Not convinced? June 29, 2015 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R PRICE: £30,820 0-62MPH: 5.3 secs TOP SPEED: 155mph CO2 G/KM: 165g/km MPG COMBINED: 39.8mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Four Stars PERFORMANCE Four Stars PRACTICALITY Four Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Four Stars BMW M135I PRICE: £31,195 0-62MPH: 5.1 secs TOP SPEED: 155mph CO2 G/KM: 188g/km MPG COMBINED: 35.3mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Four Stars PERFORMANCE [...]
Pictures: The Cartier Style et Luxe at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Moving Motor Show June 29, 2015 Goodwood opened its doors to 185,000 spectators for the annual Festival of Speed and Moving Motor Show this weekend, with the Cartier 'Style et Luxe' concours d'élégance celebrating 20 years of involvement. As part of its overall theme, 'Flat-Out and Fearless – Racing on the Edge', exquisite classic cars across seven classes were on display. [...]
48 hours in… Malaga June 28, 2015 WHERE TO STAY The fourstar Hotel Molina Lario is discreetly located on a quiet street near the revamped marina and it’s popular with locals for Piscina Lounge, a large rooftop terrace with a swimming pool and grill restaurant that’s open all summer. From £116 per night, hotelmolinalario.com WHERE TO GO The Pompidou Centre has chosen [...]
Art review: Serpentine pavilion June 25, 2015 Hyde Park Three Stars From above it looks like a half masticated piece of bubblegum spat out by a thirsty giant in between slurps from the Serpentine Lake. A chaos of colourful plastic given structure by higgledy metal frames, the temporary pavilion was designed by Selgas Cano, a husband and wife team relatively unknown beyond [...]
Art review: Barbara Hepworth June 25, 2015 Tate Britain Three Stars She may not have had a major London show for 50 years, but we’ve hardly been deprived of Barbara Hepworth. Her sculptures are everywhere in Britain: in parks and gardens, in busy city thoroughfares, on beaches and in museum collections up and down the country. That her work is so ubiquitous [...]
Film review: Minions June 25, 2015 Cert U | ★★★☆☆ A large part of the Despicable Me franchise’s $1.5bn success, loveable sidekicks the Minions were bound to get their own spin off. This prequel follows the yellow babbling hoards as three of their number look to find an evil leader to serve, inadvertently causing chaos along the way in 1960s London. [...]
Film review: Slow West June 25, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★★★☆ In an era when capes and dinosaurs rule the box office, is there room for the Western in mainstream cinema? In recent years the genre has been adapted by more left-field filmmakers such as The Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino, both of whom brought their own auteurish instincts to bear [...]
Theatre review: The Motherf***er With the Hat is a wickedly comic, foul-mouthed romp that packs a sentimental punch June 25, 2015 Lyttelton Theatre | ★★★★★ The Motherf***er With the Hat is where you might end up if you commissioned Quentin Tarantino to write an episode of Eastenders. The plot makes the play sound like a far grimmer affair than it really is. Recovering alcoholic Jackie has just been released from prison for drug dealing. [...]
Perfect Saturday June 25, 2015 BREAKFAST AT FARM GIRL Get your Saturday off to a wholesome start at Farm Girl on Portobello Road. Australian Rose Mann’s cafe has just opened and will be serve up nutritious delights including superfood smoothies and chicken fried in coconut oil. Visit thefarmgirl.co.uk PRIDE PARADE IN THE AFTERNOON No city does Pride like London. Tens [...]
The Barbican: A new book celebrates one of London’s greatest landmarks June 25, 2015 Light and shadow on a clear day at the Barbican. Photograph by Alan Ainsworth Elegant expression of post-war utopianism, or concrete carbuncle in the heart of the City? Whatever you think of the Barbican, it’s impossible to deny its impact. The Grade II-Listed building, developed exclusively from designs by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, was [...]