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Daniel Sharp
The booming market for luxury experiential travel is opening an ocean of possibilities to adventurers wanting to experience life-changing sea voyages in the lap of luxury. Picture the solitude of Paradise Bay, Antarctica, where the silence is broken only by pack ice groaning; or the eerie environs of Scott’s Hut on Cape Evans, where the…
To celebrate their 40th anniversary, legendary luxury boutique hotel, Blakes, has partnered with Portobello Road Gin to create a special edition bespoke gin that will be served exclusively at the hotel from now. Located in the heart of Kensington, the hotel’s secret courtyard, designed by Matthew Williamson, will be transforming into a gin garden to…
Seeing into the future helps when you’re making time move smoother for everybody. All round luxury tinkerer, George Bamford, launching the world’s first company to offer fully customised steel sports watches a decade back, obviously could see a massive potential market. His brand, Bamford Watch Department, has earnt a reputation within the timepiece fraternity as…
In a few months, the temperature in Jukkasjärvi (pronounced… ‘Jukkasjärvi’ in urr… Swedish) will rise, and the 27th version of the world-famous ICEHOTEL, 200km North of the arctic circle in Sweden will melt. Mother Earth once again ruining the fun for everyone. Not so fast! This year, for the first time, they built a solar-powered,…
“The Superman” is a labour of love project for filmmakers Jack Pirie & Alex Hylands-White, made in collaboration with underwater photographers The Ocean Brothers and Bamford Watch Department. The short film follows diver Francisco Del Rosario, who lives on the remote island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands. Previously featured watch customiser and founder…
Texas. No country for old men. A place where everything that does live will cut you, stick in you or try to eat you. Zig-zagging through one of the toughest terrains in the Northern Hemisphere, whilst avoiding any feral hogs, might not seem like the most obvious place for a Rolls Royce Phantom. Well, it…
Patek Philippe are known for being one of the oldest watchmakers, but also one of the last family-owned. At last year’s Basel watch fair, Patek focused heavily on their 175th anniversary, this year – they begin their work towards their 200th year. They launched three new timepieces at the show and we thought you needed to see them…
The new Ducati 1299 Panigale and Panigale S have arrived in the country. The 206hp, 167kg rocket has been distributed to customers and dealers, so they should now have their demonstrators available for potential customers. Both versions include the high tech Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU, Riding Modes (Race, Sport and Wet), Cornering ABS, Ducati Traction…
Everyone’s favourite private jet, the Gulfstream G650ER recently set two huge world records, whilst circumnavigating the globe – only stopping once. The G650ER took off from White Plains, New York, with three passengers and four crew members on board, then flew nearly 8,000 miles eastbound to Beijing at an average speed of 662 miles per hour (mach 0.87) completing the…
You want a bona fide luxury set of wheels. But you hate rear doors. However, you’re obliged to pretend you might take some people in back at some point. After the Astons and the Bentley GTs and the Merc SL 500s, the next step up in the sublime coupe world is Rolls Royce’s Wraith. Enter…
