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A sul, ‘Loco-motion’!

A sul, ‘Loco-motion’!

Sarah Ahmed é uma reputada jornalista e crítica de vinhos britânica, especializada em vinhos portugueses e australianos, no blogue "The Wine Detective". Foi com enorme comoção (diria até 'Locomotion') que, na última Prowein, Kylie Minogue ‘herself’ apareceu para lançar o seu espumante rosé sem álcool. Desde o lançamento da marca homónima em 2020, a diminuta estrela pop vendeu não poucas oito milhões de garrafas de vinho, incluindo o Prosecco Rosé que é tão somente a marca número um em vendas no Reino Unido. Vinte anos atrás, outra estrela pop e fã de rosé – Sir Cliff Richard – deu a conhecer aos supermercados britânicos os vinhos de celebridades (bem como à sua legião de fãs leais ao vinho português). Sir Cliff construiu a então primeira adega de última geração do Algarve em…

Azores Wine A empreitada de enaltecer o Pico continua Company

Azores Wine A empreitada de enaltecer o Pico continua Company

Para ver e ouvir “Nunca provei nada assim, é um vinho que me transtorna. Sem dúvida, é o melhor vinho que já fiz, um grande vinho em qualquer ponto do planeta”. Sem meias palavras, António Maçanita parece um criador ultrapassado pela dimensão da própria obra. Vinha dos Ultras 2019 tem por base uma vinha antiga da Criação Velha, na quase totalidade Arinto dos Açores, primeira linha de mar. São 1.166 garrafas de um vinho efetivamente notável na ainda curta mas bem vibrante história da Azores Wine Company (AWC). Não é exagero dizermos que existe um antes e um depois da AWC nos vinhos do Pico. Em 2010, quando iniciou os primeiros ensaios com a casta Terrantez, ainda sob a insígnia Fita Preta, António Maçanita apercebeu-se do efetivo potencial da ilha. Atirou-se aos livros,…

Herdade da Calada O ALENTEJO SEGURO

A Herdade da Calada tem acompanhado a história recente dos vinhos do Alentejo com passo seguro. A propriedade remonta a 1854 e os primeiros proprietários foram os descendentes do Duque de Lencastre. Atravessa todo o séc. XX, passando por melhoramentos e diferentes donos. Mas é na viragem do último milénio que começa a produção de vinho como a conhecemos. É construída a adega e os vinhos são assinados por Paulo Laureano, referência na enologia nacional. Depois, em 2007, a herdade é comprada pelo casal Penauille, Jean-Claude e Maria - ele francês, ela portuguesa. É também nesse ano que a enologia passa para Eduardo Cardeal. Maria Penauille, ou simplesmente D. Maria, recebe-nos e acompanha-nos na visita. Gosta do campo e da sua herdade. “Não é o Chateau de Versailles, mas é uma…

Herdade da Calada O ALENTEJO SEGURO
HYUNDAI IONIQ

HYUNDAI IONIQ

En venant renforcer le segment de la berline hybride inauguré par Toyota avec la Prius, Hyundai a joué une carte avant-gardiste avec un modèle sans moteur diesel ni purement thermique. Sur la totalité des Ioniq vendues en France, la moitié des exemplaires sont des hybrides, les deux autres technologies se répartissant à parts quasi égales le reste des immatriculations. Sur la route, en fonction de la motorisation choisie, les prestations dynamiques de la coréenne vont d’assez bonnes à bonnes, avec des suspensions fermes. Jamais pataude, l’Ioniq fait parfois ressentir son poids, tout comme les trépidations de ses suspensions sur les inégalités franchies à petite allure. Équipée d’une boîte de vitesses robotisée à double embrayage plutôt qu’à variateur, elle accélère progressivement sans monter exagérément dans les tours. À bord, l’espace est…

Que Alentejo?

José João Santos, diretor de conteúdos da EV-Essência do Vinho, tem a paixão da escrita, da reportagem, da formação e da prova. É ainda autor do podcast "Vinho, Palavra a Palavra". Qual lanterna que vai à frente, desde os anos 80 do século passado que o Alentejo tem iluminado muitas outras regiões do país, com tudo o que de bom e de menos positivo isso possa ter implicado. Generalizando, e todos sabemos que as generalizações são questionáveis, o Alentejo trouxe contemporaneidade aos vinhos portugueses sob diferentes prismas. Os vinhos de fruta evidente e prontidão de consumo, os vinhos com perceção de barrica mas preservação de fruta, os vinhos de apelo imediato e de conquista de novos públicos, os vinhos de combinação de castas portuguesas e internacionais foram dados a conhecer ao consumidor…

Que Alentejo?
Inner Circle

Inner Circle

Cultural buildings are often works of art in their own right, and the new addition to the National Centre for Art, Crafts and Design (CNAD) in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, is no exception. Not only does its colourful mosaic make for a pointillism-like composition, it also doubles as a reflection of the strong collective effort behind the project, which ultimately engaged everyone from metalworkers to music composers. Back in 1977, renowned artist Manuel Figueira co-founded CNAD’s predecessor institution as a place to study, preserve and celebrate the ancestral handicrafts of his homeland: a 10-island (and five-islet) archipelago off the West African coast that had gained independence from Portugal just two years earlier. The National Craft Centre — which later evolved into CNAD — operated out of a historic colonial house in Mindelo,…

Les rayonnantes!

Les rayonnantes!

Fin octobre, exceptée la Gas Gas qui se fait attendre, toutes les 250 quatre-temps cross des parcs presse sont disponibles. Cette cylindrée est particulièrement prisée. C’est donc en toute logique que nous avons mis en place l’incontournable match annuel. L’achat d’une moto neuve n’est peutêtre pas votre priorité du moment, mais savoir comment se comportent les nouveautés ne laisse jamais indifférent, pas vrai? Nouveautés, c’est un bien grand mot car sur les six motos testées, sur le papier, seulement deux ont sérieusement évolué. Vous n’avez pas pu rater l’arrivée de la nouvelle Kawasaki, une 250 KX particulièrement enthousiasmante lors de la prise de contact du mois dernier. Cadre, moteur… les changements sont radicaux. Pas de doute, c’est du tout neuf! Avec de sérieuses retouches moteur (culasse, arbre à cames, admission,…

ROPA PARA CICLISTAS VIAJEROS

Ligero, versátil y cómodo, los “bueno, bonito y barato” del armario cicloturista. EL sol empieza a pegar sobre mi tienda de campaña y abro el ojo: empieza otro día de ruta. Estaré dos semanas viajando con mi bici. Rápidamente, me cambio la camiseta que he usado para dormir por una de manga corta de lana de merino, me pongo el culote y encima unos pantalones cortos flexibles, de montaña, y me calzo mis sandalias. Es la hora de cocinar el desayuno. Mientras lo preparo, saludo al viajero que ha acampado en la parcela colindante. Nuestra ruta es parecida, pero su estilo es bastante diferente: va vestido de ciclista profesional de la cabeza a los pies: maillot, culote y zapatillas rígidas con calas. Reconozco que posiblemente vaya más cómodo mientras pedalea, pero le veo…

ROPA PARA CICLISTAS VIAJEROS

10 OF THE BEST Wide-aperture reportage lenses from £375

A genre that has been around for over a century, reportage is the act of capturing ‘happenings’ as they unfold in front of you. Because it’s a way to tell a story, those who are in the know love lenses that offer context to the shot, so you’ll see plenty of 35mm and 50mm optics pop up on our list – staples of greats such as Robert Capa and Sir Don McCullin. Photographers who trade in this style, such as photojournalists, wedding photographers and even documentarians will also often favour prime glass that gives a good mix of sharpness, discretion and wide apertures to deal with any potential dark and dingy locations. These are our ten favourite reportage optics. RF 50mm f/1.2L USM £2329 THIS 50MM IS DESIGNED FOR Canon’s EOS R mirrorless…

10 OF THE BEST Wide-aperture reportage lenses from £375
Maxwell’s PLUM

Maxwell’s PLUM

Can scandal be hereditary? Ghislaine Maxwell’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein made her a household name, but her ongoing legal woes didn’t mark the first time her family had endured the glare of the spotlight. When Ghislaine’s father Robert Maxwell died in 1991, the official cause of death was a heart attack—but not everyone was convinced. Rumors swirled that the larger-than-life newspaper baron, whose body had been found near the Canary Islands (he was presumed to have fallen off his yacht), had committed suicide in the face of financial ruin or been assassinated by some shadowy intelligence agency. And was it really any wonder? Throughout his life, Maxwell worked tirelessly to obscure the truth about himself. He changed his name, denied his religion, and played shell games with vast fortunes, all in an…

LAS PRIMERAS DE BERNABÉ

EL malagueño Bernabé Fernández fue uno de los primeros talentos adolescentes de la deportiva, destacando desde que se inició en El Chorro hacia 1986, con 12 años. Su trayectoria está ligada a sus propias creaciones, siempre buscando la superación y con propuestas de grado arriesgadas que en ocasiones fueron decotadas. Muy aislado en sus zonas, raramente salía a probar vías duras fuera de Andalucía, un hecho que sirvió de argumento para considerar sus propuestas poco contrastadas y por tanto poco fiables. Rescatamos esta respuesta que dio en una entrevista publicada en la revista Escalar nº 5 (1998) posterior a su polémica Orujo (propuesta de 9a+) que pensamos resume su filosofía: “Lo único que sé es que yo equipo las líneas que veo bonitas y quiero hacer, y ya está. Procuro…

LAS PRIMERAS DE BERNABÉ

Hotspots idílicos PARAÍSOS DELI

ES CALÓ ( FORMENTERA ) CASA PACHA En la última apertura hotelera de la isla, la panorámica es cristalina, el ritmo es pausado y la cocina rinde homenaje a la tradición pitiusa. Sentirás que te han abierto la puerta del paraíso. Camí es Arenals, km 11, tel. 871 00 51 01. Precio medio: 70 €. BARCELONA SALVAJE Después de arrasar en Miami, Madrid, Bogotá y Panamá, el rompedor concepto Salvaje llega a la Ciudad Condal dispuesto a revolucionarla con sus exóticos shows en directo, platos de cocina fusión y cócteles cargados de emoción. Enric Granados, 86, tel. 932 37 69 53. Precio medio: 60 €. JáVEA CHOLA GASTRO En un ambiente con personalidad viajera, las hermanas Gavilánez mezclan sus raíces latinas con su espíritu de chicas trotamundos. Para ello utilizan la mejor materia prima local, y por eso su causa…

