CAR TALK August 16, 2011 PRIUS PLUG-IN Toyota is introducing a plug-in version of its Prius hybrid electric car at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) has an extended EV (electric power only) range – of up to 12.5 miles – and can achieve 128 mpg and has CO2 emissions of just 49g/km, [...]
EPISODE 23: Heard through the doorway August 15, 2011 FOR the last week I’ve been walking on eggshells. Emma is anxious and agitated. Noel is under-stimulated and over-reactive. Maria is angling for a pay increase. Meanwhile the twins, according to Emma’s obstetrician, both seem comfortable and to be gaining weight. And I am simply tired. I stand, unobserved, at the kitchen door, my tie [...]
Beauty and the Yeast August 15, 2011 Honey & Barley Facial 75 minutes, £95 Call me a cynic, but I’ve a feeling you could take any natural substance and make a case for the wonderful job it will do for your skin. Roses! Thyme! Seaweed! But anyway, this is about barley, and barley that’s grown in Cambridgeshire and normally used for brewing beer. [...]
Self-defence guru Mo Teague on how to be a hard target August 15, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT WHAT I’ve come to realise after 10 years in the fitness industry is that good self defence is more than kicking like the girls in Charlie’s Angels. There are many self-defence options available to both men and women in the capital but what’s becoming increasingly popular is “intelligent self-defence”. This is [...]
Cornhill goes up in the foodie world August 15, 2011 The Door Oyster Bar & Grill 33 Cornhill, EC3V 3NG, Tel: 020 7929 1378 www.thedoor-group.com FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £30 CORNHILL is such an atmospheric, iconic City street. It’s a shame, then, that the majority of its food and drink offerings are chains or chain-style affairs. Don’t get me wrong: Alphabet [...]
Dinner at Soho’s favourite bar August 15, 2011 Cafe Boheme 13-17 Old Compton Street, W1 5JQ Tel: 020 7734 0623 www.cafeboheme.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £35 WHO hasn’t begun, ended or whiled away a night at one of Café Boheme’s little street-facing tables? With Soho’s best vantage point on the corner of Old Compton and Greek Streets, no discernible [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS August 15, 2011 VIVEK SINGH CITY POPUP The City gets a pop-up with a (sort of) al fresco offering from Cinnamon Kitchen major domo Vivek Singh. Lasting until the end of September, Cinnamon Square can be found in Devonshire Square (just outside the Kitchen), with Bengali crab cod cakes, Bombay spiced tilapia, Hyderabadi spiced duck pao and aubergine [...]
House prices drop throughout London August 14, 2011 LONDON’S house prices have collapsed in August, yet a leading analyst has said that global financial worries will not impact the housing market across the UK. Asking prices were down in all 32 London boroughs this month, plummeting 3.4 per cent across the capital, according to the Rightmove index released this morning. Prices in London [...]
Office space take-up in the City stays flat August 14, 2011 TAKE-UP of office space in the City remained at its lowest level since 2009 in the last quarter, according to new research by Equipe. There have been no moves to offices larger than 50,000 sq ft in the last six months, with take-up of office space at just 834,000 sq ft, slightly down on the [...]
Sun, flowers and history in Corsica August 14, 2011 THE blue Corsican sky rained men as we breakfasted on warm baguettes and chestnut flavoured honey on the terrace of our villa overlooking the bay of Calvi on the island’s north-west coast. As they leapt from their plane the parachutists from the nearby Foreign Legion base distracted us from another arresting sight – Calvi’s ancient [...]