http://www.lloydslist.com/sec/review?src=rss Review headlines from www.lloydslist.com en-gb The content of this feed is copyright by Informa plc. Reproduction, retrieval, copying or transmission of the content of this site is not permitted without the publisher's prior consent. Lloyd's is the registered trademark of the Society incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871 by the name of Lloyd's webeditor@lloydslist.com webeditor@lloydslist.com Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:30:06 GMT Review http://www.lloydslist.com/rss 30 144 43 http://www.lloydslist.com/content/rss/lloydslist/lloydslist_rss_logo.gif Saturday http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214992694059&src=rss WHAT on earth was it like to serve at sea nearly 150 years ago? We may have replica craft and sail training ships, but neither,in our risk-averse society, could begin to replicate the sort of conditions endured by those who took big commercial sailing ships to sea during the last half of the 19th century. Michael Grey Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214992693848&src=rss THE macabre life and eventual execution of the notorious pirate Captain Kidd is described in a new book that focuses on the story of Newgate prison from where Kidd made his final journey, writes Terry Sutton. Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214992693763&src=rss HOW do you recall a journey you were too young to remember? How do you reconcile the forces of family and history, of childhood memories and adult experience? Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214992693758&src=rss IT IS fitting that Marine Photo Service and Colchester Colour Processors are organising their reunion in the town which was their base for so many years. Neville Smith Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214992693753&src=rss A LITTLE more than a year ago, at the same time as a new, full-colour, Berliner-format Lloyd’s List was launched, London’s Hayward Gallery was undergoing a similar revolution, writes Neville Smith. Neville Smith Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214472508128&src=rss AS PLANS by VT Group and BAE Systems to build two aircraft carriers at Govan moved closer to fruition this month, the battle to keep the yard open after Kvaerner pulled out 10 years ago has been thrown into sharp relief. Sandra Speares Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214472508123&src=rss WITH the Mediterranean summer cruising season well under way, minds turn to escaping the cooler northern climate and heading out to sea. James Baker Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214472508118&src=rss ARTIST Lynda Minter is knocking on the doors of the City’s most architecturally impressive buildings for her next project, writes James Brewer. James Brewer Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214472508113&src=rss WHETHER its America’s Cup cats or ocean-racing monohulls, the quest for speed has never been greater. Carbon, Kevlar, Mylar, Aramid fibre sails — the technology being employed to shave weight and gain speed has taken a real hold on yacht racing. The days of GRP and Dacron are over. It seems everyone is in a hurry and in the past few weeks some have been positively turbo-charged, writes Chris McLaughlin. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1214472508108&src=rss IF POTTERING around the Mediterranean is not enough of a challenge, there’s always the Atlantic, writes James Baker. James Baker Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213803908895&src=rss I HAVE been pondering of late what the fates hold. Right out of left field, dropped from a clear blue sky, in the wake of the latest Global Indemnity executive conclave held on the Gold Coast, I have been summarily appointed as one of the 22 new world wide ‘Happiness Feedback Monitors’ in the company. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213803908890&src=rss TECHNOLOGY is by its very nature a neutral force. Like any asset, it can protect us or harm us; bring us good or bad news. Alan Woodward Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213803908880&src=rss THE cruise liner Umbria and her sister Etruria were the very last North Atlantic express steamers to be fitted with compound engines, and almost the last with single screws, writes Neville Smith. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213803908875&src=rss A PAINTING by an Indian artist entitled Tea Garden might well, a while back, have suggested tea-pickers tending luxurious plants in Assam, writes James Brewer. James Brewer Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213803908870&src=rss I DON’T suppose public intellectuals can really be ranked in the manner of the singles chart, but if they could, Tony Judt would be a recent new entry into the top thirty. David Osler Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213226263673&src=rss INSATIABLE demands for sex and for seapower were the potent driving forces of one of the greatest diplomatic summits, the Congress of Vienna. In today’s more transparent society, we might ask, what is new about that? James Brewer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213226263438&src=rss DON’T you just love all those stories about how a woman inadvertently gives birth in her local Tesco store and her lucky offspring is eligible for free shopping for the rest of his or her life? Personally, I find it difficult to square these charitable tales with the same cost-conscious supermarkets that are squeezing the life out of their suppliers and logistics providers, writes Gavin van Marle. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213226263378&src=rss “I HAVE engaged Mr Serres, the marine painter whose father I dare say your Lordship well remembers, to go out in one of the ships from Plymouth for the purpose of taking views of Brest and the environs and to continue at sea during your present cruise,” wrote First Secretary to the Admiralty Board Evan Nepean to Lord Bridport, commander of the Channel fleet in 1799, writes Neville Smith. Neville Smith Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213226263373&src=rss MAJESTIC Wine remains perhaps the best way to dip one’s toe ever deeper into wine, writes Neville Smith. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213226263368&src=rss THERE’S cricket, tennis and football on the television so that if nothing else tells us, summer is here. The weather is a cause of more heated debate: does two glorious days followed by rain for three constitute a season? Neville Smith Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1213226263358&src=rss EVEN Horatio Nelson did not always get it right. As emerged during the bicentenary celebrations of his victory at Trafalgar, he was a flawed character: impetuous, difficult and reckless, writes Neville Smith. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1212663697320&src=rss CHRISTIE’S has assembled what it hopes will be a record-breaking array of Russian and Greek icons for its London sale on June 9, featuring 230 lots spanning the 15th to the 20th century, writes Neville Smith. Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1212663697315&src=rss HISTORIC and rare English church silver dating from 800 to the present day is the subject of Goldsmiths’ Hall summer exhibition, which features more than 300 spectacular pieces loaned by the country’s cathedrals and parish churches, writes Neville Smith. Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1212663697310&src=rss AUCTION house Bonhams has luxury to put on your wrist in its Rolex Centenary Sale next week, including some rare examples of the iconic brand with backstory to match. Neville Smith Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lloydslist.com/art/1212663697280&src=rss CIGAR merchants like JJ Fox and Robert Lewis were originally not only retailers but importers and distributors of cigars from Caribbean and Meso-American countries including Cuba, Indonesia and the Philippines, writes Pieter Tesch. Pieter Tesch Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT