I enjoy staying in New York City on three-day weekends because everything seems to empty out and the spots that usually require the Armani couture attire with super model company tend to relax their velvet rope standards. more >>
It’s a great tournament, and we finally have a good British player in Andy Murray who can grace the second week. So what are the things that gently annoy us? more >>
Don't worry if you've lost the new music plot again. HITC Life's resident reader-writer-muso, Lucho Payne, will get you up to speed with reviews of Kasabian, Gossip, The Dead Weather, Muse, and Mumford & Sons. more >>
When I first read Alain de Botton (The Art of Travel), I was almost jealous. It never occurred to me to write about why so many elements of travel hold such allure, such promise, and cause such deceptively seductive grass-is-greener syndrome. more >>
You City folk are too cool to admit to watching Strictly Come Dancing, but I know you secretly do. In between Saturday afternoon's shopping trip and Saturday evening's party, you press record on SkyPlus, and watch the show quietly on Sunday morning when everybody else is sleeping off their hangovers. more >>
The Ryder Cup has been a bit of a one-way affair in recent years, with Europe playing far better as a team, and the Americans showing that a team can be less than the sum of the parts. more >>
Which is only fair, given the fact everything else is mad right now too... more >>
