Is snow a fair reason for us to skip work? January 5, 2010 ZOE STRIMPEL YES IAM the first to roll my eyes at pathetic excuses for staying off work. “Oh, I sneezed, I think I should stay at home” or “oh, I hurt my leg, I better rest up.” Usually, these are cover-ups for things like hangovers from hell and just really, really wanting to stay in [...]
Step out in winter style January 5, 2010 1 Dita tall sheepskin boots, Australia Luxe Collective, £190, www.netaporter.co.uk 2 Eskimo ankle boots, Mou, £175, www.netaporter.co.uk 3 W Nuptse Fur III, North Face, £79.95, www.snowandrock.com 4 Faux-fur lace up boots, Mark Jacobs, £295, www.netaporter.co.uk 5 Autograph boot, £79, www.marksandspencer.com 6 Front-lace knee high boot, Minnetonka Moccasin, £100, www.minnetonka.co.uk
Roar POWER January 5, 2010 WHEN I returned home from taking this car for a spin around the local area, I found a post-it note stuck to my front door with a message from a friend who lives locally. “Hi V,” it read. “I realised there’s a major flaw with your job. You’re missing out on some of the best [...]
OUT OF OFFICE January 5, 2010 SWEET CHARITY AT THE MENIER Tamsin Outhwaite is currently proving her talents stretch far beyond TV soap operas and cop shows, starring in this revival at the hit machine that is the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark. Hey Big Spender and If My Friends Could See Me Now are among the numbers she gets to [...]
Ten ways to make your job less stressful this January January 4, 2010 1. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY It might seem like a mental issue, but stress is the result of the body’s instinctive reaction to a perceived threat – what’s known as the “fight or flight” response, in which adrenaline and cortisol are released into the bloodstream. Great if you’re fending off a predator, highly problematic if [...]
OUT OF OFFICE January 4, 2010 EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR After a successful run last autumn, Tom Morris’s haunting production of Tom Stoppard’s dazzlingly clever play is returning to the National this month for a limited run. Julian Bleach takes on the role of Ivanov, an inmate in a Soviet asylum who believes an orchestra is playing in his mind, [...]
The deep south comes to Camden January 4, 2010 The Blues Kitchen 111-113 Camden High Street, NW1 7JN Tel: 020 7387 5277 Cost per person without wine: £25 WHAT is it with fatty food these days? Low-fat dining – dressing on the side, steamed vegetables,“low fat” in brackets next to the dish – seems to belong to some distant era wholly unrelated to the [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS January 4, 2010 PARADISE PUB’S BOOT CAMP Every Sunday morning throughout January, devotees of West London’s plushest boho gastropub, Paradise By Way of Kensal Green, can work off their Christmas roasts with a training session organised by the pub. A personal trainer will host workouts in Queen’s Park, and rather than paying to join in, the Paradise will [...]
THREE OTHER AMERICAN EATERIES January 4, 2010 LOWER EAST BAR AND BISTRO Another pretender to the throne of American diner, this new addition to Canary Wharf is sleeker than the diner-style food it purveys. So while supping on your yellowtail burger, clam chowder and macaroni cheese, you can enjoy unobstructed views of the Thames from the windowy interior. It’s not quite New [...]
Tax amnesty to net lower returns January 3, 2010 ACCOUNTANCY firms have warned that only a tiny proportion of the UK residents avoiding tax by squirrelling away income to offshore accounts will have come clean by the time the government’s amnesty deadline passes at midnight tonight. HM Revenue & Customs hopes to raise £500m from the crackdown, with fines limited to 10 per cent [...]