Secret Chef – Something about Xmas makes clients even more demanding
Since its Christmas, here is a Christmas story. To protect the innocent, the guilty and myself, nothing I tell you will be quite true. My qualification for being your secret chef is spending two decades as a private chef for High Net Worth (HNW) and Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) clients all over Europe and on super yachts. What I have become experienced at is keeping secrets. Here is what I remember about Christmas in Dublin for a Swiss family....
The world in 2016: Have we tried turning it off and on again?
Hate-fuelled, morbid and varnished with a disturbing veneer of instability, 2016 will forever be remembered as the year the world took leave of its senses. A reality show celebrity is now the most powerful man on earth, Britain has cut ties with its biggest trading partner and Mo Farah didn’t even make it into the top three spots for SPOTY despite achieving something no Brit has ever achieved before nor is likely to ever achieve again. Like the monotonous computer fix proffered up...
Final vote count shows Clinton beat Trump by almost 3m votes
The final vote count from the US election shows Hilary Clinton beat Donald Trump by a whopping 2,865,075 people in the popular vote, despite losing the election. Data released by CNN shows Hilary would have run away with the victory if the Electoral College system wasn't used, which was once called "a disaster for a democracy" by contender Trump. The FINAL Clinton-Trump popular vote totals: Clinton: 65,844,954 (48.2%) Trump: 62,979,879 (46.1%) Diff: 2,865,075https://t.co/r2vEh8BRWc — Robert Yoon (@robyoon) December 21, 2016 In a...
How London Southend Airport Became “Best in Britain”
As anyone who has ever travelled out of London during peak seasons will testify, hell hath no fury like a London-based airport. Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and Gatwick consistently ranked among the worst airports in the country for customer service, largely because they pack as many people as possible on as many big aircrafts in the biggest churn of people seen world-wide in the aviation industry. Conversely, Britain's regional airports can often be a rather pleasant experience. A passenger satisfaction survey revealed that...
La La Land leads with 7 Nominations upon release
La La Land was more than welcomed on the Red carpet at Hollywood Town, during the Golden Globe Awards. Not one or two, but 7 nominations were there for the musical movie La La Land. It looks like this movie is set to dominate the 74th edition of this Awards Ceremony. And some of the nominations are for best actress in a comedy or musical, best actor in a comedy or musical, best comedy or musical and best director. This movie...
Top Five Christmas Films
By Linda Marric @linda_marric Top 5 lists are never easy to compile and it’s almost impossible to please everyone, so as the yearly debate rumbles on about what constitutes a Christmas movie and whether Die Hard is one of them, here’s a list of my recent and all time favourite holiday movies. 5- Bad Santa (2003) The recent sequel to this 2003 box-office hit might have been a huge disappointing mess, but the original remains one of the...
Why Him? : Film Review
Wyndham Hacket Pain @WyndhamHP We have all tried to make a good impression before. Whether it’s a job interview, the first day of school, or meeting a significant other’s parents the prospect can be rather daunting. Why Him? is interested in the latter and follows the old family meets inappropriate boyfriend structure, but this time the premise has been updated to fall in line with today’s standards – or lack of – with crude jokes fitted in at any available...
Watch: Delta Airlines eject passengers for “speaking Arabic”
Delta Airlines have been caught at the centre of racism accusations after members of their flight crew reportedly ejected YouTube personality Adam Saleh for speaking Arabic to his mother. The internet celebrity posted a video of him and his friend been kicked off the flight after the phone conversation, with other passengers visibly mocking Saleh as he documented the ordeal. Saleh said: "This is 2016, Delta Airlines are kicking us out because we spoke a different language," before responding to goading passengers...
Miserable twat waiting for minor celeb to die on New Year’s Day so he can write 2017 off
A miserable twat can’t wait until the first celebrity dies on New Year’s Day so they can write off 2017, and blame their miserable nature on the curse of 2017. David Stevenson, 54, from Scunthorpe, said: “I quite enjoyed 2016, by that I mean I hated it all, but I blamed it on Prince, Bowie, Leonard Cohen and dying. “2015 was really tough for me, but I blamed it on Star Wars: The Force Awakens not being as good as...