Why Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan is your next adventure holiday destination September 4, 2023 After writing the first official guidebook, Sophie Ibbotson tells us why Karakalpakstan is the new destination adventure holiday seekers need to book ‘‘How can you write a guidebook about Karakalpakstan? There’s nothing for tourists here!” Those words will echo a long time in my ears, and they must rate amongst the last things a guidebook [...]
El Fuerte is proof that Marbella is now a luxury destination September 4, 2023 For decades the Costa del Sol has been a byword for Brits abroad. However, after years of hen and stag dos, accessible package holidays and cheap flights, it has reinvented itself as a contemporary getaway for the Insta-smart traveller. At the centre of it all is El Fuerte, a stunning property dating back to 1957, [...]
Cerelia to sell Jus-Rol after appeal to allow pastry merger blocked in court September 2, 2023 A pastry manufacturer will be forced to sell off a rival business after an appeal to allow the merger was blocked by a judge, the UK’s competition watchdog has said. Cerelia, the UK’s largest producer of bake-at-home products in the UK, agreed to buy rival pastry maker Jus-Rol for an undisclosed amount in 2021. But [...]
Funny Girl shows how Broadway star casting is better than London September 1, 2023 I’d booked to see new opening The Cottage on Broadway starring Eric McCormack, only there was a problem. “Mr. McCormack isn’t in the show Tuesdays,” the agent told me. Hmm. I also wanted to see Funny Girl and had chosen Thursday. “Yes sure, of course,” I was told. “But Lea Michele doesn’t perform Thursdays.” I [...]
Daniel Radcliffe reveals muscular torso as Wolverine rumours swirl September 1, 2023 Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed a new muscular look in the finale episode of Miracle Workers: End Times. Miracle Workers: End Times is set in a post-apocalyptic world of hyper violence where Radcliffe’s character Sid is a sort of warrior. In one scene he revealed his new muscular physique when he appeared in [...]
At New York’s highest Midtown restaurant, the best dish is vegan August 31, 2023 The waiter had persuaded us to get the tuna. It’s understandable. We’ve all spent our lives being conditioned that meat and fish is best. But at Midtown New York’s highest restaurant, the vegan food shouts loudest. Peak restaurant opened during the pandemic on the 101st floor of 30 Hudson Yards, the tallest building within New [...]
Adam Sandler breaks Rotten Tomatoes record, tops Netflix, with new movie August 31, 2023 Adam Sandler, remember him? Well, he’s back with a new movie and it’s going down a storm in America, having already topped the Netflix charts over there. You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah stars his actual real-life family. It is a teen drama about a young woman preparing for her Bat Mitzvah and, [...]
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As Denzel Washington leads The Equalizer 3 we ask: Why are all the action heroes so old? August 31, 2023 Liam Neeson disarming two cops, cuffing them together and knocking them unconscious in Taken 3; Denzel Washington smashing a mobster over the head with a teapot in The Equalizer 2; Tom Cruise jumping off a cliff on a motorbike in MI7. What do these men all have in common, apart from being the kind of [...]