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Richard Mille’s revamped flagship Geneva boutique has returned bigger and even chromier. To honour the store’s re-opening the Swiss watchmaker has created a limited edition run of 15 handsome timepieces, each one encased in its own winding box designed with Geneva’s cityscape outline. As we’ve come to expect from the high performance watch brand,…
When you’re pummeling the opposition in the face, all in the service of saving the world, do so with ultimate punctuality. When George Bamford set his sights on his latest concept, he had one thing in mind: to create a series of watches special enough to pay homage to the world’s deadliest troops, the Commandos;…
Next time your beloved tells you to get on your bike and finally put up those box shelves for the nursery, you can indulge in the ultimate visual pun. Let’s face it, few moments are more emasculating than having to ask another man to assemble your wardrobe, but finally it’s OK to accept DIY…
JD and Oak – the perfect mix. At least it is when the wood in question has been in the form of one very special Jack Daniel’s barrel. Not just any barrel of Jack Daniel’s is granted the status of Single Barrel. Every so often, the Jack Daniel’s Master Tasting Panel discover a barrel of…
This is one empty bottle of booze that you’ll need to keep from your bleary-eyed partner when they go to do the recycling, the morning after. Proving once and for all that tequila does, in fact, make us happy, Patrón Tequila has teamed up with historic crystal makers, Lalique, to produce Patrón en Lalique: Serie…
With family festivities approaching, you’d be wise to bring some ammunition with you to impress the in-laws. Perfect timing because Lusso is offering you the chance to win a bottle of The Macallan Rare Cask, an appropriately complex whisky with a level of clout that will sway the most stiff necked of fathers-in-law. Just as the name implies, Rare Cask isn’t your everyday single malt. Crafted from…
Cosy tavern, gin parlour and salon styled in the period when Phileas Fogg set off around the world, the new cocktail bar from Inception Group brings their famously eccentric touch to London’s Covent Garden. Sister venue to the award-winning Mr Fogg’s Residence in Mayfair, Mr Fogg’s Tavern is the latest quirky bar to come from Charlie Gilkes and…
Raphus cucullatus is no more. He has ceased to be. Bereft of life he rests in peace. In fact, one of his kind, better known to you and me as the dodo, isn’t resting. He’s nailed to his perch at South London’s Horniman Museum, a quaintly bizarre tourist attraction that serves as a superannuated version…
Sometimes, you need a massage. Just a good, muscle-untwisting massage. So what do you do. Book yourself into a spa? One of those dimly-lit, incense-infused ones with the unisex slippers, cucumber facials and Enya music? But what if you don’t want to bump into your mates with your professionally smooth, shiny forehead? Most guys would rather avoid all…
Seriously aggressive super-vehicles and the most sublime luxuries collide when two ultra-competitive men take to the road. Road Rivals will be ‘Go’ on your TV screens tonight, 9pm on the Travel Channel and there can only be one winner… Or can there? We think it only fair to open up the competition to our discerning readers – which…