Category: Lifestyle

Back to the Future-Wed Oct 21st 2015

Wed Oct 21st 2015, next week-rings a bell? Film buffs the world over will be celebrating this famous date next week because Wed Oct 21st 2015 is the time and date in the ‘Future’ set by Dr, Emett ‘Doc’ Brown for Marty McFly to travel forward in time to prevent McFly's future son from ending up imprisoned. Universal classic series starred Michael J Fox as Marty and Christopher Lloyd as the Doc. This is a classic! Watch it again and...Read more

Over 50s Home Insurance product from Post Office

Brand new over 50s Home Insurance product from Post Office Money, rated 5* by Defaqto Offers a guarantee to beat customer renewal quote by at least £50 Competitive features mark Post Office Money’s intention to become one of the leading financial services providers by 2020 Post Office Money announces the launch of its brand new 5* Home Insurance for the over 50s available in branch. This new product marks the latest addition to the business’ growing range of celebrated financial...Read more

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated a record Goodwood Revival

2015-10-08 20:27:10

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated a record Goodwood Revival over the weekend. The manufacturer of super-luxury motor cars hosted customers, prospects and VIPs and also entertained the tens of thousands of visitors to the world’s most popular historic motor race meeting in true Rolls-Royce style. The Rolls-Royce Radford building at the March Motor Works – this year titled ‘March Mews SW1’ – presented an appropriate tribute to the ‘Finishing Shop’ of Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) Limited, South Kensington. Harold Radford & Co...Read more

UK over 50s spend in excess of £1.5 Billion a year on fitness

The UK’s over 50s have a ‘fit and healthy’ price tag of £130 million2 per month 13.2 million over 50s (58%) are more conscious than ever about their health and fitness, and 8.9 million exercise more now than when they were younger.Walking and swimming are the top pursuits in the pursuit of physical prime The UK’s over 50s are enjoying ‘getting physical’, according to original insight from insurance provider RIAS. Just over half (54%) of today’s over 50s exercise at...Read more

The Best Brunch in Town

When was it we invented ‘Brunch’? It reminds me a few years ago when one Hollywood star dated another and we morphed their names into one-Jennifer Lopez (J.Lo) and Ben Affleck became ‘Bennifer’ Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had to endure ‘Brangelina’. The wonderful Wikipedia lets us know this: The 1896 supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary cites Punch magazine which wrote that the term was coined in Britain in 1895 to describe a Sunday meal for "Saturday-night carousers" in...Read more

A blast from the past at BCA

2015-10-03 18:20:54

1957 Morris Minor sold by BCA Frimley in 1980 returns to be resold BCA Blackbushe There’s a feeling of nostalgia in the air at BCA, as a classic Morris Minor last sold by the company in 1980 has returned to be sold again. The 2 door Morris Minor was sold at the former BCA Frimley centre in 1980 by the original owner who had bought it as a new car in 1957. The buyer in 1980 is now returning to...Read more

Shaken and stirred! The Bond in Motion Exhibition

2015-09-28 20:44:05

The Bond in Motion is the official exhibition The Bond in Motion is the official exhibition of James Bond vehicles is currently being held at The London Film Museum. I’ve visited this exhibition before at its previous home Beaulieu and it’s great fun. Expect to see the Roger Moore Lotus submarine car, various DB7s from the Daniel Craig films plus of course the star of the show the DB5 from the Sean Connery days. I marveled at the size of...Read more

The Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG Estate and E 63 AMG S Estate

The Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG Estate and E 63 AMG S Estate At a glance The performance pinnacles of the E-Class Estate range are the E 63 AMG Estate and the E 63 AMG S Estate. The fastest and most powerful E-Class Estates ever offered in the UK, they are powered by a hand-assembled 5,461 cc biturbo AMG V8 engine that drives the rear wheels through an AMG MCT seven-speed automatic transmission. Suspension, steering, brakes and chassis have all been...Read more

Prue Leith co-founds new Deli At Home menu delivery service

Prue Leith co-founds new premium meal delivery service for time poor real food lovers. Deli At Home founders include Yoosli owner Markus Niemeier and Michelin Star trained Chef Brian Collie Well-known television presenter, restaurateur, caterer, journalist, cookery writer and novelist Prue Leith is one of the founders of Deli At Home, the new premium meal delivery service for time poor real food lovers. Says Prue “I am delighted to be part of the team that has launched this new meal...Read more