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When I stood on the first tee at Basingstoke Golf Club, I realised that I’m not just about to play a round of golf, far from it in fact. I’m actually about to club my way into the next chapter of a century-old North Hampshire story. The green rolls gently upland, the fairways stretch out like ribbons of green velvet and somewhere behind the tee box, the low hum of conversation drifts from the clubhouse terrace, where I hope the promise of lunch and a few boasts (or laughs) at my performance awaits.

If you are one of the many regular readers of International Excellence Magazine, you will already know that Goodwood Revival is one of my happiest annual fixtures: my spiritual tune-up for all things style, speed, and slightly obsessive attention to detail.

Ferrari Roma Spider: Arrival in a Medieval Dream

Moseralm Hotel Welcome: Fairy Tales, Franciacorta Bubbles, and the Finest Pine

“A chalet straight out of ‘The Sound Of Music’.”

The Dolomites are a fantasy rendered in limestone and snow, rising like the set of a couture film directed by angels with impeccable taste. Peaks jagged yet graceful, valleys cascading with wildflowers or winter’s pristine white, and somewhere amidst this Alpine perfection sits the Moseralm Hotel, a Tyrolean chalet that feels as though it has been plucked straight from a storybook.

A Wild Lust Tour Begins: Lexus NX 450+ Takumi

There are a few occasional truths in the car world. Porsches will always be quicker than they look, Land Rovers will find a way to go wrong at the most inconvenient moment and if you want the world’s best luxury saloon, you buy a Mercedes-Benz S-Class. It has been that way for half a century, almost without interruption. 

There are few things that mark the height of the British summer season quite like the Royal Charity Polo Cup at Guards Polo Club – particularly when HRH The Prince of Wales is playing a few lively chukkas and Audi is co-sponsoring the affair. And as someone whose heart (and garage) has long belonged to Audi, it was rather a full-circle moment.

From Walnut Veneer to Climate Control: My Audi Love Story

Held from the 10th to the 13th of July, this year’s fantastic event was built around a single, stirring theme: The Winning Formula – Champions & Challengers. A salute not only to the past 75 years of Formula 1 but to the daring spirit that unites motorsport legends with up-and-coming, next-gen challengers.