How Swatch hopes to recapture the MoonSwatch magic with new Blancpain collab September 5, 2023 The groundbreaking, plastic-fantastic, injection-moulded Swatch watch was a fashion-forward crutch for Switzerland’s ailing giants 40 years back. It bolstered household names like Omega, Longines, Rado, Tissot et al, all desperately consolidated by the late Nicholas Hayek following the devastation wrought in the Seventies by cheap, electronic quartz tech’ from East Asia. Ironically, at the hands [...]
Top London bars to drink organic wine September 5, 2023 September has been deemed Organic Month, so it seems only fitting to talk about the trend for organic wines. The idea of organic wine used to be met with suspicion – but those funky tasting bottles are thankfully a thing of the past. Now we have widely available, quality organic, biodynamic and natural wines, although [...]
Say bye to fake burgers: lab-grown meat will be the rising star of the food revolution September 5, 2023 The real deal with meat alternatives will be lab-grown meat. It could change the rules of the food game once it enters the UK market, writes Phoebe Arslanagic-Wakefield
Putin the boot in: Kremlin says there will be no new grain deal until West meets demands September 4, 2023 Vladimir Putin has said a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea will not be restored
Wild 1,360hp Lanzador concept previews Lamborghini’s first EV September 4, 2023 The electric Lamborghini Lanzador is a two-door, four-seat 'Ultra-GT' that blurs the boundary between an SUV and a supercar.
Emma Stone’s Poor Things receives eight-minute standing ovation for graphic sex scenes September 4, 2023 Emma Stone has received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival for her lead role in new Frankenstein-inspired film Poor Things. In Poor Things, Stone, most famous from films like the new Cruella movie and The Favourite, acts in a series of graphic sex scenes including one where she pleasures herself with fruit. [...]
Burning Man festival chaos as 73,000 festivalgoers stranded September 4, 2023 Tens of thousands of festivalgoers have been stranded at Burning Man festival deep in the Nevada desert after weather conditions worsened on site. Heavy rains have been falling which has caused the entire site to become a mud bath, meaning toilets cannot be cleaned and it is incredibly difficult to get around the site or [...]
Suzuki Jimny by Twisted review: Small and mighty September 4, 2023 Twisted Automotive has given the Suzuki Jimny 4x4 a powerful turbocharged boost. John Redfern gets behind the wheel.
Why Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan is your next adventure holiday destination September 4, 2023 After writing the first official guidebook, Sophie Ibbotson tells us why Karakalpakstan is the new destination adventure holiday seekers need to book ‘‘How can you write a guidebook about Karakalpakstan? There’s nothing for tourists here!” Those words will echo a long time in my ears, and they must rate amongst the last things a guidebook [...]
El Fuerte is proof that Marbella is now a luxury destination September 4, 2023 For decades the Costa del Sol has been a byword for Brits abroad. However, after years of hen and stag dos, accessible package holidays and cheap flights, it has reinvented itself as a contemporary getaway for the Insta-smart traveller. At the centre of it all is El Fuerte, a stunning property dating back to 1957, [...]