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Sammy Purcell
Bentley Motors this week achieved carbon neutral certification for its factory headquarters in Crewe, England, taking another step to becoming the world’s most sustainable luxury automotive manufacturer. Earlier this year, the UK’s largest solar car port, comprising 10,000 solar panels, was installed at Bentley’s factory site in Crewe. The installation has a capacity of 2.7MW…
The Scottish Borders has long been a favourite of ours – beautiful rolling hills, endless beaches, world-class fishing and epic driving – so we jumped at the offer of a weekend staying with local holiday specialists Crabtree & Crabtree. Feeling adventurous – and keen to make the most of the north east’s picturesque winding roads –…
On February 14th of each year, Valentine’s Day is celebrated across the world. Its origin lies in the Western Christian feast day honouring early saint’s named ‘Valentinus’. Valentine’s Day or Saint Valentine’s Day celebrates love and romance mainly between romantic partners. It is an important cultural and commercial celebration of romantic love famous in many…
Wine glass producer, Riedel, are celebrating the launch of their latest collection by hosting a sensory wine tasting in London later this month. The new Performance Range has already been described as a loudspeaker for fine wines and features a unique optical effect on the bowl of the glass. The new glassware range is not…
The way the ancient poet Hesiod tells it, Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, put it about a bit, ending up with no fewer than 50 daughters. One of them, Galene the Nereid, took it upon herself to be a soothing influence, the one who put a stop to all the quarrels that would…
England’s rural idyll has got a lot to answer for: the sweet promise of bucolia, of quaint English greens and rolling fields and sad shire horses dragging iron ploughs. Village fetes and maypoles, hay bales being slung at harvest time, damsels drinking cider from earthenware. Is it really such a paradise or just a big romanticised fib…
Nostradamus predicted that ‘Ibiza will be the Earth’s final refuge’, because apparently even a small thing like Armageddon can’t stop the fun. And if you’re looking for an escape from the real world, Ibiza has it all: sunset sundowners and disco sunrises, lairy bar crawls and every kind of nightclub. The communal fungasm on the…