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Women’s watches with complications have hit the market October 28, 2014 A grande complication on a watch, generally speaking, used to be the preserve of those timepieces on the male side of the display cabinet. They allowed men to show off how much they knew about watches while indulging in a little horological one upmanship (this despite the fact I have never met a man who [...]
What should you wear this winter? The classic British tailors embracing modern branding October 28, 2014 Compared to the world’s superbrands, the majority of London’s tailors aren’t exactly household names. Savile Row outfits have always had the product, but they tend to lack the branding. Compare this to the big American and Italian designers, who took the Savile Row template, sexed it up a bit and created some of the biggest [...]
Car review: Porsche Cayman and Boxster GTS October 27, 2014 Welcome to driving Nirvana. This week we have a pair of cars that deliver total vehicular enlightenment; it doesn’t matter whether you opt for the convertible Porsche Boxster GTS or the hardtop Cayman GTS coupé, both are simply sublime. With those three letters (which stand for “Gran Turismo Sport”) Porsche has injected attitude into the [...]
48 Hours in… Sydney October 24, 2014 Where to Stay Shangri-la, the Asian luxury hotel group that currently occupies The Shard, also has a home in Sydney, with breathtaking views over the harbour. Head on up to New York-inspired Blu Bar to look out over the city at night. Shangri-la.com What to Do Become a Sydney connoisseur by hopping into Richard [...]
Reviving an Aussie institution on the Great Barrier Reef October 24, 2014 Backpackers heading to Australia aspire to conquer the three Rs; Reef, Rocks, and Rock. Admittedly, it gets a bit repetitive towards the end, but if you follow the three Rs you’ll get a basic understanding of the country’s vast and extreme landscape, namely the Great Barrier Reef, The Rocks in Sydney and Ayers Rock. But [...]
Gilles Peterson interview coming up in City A.M. Bespoke October 23, 2014 Legendary DJ Gilles Peterson caught up with City A.M. Bespoke magazine last week to talk about how the shifting face of the music industry has changed the way he works, how he fancies opening a restaurant and what it’s like to record a radio station for Grand Theft Auto. Peterson was promoting the launch of [...]
Cartier to launch Harrods watch pop-up October 23, 2014 If you’re a City gent looking to treat yourself or someone on the prowl for something extra special for the man in your life, head over to Harrods from 25 October to 19 November. Fine jeweller and watchmaker Cartier has announced a pop-up on the ground floor of the iconic department store dedicated to its [...]
Apple’s new Yosemite operating system: 6 things you need to know October 23, 2014 We take a look at some features in the newly launched Yosemite operating system, which Apple claims will “elevate the experience of using a Mac”. 1. The Marriage of devices Devices running Yosemite and Apple’s mobile iOS are now able to have constant conversations; edit a photo on one iCloud device and the updates will take [...]
Review: iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 October 23, 2014 iPad Air 2: ★★★★★From £399 for 16GB wi-fi onlyiPad Mini 3: ★★★☆☆From £319 for 16GB wi-fi only Apple products are like buses, if buses were only 6.1mm thick, featured the kind of technology people could only dream of a decade ago and came in gold. Wait, no, they’re like buses because you wait ages for [...]
Twin Peaks to return in 2016: Great TV shows that didn’t deserve to be cancelled October 20, 2014 Twin Peaks is set to return in 2016, 25 years after it was cruelly cancelled by studio executives. At its peak, it was among the most cutting edge, avant garde pieces of television ever made, and it paved the way for the kind of quality drama we now take for granted. Its central tenet was [...]