Hotspots idílicos PARAÍSOS DELI
10 TOP TIPS… TO NAIL THE LONG RUN

10 TOP TIPS… TO NAIL THE LONG RUN

01 FIND THE RIGHT RIDES High-mileage shoes are ideal for long runs, being soft enough to dampen the stress of pavement but still firm enough to provide adequate push-off on landing. They should also be durable and comfortable. More miles means you might want to seek out a slightly wider toe box and a more expansive upper in case of swelling. Cushioning should be good but not so much that the shoe feels heavy and lifeless. Experienced triathletes can seek out a more minimalist shoe due to well-honed gait mechanics. 02 PROGRESS METHODICALLY Too much too soon results in injury or, at the very least, deep fatigue that impairs subsequent sessions. So progress methodically. One proven method’s to look back at your longest run of the past six weeks and plot a route…

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JERED.KORFHAGE@FOURWHEELER.COM DIESEL LUBE Hot Shot’s Secret now offers LX4 Lubricity Extreme diesel fuel and gasoline lubricant. LX4 Lubricity Extreme is said to improve lubricity up to two times better than the leading top competitive brand by providing an increase in diesel fuel lubricity up to 56 percent. Developed for use in either low-lubricity ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel or gasoline, LX4 Lubricity Extreme is said to prevent unnecessary wear and scarring of key components inside the fuel system—particularly the injectors, fuel pump, and upper cylinders. For any vehicle utilizing ULSD low-lubricity fuel, especially GM Duramax owners as well as semitrucks and farm equipment, LX4 is said to restore the fuel’s lubricity, exceeding the Engine Manufacturers Association’s recommendation for fuel lubrication. INFO: Hot Shot’s Secret, 800/341-6516, hotshotsecret.com COOLER CONSOLE Tired of rooting through the cooler…

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LA CASA DEL RELAX

LA CASA DEL RELAX

Un refinado equilibrio entre la tradición de Mallorca y la modernidad. Así se nos presenta esta villa de 850 m2 situada en el corazón del pueblo mallorquí de Santanyí. De finos detalles y una serenidad y belleza que se aprecia en cada elemento, la casa ha sido bautizada como Sa Buguenvil.lea y, nada más llegar, nos recibe un amplio y también sosegado exterior. El proyecto de interiorismo de Terraza Balear es el ejemplo de cómo una casa abierta y con look natural sirve para reconectar con la naturaleza. El tiempo, la calma, el espacio… son el nuevo lujo, ¿verdad? La casa combina la tradición de Mallorca con toques actuales El jardín se organiza en tres cómodas zonas: comedor, estar y zona de tumbonas junto a la piscina. Aunque sea un espacio abierto,…

CABAÑA VERÓNICA

CABAÑA VERÓNICA

CABAÑA VERÓNICA es el refugio más atípico de las montañas españolas. Su pequeño tamaño, su forma de iglú y su construcción atestiguan un origen muy diferente al del resto de los refugios. En 1961, la entonces Federación Española de Montaña, animada por el ingeniero vasco Conrado Sentíes, compró un par de cúpulas artilleras del portaaviones norteamericano Palau que estaba siendo desguazado en los astilleros de Santurce con el propósito de convertirlas en refugios de emergencia en Picos de Europa. Una de ellas se instaló a 2325 metros de altitud junto al camino que se utilizaba para llegar a la vega de Urriello y el Naranjo antes de que se abriera la pista de Pandébano. Para poder llevar la cúpula hasta su emplazamiento hubo que desarmarla y subirla pieza a pieza…

ADJUSTING AIR SPRINGS

ADJUSTING AIR SPRINGS

When to adjust air pressure The air pressure dictates the suspension’s spring rate. In other words, it determines its ‘firmness’ throughout its travel. If the suspension is too soft, there’s too much sag (the proportion of the bike’s travel that’s used when sitting still on it) – ie. more than 30 per cent of the available stroke – and the bike sits too low in its travel, add more air pressure. Reduce air pressure if the sag is too low – typically less than 25 per cent. This will cause the bike to sit too high in its travel, so it’ll lack traction and feel skittish in the rough or unstable on steep descents. You may also struggle to use full travel. When to add/remove volume spacers For a given air pressure, adding…

Fascínio ETERNO

O fascínio do público geral pela família real britânica é quase tão antigo quanto a própria monarquia. As fofocas, os rumores e as obras de arte ou entretenimento inspiradas no que acontece, teoricamente, dentro dos palácios sempre foram devorados sem piedade (quem não tem alguma opinião sobre as escolhas de vida de Harry e Meghan, por exemplo?). No entanto, entre tantos personagens que já passaram pela família Windsor, há uma em especial que encanta o mundo inteiro desde sua primeira aparição pública até hoje, mais de 24 anos após sua morte – Diana Spencer. São inúmeros os livros, os filmes, os documentários e as séries sobre ela. Todo mundo tem sua versão de Lady Di. E, por conta disso, poucas atrizes que a interpretaram conseguiram de fato agradar aos eternos súditos…

Fascínio ETERNO
RUTA DE LAS LAGUNAS GLACIARES

RUTA DE LAS LAGUNAS GLACIARES

HACE un tiempo, científicos de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid reconstruyeron la evolución de los glaciares que tuvo en su día la Sierra de Guadarrama. Se sirvieron para ello de las rocas serranas, analizando los efectos de la radiación cósmica sobre ella y descubrieron que los glaciares alcanzaron en Peñalara su máximo apogeo hace unos 30 000 años y que llegaron a tener un espesor de casi cien metros, algo así como una torre de treinta pisos. El hielo se fundió hace muchos miles de años, pero podemos rastrear su existencia en las huellas que dejaron en las rocas y en el paisaje de la sierra utilizando las rutas RP3 y RP4, que fueron balizadas primero por el parque natural y luego por el nacional. ITINERARIO Estamos en el puerto de los…

CAPABLE CRUISER

CAPABLE CRUISER

When our friend Lawson came to us with his ’96 Toyota Land Cruiser FZJ80, we were excited for two reasons. First, the 80 Series is remarkably competent right out of the box and makes for a terrific off-road build platform. Second, his rig was virtually unmodified and ready for some trail-oriented attention. Lawson’s goal was to make a handful of small modifications to the Land Cruiser that improved its utility without going heavy on the “bling.” So, we hatched a plan. Exploring off-road with the Cruiser meant it could benefit from armor in the front and rear. Bonus points if that armor has recovery points and provisions for carrying water, fuel, and for mounting a heavy-duty winch. Since those additions mean more weight, the FZJ80 would need suspension upgrades designed to…

SHOULD WE PLAY ON THE ONE?

SHOULD WE PLAY ON THE ONE?

Hi there! Look back a few pages, and you’ll see a great lesson on funk playing from my colleague Steve Lawson. He mentions that when you hear musicians talk about funk or groove, you’ll often hear them say that everything has to be ‘on the one’. This lesson is going to challenge that theory a little bit. In my first lesson for Bass Player, I talked about the importance of gaining a deep understanding of each note within the 16th note subdivision—the so-called ‘1-E-&-a’. In that lesson, we isolated each note while playing with a metronome, and in going through this lesson with my students, it is the ‘E’ and the ‘a’ of the bar that they tend to find most challenging. If you also find that you have difficulty with…

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01 LA EDAD DE ORO Fruto de la búsqueda de la divina proporción de Leonardo Da Vinci en el cuerpo de una grifería, surge Adagio, de Ramón Soler. ¿El resultado? Un diseño donde las formas geométricas y la simetría lucen en todo su esplendor, desde las manetas en forma de cruz hasta las líneas curvas del caño. Disponible en el clásico cromado, en un elegante negro mate y en un sofisticado oro cepillado. ramonsoler.net 02 BIEN VESTIDAS Las paredes del baño cobran vida con los revestimientos porcelánicos con efecto mármol, Volterra, de Grespania. Formas rectilíneas, relieves, colores neutros, acabados mates y la característica veta de la piedra aportan estilo y personalidad al diseño. A esto hay que sumarle la dureza, durabilidad y mantenimiento sencillo del gres. grespania.com 03 PURE WHITE La elegancia, atemporalidad y pureza…

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Recommendation Engines, by Michael Schrage, MIT Press, 2020 I don’t set much store by the endless stream of recommendations offered by Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, and most other online businesses. Occasionally, a book, flick, or song pops up that delights me, but most of the suggestions I get either miss the mark or appear suspiciously advantageous to recommendation engine operators and their advertisers. Michael Schrage, visiting fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Initiative on the Digital Economy and s+b contributor, awakens us to the potential of delightful discovery in his latest book, Recommendation Engines. “Recommendation inspires innovation: that serendipitous suggestion — that surprise — not only changes how you see the world, it transforms how you see — and understand — yourself. Successful recommenders promote discovery of the world and one’s self,”…

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Why We Don’t Talk About Meaning at Work

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, meaningful work was already high on the management agenda. Employees were exhorted to find their “calling”; leaders, their “why”; organizations, their “true north.” There were good reasons for this: Studies have shown that high levels of meaning and purpose lead to improved engagement, productivity, and innovation.1 But the pandemic has raised the stakes even higher. It has caused many of us to pause and reevaluate the role work plays in our lives and what truly matters to us. Employers who can’t offer meaningful work risk demotivating or losing valued employees — the very people needed to drive organizational growth and renewal. Faced with this challenge, managers may be tempted to amplify internal messaging around corporate purpose. While purpose beyond profit is vital for a host of environmental, social,…

Why We Don’t Talk About Meaning at Work
A REMARKABLE THING COULD HAPPEN AS WE RETURN TO WORK

