In one of Casino Royale’s heart-stopping moments, 007 reaches under the dashboard of his Aston Martin DBS for the defibrillator that can save his life after he’s been poisoned by a digitalis-spiked cocktail.
Unfortunately, neither the defibrillator nor, even more unfortunately Daniel Craig, come as standard on Aston Martin’s latest release, but the V12 engine, carbon-ceramic [...]
This month’s special feature has been a stroll in the park…literally.
With watches poised to move to British Summer Time, I’ve been checking out nature’s offerings in what some believe to be the site of the Greek mythological Garden of Hesperides – this beautiful island of Tenerife.
I have, at various times over the past two weeks, [...]
Jack’s been investigating Canarian cheeses and, as part of his research, invested in a whole goat’s cheese – not cheese made from a whole goat, just a whole circular block of goat’s cheese from Arico.
My initial mild concerns that this investment may prove to be wasteful were laid to rest when, after the first day’s [...]
Congratulations to Jurgen Koch, our Production & Art Director who, it seems, has been doing a little extra production work on the side which has resulted in the birth of his first child, Laura.
Jurgen and his partner Lucía, joked about the possibility of Laura arriving on the 29th February and as a result of all [...]
You’d think that after 4½ years of traversing this island from coast to peak that I’d have pretty much seen it all by now. After all, it’s hardly Australia size. And in terms of driving around the island, that’s probably true.
But when it comes to exploring on foot, there are still multitudinous places I have [...]