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The All New Rolls-Royce Ghost
In my experience, the features that truly make a Rolls-Royce stand out are the hidden petit luxures that surround your experience of the car — they don’t shout, they whisper. Synonymous with the ethereal spirit like names given to the cars themselves, these features add to the mysterious legend, the fairy-tale that is Rolls-Royce. This…
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Niceties — gloved by Tom Daxon
Tumbling from the warm hills of the French Riviera to the aromatic region of Grasse, comes the award wining fragrance house Tom Daxon, with the launch of ‘gloved’. A stencil cut by the shadows cast by Tom’s mother, Dale, a chemist and the creative mastermind behind the Molton Brown brand, comes the new hand care…
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Trident by Triumph
For a motorcycle company with more than 100 years heritage, any change to the brand’s proposition sends shockwaves through the segment. So it is today with Triumph’s latest model — the Trident. Triumph’s history is punctuated with legends, from racing icons to their category defining bikes, but for this latest iteration the goals are… different.…
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Bamford Watch Department + Black Badger — Zenith El Primero Superconductor
We’re told time is money and that it flies, and whilst most of us have enjoyed a little more of the former than the latter of late, we’ve been questioning how to celebrate the return to the new future, until now. The genius of George Bamford, founder of Bamford Watch Department has launched the…
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DRIVEN — All new Honda e
Some concept cars you look at and think “Looks great, but it will never happen.” With the Honda e the dream pretty much made it unscathed from the conceptual artistic drawings to the public roads. You can wax lyrical about its visual design but there is much more to the Honda e than its Pixar…
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King of the Night — featuring Cullinan Black Badge
In what now seems a different Age, back in February Rolls-Royce followed up the unveiling of the latest Black Badge Edition in 2019 with a special photoshoot with photographer Mark Riccioni in Los Angeles. His subject? The Rolls-Royce Black Badge Cullinan, specially equipped with a highly bespoke Urban Photography Recreation Module, and juxtaposed with fellow…
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Niceties — Le Louvre Douzaine by Buly 1803
To look upon you would think that this cigarette pack-like box contained anything but the fine fragrant delights that await you within — that typifies the whimsical nature of Officine Universelle Buly. Open the “pack” and what greets you are twelve copper topped porcelain-like vials, each containing an alcohol-free water-based Parisian fragrant accord. While “La…
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Nike Flight — A whole new ball game
One of the greatest attributes of football is that the only thing you need to play the game is a round object. It doesn’t even have to be perfectly round, just round enough to roll, and soft enough to kick. That said, in the elite format of the game, the stakes are high. With the…
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ANDERSEN A2 — Aesthetically EV
The first surprise for me was that Andersen were in fact a British brand. Given the distinctly Danish sounding name and the purposely simple yet timelessly elegant Bang & Olufsen-esque aesthetic of the chargers, I had inwardly assumed that they were a Danish brand. I say my first surprise, as it was not the last…
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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…
