Fishing with dolphins
Yves de Contades took a luxury tour of the Sultanate of Oman and went fishing with dolphins.

Yves de Contades interviews:David Murrin a leading market analyst and fund manager who lectures widely on financial markets and appears regularly as a keynote speaker on CNBC, at international conferences and on company boards and is the author of Breaking the Code of History
 
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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.

Yves de Contades interviewed Mr Lahcen Haddad, the Moroccan Tourist Minister and he has many fascinating things to say about the new developments and changes in that stunning country.
Morocco has a superb balance of the old and the new. They are embracing new technological advances whilst retaining their best traditions. The aim is to create a country that remains unspoilt and build a lasting tourist industry with a focus on luxury and sutainability.

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.

The 2012 edition of Panerai British Classic Week, an annual highlight of the global regatta calendar, saw a record entry of 83 yachts. Following a week a celebration and exciting competition, Jap claimed the regatta's prestigious Panerai British Classic Week Racing Trophy and a beautiful Officine Panerai timepiece. Held annually in Cowes, the historic home of British yachting, the event has been sponsored for the past three years by high-end watch brand Panerai and forms part of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge global regatta circuit.

Yves de Contades flew over to San Antonio to see why it attracts 26 million visitors a year, Yeehaa. San Antonio is a vibrant modern city that fuses the old West, Mexico and modern American hospitality perfectly. Forget everything you think you know, this is one modern, art strewn, historically rich, musical, foodfest of a city.

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.