There are few places in London that whisper quiet grandeur quite like The Savoy. The Savoy Grill by Gordon Ramsay is all hushed lighting, polished brass and old-school charm, but slip into the private Wine Room and the atmosphere shifts. This glass-fronted chamber, lined with bottles that include Château Petrus and Romanée-Conti, feels like a secret kept for those who know where to look.
If you’ve ever met Dr Brendan Khong, you’ll know one thing immediately: his skin is immaculate. Glassy, poreless, somehow both glowing and calm at the same time. People want what he has. Unsurprisingly, he works hard for it. A rising name on London’s aesthetics scene, Dr Khong combines serious medical credentials with a meticulous approach to skincare that’s built around one principle: consistency.
Gary Birtwistle is a multiple Flat Track champion. He is the 2018, 2019 and 2020 UK Hooligan series champion, the 2019 European Hooligan series champion, and in 2022 and 2023, Gary won both the Pro Class DTRA British championship, and Twin class DTRA British championship. Not a bad resume.
Gary rides for Royal Enfield these days and is fighting as hard as ever.
As well as being a multiple championship-winning, professional Flat Track rider, he runs Dirt Craft.
In the pantheon of great luxury, time has always reigned supreme. Not the ticking sort measured by Rolex and Patek Philippe—though we admire both—but the elusive, emotional kind. A fleeting smile. A voice lost to silence. A moment you’d give anything to relive.
And now, astonishingly, you can. Watch the Alexis Ohanian video here.
A Hug That Changed Everything
Predictive damping, torque vectoring, regenerative braking and active aero might all sound well and good but what if you just want less of all that? What if you just want to reconnect with the outright physics of driving again? Enter the A110: a lightweight, mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports car that does away with all of the above.
The Maserati GT Trofeo Grand Entrance: Driving to a Summer Ball in Ultimate Style
In a world of adventure bikes screaming about their off-road prowess from the highest, most inaccessible mountain peak, the V-Strom 800RE sneaks up on you.
It’s surprisingly capable, unexpectedly effective, and more entertaining than it has any right to be.
The V-Strom 800RE’s punchline is the 776cc parallel-twin engine. It’s an absolute gem, delivering more low-down torque than you expect. It’s smooth, surprisingly punchy, and makes overtaking an absolute delight.
The English wine industry has seen remarkable growth in recent years. By 2024, there were over 1,000 vineyards in the UK, reflecting significant expansion. This growth is driven by increasing interest in locally sourced wines and the favourable growing conditions in regions like Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire. The total vineyard area in the UK has grown by 123% over the past decade.
Whisky often gets framed as a finished product. But with The Wave, Bladnoch invites us to witness whisky as a process, fluid, experimental, and deliberately unresolved. Led by Master Distiller Dr Nick Savage, each release explores one of Bladnoch’s five production pillars, such as spirit character, time, or cask influence, layered across time using a system of progressive marrying tuns.
“Welcome to the City of Dreams Mediterranean” was the greeting from the hotel doorman as he opened the gold-rimmed glass entrance ushering us into a grandiose, marbled and voluminous lobby; this type of glamour, style and pizazz is usually associated with cities like Dubai, Hong Kong or Miami, yet here we were on the eastern periphery of Limassol on the beautiful island of Cyprus.
