June 17th, 2009
Britain sent the decommissioned QE2 (Queen Elizabeth 2) to the Gulf as a floating hotel. Now Dubai is to return the favour, building the world’s biggest yacht to be anchored beside the Thames as a floating hotel.
The Aquiva is expected to be the world’s largest pleasure boat.
It will enable hotel guests to obtain a flavour of the mega-yacht lifestyle when it is moored amid what today is a semi-derelict London landscape of warehouses and building sites.
June 17th, 2009
A newly divorced City banker is “giving away” his millionaire lifestyle complete with his home, car and boat in a competition that anyone can enter for £20.
Andrew Paul’s five-bedroom home in an acre of Kent countryside has been valued at £1.1million and has a designer kitchen, cinema and games rooms.
His new Aston Martin DBS is worth £160,000 and his Sealine 35 Sport motor boat £200,000.
June 2nd, 2009
A London curry house has celebrated the DVD launch of Slumdog Millionaire by creating a curry that costs more than $4000 a plate (£2,000).
The Samundari Khazana curry, meaning Seafood Treasure, is a mix of caviar, sea snails, a whole lobster and even edible gold.
The posh nosh is being served up at upmarket London eatery Bombay Brasserie (pictured below).
May 9th, 2009
Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen has officially opened the UK’s first Ferrari Store at 193-197 Regent Street in the heart of London.
Räikkönen was then treated to a specially arranged drive-by from some of the greatest Ferraris ever made. Legendary models taking part included a Daytona, F40, F50 and Enzo.
Stocking everything from Ferrari baseball caps and mountain bikes, through to carbon-fibre humidors, there’s something for every car nut.
April 28th, 2009
Chanel has announced its move into Oxford Street’s Selfridges store with a new counter set to open this July, and to celebrate the occasion the brand will be launching a limited edition line of make-up.
The collection was created by Peter Phillips, global creative director for Chanel Makeup, who took his inspiration from the London scene.
The London Madness Collection includes new, eye-popping red shades of Rouge Allure and Le Vernis, and the highlight, the Pearly Banner Palette - an ivory, gold and silver highlighter stamped with the Union Jack.
