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finessed — modern artistry
In this, the digital age, the concept of antiquity feels almost mythical. This great era of information has brought about untold benefits – namely, an ability to collect, compile and archive all human endeavour with robotic accuracy. Since the turn of the century, our ability (not to mention proclivity) to consume and catalogue information –…
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Spirio R — Steinway & Sons
It was 1857 when bespoke grand piano makers Steinway & Sons registered their first patent; since then over 139 patents have been filed and the innovation still continues. The embodiment of this is SPIRIO. Launched by Steinway & Sons in 2015 this technology captures and recreates the unique playing techniques of world renown pianists to…
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Manors
Golfing unlike many other sporting ventures isn’t deemed the most sartorially wealthy. Despite the green jacket affair it has failed to get off the ground and manifest a truly stylistic infrastructure. But maybe times are changing. Enter Manors. The most complete golfing attire in recent time. Made in England their apparel communicates a sense…
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Redbreast — One for the Birds
The tradition of keeping the bottle is a marvellous exercise. Any act of converting the disposable into a trinket or keepsake has to be considered worthy. If cracking open a bottle of something special is a way of marking an occasion – the birth of a child, the union of marriage, a graduation – then…
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Gifts of Note — Maison Perrier-Jouët
There is an ever-burgeoning push towards greener attitudes in regards to our production, consumption and our appreciation for nature itself. Ostensibly the latter isn’t as consequential as the former two; after all, what is aesthetic compared to annihilation? Well, in this case, the two sentiments are inexorably linked. MAISON PERRIER-JOUËT has a storied history of highlighting…
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Oxley | GIN–GIN
Gin is a fickle spirit. The naturally tart flavour profile makes it something of an acquired taste. Its placement in popular culture – a characteristic that has a larger effect on desirability than you’d think – is also incredibly mercurial. Are you Bond when you order a gin, brooding with enigmatic elegance and rolling a…
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DRIVEN — The New Rolls-Royce Ghost
It was an early start — early for me at least — as a Rolls-Royce Cullinan pulled up outside my house. It was morning apparently, but the sky was yet to be notified as the carriage of the Cullinan glowed mysteriously in the fading darkness. My destination? Goodwood; the home of Rolls-Royce and venue for the…
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Hail Mary
Our relationship with alcohol can be… complicated. We drink to toast a celebration; we drink to commiserate a loss; we drink to the past, present and future; we drink to forget and we drink to regret. Sometimes we just drink – for no other reason besides the fact that it’s there, omnipotent, and the done…
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Maserati MMXX — A New Era
At a time where things seem anything but straightforward, Maserati have set themselves no mean task; to launch thirteen new models by 2024. When you take into account the brand has seven models currently on sale (eight including the new Maserati MC20) that is very ambitious indeed. When you delve deeper and learn that these…
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Dictador + Royal Tokaji – A Tale of Two Masters
With extra special expressions of a spirit, the focus will often be on the mastermind behind it; or, in the case of premium rums, simply, the master. Flourishes within the alchemical process – those that are unquantifiable and ultimately impossible to replicate – are down to the man or woman in charge. They call it…
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Niceties — L’Homme à la Rose by Maison Francis Kurkdjian
When you think of a rose what comes to mind? For most it’s a delicate concentric flower composed of a symphonic overlapping array of petals. Subtly fragrant when brought to the nose, its colour to the eye is visually reflective of its namesake. And while that is for the main what typifies what we know…
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Sirens FC x Out of Office
The past few months have caused a welcome disruption to societies norms and re-evaluated the role that education has to play when looking to remove racial bias and create a level playing field in the world. This in turn serves as a great foundation to further allow already existing organisations to add weight to grass…
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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…
