Five fabulous roof terraces May 18, 2011 NOTHING spells summer in the city better than an ice cold cocktail sipped at leisure from a roof terrace. The warm breeze, the open spaces and skyline views make for an alluring combination as the temperature rises. (Not to mention the feeling of calm and distance they offer from the hustle and bustle on the [...]
OUT OF OFFICE May 18, 2011 MOUNT STREET CELEBRATES It’s party time in Mayfair’s Mount Street this evening as the oh-so-swish stretch of luxury boutiques and restaurants celebrates the 325th anniversary of the original “May Fayre” – the event from which the area gets its name. Mount Street’s resident businesses will also no doubt be raising glasses to the end of [...]
LinkedIn sparks tech bubble fear May 17, 2011 SOCIAL network website LinkedIn last night hiked the projected price of its stock market float, sparking fears of a tech bubble amongst observers. The business-orientated competitor to Facebook raised the range of its initial public offering by $10 from $32-$35 per share to $42-$45 per share. It now expects to raise as much as $406m [...]
Kylie’s favourite luxe eco-mobile May 17, 2011 The Lexus CT200h will probably be familiar to you whether you’re a Kylie fan or not. It’s the hybrid car she’s been driving since February – on TV at least – and it’s the smallest car that Lexus has made. Lexus is the Japanese answer to BMW or Audi and it has stolen a march [...]
CAR TALK May 17, 2011 RENAULT’S ELECTRIC CAR A HIT WITH HOLLYWOOD. If you doubt whether electric cars are glamorous just take a look at the cars Hollywood’s A-listers are being ferried around Cannes in. Fully-electric (and silent) Renault Fluence Z.E models are busy chauffeuring actors and industry bigwigs around the red carpets of Cannes, despite the fact that the [...]
Lights, Camera: Beauty! May 16, 2011 RED carpet beauty is different to the catwalks. It’s not about being edgy. Our brief is simple: Actresses just want to look as gorgeous as possible,” says celebrity makeup artist Emma Day, known for working with Sienna Miller, Keira Knightly and Lily Allen, among others. “We pull out all the tricks so that people go: [...]
Episode 12: Unfamiliar as I am with this May 16, 2011 Within two minutes of Sir Roderick hanging up I’d had Rupert Carmichael on the telephone. “I’m sure you’ve heard dear boy. And I know I really ought to have been the first to tell you. You must think me terribly rude. I’m afraid that, in the end, they simply wanted a bigger man. Of course, [...]
In the club: Century opens brasserie doors to public May 16, 2011 CENTURY BRASSERIE Century Club, 61-63 Shaftesbury Avenue, London. W1D 6LQ www.centuryclub.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £35.20 THERE’S something instantly calming about stepping in to Century. The private member’s Club, set above street level behind an anonymous looking door on Shaftesbury Avenue, feels like a secret oasis of calm from the outside [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS May 16, 2011 BOMBAY BEACH PARTY ON SOUTHBANK Dishoom, the St Martin’s Lane eatery inspired by Bombay’s past cafe culture, has opened a pop-up version on Southbank complete with its own beach. It’s been made using 48 tonnes of sand and is offering “gola” drinks – Bombay’s answer to the slushie or snow cone – alongside a host [...]
THREE OTHER PRIVATE CLUB RESTAURANTS May 16, 2011 THE IVY CLUB The West End’s legendary centre of luvviedom and fabulous English cooking opened its members’ club, The Club at the Ivy, in 2008, covering three floors of the building above the restaurant. The Ivy, 1-5 West Street. WC2H 9NQ www.the-ivy.co.uk BEAUFORT HOUSE CHELSEA At the cosier end of the King’s Road, Beaufort House [...]