A REMARKABLE THING COULD HAPPEN AS WE RETURN TO WORK

When COVID-19 forced much of the world to quickly shut down offices, factories, schools, shops, and restaurants, and pushed hundreds of millions of people into remote, makeshift workspaces, no one knew how it would all turn out. Now we know a lot more — and a lot is quite positive. For millions of people, working from home is feasible, welcomed, and productive, even if many companies had to scramble to go digital. Sorting out the fine points will occupy companies throughout 2021, as they analyze the workforce data they’ve been collecting and put what they’ve learned into action. But there were negatives, too: The knock-on economic effects of COVID-19 were particularly rough for women, minorities, and low-skilled workers, not to mention emerging economies such as in Africa, where 70 percent of…

THE GLOBETROTTER ELLIE BAMBER

Where was the last place you travelled to? “I went to Ortigia in Sicily over the summer, which was really beautiful. It was my first time there. I’m food obsessed, so I did a lot of research on where to eat, and found some gorgeous places, but I also think there’s a real romanticism in just stumbling across a really nice local restaurant. Ortigia was brilliant for that – you could walk out of the hotel and immediately find delicious arancini. And I discovered an amazing fish restaurant right on the water; one evening, there were a couple of locals just playing the most beautiful music while we ate. I loved exploring the churches and cathedrals too, seeing the art inside and appreciating the architecture.” Where in the world are you happiest? “Every year…

THE GLOBETROTTER ELLIE BAMBER

Dúplex a la medida

Rediseñar el apartamento, quitar todo lo que fuera derribable. Olalla y su pareja, Marcos, lo tuvieron clarísimo al comprar este dúplex de Madrid. La cuestión era cómo y a quién confiar una reforma de tal calibre. Al conocer los trabajos de Emmme Studio y a Lara y Ana, las dos arquitectas al frente, no lo dudaron. "Nos gustó mucho su manera de concebir los interiores. Rápido nos identificamos con ellas". LOS PRINCIPALES RETOS La joven pareja quería vivir en espacios muy cómodos, sin tantas divisiones y donde todo tuviera un sentido. Por eso, uno de los ejes de la reforma ha sido sustituir la escalera de caracol que llevaba a los dormitorios, estrecha e incomodísima. Maderas claras, blancos y piezas muy rectas dan un aire nórdico. La nueva, de roble, es un mueble de…

Dúplex a la medida
TRAILER? NEVER

TRAILER? NEVER

“EVEN THOUGH WE’RE ON 33S, WE’RE ALWAYS PASSING PEOPLE ON ROUGH BITS OF TRAIL.”-TYLER MOBRATEN To the Mobraten family, the Land Rover Discovery is the best compromise of on-road comfort and off-road capability. In fact, their ’04 Disco is used almost exclusively for 1,000-mile expeditions that bring the whole family together over many days of dirt between segments of highway—and it never needs to ride on a trailer. Ask Tyler how he got started with four-wheel-drive rigs and he’ll tell you how his parents, Charles and Linda, would often take him exploring in Death Valley, California, searching out mines and other historical sites. By about the age of 10, Tyler had been taught how to drive on a Discovery, and a short three years later he had already piloted one through the…

Las condiciones necesarias para que vivan bien los bonsáis en nuestros estantes

Las condiciones necesarias para que vivan bien los bonsáis en nuestros estantes

Los aficionados tienen problemas muy variados para mantener sus bonsáis en buen estado. A veces las hojas de algunos árboles se queman en verano, o los pinos adquieren un color amarillento, etc. Cada árbol es distinto pero cada aficionado también lo es. Naturalmente los problemas de los árboles no tienen un solo motivo, pero lo primero que hemos de revisar es si las condiciones en las que viven los árboles en nuestros estantes son las más adecuadas. Los bonsáis viven en macetas, por lo tanto sus condiciones de cultivo son muy distintas de las de los árboles que viven libres en la naturaleza, pero la humedad, la temperatura, la insolación, han de ser las más parecidas posible a las de los árboles que viven en la naturaleza. Para conseguir que las condiciones en las que…

Invierno en el Valle del Jerte

Invierno en el Valle del Jerte

LA gran variación de altitud del Valle del Jerte, que va desde los 350 a los 2500 metros, y las múltiples orientaciones de sus laderas son responsables, en gran medida, del singular microclima jerteño y de los numerosos ecosistemas que contiene: bosque de ribera, dehesa de encina, robledales, matorrales y pastizales de alta montaña, junto a un bosque cultivado de cerezos, con presencia de castaño y olivo. Todo ello forma un mosaico de colores, tonalidades y contrastes que deleitan al viajero que se adentra por esta parte de la alta Extremadura en los días del invierno. Esta gran diferencia de altitudes hace, por otra parte, que en el Valle se puedan vivir varias estaciones en un mismo día invernal: en las partes bajas y medias se podrá estar al sol abrigado…

20 ESS e NT ials BEAUTY

1 Long-Lasting Nagellacke Bis zu zwei Wochen perfekte Nägel dank speziellem Topcoat oder UV-Lampe. „Striplac Peel or Soak LED Sunkissed Pink“-Lack von Alessandro, um 14 Euro 2 Sonnenschutz fürs Haar Im Sommer braucht das Haar besonders viel Unterstützung, um UV-Strahlen, Hitze, Chlor und Salzwasser den Kampf anzusagen. Mit Shopping-Week-Rabatt: 1 UV-Schutz-Spray von Aveda, um 25 Euro, über flaconi.de 3 2-in-1-Facemasks Peeling und Pflege fürs Gesicht gibt’s hier gleich im Doppelpack. Super, wenn’s mal schnell gehen muss. „Clarify & Brighten Face Mask“ von Nourished 3, um 65 Euro 4 Make-up-Fixing-Sprays Pff, pff und schon ist die Haut erfrischt und das Make-up maximal haltbar, um auch den wildesten Sommer-Partys standhalten zu können. 5 Bio-Deo-Cremes Die Devise dieses Sommers: Schmieren statt Sprühen. Alles nur mit natürlichen Inhaltsstoffen, die zuverlässig schützen und die Haut schonen. 6 Feuchtigkeitsgele Die kühlende Textur gibt der Haut den Frischekick, den wir bei…

20 ESS e NT ials BEAUTY

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ELLEGOURMET Tendencias A TODO GAS El clásico Fiat 500 se transforma en un frigorífico de bebidas para darle un toque retro a tus fiestas en el jardín. Las cervezas estarán bien frías, los invitados alucinados y todo irá sobre ruedas (shop.smeg.es, 11.000 €). ENTRE PARRAS La evasión perfecta se encuentra en el Alentejo portugués.Además de ofrecer habitaciones de ensueño, el Relais & Châteaux Herdade da Malhadinha Nova suma experiencias gourmet irrepetibles entre viñedos. Los picnics son puro hedonismo (malhadinhanova.pt). FROZEN CHEESE Comté, Queixo do País, Olavidia, Stilton e Idiazabal ahora también son nombres de helados. Sorprende a tus invitados con esta nueva selección de sabores de Formaje ideal para crear la tabla de quesos más singular y refrescante (formaje.com, 14,95 €). ANFITRIONA DELUXE La última alianza para recibir en casa con estilo surge de la amistad que tienen…

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De otro modo

De otro modo

Tras varios años veraneando en Sotogrande, los propietarios de esta casa decidieron que era momento de tener algo propio en un lugar tan privilegiado de la provincia de Cádiz. El arquitecto Jaime Milans del Bosch les construyó una vivienda blanca –como mandan los cánones del Sur–, dividida en dos cuerpos. El primero, concebido como zona de recibo, incluye hall, cocina, salón y porche. El segundo, más privado, alberga los dormitorios. Y alrededor, un jardín espléndido, diseñado por el paisajista Álvaro de la Rosa con palmeras, buganvillas... El exterior y el interior se entremezclan y comunican continuamente a través de terrazas abiertas y cerramientos de cristal que favorecen el frescor y la ventilación cruzada. Del programa interior se encargó el estudio LGF Spaces, con Luis García Fraile a la cabeza, junto a…

Pasad, pasad

Pasad, pasad

aquí vive un hombre soltero con mucha vida social que exigía dos cosas a su nuevo hogar: sitio para recibir y un entorno donde destacara con fuerza su pequeña colección de obras de arte. Y no cabe duda de quién ha capitaneado este deseo. Es Tristán Domecq, sin duda. Los aciertos le delatan al 100%: un lenguaje arquitectónico propio -esos encuentros entre pared y techo en curva-; un interiorismo contemporáneo y atemporal, que respeta la esencia clásica del edificio de los 50, y sus fetiches: madera (mucha), plantas y piedra. Pasos a seguir: primero, demoler la antigua estructura -sólo se respetaron elementos de valor como el suelo de madera en punta de Hungría y las ventanas- para conseguir espacios fluidos donde los invitados se expresen con comodidad. Segundo, una caja…

Debate em torno de uma casta: África do Sul encontra o Loire

Debate em torno de uma casta: África do Sul encontra o Loire

‘Wine writer’, cronista do The Sunday Express, autor do blogue wineanorak.com é doutorado em Biologia de Plantas e co-chair do International Wine Challenge. Assina esta colaboração regular na Revista de Vinhos e também na brasileira Gula. Não há nada de muito original em um congresso de vinhos focado numa única casta – já estive em conferências de Sauvignon Blanc na Áustria e na Nova Zelândia, e eventos de Pinot Noir em Oregon e Nova Zelândia, mas a razão pela qual descreveria o Congresso de Chenin Blanc como notável é porque conseguiu realmente unir duas regiões vitivinícolas bastante diferentes num espírito de união e amizade que seria difícil de prever. Dos 350 delegados do congresso, realizado no STIAS, nos arredores da cidade, havia 70 viticultores de Anjou, Saumur e Vouvray, no Loire. É…

ALGARVE Guia para comer e beber

ESTRELAS MICHELIN 1/VILA JOYA O Vila Joya é uma das maiores jóias gastronómicas do Algarve. Vale a pena a experiência memorável que se vive neste restaurante com duas estrelas Michelin e que conta aos comandos com o mestre Dieter Koschina, de talento ilimitado. Diariamente, é criado um menu com produtos frescos da estação e um nível de execução técnica que deixa qualquer um sem palavras, saboreando cada minuto pela sapidez e criatividade em cada prato, pensado até ao mínimo detalhe. Situado mesmo em frente ao mar, com um serviço de excelência e uma harmonização vínica perfeita, este é um lugar encantatório que não se pode perder numa incursão ao sul. Ao jantar, a opção é o Signature Menu, com pratos pelo preço de 215 euros. O segundo restaurante, mais recente, com propostas mais…

