The Glass Menagerie: Amy Adams plays it straight in underwhelming show June 10, 2022 The Glass Menagerie heralded the arrival of Tennessee Williams. It was the first of his “plastic” memory plays, mining the rich seam of material from his own unhappy adolescence. Over the following two decades he would perfect the formula, creating some of the great American plays, but The Glass Menagerie remains among his best known [...]
Scotch on the blocks: The world’s most expensive whisky auction June 10, 2022 Sotheby’s has partnered with spirits giant Diageo to sell what could be the most expensive casks of Scotch whisky ever sold at auction. The casks in question are two of the rarest single malts in existence, from two of Scotland’s most legendary distilleries; a 1979 Port Ellen, from the island of Islay, and a 1982 [...]
London becomes fourth most expensive city in the world: Rent, petrol and cooking oil drive cost of living June 9, 2022 A perfect storm of rising inflation, the war in Ukraine and soaring house prices and rent, have turned London in to a pressure cooker of expense, making it the fourth most costly place to live in the world. London move up one place according to new research about cost of living for expatriates around the [...]
Laurel’s review: Partying poolside, I forgot how hungry I was June 9, 2022 It’s long been a trope of the London restaurant scene to deck out pokey shoebox venues – no doubt rented at extortionate cost – as if they are luxurious, hedonistic beach clubs. God knows how many thousands of tonnes of sand is dumped over car parks round the back of the Roundhouse in Camden and [...]
Walking in London: Now is the time to rediscover the capital, by foot June 9, 2022 One of the perverse effects of lockdown was to get people walking more. Public transport was off-limits, but exercise and a change of scenery was necessary to stave off cabin fever, so citizens of the capital found themselves strolling the city streets in a way they hadn’t before, with many taking the opportunity to look [...]
The A-Z of wine: H is for… Hunter Valley June 9, 2022 Our alphabetical tour of the wine world continues with a trip Down Under to find a hidden gem in Hunter Valley What’s this then? A bit of a niche area this week, because it turns out that when you commit to the rigid structure of an alphabet-themed series there’s always one letter that throws a [...]
Summer’s finally here: So what’s on your reading list? June 9, 2022 There’s a lot to be said about cracking the spine on a good book while winter rages outside, but there’s no time quite like summer for demolishing that stack of new releases you’ve been accruing. If you need a little reading inspiration to fill the long days ahead, here are our favourite titles from the [...]
As World Gin Day looms, we ask: Is the gin craze 2.0 finally over? June 8, 2022 World Gin Day is a relatively new phenomenon. Founded in 2009 by London-based gin enthusiast and educator Emma Stokes – the author of The Periodic Table of Cocktails, also known as Gin Monkey – it is intended as “a global celebration of all things gin”. The gin boom of recent years means that consumers are [...]
Dates announced for Aegean Messinia Pro-Am at Costa Navarino June 8, 2022 The dates have been announced for what promises to be Europe’s most luxurious golf tournament later this year. The Aegean Messinia Pro-Am 2022 will take place from 14-17 September at Greece’s incredible Costa Navarino, which was named the World’s Best New Golf Development at the 2020 World Golf Awards. The inaugural 54-hole event, which will [...]
Electric classic Mini is London’s coolest new cab June 8, 2022 Small Car Big City's Mini has been converted to electric power and is awaiting a private hire licence from Transport for London. We drive it.