2014 Christmas gift ideas: Quality technology you can fit in a stocking December 10, 2014 SMS Audio BioSport in-ear headphones with heart monitor The perfect gift for the fitness fanatic in your life, these ear-buds don’t just play music, they also monitor your heart-rate. smsaudio.com Touch Mini Boombox speaker Touch Mini Boombox Speaker This lightweight gadget slots into the speaker at the end of your phone and pumps [...]
2014 Christmas gift ideas: These stocking fillers will leave your family satisfied long past Boxing Day December 10, 2014 Tube Socks A London twist on the classic gift – socks based around the colours of the London Underground lines. tubesocks.co Toy train Whether it’s for a child or just someone who’s young at heart, this train-set spelling out your name is a sure-fire hit. £17 for a six-letter name, notonthehighstreet.com Rocket Gardens [...]
Chef Ana Morris of Islington restaurant LeCoq presents her recipe for burnt chicken and chilli spatchcock chicken December 9, 2014 Ana Morris, the chef of Islington’s favourite rotisserie chicken restaurant LeCoq, on how to unite a community using only a spit and some good quality birds from Suffolk. Sisters Ana and Sanja Morris opened LeCoq last year in Islington. Since, the restaurant has flourished and become a firm local fixture. We speak to chef Ana to [...]
Business is Booming for wine trader Bordeaux Index December 9, 2014 [email protected] While we’re toiling away at screens and desks day-dreaming about the Grand Cru we might open with friends on Saturday, Gary Boom lives that dream every day. He’s the former City broker who had a brainwave about the wine business after making his first fortune, and has turned it into Bordeaux Index, one of [...]
Desert Island wines with Bordeaux Index founder Gary Boom December 9, 2014 While we’re toiling away at screens and desks, day-dreaming about the Grand Cru we might open with friends on Saturday, Gary Boom is doing just that. He’s the former City broker who had a brainwave about the wine business after making his first fortune, and has turned it into Bordeaux Index, one of Britain’s largest [...]
Car review: The BMW 3 Series plug-in hybrid prototype proves the family saloon has an electric future December 8, 2014 BMW applies its supercar hybrid drive technology to its best-selling family car with impressive results Don’t be put off by the garish exterior – this BMW 3 Series means business. That’s because the world’s best-selling executive family four-door saloon will soon combine BMW’s i8 supercar electric drive technology with the sort of everyday usability that’ll [...]
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Pod only knows: Great storytelling podcasts, from Sarah Koenig’s Serial to Jonathan Goldstein’s WireTap December 8, 2014 Fearing the end of Serial? Don’t worry, there are plenty other great storytelling podcasts out there Thanks to Sarah Koenig, podcasts are cool again. Her unearthing of a fifteen year old murder case involving three teenagers, a mobile phone and a host of hazy details has proved an unlikely talking point for people all over [...]
The Royal Palm in Mauritius: The best resort hotel in the Indian Ocean is back with a bang December 7, 2014 The Royal Palm, haunt of former French presidents François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac, has just undergone a £10m refurbishment. It was already the best hotel in Mauritius and, in the words of Spinal Tap, it has just turned it up to eleven, upgrading to become the only six star hotel in Mauritius. The Royal Palm [...]
48 hours in… Bruges December 7, 2014 WHERE TO STAY B&B De Corenbloem is the ultimate in olde-worlde European luxury. Rooms start from €150 per night. Visit decorenbloem.be WHERE TO EAT Den Huzaar is a traditional bistro that does Belgian classics and does them well. Visit denhuzaar.be or call 032 050 33 37 97 WHERE TO DRINK In Belgium it has to [...]