ALGARVE Guia para comer e beber

LETTERS

Measure everything I’ve been a subscriber long enough (30+ years) to notice from the letters submitted that I’m now observing the comments from a younger generation of readers, despite the comments therein often being repeats of old themes. The price of seniority, I suppose. I’ve also been around this hobby long enough to recall some of the many hi-fi magazines that are no longer with us: Audio, Stereo Review, High Fidelity, Listener—and to have a notion as to why some of these failed. Some I sorely miss; others not. Now that we’re largely down to the “big two,” I think it’s time for Stereophile to focus on the core of its merits: measurements. The other guys appear to use only one technical tool, a thesaurus, as they pen their reviews and recommendations. Stereophile, in…

BEACH TECH YOU CAN’T BEAT

BEACH TECH YOU CAN’T BEAT

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AP picture of the week Smailholm Light Show by James Elliot Sony A7, 50mm f/1.8 lens, 1/5sec at f/5.6, ISO 400 James, a 28-year-old from the Scottish Borders, took up photography two years ago. ‘I was lucky enough to be invited along to Smailholm Tower in Scotland to photograph the light show created by Andy McGregor to celebrate 250 years of Sir Walter Scott,’ he tells us. ‘It was amazing to witness and photograph in person. To learn more about Sir Walter Scott or watch the light show, visit walterscott250.com.’ Instagram: @james.e_photo. Angela by Miguel Oliviera Nikon Z 50, Nikkor 85mm f/1.8G AF-S, 1/125sec at f/2.8, ISO 500 ‘Me and a fellow photographer and friend Angela have a routine of going out for photo walks around London every time we can’, says Miguel, a Portuguese photographer…

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First Look: 2024 Cadillac Celestiq

First Look: 2024 Cadillac Celestiq

Is the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq for real? This head-turning, all-electric superluxury sedan is longer than the brand’s Escalade SUV and priced in a stratosphere Cadillac has long only dreamed of returning to. To wit: Pricing will start above the $300,000 threshold, but customers can easily add up to $100,000 more via customization, all but guaranteeing no two owners have the same exact car. The mere fact Cadillac is producing the Celestiq is nearly as surprising as the vehicle itself, which fulfills a longstanding desire to build a proper flagship. An idea became a vision, then a concept car, and now a fabulous final-form four-door that brings to life almost all the gee-whiz features envisioned along the way. The Celestiq has an estimated 600 hp and 640 lb-ft of torque, a 0–60…

Las grandes sabinas de Itoigawa

Las grandes sabinas de Itoigawa

Ryugonokami (Dragón protector) es uno de los juníperos que viven en los acantilados de Myojosan. Es una sabina legendaria que vive desde hace más de 700 años en un acantilado muy agreste. Sus raíces se hunden en una grieta de las rocas. Mide casi 8 metros y cuelga como una cascada. Esta foto fue tomada con un dron, la única manera posible de hacerlo. Afortunadamente hoy estas sabinas están protegidas por ley y nadie puede sacarlas de las rocas donde viven. Montañas de Myojosan Una de las especies más populares del mundo del bonsái son las sabinas. Casi todos los aficionados el bonsái sueñan con tener uno de estos preciados árboles. Pero pocos aficionados han visto las sabinas viviendo en sus salvajes montañas. Las sabinas que viven en estas condiciones extremas tienen unas formas casi inimaginables. Realmente es muy difícil…

DESFILE DE MODELOS

DESFILE DE MODELOS

TODO CERçMICA El estudio de Tomás Alonso ha vuelto a recurrir al azulejo como material principal en la nueva tienda que ha diseñado para la firma de calzados Camper, ubicada en La Roca del Vallès (Barcelona). Por su hábil uso de la cerámica de una forma dual, tanto para conseguir un interesante juego de volúmenes como una potente imagen gráfica, el proyecto ha sido reconocido con varios premios especializados, como el CID Awards o el galardón de la asociación española de fabricantes ASCER. camper.com VERSIÓN ARTY En colaboración con el Institute of Contemporary Arts de Londres, la firma Artek ha presentado 21 Questions, una customización del dúo de artistas Fischli/ Weiss sobre un diseño icónico de Alvar Aalto de 1933, el taburete Stool 60. La que constituye la segunda personalización artística que se…

Con vistas al campo

Este ático tiene un pasado y un presente totalmente distintos tras su reforma y su nueva decoración. Pese a contar con muchísima luz, pues está en el campo, la distribución interior no era nada resolutiva. Los espacios eran oscuros y estrechos, su estética era un tanto estándar -de promotora inmobiliaria- y los materiales existentes sumaban años a la construcción. El estudio de arquitectura e interiorismo Ana Negrete Interior Design ha logrado crear una vivienda moderna y cálida. Tal y como quería la dueña, una mujer joven que teletrabaja. ESPACIOS CONECTADOS Motivos geométricos y colores chic logran un look atemporal. Todo empezó por conectar el salón y la cocina visualmente. Su tabique a media altura rematado con un cerramiento ha logrado que la luz circule mucho más y se respira amplitud al mirarlos. Además,…

Con vistas al campo

How India can live up to its full potential

In a remote tribal village in Dumarthar in the state of Jharkhand, Sapan Patralekh, the headmaster of a middle school, has come up with an innovative teaching method in a region plagued by poor connectivity. He has converted the walls of adjacent houses into blackboards, allowing 300 students to continue learning while maintaining social distance. In crowded cities, traditional mom-and-pop convenience stores and pharmacies have begun to provide contactless home delivery. Startups such as Near. Store are rolling out plug-and-play solutions to digitize traditional neighborhood convenience stores, allowing them to accept orders and payments online for groceries, medicine, and healthcare essentials, as well as making offline inventory digitally searchable by customers who live within walking or biking distance. OkCredit is using digitization to send collection notifications to customers who have delayed…

How India can live up to its full potential
Un oasis de paz y relax

Un oasis de paz y relax

Cuando Ania y su marido, los propietarios de esta vivienda, descubrieron que este terreno en plena naturaleza era su rincón ideal, no dudaron en construir en él una cabaña de madera con amplios ventanales que dan a un paisaje ensoñador: preciosos campos de lavanda que inundan la casa de una fragancia muy especial. Un lugar de paz y tranquilidad, donde los animales del bosque, que se acercan a desayunar a su terraza, son los únicos vecinos. EN DOS ALTURAS En la planta baja, las zonas comunes comparten espacio, creando una estancia amplia con salón y cocina integrada. Ania, que se encargó personalmente de la decoración, logró crear una atmósfera cálida y liviana, gracias a una paleta de tonos naturales: blancos, beis y azules repartidos por paredes, tapicerías y cojines. Los muebles de madera…

JAVIER OLLEROS La estrella de Galicia

Llegar a O Grove (Pontevedra) es como entrar en un pequeño paraíso en el que desde el primer momento te sientes bienvenido. Es un lugar cuya magia te envuelve los cinco sentidos: con el suave y constante bramido del mar de fondo, un microclima privilegiado, los colores y olores de la naturaleza salvaje abrazándote y una oferta gastronómica más que prometedora, se convierte indudablemente en el destino atemporal perfecto adonde ir a perderse o, por qué no, a encontrarse. Así lo hizo en su momento Javier Olleros, alma mater de Culler de Pau: el primer restaurante galardonado con dos estrellas Michelin en Galicia. Desembarcamos justo dos días antes de su reapertura: llevan ocho meses cerrados siguiendo las normativas sanitarias impuestas por la pandemia. Situado en la aldea de Reboredo, se trata…

JAVIER OLLEROS La estrella de Galicia
SCORPIO

SCORPIO

YOUR JUNE GUIDE 1st-8th: Romance anyone? Rearrange your schedule so that you can spend more time with that special someone, Scorpio. On the 3rd, Venus in your solar 7th forms a semisextile with Mars in your solar 6th so plan a romantic evening or weekend getaway with your significant other. If single, accept all social invitations. Your soul mate could appear when you least expect it. 9th-16th: Keep love fresh. Venus conjoins Uranus in your solar 7th on the 11th so continue to place your relationship with your significant other and close friends on the front burner. Spice up your lives with interesting and exciting activities you can do together this summer. The key is trying something new to keep the love and closeness fresh and interesting. 17th-23rd: Agree to disagree. With Mercury…

PINTURA ACERTAR CON EL COLOR

¿TU PISO ES PEQUEÑO O GRANDE? • Estancias pequeñas Si lo que quieres es conseguir amplitud, el blanco es un gran aliado. También los colores fríos y claros, como el gris o el azul, que 'retroceden' las paredes. • Estancias grandes Invitan a pintar con colores intensos, como un verde oscuro. Para aligerar el ambiente, pinta una o dos paredes, el resto de un tono más claro. LA CLAVE. Para ganar amplitud, elige el mismo blanco o gris suave para el sofá y las paredes. Añade calidez con detalles en tonos tierra. ¿ENTRA MUCHA O POCA LUZ? • Habitaciones oscuras Necesitan colores luminosos que refuercen la luz. Los colores fríos y suaves, como un azul claro o un turquesa, dan mucha frescura. También puedes elegir un gris relajado o un beige. • Habitaciones luminosas El blanco…

PINTURA ACERTAR CON EL COLOR

MEJORA TUS VIDEOCONFERENCIAS 8 TRUCOS PARA zoom

1 DESACTIVA EL CHAT PRIVADO DE LOS USUARIOS Las videoconferencias en Zoom son gratuitas, con una duración de hasta 40 min y un máximo de 100 participantes. En la página www.zoom.us encontrarás el software y también los precios de las suscripciones que hay que pagar si quieres trabajar durante más tiempo y con un numero mayor de participantes. Por otro lado, a veces las reuniones con muchos asistentes pueden llegar a ser algo molestas. Sobre todo cuando algunos de ellos participan en chats privados durante la reunión. Sin embargo, esto es algo que puedes evitar. Hazlo de esta manera: Deshabilita el chat de los asistentes Antes de comenzar la reunión, haz clic en la rueda dentada que aparece a la derecha de la pantalla principal de Zoom, y elige Perfil y Ver características avanzadas.…

