29
Feb
CIGARETTE? Not for me, thanks. But a waterpipe - or shisha - is a different
proposition.
The deliciously smooth and exotic mix of tobacco and molasses filtered through
water fills me with a longing to be, just for a second, on the sunlit
streets of Damascus, Marrakesh, Cairo or Tunis.
I love the shisha - its sturdy, curving base, thin [...]
29
Feb
I’VE NEVER had an entire new luxury hotel complex all to myself before. It’s a
strange and slightly overwhelming experience.
The labyrinth of marble corridors echo to my feet alone. A dozen smiling
hyper-attentive white-suited waiters watch the man from The Times eat in an
empty restaurant.
The head chef asks how I’m enjoying my food before I’ve finished chewing [...]
29
Feb
SA%26Iuml;D BEN SA%26Iuml;D sits in a pool of sunlight at the front of his shop and waits
for the rush of customers, a rush that never comes. In the darkness behind
him is a treasure hoard worthy of Ali Baba.
Stacked up on shelves and piled high in orderly heaps, lies an assortment of
antique wares - brown Bakelite [...]
29
Feb
OK, WAIT. Tell me that’s not a chimpanzee in denim shorts leading a blonde
Bavarian milkmaid-type across a busy New York street.
%26ldquo;What’s going on?%26rdquo;
%26ldquo;We’re filming Germany’s Next Top Model,%26rdquo; said a bored movie-minion.
With an ape as an accoutrement? No time to ask more, I’m dashing between the
Tenement Museum and The New Museum on a cultural odyssey [...]
29
Feb
Read
our 2008 camping special
Obviously, it could be sunny. But are you willing to risk your festival
experience being tainted - again - by floods, something that looks like
trench foot and the sight of everything you own sinking into a belching mud
pool?
From luxury tepees with furniture and furs to carpeted cabins, via your own
10-man tour bus [...]
29
Feb
It doesn%26rsquo;t have to be about eating chocolate, you know, Easter. This year it
could be about an organic-food-and-spa break, or a trip to a Balearic
mountain retreat, or even a quick safari in Namibia.
To prove it, here are 10 grown-up, exhilarating but indulgent treats for
Easter, in the UK and farther afield. And, you never know, you [...]
29
Feb
There%26rsquo;s an enormous electronic billboard on the corner of Santa Monica
Boulevard and Bundy. Somewhat predictably, LA has turned stopping at the
traffic lights into an ad break: as you wait, you watch commercials for a
shiny mobile phone for $35 a month, the latest chick flick and a hybrid car
that can go from LA to San Francisco [...]
29
Feb
Recently I read a very old interview with one of Newcastle United%26rsquo;s greatest
and most underrated players, Jackie Sinclair. It was Jackie who, along with
Bobby Moncur, won the Geordies their last meaningful trophy - the Fairs Cup,
in 1969. He made a couple of goals and generally terrorised the Ujpest Dozsa
defence, doing his usual stuff.
I remember him [...]
29
Feb
Recently I read a very old interview with one of Newcastle United%26rsquo;s greatest
and most underrated players, Jackie Sinclair. It was Jackie who, along with
Bobby Moncur, won the Geordies their last meaningful trophy - the Fairs Cup,
in 1969. He made a couple of goals and generally terrorised the Ujpest Dozsa
defence, doing his usual stuff.
I remember him [...]
29
Feb
WEST END, Anguilla: Sheriva Villa Hotel in Anguilla has been awarded the prestigious AAA Four Diamond rating for the year 2008. The fundamental hallmarks at this level include an extensive array of amenities combined with a high degree of hospitality, service, and attention to detail. Sheriva has been awarded this esteemed accolade in just one [...]
