Nyetimber Classic Cuvee 2003 has come out top in a blind-tasting championshipsWhen I heard Nyetimber Classic Cuvee 2003 had come out top in a blind tasting at the world sparkling wine championships in Verona, beating super-brands such as Louis Roederer 2000 (who make the famous Cristal), my reaction was: so what? Blind tastings throw up [...]
Fans across the world have declared Jan 29, 2010 as the Lady Gaga day, dedicated to the controversial singer. That’s not the only great thing happening in Gaga’s life. She has also been offered the judge position in the show X Factor.
MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) – Literature lovers around the world on Friday held celebrations and paid tribute to Anton Chekhov on the 150th birthday of Russia’s most universally acclaimed playwright.
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – An original version of Sergei Prokofiev’s opera “War and Peace,” brought to the stage in a joint Scottish-Russian collaboration, has had its world premiere to critical acclaim in Scotland.
BUDAPEST (Reuters Life!) – Istvan Joos in Hungary believes the economic crisis which hit the world and his country actually had a positive side: it revived an urge in people to value togetherness and help others in need.
News that a Tesco store has imposed a dress code threatens to bring to an end the refreshing sight of a shopper in stripy jimjamsThe British, according to that study published this week, have become more tolerant, but, plainly, there are limits. The Tesco store in St Mellons, Cardiff, for example, has imposed a dress [...]
The world’s best chef is taking a two-year break – but foodies need not despairSo, Ferran Adria has announced that El Bulli – the best restaurant in the world – is set to close for a couple of years, and jaws have dropped wide enough to shove a whole tasting menu in. “No meals will [...]
The handshake is dying out, but what could replace it? The salute? Or how about the heart punch?The handshake, apparently, is dying. According to a survey by a brand of handwash, it is on the decline among younger people, who view it as either too formal or, thanks to a fashionable paranoia that a certain [...]
PARIS (Reuters) – Parisian haute couture designers mixed skill and science Tuesday in a celebration of the “petites mains,” the nimble-fingered seamstresses who stitch together the world’s most expensive evening wear.
MADRID (Reuters Life!) – Spain’s elBulli restaurant will shut for two years to allow Head Chef Ferran Adria to compile an encyclopedia of the recipes that have made it one of the world’s most celebrated eateries.