MEJORA TUS VIDEOCONFERENCIAS 8 TRUCOS PARA zoom
LA PADIORNA

LA PADIORNA

LOS paisanos del Valle de Valdeón la llaman Padierna, y los lebaniegos Padiorna, y es que esta montaña se reparte a partes iguales entre Cantabria y León. Su cumbre es bastante frecuentada en verano por estar relativamente cerca de la estación superior del teleférico y por no albergar dificultades relevantes salvo las derivadas de caminar por un terreno escabroso e incómodo. El hecho de que la jornada comience con un viaje en teleférico es algo que gusta los más jóvenes del grupo. Pero no hay que bajar la guardia. Subir La Padiorna es “hacer montaña” con mayúsculas. ITINERARIO Es conveniente madrugar y tomar el primer teleférico del día en Fuente Dé para tener mucho tiempo por delante. Hay que tener presente que en temporada de verano —del 25 de junio al 18…

This Travelling Life: Charlie Hendon

Charlie Hendon, Burleighs Gin’s heavy metal-loving head distiller, enjoys nothing more than packing up her car and heading down to Cornwall for a summer music festival. A self-confessed sun lover, Charlie’s idea of heaven is to soak up the rays on a Greek island. What have been some of the most memorable and interesting countries and places that your work has taken you? Burleighs is a small craft distillery in the heart of Leicestershire, so we do several events within the county such as Burleighs Picnic in the Gardens and the Great Burleighs Express, but being head distiller, I do have to spend the majority of my time at the distillery. Whilst many of our gins have Leicestershire roots, our pink edition takes inspiration from Japan, as it uses Japanese cherry blossom.…

This Travelling Life: Charlie Hendon

25 AWARD WINNER

FACE CARE SERUM „The Ritual of Namaste Bakuchiol Natural Booster“ von Rituals Was GLAMOUR-Leser:innen überzeugt: Der Blick in den Spiegel. Die Haut wirkt super-ausgeglichen und fühlt sich echt geschmeidig an. Und Bakuchiol punktet als pflanzlicher Retinol-Ersatz. DAY CARE „Ausgleichendes Tagesfluid“ von Dr. Hauschka Was GLAMOUR-Leser:innen überzeugt: Die perfekte Hilfe für Mischhaut. Die Wangen sind trocken, die T-Zone glänzt, aber dieses Fluid bringt alles ins Gleichgewicht. NIGHT CARE „Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex“ von Estée Lauder Was GLAMOUR-Leser:innen überzeugt: Schönere Haut im Schlaf. Das Serum steigert die natürliche Kollagen-Produktion. Morgens strahlt der Teint. ÖL „Öl Essence“ von Frei Öl Was GLAMOUR-Leser:innen überzeugt: Endlich ein Öl, das null klebt und schnell einzieht. Und es schützt durch einen Anti-Blue-Light-Effekt vor Hautalterung. AUGEN „Advanced Génifique Yeux“ von Lancôme Was GLAMOUR-Leser:innen überzeugt: Die Mixtur. Diese Augencreme ist mit einem Komplex aus sieben prä- und probiotischen Extrakten angereichert und super-sanft. MASKE „Calendula Petal-Infused Calming Mask“ von Kiehl’s Was…

25 AWARD WINNER
LA DOLCE VITA

LA DOLCE VITA

Roots feel so essential in the world now—even more than ever after the pandemic,” Martina Mondadori says, standing on the landing of her new flat in Milan alongside her partner, Ashley Hicks. Mondadori relocated from London to Milan with her three children, Leonardo, Tancredi, and Cosima, in order to be closer to her mother, Paola Zanussi, and to connect the children with their Italian heritage. The choice would prove prescient on several levels, as the move occurred just before the world shut down. Mondadori, founder of the tastemaking lifestyle brand and magazine Cabana and a scion of Italy’s influential Mondadori and Zanussi families, and Hicks, a decorator, artist, and the son of legendary designer David Hicks, decided to make the design of the flat a complete collaboration. Each brought a powerful,…

RUTA DEL ROMÁNICO PALENTINO

RUTA DEL ROMÁNICO PALENTINO

LO dijo Jesús Calleja: “ Este románico palentino es extraordinario, hay que mostrarlo». Y vaya si lo mostró. Miles de espectadores de toda España pudieron ver un botón de muestra de este tesoro en la televisión. El aventurero leonés, con ese desparpajo que le caracteriza, montó una “vuelta ciclista” que visitaba una decena de templos románicos situados alrededor del embalse de Aguilar de Campoo. Un año después, la Diputación de Palencia balizó la ruta. Había nacido Pedaleando por el románico. El mejor punto de partida Aguilar de Campoo huele a vainilla y harina horneada por las dos fábricas de galletas que hay en a localidad. Esta actividad está muy arraigada en Aguilar, y hubo un tiempo en que nueve de cada diez galletas que se consumían en España salían de las galleteras…

PUERTO DE MALAGOSTO

PUERTO DE MALAGOSTO

EN los primeros siglos de la campaña de los reinos cristianos por expulsar a los musulmanes de la península Ibérica, todo el Sistema Central fue territorio fronterizo, escenario frecuente de escaramuzas, y los puertos de montaña se convirtieron en pasos de gran valor estratégico. En 1273, el rey Alfonso X el Sabio concedió privilegios a los propietarios de las ventas de los puertos de “Malagosto, Morcuera, Mançanares, Fonfría y Valathome” en compensación por las penalidades que debían pasar en estos remotos lugares cumpliendo una función primordial. Por Malagosto estuvo a punto de morir congelada Juana la Beltraneja, nada más ser proclamada heredera de Castilla por su padre, Enrique IV, en 1470 y cruzar por estos montes seguía siendo arriesgado hasta el siglo XIX como atestiguan numerosos poemas, coplillas tradicionales y…

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GIVEN THAT heart disease is the number-one cause of death of adults in the U.S., it’s surprising, even alarming, how little people know about it. The condition kills more women each year than all cancers, including breast cancer, combined—a fact 68 percent of Americans don’t know, according to a recent Cleveland Clinic survey. About one in 16 White, Black, and Hispanic women over age 20 has it. We’re also fuzzy on preventing it: In the same survey, only 20 percent of respondents thought you should start getting your cholesterol tested in your 20s (true), while 58 percent said that popping an aspirin every day can help protect you (false). There are things you can do to fend it off, though, and they don’t involve a pill. Most incidences of cardiovascular disease—which…

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GIANT

GIANT

At € 5,999, GIANT’s top-of-the-range Trance X E+ 1 model is one of the cheapest bikes in our big group test – does that make it one of the hot candidates for our Best Buy tip? Both the handling and the motor system with its optional range extender, based on Yamaha’s PW-X2, are distinctive in the lineup. As one of the largest bike manufacturers in the world, GIANT have the capabilities and know-how to develop and design their own ecosystem of components around the motor instead of using a complete, ready-made collection of parts like most other manufacturers in this test do. The € 5,999 GIANT Trance X E+ 1 relies on an 80 Nm SyncDrive Pro motor based on Yamaha’s PW-X2 drive unit. The minimalist remote, motor software, connectivity solutions…

La “otra” senda del Cares DE POSADA DE VALDEÓN A CAÍN

La “otra” senda del Cares DE POSADA DE VALDEÓN A CAÍN

EL TRAMO DEL RÍO CARES entre Posada de Valdeón y Caín no tiene ni de lejos la popularidad del tramo encajado entre el Cornión y los Urrielles. Y esto es injusto porque, además de ser de una gran belleza, rodeado como está, por las altas cumbres del macizo de La Bermeja al oeste y del cordal del Friero o del Lambrión al este, da la oportunidad de comprobar como el valle se va encajando paulatinamente hasta encerrarse en la Garganta divina. El verdor de las hermosas praderas y los bosques en los que cohabitan hayas, robles, avellanos y tilos, contrasta con los cielos horadados por los puntiagudos peñascos calizos adornados con neveros hasta entrada la temporada estival. No se puede decir que se conoce el Cares si no se recorre…

Survival of the fittest

How to Survive: Self-Reliance in Extreme Circumstances, by John Hudson, Countryman Press, 2021 If you think meetings are bad, try getting lost in remotest Australia and rigging up floats from aircraft parts to ride down a crocodile-infested river to safety. Or staying alive in the jungles of Southeast Asia for three and a half years while enemy troops endeavor to hunt you down. The most compelling parts of How to Survive: Self-Reliance in Extreme Circumstances are about just such astonishing feats of stamina and ingenuity, the sort of resourcefulness that has enabled humans to withstand adverse conditions for remarkable periods of time. Salvador Alvarenga, for example, the world’s longest documented survivor at sea, “spent 438 days drifting across the Pacific Ocean when his fishing trip from Mexico went wrong in 2012.” Yet the takeaways…

Survival of the fittest
EL BIERZO Dorado Ieonés

EL BIERZO Dorado Ieonés

LA sierra del Caurel y la sierra de Ancares al norte y noroeste; la sierra de Gistredo al nordeste; y al este y al sur, los Montes de León y los Montes Aquilanos, abrazan una hoya que disfruta de un microclima mediterráneo suavizado por la influencia atlántica. Tranquilizadas las fuerzas tectónicas que levantaron el anillo de montañas y hundieron el terreno abarcado por ellas, la erosión fluvial y el glaciarismo entraron en juego para terminar de dar forma al relieve. El acusado desnivel entre las cumbres y la depresión central favoreció la formación de valles estrechos y empinados. Finalmente, la minería en la época romana también contribuyó, y no poco, a dar forma al paisaje que hoy vemos. Las explotaciones auríferas de Castropodame. Paradaseca y, sobre todo, Las Médulas, son…

