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I’m in the mood for English countryside. It’s a lucky coincidence that the Cotswold-based Manor House Hotel has just been awarded five black stars in the AA Hotel ratings. Time to dust off the tweed flat cap and get up to some clodhopping capers in a rather splendid rural retreat. On the southern edge of…
We bring you Camper & Nicholsons J Class-inspired 80-foot specimen of ocean-going deliciousness. It’s worth getting yourself to Monaco for (as if you ever needed an excuse). The oldest leisure marine company in the world, British-based yachting firm C&N knows a thing or two about majestic vessels. Founded in 1782, they were learning the boat-building ropes when Napoleon was…
Be sure to bring your A-game. Failing that, a lot of spare golf balls. Threatened by rising sea levels, the entire island nation of the Maldives may be doomed to a watery grave unless it transforms itself into floating developments and man-made islands. Might as well build a floating golf course as its centrepiece, then. The…
First footage of the Mercedes GLA Concept: it’s compact, it’s sporty and it’s one tough cookie. It’s also your very own cinema-on-the-loose. The new Concept GLA is gearing up to strut its stuff at the Shanghai Motorshow this weekend. Built from the same architecture as the spangly new A-Class (as do Benz’ B and CLA classes), it’s…
Peer back through the mists of Scottish folklore and whisky has always been an integral part of Gaelic life, a tradable by-product of monasteries and farms. Medicinal ‘aqua vitae’. Then disgruntled English gin-drinkers imposed their levy’s in the early 1700’s, and suddenly illicit distilling was all the rage; tartan-clad moonshiners with undercover ways and means. When armies of…
Shhhhh.. listen. Do you hear it? It’s the sound of a million sharp intakes of breath as the nation sets eyes on the rarest collection of Ferrari’s to be gathered at auction in the last 30 years. The 16-car Ferrari haul is part of a forthcoming sale taking place at the Villa d’Este; a frescoed…
Picture the scene: the Eifel mountains of western Germany, a wild land of volcanic peaks and crater-lakes. Shrouded within these dark forests looms the Nürburgring, one of the most dangerous race tracks in the world. Known to petrol heads as The Green Hell, this 25-kilometre, blind-cornered endurance test of man and machine will become proving ground for…
Introducing the Fortress, the world’s safest luxury safe. That’s no mean feat. Ever felt like your vault lacks a certain.. je ne sais quoi? Safe manufacturers Döttling have addressed this perennial problem by creating the Fortress, a leather-clad lesson in fortification complete with in-built humidor and precision watch winders – leaving villains feeling simultaneously perplexed and a touch inferior,…
Like anyone in the public eye, the Queen’s clothes are discussed extensively in the media… though usually just to the tune of “Oh, she’s gone for a purple one this time” or “Yup, pearls again” In honour of the 60th Anniversary of dear old Queenie’s rein, however, she will be fully embracing the scene and…
Mercedes have finally released all the juicy gossip (big, angry, epic news) on their brand spanking new G63 AMG 6×6. With 544 horsepower and a 6×6 drive thanks to a twin-turbocharged 5.5 litre V8, a low-range ratio, and a seven-speed gearbox, it’s impossible to not be impressed. We’d happily live in this beast of a…