The Mini enters a BRAVE GREEN WORLD January 19, 2010 I had preconceptions about this car before I drove it. Having batteries will mean it will weigh more than a normal Mini and it will be sluggish due to the extra weight. The ride will be harsh, it’ll thump along over bumps and the batteries will die on me at the furthest point away from [...]
London’s hippest new pizza joint January 18, 2010 Pizza East 56 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JJ Tel: 020 7729 1888 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £30 AFTER visits last week to both Pizza East in Shoreditch and the Soho House Group’s other recent venture, Dean Street Townhouse in Soho, it is impossible to question the money-spinning expertise of this group. [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS January 18, 2010 LOW-CAL MENU FOR FASHION WEEK The Buddha Bar, home of London’s most overtly glamorous sushi, is reprising its Fashion Week menu with a selection of dishes that are perfect for calorie conscious fashionistas who need energy too (hello, catwalk models). Its new chef, South African-born Clifton Muil, has created a “fashion fuel” menu that includes [...]
THREE OTHER TOP PIZZERIAS January 18, 2010 PORTOBELLO RISTORANTE PIZZERIA Much-loved local pizzeria that specialises in something called “pizzametro”, which means ‘pizza metre’ – an idea born in a small town in Sorrento as a way for the whole family to share a pizza. Served on a wooden chopping board, the pizza here is generously topped with good ingredients, and baked in [...]
Get fit as you feel the back-to-basics burn January 18, 2010 IT’S Monday 7am on a cold winter’s morning in a cavernous railway arch near Tate Modern. “Say hello to Angie,” says my fitness instructor, Brian. Angie looks fierce. I don’t like the look of Angie at all. And 10 minutes later Angie is beating me up. Thankfully, Angie is not some south London bruiser, but [...]
It’s sexist and immoral, but man are we mad about it January 18, 2010 HAS your wife seen her?” sneers Roger Sterling, partner at Sterling and Cooper ad agency on Madison Avenue, as his colleague Don Draper’s shapely, impeccably-styled secretary walks out of the room. In the exaggerated, vivid and very boozy world of Mad Men, which added to its arsenal of awards at Sunday night’s Golden Globes, the [...]
Harmless mummy’s boy – or sponger? January 18, 2010 DEAR VEXED: I’ve been single for ages and just recently met a guy. On paper he’s pretty good: he works for a top City law firm and he’s just been promoted. We get along well and he seems really sweet, but I just found out he still lives at home. He’s 32. Anna, 31, banker HE [...]
The apps that mean business January 17, 2010 Financial information Bloomberg has the best financial information on the iPhone by a mile (free). For those in the UK, you might also want to add Shareprice (free, pictured above), which gives you real-time live streaming level one market prices for the LSE. MarketWatch from Dow Jones (free) is also good, while Thomson Reuters (free) [...]
Is Twitter all it’s cracked up to be? January 17, 2010 YES Timothy Barber ONE of the things I like most about Twitter is its capacity to seriously irk those who’ve barely even looked at it. There are masses of noteworthy websites out there that most people never use, so the fact that Twitter seems to have a particular capacity to raise the hackles of the [...]
Embark on an unforgettable winter journey January 17, 2010 SITTING under a palm tree on an idyllic beach starts to sound almost pedestrian when you consider what adventures lie in store for those willing to embrace snow and ice. It’s cold, but winter brings some of the most beautiful landscapes and thrilling activities on earth – from dog sledding in the Arctic Circle to [...]