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There
is an oft touted theory with claret that the right bank
wines from Saint Emilion and Pomerol are softer and
more approachable in their youth than the serious minded,
cabernet sauvingnon-dominated left bank wines of Margaux,
Pauillac, et al. Whilst there might be some truth to this
generalisation, like most sweeping statements it is easily
contradicted...click here for
more
It was once said of Ferrari that the engine was what
you actually paid for; the rest of the car was thrown in for
free. A similar vein of thought may be applied to the
watchmaker Zenith, whose El Primero movement could be
compared to a high revving Ferrari V12, such is the level of
its technical excellence...
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Homologation.
It sounds like a rather boring, bureaucratic word. Something
beloved of paper-shuffling European Union officials in
Brussels, perhaps. To a car enthusiast, though, it has
completely different associations; it hints at limited
edition versions of cars designed principally for use in
motorsport, like the BMW M3,...click here for more
This is classic design in its truest sense. Patented
originally in 1932 by George Carwardine, whilst attempting
to develop a new kind of spring in his spare time, the
anglepoise lamp was then licensed to Herbert Terry and Sons
of Redditch, the company that would continue to produce
anglepoise lamps to this day. Carwardine had realised that
the springs he had developed could be applied perfectly to a
‘limbed’ lamp which allowed for the user to position it in
any direction and for it to remain in that position until
moved again...click
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