TECH TALK

TECH TALK

The fullsize ’22 Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer may not be Trail Rated by Jeep due to their sheer size, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t equipped for dirt-road excursions. In fact, beyond the available skidplates and towhooks, there are three four-wheel-drive systems, two suspension systems, Selec-Terrain traction management, and a host of available tech. Let’s walk through the capability of each of these systems. Capability When the Advanced All Terrain Group package is selected, the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer benefit from either an 18-inch or 20-inch off-road tire; a two-speed transfer case; a 3.92:1 final drive ratio; towhooks; an electronic limited-slip differential (a mechanical one is standard on the 5.7L-equipped Wagoneer); Quadra-Lift air suspension; Selec-Speed Control; and skidplates for the front suspension, fuel tank, rear stabilizer, and transfer case. This gives the…

DIXIE OFFROAD EXPO

DIXIE OFFROAD EXPO

Dixie 4 Wheel Drive hosted the first-ever Dixie Offroad Expo for two days during the 2021 Moab Easter Jeep Safari and packed the show with over 75 vendors and more than 3,500 attendees. There was no admission charge, and four-wheel fanatics were free to mingle with industry leaders, browse and shop for new off-road wares, and get up close with 4x4s of all kinds—including the new Ford Bronco. We took a break from the trails to comb through the show and were met with a trove of new and exciting products. Here’s some of what we found. FLEXY LED LIGHT KC Lights showed off its newest LED light that features four Cree LEDs and can be had in either spot or combo beam patterns. The Flex Era 4 throws down 7,912 raw…

Rethinking How We Assess Companies on Social and Environmental Impact

Rethinking How We Assess Companies on Social and Environmental Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the ongoing climate crisis have put a spotlight on the central role businesses can play in tackling global challenges. We need companies to step up and help — for the sake of the economy as well as people and the planet. Yet one of the drivers of corporate citizenship — investor influence — is limited by existing approaches for assessing a company’s social and environmental performance. The predominant frameworks are too narrow and fail to fully address key stakeholder concerns. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessments focus on internal operational matters, such as labor relations and supply chain sustainability, but don’t fully consider the impact that a company’s products or services can have on outside stakeholders. Frameworks focused on external impact in turn…

PEÑA CIQUERA

PEÑA CIQUERA

DURANTE la Guerra Civil la cordillera Cantábrica fue uno de los lugares más activos en la lucha entre los dos bandos. Fruto de esos enfrentamientos es el conocido como Camino de los Rojos, que resigue la línea defensiva de trincheras y puestos de ametralladoras construidas por el ejército republicano para vigilar este importante paso entre Cantabria y Palencia. Impresiona ver los restos de uno de estos puestos en la cumbre de Peña Abismo, espectacular montaña que veremos al iniciar la ruta en el puerto de Piedras-luengas. Pone los pelos de punta imaginar las duras e inhumanas condiciones que se debieron sufrir los combatientes allí posicionados. Nada que ver con el maravilloso ambiente que hoy podemos disfrutar caminando por estos caminos llenos de historia. ITINERARIO Comenzamos la ruta en el puerto de Piedras-luengas…

CHOP & CAP

The Toyota Tacoma is a great platform for an off-road rig. It is reliable, safe, capable, comfortable, durable, and aftermarket support for these trucks abounds. Many owners want to add a little lift, add larger tires, tune the suspension, and outfit their Tacos for whatever the trail may offer. Still, adding tires much larger or wider than stock can open up a can of worms when it comes to the front tires rubbing the inner fender-wells and even the rear of the front fenders. Trimming those items is something that happens with tons of 4x4s all around the world, but with the second- and third-generation Tacoma the stout and safe forward cab mounts can often get in the way. Luckily, there is a solution to get a bit more clearance from…

CHOP & CAP
Porsche Macan E DOUBLE JE

Porsche Macan E DOUBLE JE

On n’est, de ce qu’on dit, jamais mieux servi que par soi-même. C’est le constat qu’a fait Porsche en dévoilant des photos du futur Macan, lourdement camouflé, lors de ses premières phases de tests routiers. Des photos volées officielles, ou comment maîtriser la communication de bout en bout. Une opération qui renseigne aussi sur le stade d’avancée du projet: les essais routiers sont une des dernières étapes de validation des réglages avant le lancement officiel, qui interviendra en fin d’année prochaine. Pour ne pas avoir à patienter jusque-là, notre illustrateur dévoile d’ores et déjà la ligne du futur Macan. Avant de se pencher sur ce que promet le futur Macan 100 % électrique, il convient de s’arrêter rapidement sur la stratégie de Porsche. La marque a introduit son premier modèle 0…

Luzes, câmara, ação… Continuamos com Joana Pinhão

Uma das mais talentosas e diversificadas enólogas da sua geração, Joana Pinhão ascendeu a um nível técnico impressionante num curto período de tempo, absorvendo e replicando todo o conhecimento adquirido na vasta experiência que já acumula. Com efeito, esta ribatejana de origem, que cursou agronomia no ISA, com posterior especialização em viticultura e enologia, já contabiliza passagens pelo Douro, Tejo e, mais recentemente, Trásos-Montes e Alentejo. Sem, claro, esquecer a preciosa colaboração para os vinhos Vale dos Ares, em Monção, propriedade da família do marido, Miguel Queimado. Em todo este percurso, Joana foi chamando a atenção pela consistência do trabalho desenvolvido, quer nos diversos locais por onde passou, seja nos projetos em nome próprio: no Douro, o Somnium, com o colega de curso e amigo Rui Lopes, focado na expressão…

Luzes, câmara, ação… Continuamos com Joana Pinhão
First Drive: 2023 Toyota GR Corolla

First Drive: 2023 Toyota GR Corolla

Hey, Toyota—is everything, um, OK? Strapped into the new Toyota GR Corolla and sitting in pit lane awaiting our turn at a 2.1-mile section of Utah Motorsports Park’s wildly undulating road course, we felt slightly silly. Until now, we imagined, the only people who’d ever worn helmets inside a dealership-ready Corolla were unbalanced folks with visions of, well, something as absurd as a track-ready production Toyota Corolla. One such person is Toyota President Akio Toyoda. He’s been pushing the company’s Gazoo Racing (GR) subbrand, and he personally signed off on the final product. The result is the craziest showroom-spec Corolla hatchback ever built. Just how out of bounds is it? We can count on one hand the sporty Corollas sold here over the decades. It was long ago typecast as an anodyne, safe…

Carla Henriques

Carla Henriques

Nascida em Cheleiros, Carla Henriques é hoje uma líder mundial na área em que trabalha. É chefe executiva de pastelaria do Hawksmoor, com uma equipa de 65 pasteleiros, em várias partes do globo, de Londres a Nova Iorque. Referida no New York Times, no início deste ano, assume gostar do stresse que a profissão e as grandes responsabilidades lhe imprimem mas é nas Filipinas que se imagina a viver um dia mais tarde. Há quantos anos a Carla vive fora de Portugal? Vivi em Londres 19 anos e vivo agora em Nova Iorque. Como foi a sua vida em Portugal? Infância, escola? Nasci em Cheleiros e vivi lá até aos oito anos e depois fui viver para a freguesia de Vialonga. A minha vizinha da frente era uma das padeiras da nossa aldeia, a…

CACHAÇA

CACHAÇA

Símbolo de resistência face à Coroa Portuguesa, a cachaça é, desde sempre, associada ao Brasil. Foi o primeiro destilado da América Latina e conhece expansão crescente no mundo. Ao longo dos séculos, aliás, a cachaça tornou-se um símbolo de resistência face à Coroa Portuguesa, uma vez que o consumo substituía-se ao das aguardentes portuguesas, reduzindo assim o volume de rendimento fiscal da metrópole. “Inventada” no Brasil do século XVI, diz-se da cachaça que foi a primeira bebida destilada da América Latina, suplantando mesmo o rum em ancestralidade. Aliás, durante muitos anos verificou-se alguma confusão entre as duas categorias, já que a cachaça era importada pelos EUA como um tipo de rum. Era fácil o erro, até porque ambas provêm da destilação do melaço da cana-de-açúcar; este processo foi descoberta pelos escravos dos…

Vizinho Vinhateiro

Entre Viseu e Tondela, na aldeia do Farminhão, um jovem casal de ascendência gaulesa adquiriu e fixou-se na Quinta da Roda da Quintã, onde produz os vinhos recentemente lançados sob a designação Vizinho Vinhateiro. Quem diria que, por trás destes vinhos, há um conceito com séculos de história, que nos remete para a Alsácia? Charlotte Hugel, parte da 13ª geração da família que se fixou na Alsácia - onde produz os seus celebérrimos vinhos desde 1639 - veio para o Dão na companhia do marido, o enólogo Paul Chevreux, que conheceu em Portugal, quando ambos trabalhavam nas caves Graham’s. Na Quinta da Roda da Quintã, localizada na aldeia de Farminhão, próxima de Viseu, instalou-se recentemente um jovem e discreto casal de origem francesa, com vista a perseguir o seu sonho de produzir…

Vizinho Vinhateiro
Health in our hands

Health in our hands

Q: What inspired you to create Happy Breast Balm and the Ultimate Breast Care Routine? A: Having to deal with my own breast health issues! I realised, while looking for ways to heal and care for my breasts, that there are hardly any products or protocols for breast health. No shelves in the health shops, no section in health catalogues, no breast-health practitioners. In fact, most massage therapists do not go near the breasts! Which is quite mad when you realise breasts are the centre for the lymphatic system and are imbued with many lymph and blood vessels, not to mention the emotional aspects. I began to research what I could do to help heal my breasts. The first thing I discovered is that, according to many statistics, 70 per cent of…

Ask Martha

How do I grow beautiful hydrangeas year after year? —Michelle Cannon, Red Hook, N.Y. Adored for their fluffy pom-pom flowers, these plants are nature’s cheerleaders, typically thriving throughout Zones 4 to 9. But the various types require unique care for lasting impact. To ensure that yours explode with beauty every summer, heed the advice of Ryan McEnaney, communications manager at Bailey’s Nursery, in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a spokesperson for ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangeas, on snipping, soaking, and feeding them. 1. Know Your Variety Most hydrangeas fall into one of three categories: panicle (cone-shaped, like those shown), smooth (large and snowball-like), or bigleaf (bigger leaves—you guessed it—in tighter globes or more open, lacy petals). The first two bloom on new growth; the last erupts on both new and old (i.e., the prior year’s branches). 2. Prune…

