INSIGHTS
Voutilainen’s Calibre 28 is one of the few modern independent‑watchmaking movements to remain in production for more than fifteen years. The maison closed the order book for the calibre at the end of 2025, ending its fifteen‑year production run....
The Lamborghini Miura P400 began as an after-hours project inside Sant’Agata, developed by engineers who wanted to test whether a mid-engined layout could work in a road car....
For Ali Banisadr, every painting begins as sound. Colour, form and image are shaped by what he hears, a form of synaesthesia that was already present by the time he was three, when the Islamic Revolution of 1979 transformed Iran, and the world around him became a barrage of noise: the wail of sirens, distant explosions, shattering windows, vibrations moving through the walls of the family home....
SCOTTISH ICONS
The Macallan 1926 Cask #263 yielded just forty bottles in 1986. Several have been destroyed—one lost in Japan’s 2011 earthquake, others consumed by collectors who prioritised drinking over investment. Each loss tightens the stranglehold on supply....
BRITISH MASTERS
In 2014, The Royal Mint launched its Lunar Series with the Year of the Horse. Now, twelve years later, the Horse returns to begin a new cycle. The first twelve-year journey through the Chinese zodiac concluded with the 2025 Snake....
When Charles Dickens died in 1870, he was one of the most famous writers in the English-speaking world. His novels had been read by millions, issued in monthly parts, adapted for the stage and discussed far beyond the literary establishment....
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