April 2020

The SCG Boot is a modern high-performance homage to the Steve McQueen Baja Boot. It is an all-terrain platform capable of pre-running the Baja at speed, crawling through the rocks at Hammertown, and exploring the backcountry roads in between.
In 1969 the Baja Boot raced the Bronco in the Baja 1000. 50 years later, the new Glickenhaus Boot is racing the new Ford Bronco in the 2019 Baja 1000.
"If you could build anything in the world, what would you build?" - Andrea Pininfarina

Blink XT2 One Camera System
With the Blink XT2, you can now protect your entire home, inside and out, with customisable motion detection, night vision and live-view recording plus two-way audio, and extended battery life.
£99.99
blinkforhome.co.uk
GilletteLabs Heated Razor
This 100% waterproof razor features a stainless steel warming bar, adjustable temperature settings, a wireless docking station, and advanced blades for an incredibly close and comfortable shave.
£199
gillette.co.uk
Motiv Smart Ring

International Excellence Luxury Magazine have selected the finest spirits and blended them into supreme cocktails that should make Christmas a smooth and uplifting celebration.Midleton Very Rare Whiskey XXXVI Cocktail
(35ml MVR, 20ml burgundy Chablis syrup)
Vacuum pack the following ingredients and leave in the fridge to rest for 24 hours
1 x bottle of Chablis
2 x pealed pears
1 x stick of vanilla

It's said in some circles there's a little Greta Thurnberg lurking inside all of us. The Swedish teenage environmental activist’s campaigning efforts on climate change have certainly gained international recognition and column inches. But even in the bastions of capitalist enterprise things are changing and fast - including at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) - even if you might necessarily think so.

We took the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, for a blissful week of high speed luxury, and were pretty damned impressed...
This is the second-generation Panamera. The original car was introduced to us in 2010 and had a 6 year run until it’s replacement in 2017. 1st gen Panamera was certainly an acquired taste. Smooth and somewhat bulbous, it wasn’t often described as pretty.

One of Britain’s longest established institutions – granted a Royal Charter in 1327 - is still a vibrant, energetic and forward looking organisation today. It is the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, one of the core livery companies in the City of London.

A really relaxing and enjoyable stay in a hotel is not necessarily governed by the star rating. However, you can be assured when the hotel has five key elements in place: The staff members are welcoming and personable without being intrusive. When you wake up in the morning you know where you are; that is reflected in the room or suite by being individually furnished. The hotel is owned by a family or individual so it is not the boring, corporate standard product.

Midleton Very Rare Whiskey 2019 was launched at The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin by Master Distiller Brian Nation. This superb whiskey combines only hand-selected single pot still and single grain Irish whiskeys of exceptional quality and rarity, from the Midleton inventory. Each whiskey has been matured exclusively in lightly charred ex-bourbon American oak barrels for between 13 and 34 years. 2019 marks the oldest collection of casks used to create a Midleton Very Rare.
Brian Nation explains:

The next day started early on the balcony overlooking the sea, feeding the fishes and swimming amongst the resulting dense shoals that appeared, as if by magic. Again not a soul to be seen, just the infinite clear water stretching out in all directions, from this utterly private retreat.

The trampoline that hovers six feet above the sea takes some getting used to, but once in, is relaxing and peaceful, just the splash of the soft waves against the wooden pillars lulling you into a daytime reverie.

To spa or not to spa, that is the question. Now, Ludwig van Beethoven and Marie Curie might not automatically spring to mind as spa goers. Born almost 100 years apart, one of the most recognised and influential of all composers and the double Nobel Prize winner frequented spa towns in what is now modern day Czech Republic, though for very different reasons.