Entertainment
The age of the brain
A sharper mind and a brighter future could be no more than a mouse-click away with the launch of a revolutionary new Brain Gym by Funkyfogey.com, the lifestyle web portal.
Phil Vickery makes strawberry and almond trifle
Everyone has their favourite pudding but not everyone knows how to make them! However, help is here in the form of Celebrity Chef Phil Vickery.
Top summer reads 2009
Looking for this summer’s big hit books? Look no further – we have called in top experts from the trade to tell you which titles not to miss in the months to come. Covering various genres from thrillers and romances to the best in comedic fiction and more besides, we’ll be giving tips for the hottest beach reads and coolest tomes to take on a long journey.
Barclaycard unveils new website for music fans
Barclaycard, a leading payment provider in the UK, has launched a new customer website to support its sponsorship with music partners Live Nation, Mercury Prize and Global Radio.
A sophisticated cocktail experience on Kings Road
This year has seen the launch of JuJu, a stunning Champagne and Cocktail Lounge. Located on the fashionable Kings Road, JuJu offers guests a sophisticated cocktail experience in opulent surroundings. So popular has JuJu already become, that it has just won ‘Best New Bar’ at ‘The London Club and Bar Awards 2009’.
The unofficial Lovebox afterparty
For one weekend every July, Lovebox presides over the London scene, offering two days of unparalleled daytime parties. Top-billing live acts and the cream of underground house DJs play throughout the day, but where to go to continue the party once the music stops?
Balearic boogieing in Greenwich
Following on from the success of last month’s club night, In Bed With Space return to the open-air terrace at THAT Greenwich for another night of Balearic boogieing.
Jump back with the Rolling Stones
Universal Music Group is to reissue of Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones 1971-1993 on 17 August 2009. Originally released in November 1993, this definitive collection gathers eighteen of the group’s classics from the seventies and eighties, such as the Transatlantic Top Ten hits Tumbling Dice, Fool To Cry, Emotional Rescue and the much-loved Start Me Up.
The Saturdays glam it up
Hot from their first UK tour The Saturdays show they aren’t all “work” and no play as this summer they launch new Tampax Pearl’s My Weekend My Way campaign. To mark the announcement The Saturdays revealed a stunning new look in a classy pearl inspired photo-shoot, with top photographer Rob Cable.
Hello - Is it Fry you're looking for?
Stephen Fry has Britain's most wanted celebrity mobile phone number according to a poll from leading price comparison site moneysupermarket.com.
Inky business in Covent Garden
Covent Garden, a London hub for supporting emerging new talent, has teamed up with two of London’s most innovative new collectives to provide visitors to the Piazza an opportunity to experience up-and-coming art at its best.
Brian May and Roger Taylor crowned Ambassadors of Rock
Brian May and Roger Taylor of the legendary rock band Queen were honoured with Hard Rock International’s prestigious Ambassadors of Rock Award at last week’s Silver Clef Luncheon, which took place at London’s Park Lane Hilton Hotel on Friday. They picked up the award at the star-studded event, which benefitted Hard Rock’s charity partner Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.
Greenwich club hosts McEnroe’s Garden Party
To celebrate the Wimbledon finals, THAT Club in Greenwich will host McEnroe’s Garden Party on 4th July from 10pm. The huge outdoor party terrace will be transformed into a tennis court with a full lawn and staff dressed in Eighties retro tennis wear, including super-short shorts, sweatbands and visors.
It’s hats off this week for the Hat Fair
Finally it’s the week of Hat Fair - hatfair.co.uk - and the excitement in the ancient City of Winchester is building. The City is expecting audiences of over 30,000, which in turn brings just under £1 million for the once capital of England.
Classic Rock unveils Roll of Honour nominations
The nominations for the 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour were exclusively unveiled this week by legends of rock parody Spinal Tap.