Ask Martha
Puro capricho

Puro capricho

Nada como haber vivido en varios pisos antiguos de alquiler para tener clarísimo qué es lo bueno y malo de ellos. A la dueña de este piso madrileño, Sonia, le ocurrió tal cual. En cuanto lo vió, supo que no debía dejarlo escapar, sabía ver su enorme potencial. Pero también era muy realista, tras la compra tocaría hacer una reforma de 180 grados. Un proyecto meticuloso que sacara a la luz lo mejor de sus espacios, concibiéndolos con una visión funcional. Las formas redondeadas y suaves son un c—digo constante. Los arquitectos de interiores del estudio Delaite Design, Lara de la Mata y Daniel Povedano, dieron forma al proyecto de reforma y a la decoración general. UN ESPACIO MUY DE HOY Los muebles modernos ponen un aire atemporal a la casa. Tirar tabiques para partir…

Comedores a la carta

Set de 4 cuencos de melamina con motivos marinos. Modelo Conchas, 15,95 €, de venta en El Corte Inglés. Solución exprés Encimera en "L". Colocada de esta manera, la zona para fregar queda independiente y, a la vez, divide la cocina en dos ambientes. Su altura es la óptima para sentarse cómodamente con unos taburetes, a unos 90 cm aprox. Base con patas altas. Se ha optado por un diseño en madera y así la mesa pierde volumen a la vista, además de permitir limpiar por debajo sin problemas. Para integrarla completamente, su acabado es blanco, como los muebles. Vinilo en la pared. Ha transformado el office en tiempo récord, pues se coloca directamente sobre los azulejos. Este proyecto, de Tenvinilo. Isla para todo En el centro. Las dimensiones de la cocina han permitido ubicarla en el…

Comedores a la carta
12 OTOÑO EN ASTURIAS

12 OTOÑO EN ASTURIAS

ADEMÁS de su singular orografía, Asturias se caracteriza por tener una buena parte de su superficie cubierta por bosques. Del más del millón de hectáreas que tiene el Principado, alrededor del setenta y tres por ciento es terreno forestal, frente al cincuenta y cinco de la media nacional. Asturias se halla dentro de la Región Eurosiberiana en la que son característicos los bosques de frondosas. Asturias representa la esencia del bosque atlántico por excelencia y es el gran paraíso de robles, hayas, castaños, abedules y otras especies arbóreas que hacen de esta tierra un paradigma de naturaleza salvaje y humanizada al mismo tiempo. Su distribución está ligada a la naturaleza del sustrato. Así, en la zona occidental, de carácter silíceo, predominan las coníferas, los abedules y los robles que fueron incluso…

CAMINO NATURAL DE LA RUTA DEL CANTÁBRICO

EL Camino Natural de la Ruta del Cantábrico, compartido por las provincias de Lugo y A Coruña, juguetea con la línea de la costa entre Ribadeo y Ladrido a lo largo de más de 150 kilómetros. A veces baja hasta las playas y otras se asoma al borde de los acantilados, y en su discurrir va engarzando un rosario de lugares de asombrosa belleza y de pueblos que conservan un genuino sabor marinero que encandila a todos los viajeros, en especial, a los venidos de tierra adentro. Siete etapas El Camino Natural está distribuido"oficialmente" en siete etapas con longitudes que rondan los veinte kilómetros, salvo la cuarta que sólo tiene quince kilómetros, y la quinta muy próxima a los treinta. Naturalmente, cualquier viajero puede diseñar las etapas según sus gustos y condiciones,…

CAMINO NATURAL DE LA RUTA DEL CANTÁBRICO

Classy. Bougie. SAVAGE.

Whenever there is a notable resurgence of shoulder pads in fashion—as we have seen in several instances these past few seasons, from the Balenciaga and Saint Laurent shows last March to the Givenchy and Balmain collections at Paris Fashion Week in October—tribute must be paid to the enduring legacy of Dynasty. The ’80s prime time soap opera, in the hands of its legendary costume designer, the late Nolan Miller, epitomized everything that era stood for: decadence, wealth, and glamour. It also gave us the style icon Alexis Carrington (the role that turned Joan Collins into a Golden Globe–winning star). As Dynasty’s resident villain, she gave rise to a new breed of woman: powerful, power-hungry, and armed with a fabulous wardrobe so she could dress the part. (Miller never repeated a look…

Classy. Bougie. SAVAGE.
Dans l’œil de DV!

Dans l’œil de DV!

David, il y a 21 ans, tu t’apprêtais à disputer ta première ouverture de championnat 250 US en tant que pilote d’usine. Quels sont tes souvenirs? « Ça marquait le début d’une nouvelle aventure, celle pourquoi j’avais toujours bossé. Attaquer une première saison en SX, avec un statut de pilote d’usine, forcément, il y avait un peu de pression. Mon teammate était Jimmy Button et il s’était vite blessé. Le numéro un chez Yam, c’était évidemment McGrath. Jeremy était dans la structure Chaparral. J’avais 22 ans, je me lançais dans le grand bain, le stress était là. J’étais arrivé assez tard aux US pour me préparer à cause de problèmes de visa, je n’avais pas beaucoup testé. Mais malgré le stress, je m’en étais bien tiré avec une cinquième place. » Et…

ES NUEVO

KAYMANTA Kaymanta lanza su nuevo servicio Stain Blockers que sella las fibras naturales de las alfombras para protegerlas de las manchas. www.kaymanta.com SAXUN, DE VANGUARDIA El vanguardista sistema de protección solar vertical Wind Screen de Saxun mejora el confort térmico y visual de los ambientes interiores, a la vez que reduce el gasto energético. www.saxun.com LO NUEVO DE ORAC DECOR Orac Decor presenta dos nuevas colecciones cápsula de paneles 3D: Modern y Classic. En total son 7 nuevos productos en Duropolymer® diseñados para complementar modelos ya existentes. www.oracdecor.com HAVERLAND TE REFRESCA Los enfriadores portátiles de Haverland serán tus mejores aliados para luchar contra el calor. No requieren instalación, tienen un bajo consumo y no utilizan gas refrigerante. Además, tienen función antimosquitos. www.haverland.com VELAS DE BAOBAB La nueva colección Vezo de velas perfumadas de Baobab se inspira en una tribu…

ES NUEVO

HOT LIST

THE ADDRESSES ALGARVE Casa Um, cerca de Tavi- ra, es una masía tradicional muy de ahora, muy de diseño. Casa Dois ocupa un antiguo almacén de pescado del puerto de Olhão, a cuya ría se asoma desde la azotea. Y Casa Trôis, la residencia de un rico comerciante de Faro. Las tres (en el futuro serán más) conforman The Addresses, una nueva marca que combina estancias en casas privadas con algo que contar -y un diseño meditado- con los servicios de un hotel y consejos personalizados de viaje. LO + Deja que Mario, el recepcionista, te organice el plan (theaddresses.com). ANGAMA SAFARI CAMP MASAI MARA Steve y Nicky Fitzgerald, propietarios del lodge Angama Mara, querían ofrecer a sus huéspedes la oportunidad de adentrarse más en la sabana, de experimentar un safari de verdad,…

HOT LIST
HARLEY-DAVIDSON NIGHTSTERLe jour et la nuit

HARLEY-DAVIDSON NIGHTSTERLe jour et la nuit

Le récent Sportster 1200 S n’étant pas compatible A2 (trop puissant, du haut de ses 121 ch), on se doutait bien que Milwaukee allait sortir rapidement une déclinaison à la mesure des « jeunes» permis, sorte de 883 du XXIe siècle. Une petite année après le grand frère, le voici donc qui pointe le bout de son phare (tout petit le bout: entre photos impressionnistes et fiche technique lacunaire, Harley assure pour l’instant le minimum syndical en termes de dévoilement). Mais alors que nous nous attendions à un clone du 1200, à la cylindrée simplement réduite, c’est une machine étonnamment singulière qui nous est révélée. Esthétiquement, ce Nightster n’entretient en effet qu’une vague parenté avec le 1200 S. Oublié, la silhouette de concept-bike du grand frère, la ligne d’échappement en…

For urban enthusiasts

For urban enthusiasts

Move slowly With the fast-paced nature of most cities, it is easy to get caught up and move around too quickly. Take your time and look around to truly take in your surroundings. I guarantee you will find shots that you may otherwise have missed. Travel light In general photographing cities will include a lot of walking, so only pack the equipment you are going to need for that day. The last thing you need is to feel so exhausted from carrying a bag full of kit around with you that you don’t need, that you are too tired to shoot when the light is right. Shoot in bad weather Don’t be afraid of adverse conditions. Often, we photographers hate the rain but a wet, moody city can look just as appealing as it normally…

The stuff of legends

Loch Ness is renowned the world over for its elusive ‘monster,’ but the gin distillery developed close to its shores by Daniel Campbell and Adam Dwyer is probably the smallest in Scotland. Measuring just 24 square metres, the Great Glen distillery is situated in a former shop once run by Campbell’s late mother in the busy tourist village of Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire. Campbell has 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry to his credit, completing a course in hospitality management at the renowned César Ritz Colleges in Switzerland before going on to work in five-star hotels and Michelin-starred restaurants. He subsequently launched a successful tea and coffee business based in Edinburgh. Meanwhile, Adam Dwyer spent 20 years as a chef in numerous Michelin-starred and high-end establishments around the UK, for the…

The stuff of legends
BUDGET-CONSCIOUS CAMPING

BUDGET-CONSCIOUS CAMPING

Australia is a nation of campers. There’s nothing more we love to do than venture out and explore new places. This hobby can be expensive but there are steps you can go through to take out the sting. After all, the cheaper you can make camping, the more trips you can take, and that’s good news for us all. Budget camping can be fun; the satisfaction gained from setting a budget and sticking to it is priceless. And when you take out the option of paid entertainment, it’s amazing to see what kids and adults can do with just nature and their imaginations to guide them. SET YOUR BUDGET “THE CHEAPER YOU CAN MAKE CAMPING, THE MORE TRIPS YOU CAN TAKE, AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US ALL” It’s hard to stick to a…

