hour’s rail journey away from the capital. New research shows the typical £4,400 annual cost of a 60-minute commute to the centre of London is dwarfed by the money saved from lower property costs. The Halifax study showed average house [...]
The millionaire towns in capital commuter belt September 18, 2011 HALF of the houses on the market in commuter town Beaconsfield, Bucks, are valued at over £1m, a survey out today from primelocation.com reveals. At 47 per cent, the town has the highest proportion of seven-figure homes in the country. Indeed, the top fifteen towns with the highest percentage of million pound houses are all [...]
History lives on in the City of Angels September 18, 2011 WELCOME to LA. Embrace the pain!” jokes leading man Scoot McNairy in the touching 2007 indie flick In Search Of A Midnight Kiss. McNairy’s character is a failed, lonely screenwriter trying to woo a failed, lonely actress (Sarah Simmonds) on a New Year’s Eve date. His poignant words echo around the famous Orpheum Theatre, a [...]