Luxury

The fashion world has been moving towards a more ambiguous way of dressing, seen across the industry from Givenchy’s use of campaign images and Saint Laurent’s unisex collection, to the rise of transgender model Andrej Pejic.
This trend is now hitting the streets of the UK, according to research released today from the luxury retailer Harvey Nichols which reveals that almost half of all Britons regularly wear items of their partners clothing (48%).

Aston Martin Lagonda have announced the appointment of Andrew Palmer as their new Chief Executive Officer to lead the company in its next phase of technology and product creation.  Dr Palmer, 51, will join Aston Martin from Nissan Motor Corporation where he served as Chief Planning Officer. Palmer will assume operational responsibility for all aspects of the business.
 

The European mutual funds industry enjoyed overall net inflows of €38.1bn into long-term mutual funds for June 2014, which drove up the net inflows for the first half of 2014 to €244.1bn. The net inflows for June were driven mainly by flows into bond funds (+€19.2bn), followed by
mixed-asset funds (+€12.1bn) and equity products (+ €6.0bn). Also, property products (+€0.8bn) as well as alternative/hedge funds (+€0.5bn) saw net inflows, while commodity funds (-€0.001bn) and funds from the “other” peer group (-€0.5bn) faced outflows.

Breach of contract is a common issue experienced by those involved in international trade. Where a party fails to perform his obligations under a contract, what action can be taken by the injured party to secure fair compensation and how are these damages calculated? Alan Ma finds the answer to these questions with reference to two recent High Court cases.

 
The Goodwood Revival will mark 60 years of one of Formula 1’s most iconic machines, the Maserati 250F, with one of the largest ever on-track collections of the car at the September 12-14 event.
As many as 16 examples of the 250F will take part in the Richmond Trophy, which this year will feature 2.5-litre, front-engined grand prix cars of a kind that raced from 1954 to 1960. Among them is one of only two of the V12-engined versions of the machine ever built.
 

Simon West is the celebrated British director of big budget action movies such a Con Air, The Incredibles 2, The General's Daughter, Tomb Raider and The Mechanic amongst others. He has worked with a stellar cast of Hollywood actors, such as Bruce Willis, Angelina Jolie, Sylvestor Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Jason Statham and many more.

 
QuizTrail launches new treasure hunt style platform and app with exclusive History Trails from Dan Snow. Learn and discover more about your city and favourite places, win Prizes and get out and about with QuizTrail.

In today’s “celebrity culture”, images of famous people are inescapable, staring back at us from the covers of glossy magazines to the clothes we wear. In a country where there is no such concept as image rights, is it possible to run foul of the law when using famous faces to endorse your products? Alan Ma investigates with reference to a recent High Court case.

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.