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Beefeater present Burrough’s Reserve Edition 2
The combination of food and drink pairing is not a new revelation to those familiar with the benefits each one has on the other. Yet the reintroduction of a whole course altogether is something to be lauded. Bring forward the ‘Savoury Course’, rediscovered by cheese artisan Alex James and elevated through the distinctive notes of…
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ZERO PROOF | Thomas & Evans No.1
We’ve all been there; you don’t want have a DRINK drink, just a drink, but you’ve grown bored of coke, orange juice & lemonade, and despite cravings, caffeine really isn’t a ‘sensible’ option. Thomas & Evans No. 1 is a new ‘Zero Proof’ drink aims to cater to exactly that need – and more. The…
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A Taste of English Cricket
The nature of the longer form of Cricket means that professional players spend a substantial amount of time abroad, and if not abroad, away from home. As such the players play dietary roulette, with the crux of their meals depending on the continental cuisine of the country in which they happen to be competing. I…
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LYFE: Growing plants at Zero-Gravity
Conceived by the makers of FLYTE – the luminescent hovering light bulb – their new product LYFE employs the same concept but this time enabling plants to hover, in a “Marty McFly” type manner. “LYFE isolates and concentrates the earth’s magnetic poles allowing you to suspend plants on a cushion of air.” [easingslider id=”6471″] …
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Eau de Vie by SWAT
Eau de Vie translated literally means “Water of Life” and it’s hard to argue with the name as Japanese brand SWAT promote their Hydrogen rich water, because there is evidence in abudance to support their claim. Without wanting to get too technical (those that do can visit Dr Whitaker for the chemistry lesson here) H2…
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The Grooming Station x Aveda Men
Scroll back a few years and you may recall a time when going to Toni & Guy was the equivalent of ‘grabbing a Costa’ and where hair straighteners were king. Those days – I’m very pleased to report – are far behind us, or at least that’s how it appears, as the art of barbering…
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Full Throttle Breakfast by Ferrari California T x Lord March
Lauded Italian sportscar marque, Ferrari, found a creative way to gear up for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed with a very special breakfast delivery for event founder, Lord March. This year’s Festival of Speed (June 23-26) the Prancing Horse will give the new Ferrari 488 Spider its UK debut, however on this occasion it was the Ferrari…
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Culinary Commune in Belgravia by Lawson Robb
This is a new breed of informal entertaining space, an eat-in kitchen elevated to a room for culinary theatre. This Belgravia home is for the man who hosts and knows his Yoshihiro from his swordsmith’s Nesmuk. The kitchen at this quintessential London address has been designed for hosting while cooking, for sharing while communing. The…
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The Movie You Will Never See: 100 YEARS by LOUIS XIII
LOUIS XIII Cognac has produced an original film starring actor John Malkovich, which envisions Earth one hundred years from now and will not be released until 2115 – yes you read that right, year 2115, that’s not a typo. Entitled ‘100 Years – The Movie You Will Never See’, the film was inspired by the century of…
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Garmence Wine Studio
A requisite in the household of any professional from the age of university upwards, wine has become as much a commodity to modern professionals as milk and bread. That said despite there being 1.6 million regular wine-drinking Londoner’s that understand what they like in terms of taste, for the main part there remains a steep…
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Idris Elba + Purdey’s present #THRIVEON
Multivitamin fruit drink Purdey’s recently launched a new partnership with modern day polymath Idris Elba to encourage people of all ages and from all walks of life, to escape the dreaded bowels of inertia and “Thrive On”. In a candid conversation, I spoke with Idris Elba about his involvement in the project, and just exactly…
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Mumm Grand Cordon x Formula E Paris
Formula 1 has long been considered the pinnacle of motorsports & racing, but with changes in regulation coupled with an increasing sense of environmental responsibility, it has become clear that the sport’s days in it’s current format are numbered. The rise in popularity – and more importantly usage – of electric cars, has prompted the…
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Volvo S90 Excellence: Redefining space
With many cars, most of the attention goes into the exterior design; how it looks to those passers by in motion and stationary when we gaze upon it parked in the drive. Which is important, after all it’s a key factor in why we choose one car over another. But what of the space we actually…
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Stay True with Jazzuelle & Move D
Ballantine’s whisky and Boiler Room collaborated once again to explore the notion of two small, but grandiose words – ‘stay true’. Art is the truest form of expression a human possesses and music is arguably our most accessible, so what better field of study than the gritty music undergrounds of our most house-hungry nations? In…