Luxury

BBC journalist Maggie Philbin says crisis-driven thinking is breeding a generation of lost business opportunities (but technology could help to turn that around. The recession has made many British businesses depressed and inward-looking, and a leading journalist says short-term thinking is not only stifling recovery, but threatening to blight the prospects of the coming generation.Growth in the UK remains unlikely, with business confidence at its lowest level in 20 years, according to a recent survey by accountancy firm BDO.

This must surely have been the most glorious Goodwood Revival Ladies day ever. The sun blazed down on the biggest collection of classic cars, planes and motorbikes in the world, keenly admired by thousands of vintage fashion coiffed and attired revellers.This Revival hosted the most iconic cars of all time, a priceless collection of the greatest engines and car designs ever seen all in one place. Three Spitfires and two Hurricanes even buzzed overhead as we arrived, a unique and exceptional greeting.

Silver & Light Ian Ruhter takes his life and his savings on the roads of America.He converted a truck into a giant camera to photograph people and landscapes across the States.He employs an old wet plate photographic technique that is simply timeless. These are stunning unique images and each is created straight in the truck. True one off's.Beautiful.See a part of his journey in this video
SILVER & LIGHT from Ian Ruhter on Vimeo.

Professor Ian Stewart has just released his latest book 17 Equations That Changed The World with Profile Books.
Like all of his books it is simply superb. Take it as an engaging historical romp through all the amazing equations and what they have brought us and what they promise to bring in the future.
Or learn all the things that were missed in school and now seem so simple when he explains them with such clarity, enthusiasm and passion.

EXP 9 F all-wheel drive luxury Sport Utility Vehicle concept revealed at Geneva Motor Show.
Bentley is offering a vision of the future with a dramatic new Sport Utility Vehicle concept, EXP 9 F, at the Geneva International Salon d'Auto. The Company's designers and engineers have created a compelling new take on the Grand Touring Bentley, a vehicle that feels equally at home at an opera gala performance, on the sand dunes and the overtaking lane of the autobahn.

The New Bentley Continental V8 GT was launched in Berkeley Square on Thursday with International eXcellence in attendance. The event was organised with Boujis nightclub and featured the Bentley V8 surrounded by myriad flashing and spinning lights. Numerous bars filled the gaps in the HR Owen showroom with a live DJ downstairs and free flowing drinks.

When did you start mentoring and how does it work?
 

Many celebrities support the Sohana Research Fund, including Jason Isaacs, Gary Kemp and Phyllida Lloyd, Johhny Vaughan and DebRA president Michael Portillo who gathered for the Silver Butterfly Dinner at Altitude Black in the Millbank Tower earlier in the year.

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Bentley and David Linley have produced The Linley Limited Edition Continental Flying Spur and Yves de Contades went to interview all the designers.
 
Interview with David Linley:
 
YdC: Tell us about the collaboration with Bentley on the Limited Edition Continental Flying Spur?

There is a lot of talk in various newspapers about the Best Digital Cameras, claiming that they are for good amateurs or professionals when they are in fact point and click cameras.
There is nothing wrong with point and click cameras. In fact the technology and processing software has developed so much in the last decade that you could shoot both magazine editorial and for fine art purposes on an automatic camera and no one would be the wiser.