La Vie En Rose
Although their vast popularity is quite recent, rosé is probably the oldest known type of wine, as in early wine making (think Ancient Greece and Rome) both red and white wine grapes were often pressed soon after harvesting, with very little maceration time, creating a juice that was only lightly pigmented. In the 6th century […]
Lotus Exige Cup 430
Holy Moses! I remember long road trips with my family when I was a kid. To deal with the boredom, I used to play “Spot the Sports Car” with my dad. I was familiar with Mercedes, BMWs and Porsches, but one day I saw a white futuristic and sleek–looking beast of a car and my […]
Bentley Bentayga 2020 Edition
When I was a little boy, aged about four and a quarter, I drew a picture of “mummy in a truck”. My mother was so taken with the picture that she kept it. Although at the time I had no idea why I placed her in a truck, I now feel that I was being […]
The Pump of Curiosity
The Fermi paradox is one of the most puzzling problems in science. Could solar eclipses have anything to do with it? It took Enrico Fermi, a giant of 20th-century physics, just three words to brutally expose a troubling fact about the universe: where is everybody? Fermi’s question — generally referred to as the Fermi paradox […]
The New BMW Series 4 Coupé
Intelligent design made visible There is no question that the new BMW Series 4 Coupé is a design-led makeover of its predecessor resulting in a seriously sleek longer and wider version of one of the most accomplished mid-size coupés in the market. The first thing that you notice is the huge front grille, which is […]
Hidden Figures
In the midst of the racial tension currently filling our world with such conflict and turmoil, I found it a delightful coincidence to be asked to watch and review a film that shines a spotlight on black struggles, in turn allowing me to appreciate the efforts and difficulties that my people faced back some decades […]
New Royal Oak 34mm by Audemars Piguet
Chic Elegance It was Carmel Snow, the long serving editor-in-chief of the American edition of Harper’s Bazaar (otherwise known as Our Lady of Mount Carmel) that coined the famous quote: “Elegance is good taste, plus a dash of daring.” Although I am sure she did not have watches in mind when defining elegance in such […]
Alfie Bowen
Recognised as one of the most talented young wildlife photographers in the scene, Alfie Bowen’s art comes from the tenderness of his soul and the sharpness of his mind, which allow him to see and appreciate details that most of us would miss. Diagnosed with autism as a child, he was bullied and ostracised in […]
We’re f%*&ed!
Woeful and prophetic tales from the great recession of 1706. In the Bank of England’s May published monthly briefing, they announced that the current recession we face in the light of COVID-19 might be the largest since 1706. It will potentially be greater than the last financial crisis in 2008, the OPEC oil price shock […]
Cristina Mittermeier
Rewriting the manual for planet Earth This is the year of social distancing and remote living, in which we feel a global common purpose to beat a virus that is sweeping the world. Therefore conservation has become an afterthought as we concentrate on our own immediate survival. But, what happens in the aftermath? What lessons […]
