Luxury

As venues go one would be hard pressed to beat the surroundings of the 5-star May Fair Hotel in the heart of London’s West End just a stones throw from Bond Street and Piccadilly. This historic 406-room hotel located on Stratton Street was first opened in 1927 by King George V and Queen Mary in attendance. A plaque in the foyer records the event.
 

Yves de Contades Interviews Ian Stewart FRS
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
Digital Media Fellow
Mathematician, broadcaster, science writer, science fiction writer
Research Interests: Dynamical systems, bifurcation theory, pattern formation, biomathematics
IX - Where does your love of mathematics come from?
IS - I enjoyed maths at school. I had a wonderful maths teacher who
spent lots of his free time showing a few of us interesting maths outside the syllabus. I also read Martin Gardner's column in Scientific American regularly.

‘Masterpiece’ is a very apt title for arguably the most impressive exhibition following on in late June in the Royal Hospital Gardens from the Chelsea Flower Show; it now has its place in the ‘English Summer season’ as it has assumed the status of the former Grosvenor Fair.
 

Why Invest in Germany? To make money of course!
 
Last week I attended a Germany Trade & Invest GmbH (GTAI) event at the Victory & Services Club near Marble Arch. GTAI, the foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany, is I confess not a body that I’ve had that much familiarity with prior to meeting their representatives in London. What unfolded was nevertheless interesting and should interest British investors considering ploughing capital into Germany - especially the tech sector in Eastern Germany.
 

International eXcellence takes a look at Michael Brooks’ latest book “At The Edge of Uncertainty” out now.
Michael Brooks, who holds a PhD in quantum physics, is an author, journalist and broadcaster. He is a consultant at New Scientist, a magazine with over three quarters of a million readers worldwide,and writes  a weekly column for the New Statesman. He is the author of At The Edge of Uncertainty, The Secret Anarchy of Science and the bestselling non-fiction title 13 Things That Don't Make Sense.

Marking the first time in the history of the House of Rémy Martin’s for departing and new Cellar Masters to visit the UK side by side, a group of selected guests and members of the press were invited to 34 restaurant in London’s Mayfair this June to bid farewell to Pierrette Trichet, renowned former Cellar Master, and to celebrate the appointment of 33-year old Baptiste Loiseau, the House’s new Cellar Master.
 

Makes 16 Squares
200g butter
200g white chocolate
3 large eggs
300g caster sugar
200g plain flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
150g raspberries
1. Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180C/160 fan.
2. Line a 23cm square tin with a large piece of baking paper. (This will enable you to lift the blondes out of the tin easily.)
3. Roughly chop the chocolate.

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Daan Roosegaarde from Capetown has designed a dress that combines technology with social fashion.
A dress that becomes transparent when the wearer gets excited.
The idea itself is pretty exciting, though woe betide the man's feelings if the dress stays completely opaque.
"Darling, aren't you pleased to see me?".
"Yes, it's just I have my pacemaker turned down to keep the excitement from wearing the battery out!".

The new Micro 3D printer promises to retail at $349 and brings affordable precision 3D printing to your desktop.
How quickly technology now improves and falls in price! Last year these machines were $2000 minimum.
Just plug in the printer to your laptop and create pretty much any model you can think of. Boasting Micro Motion Technology for precision printing every time and funky consumer orientated colour schemes.
Design your next product, bring your great idea to life or simply amaze the children for fun.