Fast & furious September 28, 2010 IT’S ALWAYS a little strange when you get the impression you’re driving a Ferrari when you’re really hitting 40mph in a small hatchback. Powering along the north Kent coast in the Fabia vRS, towards a particularly excellent gastro pub, the car shrieked and howled so loudly you’d think there was a V12 under the bonnet. [...]
CAR TALK September 28, 2010 FERRARI SLEEKEST YET This is Ferrari’s strictly limited edition (pre sold-out) SA Aperta – to be launched at the Paris Motor Show. Ferrari will build only 80 SA Apertas in homage to Italian design house Pininfarina, which is 80 this year. The V12-powered roadster sits lower to the ground than other Ferrari models and has [...]
The man making MINI cooler – and smaller September 27, 2010 NO car captured Anglo cool like the British Motor Corporation’s Mini of the 1960s, the Mods’ car of choice. Bought by BMW in 1994 (as part of Rover), Mini became MINI in 2000, but remains irresistibly hip; the ride of choice for young British urbanites whose European equivalents would drive Fiats around Rome and Milan; [...]
FIT IN THE CITY September 27, 2010 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT NO matter that the beach season is drawing to a close – give your chest some TLC this autumn. Here’s how. TRAIN CONSISTENTLY: Your chest muscles are a big muscle group that need to be trained regularly and effectively in order for you to see results. You must adhere to your [...]
The Square Mile’s retail revolution September 27, 2010 IN the thrust and frenzy of City life, it’s crucial to have somewhere you can take yourself for a bit of quiet repose, if only while you wolf down a sandwich at lunchtime. Problem is, such spaces are rather thin on the ground in the Square Mile – but in a month’s time, one of [...]
Marylebone gets Euro-chic September 27, 2010 Café Luc 50 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5HN FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £36 YOU might assume – I think I did – that Marylebone High Street is hardly in need of another place mixing dining and café culture. But the crowd packed into the recently opened, Belgian-owned Café Luc last Tuesday [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS September 27, 2010 WINE MATCHING AT CINNAMON CLUB Love fine Indian food but not sure how to pair it with wine? Fear not: one of London’s finest Asian restaurants is putting on a five course banquet with wines matched – somewhat unusually – from the Australia’s oldest family- owned winery Yalumba. Exciting pairings will include tandoori king prawn [...]
Off-piste: the pre-snow joys of Chamonix September 26, 2010 ASK MOST people what comes into their head when you mention Chamonix, and they’ll say skiing. But the mountain capital of the world has much more to offer, especially when the snow disappears from everywhere but the highest peaks. Home to over eighty nationalities – making it one of the most multicultural places in France [...]
TRAVEL NOTES September 26, 2010 Ambeo Jets’ new Park Lane check-in Europe’s number one private jet company just became even sleeker with the opening of a check-in lounge at supercar dealership Excalibur on Park Lane. Passengers will be able to check in and drop off luggage – oh, and have a glass of Pommery – before being whisked to the [...]
More than Voho, darling: Vauxhall is in for an overhaul September 23, 2010 SANDWICHED between the South Bank and the Battersea waterfront, it was never going to be long before Vauxhall took off. Until now Vauxhall has traded on two cards: “Voho” – Gayer Soho – and housing London’s politicos. However, this week’s launch of St George Wharf, more commonly known simply as The Tower, is a sign [...]