I am, as any of my friends (most of whom prefer to be called acquaintances) will readily admit, a doddering old fool which explains why my life is littered with so many arbitrary rules. Among these is the rule which states that if any flight is going to last more than four hours, I have…
Do you ever dream about having your own private island? Of course, I realise it’s a silly question for all but the bottom third of LUSSO readership – the rest of you, indeed, do have your own private islands, and maybe even two or three of them. But for those of you who read this…
As I’m writing this, I’m getting a little high. The Captain’s informed us we’re now out of San Francisco airspace, well soon be up at 37,000ft and that means New York is 5 hours away. The WiFi’s strong, the onboard entertainment is booted up and in about 570 words time, I’ll be kicking back to…
We all have them. Those nagging recollections, those guilty secrets, those faded memories that stubbornly remain afloat in the pool of time. They still make you cringe, they still make you wince and they still make you wish that you had heeded the Headmasters bellowed advice of, think boy, think! That ill-advised act of investigational…
For motor racing fans, there is no better event than the Goodwood Revival. It’s a fantastic weekend of racing, aircraft and nostalgia. It’s held at Goodwood circuit near Chichester on the south coast of England. LUSSO will of course be there. The Goodwood Revival came to life in the autumn of 1998 a dream come…
It’s no wonder HR Owen is such a successful dealership; not content with selling me two Lamborghinis and a Carrera GT in the last year and a half, more recently they decided I was a prime target for an even bigger fish. It was not long after I had taken delivery of the CGT when…
What do you get when you cross the most sublime driving experience with the best sailing materials? Regardless of what actually occurs there, the back of a Rolls-Royce Phantom has always been a sublime environment. From those deep, loving seats you could watch the world silently pass by, cocooned by double-glazed windows. I’ve been there,…
Homer Simpson, when told he must visit Canada, let’s out a particularly powerful ‘D’oh!’ and asks, ‘Why should we leave America, just to visit America Jr?’ Free health care and a ludicrously high standard of living aside, it’s hard to get excited about the Maple, on a cultural level. But there are some historical reasons…
When I first saw references to ‘Rapier’ and ‘Javelin’ with regards to the Olympics, I thought they referred to specific field and track events, not guided missiles. Yet plans were recently unveiled regarding the siting of a StarStreak SAM battery on a water-tower at Bow Quarter in East London. Incidentally, as the mainstream press constantly…
Gordon Bijelonic enters the room impressively, with what appears to be an entourage. Two well-dressed men, one impish and Danish, the other an imposing African-American, shake our hands and admire the Ebony Suite, which will serve as the setting for our interview. Gordon is already staying at the May Fair. LUSSO has just upgraded him…