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Thinkpiece — My Black Story
I wouldn’t say that I’ve been a victim of racism—to do so would belittle the true sufferings of the black community—but I have experienced racism of varying degrees on many occasions in my life. I’ve had one unprovoked physical altercation, but in the main the racism I’ve experienced falls into the categories I would describe…
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Tributo 2020 by Havana Club
Havana Club has pulled back the curtain on their latest iteration of their Tributo collection. First launched back in 2016 by Maestro del Ron Cubano Asbel Morales, this ultra-prestige series of Havana Club rum seeks to embody specific tenets of traditional Cuban rum-making. Each annual edition focuses on a different element of the process and the…
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The BWD X Badgerworks TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 5
The Bamford business model is a unique one. Based on elevation and expertise. Taking the best and making it, well… better. True to form Bamford Watch Department deliver another notch in its discography in the form of The BWD x Badgerworks TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 5 with Tropical Coffee Dial. Known for its clean, clear design – the Calibre…
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Glenlivet — The Visible Spectra
The first things one seeks out in their whisky – before even liberating its cork – are its age, established flavour profiles, and the manner with which it was casked. We use these hallmarks to close in on what we know we like, or what we think we might like, according to past tastings. As…
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Casablanca x New Balance
Looking back at athleisure through a 90’s lense it must of been impossible for anyone to for-see it’s relevance a few decades later. Even the most astute sartorial connoisseurs would of scoffed at the idea of joggers, hoodies and trench coats. But here we are. Awash with items that are fit for your weekly…
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Redbreast 27 — When Ruby Port met Irish Whiskey
In a world that can be turned on its head in a matter of weeks the feeling of permanence is currently a seemingly distant emotion. It was barely a month ago that I was headed to Dublin to witness the launch of a new permanent addition to the Redbreast family of Single Pot Still whiskeys,…
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
If you thought we were deep in the age of the entrepreneur before, we’re about to encounter new depths, as recent events have rocked the world in its entirety — both digital and actual — leaving business sectors worldwide needing innovation to simply survive, let alone grow. However, one “niche” sector of entrepreneurship is focused…
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FEAR OF GOD exclusively for Ermenegildo Zegna
The idea of dreaming is a constant theme when luxury menswear is ever brought to the surface. Not of the clothes, but of the feeling about being involved in a world that seems both foreign yet familiar. Financially speaking it may be difficult to obtain, but that is not the real reason why we fall…
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Florentine Kitchen Knives
It’s no coincidence that Florentine Kitchen Knives are able to invoke an almost borderless aesthetic that somehow exemplifies very specific cultures across the globe. Florentine Kitchen Knives is the brainchild Tomer Botner – an industrial designer who spent 10 years in the restaurant industry ruminating on how he could apply his very practical mastery of…
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DRIVEN — DS 7 CROSSBACK E-TENSE
I’ll be honest, I’m not overly excited about the electric car revolution. It’s not that I don’t care about what happens to the world — of course I do, it’s my home — but I guess it’s more the cynic in me that wonders exactly how we’re planning on generating that much electricity with causing…
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World Fashion Week — Autumn Winter 2020
Of note this year was not the elongated silhouettes, unwearable pants or unnecessary motifs — it was the maturity of which some of the youthful brands that took to the stage. A Cold Wall (showing in Milan) for example exemplified growth in every look, which was true to its modern visuals that were shown with…
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One Million Stitches — The Rose Phantom
One questions I often get asked is “If you could have any car, which one would you choose…?” A hard question to answer, the irony being that the more cars I drive, the less certain I become. There are cars I definitely wouldn’t want to own, but that is perhaps a tale for another time.…
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OCTOMORE by Bruichladdich
It’s safe to say they do things a little differently up at Bruichladdich (brook-laddy). One of the smaller of the nine distilleries on the Scottish isle of Islay, they happen to employ the most people. This is because cost efficiency is not in-keeping with the Bruichladdich mantra. In fact, their dogged resistance to the risk-free,…
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao + Architecture MasterPrize Awards
This year, Frank Gehry’s acclaimed Guggenheim Museum building in Bilbao hosted the honourable Architecture MasterPrize Awards (AMP). One of the most synonymous contemporary buildings of the 20th Century, the location was superbly fitting with the genre of awards itself. Famed for his other buildings including the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris and the Walt Disney…
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