Pininfarina - Made in Italy

Pininfarina - Made in Italy

 
Until now I have never really considered myself a petrolhead, however I must admit that since purchasing my 'new' car, I am as they say 'in love'. The car in question? An Alfa Romeo GTV.
One must always ask the question when buying one of these fine automobiles, should I spend my money on something which is deemed so unreliable?

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Une Nuit a Paris - Pullman Paris La Defense Hotel

Une Nuit a Paris - Pullman Paris La Defense Hotel

 
Needless to say that one night in Paris is never enough, but one night is all that I had time for.
It started with a train journey, and I'm sure you've all sampled the delights of the Eurostar, but in case you've missed out during the last nine years, then I suggest you give it a try. It really is the only way to get to Paris - so very simple and easy, turn up at London St Pancras, settle yourself comfortably into your seat, and a meal and a few drinks later there you are in the centre of Paris.

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Loving Lauge Jensen Motorbikes

Loving Lauge Jensen Motorbikes

Yves de Contades hopped over to Denmark to take a look at the bespoke luxury designer bikes by Lauge Jensen.
A quick flight from London City Airport took me to Billund, Denmark, the home of Lego. Legoland was shut that day, however I was here to look at some beautifully engineered, chrome and gold motorbikes rather than the bestselling interlocking plastic bricks and their theme park.

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Brazil and the regionalisation of Latin America

Brazil and the regionalisation of Latin America

 
The process of the regionalisation of Latin America has clearly seen Brazil emerge as the dominant single nation in the region, with some 193 million of a total of 572 million population on the continent, contributing to 40% of the region's total GDP. This massive success is partly  due to the underlying power of the demographic expansion of Brazil, as well as the pragmatic nature of its people, and has taken place despite the less than optimal policies of the country's popular President from 2003-2010 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

I have always been fascinated by the relationship between the film industry and social mood not just in Hollywood, but indeed globally. At times film directors and producers show an uncanny ability to predict and anticipate themes and stories that will appeal to the public in future years when the film completes the transition from inception to completion. Often the way a film is received by the public acts as a data point to current public social values and moods at the time of release.

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Double Exhibition at Berlin-Based Helmut Newton Foundation

Double Exhibition at Berlin-Based Helmut Newton Foundation

 
On 31 October 2013 the double exhibition Helmut Newton: Paris-Berlin. Exhibition Grand Palais
2012 // Greg Gorman: Men will be opened at the Berlin-based Helmut Newton Foundation.
This retrospective exhibition had been shown at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2012; it was the first
comprehensive presentation of Newton’s work since his death in the French capital city where he lived
and worked since 1961 for two decades. The show includes more than 200 photographs in black &

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Stop the killing, stop the trade and stop the market - Dereck and Beverly Joubert receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at 2013 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival

Stop the killing, stop the trade and stop the market - Dereck and Beverly Joubert receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at 2013 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival

 
"Stop the killing, stop the trade and stop the market" is the conservation message from noted filmmakers and conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert on receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award at 2013 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
 
September 27, 2013. Los Angeles, CA — 

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Guildford-What’s in a name?

Guildford-What’s in a name?

 
Yellow Metal - Water Crossing.
Perhaps not the most prestigious sounding of names; it sounds as though it could belong to a township in America’s sun-drenched south west, perhaps home to the ancestors of those who arrived from all over, desperate to seek their fortune in the famous Gold Rush of the mid-19th century.

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