THE HAPPY PLACE

“The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t.”JOSHUA BECKER MAKE IT HAPPEN! If you feel stuck in a rut with work, relationships or even just your motivation levels, a vision board is a great way to kick-start new beginnings. Start with a large A3 piece of card or paper, and gather any photos, magazines or books you‘re happy to cut up. What does your ideal life look like? Start to piece it together – pictures of your dream home office, you when you’re most happy and confident, an advert for a job you'd love to do… anything that captures your imagination. Display it somewhere visible, or keep it next to your bed to look at regularly. As you visualise the life you want,…

THE HAPPY PLACE

Lauren HUTTON On GOING YOUR OWN WAY

I grew up in Charleston and Miami and Tampa. My idea of beauty was a giant orange and yellow grass-hopper with pastel wings that I saw when I was a little girl. I chased my cousin Artie around with it! When I moved to New York and became a model, I didn’t know anything about the industry. I got a job modeling for Christian Dior for $50 a week. Once I started working, I made myself an athlete. I uncrossed my eyes. (Dick Avedon used to look up at me from behind his camera and ask, “Are they straight yet?”) I jumped around. I worked hard. But by 1972, there weren’t many of us models left. All the big girls like Veruschka, Twiggy, and Jean Shrimpton had basically split. I wish…

Lauren HUTTON On GOING YOUR OWN WAY

Sanlúcar de Barrameda EL SABOR DEL SUR

Situada en un enclave privilegiado, donde el río Guadalquivir abraza al océano Atlántico frente al Parque Nacional de Doñana, Sanlúcar de Barrameda se alza como uno de los destinos top del momento. Puerta del Nuevo Mundo, de aquí partió y aquí regresó hace 500 años la expedición de Magallanes y Elcano que culminó con la vuelta al mundo, lo que convirtió a la ciudad en el centro del planeta. Su pasado glorioso se traduce en un rico patrimonio artístico y cultural, que salpica la localidad con palacios nobiliarios, casas señoriales, iglesias y conventos barrocos y exuberantes jardines de especies exóticas. El casco antiguo, en el barrio Alto, alberga la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de O, de estilo mudéjar, adosada al palacio Ducal de Medina Sidonia (también conocido como palacio de…

Sanlúcar de Barrameda EL SABOR DEL SUR
Improve Creative Brainstorming With Constructive Criticism

Improve Creative Brainstorming With Constructive Criticism

Anyone who has ever participated in a group brainstorming session knows the ground rules: Focus on quantity, not quality. Be open to far-fetched, outlandish ideas. And above all, don’t criticize. Those principles were conceived in the late 1940s by Alex Osborn, a partner at the esteemed New York City advertising agency BBDO and the unofficial godfather of brainstorming. Osborn believed — and numerous studies back him up — that to maximize creativity, brainstorming should be free wheeling and nonjudgmental. “Creativity,” he said, “is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.” Recent research, however, has cast doubt on Osborn’s “no criticism” rule. A growing number of studies show that criticism might actually heighten creativity and imagination. Forcing participants to suspend…

POR QUÉ MADRID

Podríamos no escribir estas líneas y, en vez de eso, poner aquí bien grande la descripción que cinceló Ernest Hemingway, para qué nada más si tienes a Hemingway, en su libro Muerte en la tarde (1932): “Madrid, en cualquier caso, es un lugar extraño. No creo que a nadie le guste mucho la primera vez que lo visita. No tiene el aspecto que uno espera que vaya a tener España. No es pintoresco. Y, sin embargo, cuando la conoces, descubres que es la más española de todas las ciudades, la mejor para vivir, con la mejor gente y el mejor clima. Mientras otras ciudades representan a la perfección la provincia donde se encuentran, es decir, son andaluzas, catalanas, vascas o aragonesas, solo en Madrid logras destilar la esencia. Ahí es…

POR QUÉ MADRID

YIPPEE KHAO YAI

Khao Yai, a two-and-a-half hour drive north-east of Bangkok, was once seen as little more than a gateway to Thailand’s oldest and third-largest national park; a quick rest stop to fuel up on spicy som tam before four-wheel-drive safaris and rainforest treks in an 800-square-mile Eden of rushing rivers and waterfalls, shared with roaming elephants, gibbons and Asian black bears. But now a clutch of resorts is offering a reason to linger. First among them is the InterContinental Khao Yai Resort, where superstar hotel designer Bill Bensley has helped to turn a former swathe of fallow farmland into a manicured jungle of baobabs and gnarled trees dripping with ferns and tillandsia. Railcar-like rooms, spread over a trio of gingerbread-trimmed lakeside guesthouses, nod to the late 19th-century Pak Chong railway station…

YIPPEE KHAO YAI
WORD PLAY

WORD PLAY

Your new album is inspired by Donald Trump, Martin. Yes. My last two or three albums have been driven by that lunatic, and when he disappeared, I was kind of a loose end, like ‘What the fuck am I gonna do now?’ but then I stumbled across a transcript of his infamous speech from November 2020, which was his attempt to derail the US democratic process. How do you turn a speech into music? I was listening to a few old Frank Zappa interviews where he said that somebody had said to him, ‘Why are you writing in such weird time signatures?’ His reply was a lightbulb-going-on moment for me: He said, ‘No human process actually happens in 4/4. If you look at speech, it’s compound time signatures’. I thought, ‘I could take…

PORTAL AXLE 101

What are portal axles and why are they so cool? That’s a great question, and one we get asked often. So, here’s a look at what makes portal axles so darn cool for off-roading. Simply put, portal axles use a series of gears and a housing mounted on each axle end or control arms next to the wheel to increase ground clearance under the axle. The design raises the centerline of the axle and axletubes or control arms, raises the differential relative to the wheel mounting surface, and pushes the wheels down relative to the differential and axletubes or control arms. It’s like free ground clearance at what is usually the vehicle’s lowest point. And, as you know from spending time on the trail, the lowest fixed point on your vehicle…

PORTAL AXLE 101

Model Citizen

Liya Kebede Founder and creative director of Lemlem, model, and actress New York City and Paris In a Lemlem dress, you can’t help but float through summer. Whisper-light and awash in happy, sun-drenched colors, each one is hand-woven on wooden looms by African artisans, following centuries-old traditions. The brand’s founder is Ethiopian model and maternal-health advocate Liya Kebede, who rose to fame in the early aughts as the face of Tom Ford’s Gucci and the first Black spokesmodel for Estée Lauder. On a trip to her hometown of Addis Ababa around that time, she noticed a distressing drop in the demand for traditional garments, and got busy. “Weaving is a craft that has been passed through generations and holds deep cultural significance,” says Kebede, who set her mind to preserving the art,…

Model Citizen

DUMBLE Under The Hood

With a background in music and electronics, combined with a somewhat entrepreneurial tendency, Howard Alexander Dumble (who later asked to be known as Alexander) had a future in amplifier design that was almost preordained. Growing up in Bakersfield, California, Dumble sold homemade transistor radios to his school friends and built a 200-watt PA system for the local junior baseball team. As an epicentre of progressive rock and electric guitar development, California – particularly Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area – was driven by local bands including Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, The Byrds, Little Feat and Santana. After leaving school, Dumble was introduced to the luthier Semie Moseley in Santa Cruz, who was looking for someone to design an amplifier to complement his Mosrite guitar range. Dumble built 10…

DUMBLE Under The Hood
READ THE TRAIL LIKE A PRO

READ THE TRAIL LIKE A PRO

There are two main aspects of learning to ride well. One is technical – how you move your body to make the bike work properly for you. The other is how you read the trail. Being able to pick a good line and look, brake and accelerate in the right places will make you faster without even feeling like you’re going quicker. Reading the trail can be tough to master, but once you do, everything seems easier and you find more flow. It’s all about looking and thinking ahead. Whether you’re familiar with the trail or not, there are four key considerations that’ll help you plan how to tackle it and react in time, improving your riding no end – and upping the fun factor, too! 01 SELECTING LINES Choosing the correct…

BEEFING THE DANA 30

BEEFING THE DANA 30

We all love bigger tires, unbreakable axleshafts, lockers, and deep axle gearing, but one of the most common Jeep front axles, the Dana 30, gets a bad rap for being weak. And while it’s no tank in a world of bread trucks (more of a light-duty bread van), with some work the Dana 30 can be used with 33- to 35-inch tires and maybe even cautiously with 37s. Of course, in stock form under heavy throttle attacks, lockers, and heavy rigs off-road, that’s not a great idea. Still, the Jeep Dana 30 can be built to withstand a respectable amount of abuse. The Dana 30 is commonly found in Jeep Wranglers ranging from the ’86-’95 YJ, the ’97-’06 TJ, and the ’07-’18 JK, and the ’86-’01 XJ Cherokee, the ’93-’98 ZJ…

AFRICAN EXPEDITION

AFRICAN EXPEDITION

SCORE 82.5 “I’VE BEEN CALLING IT THE GOLDILOCKS OF THE CAMPER WORLD — NOT TOO HEAVY, NOT TOO LIGHT, BUT JUST RIGHT.” GLENN MARSHALL With a long South African heritage, Bushwakka has hit the Australian camper market running, with expedition-type campers built to withstand the harshest conditions either country can provide. Winning a couple of awards at Camper Trailer of the Year 2021 was the icing on the cake for Johnny and Annelize and their Sundowner EVO. Designed and built for two people who love exploring remote destinations, the Sundown EVO ticks all the boxes. There’s also plenty of room to roll out a couple of swags under the fold-out bed or attach an Oztent to the awning if you have kids. Having a South African pedigree, this camper will go wherever you…

Phase of Future Past

Phase of Future Past

THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKES OF THE MONTH THE LAST TIME THE MARVEL Cinematic Universe took a two-year break from theaters, 2008’s laughable The Incredible Hulk made way for 2010’s prophetic Iron Man 2, in which a crowd-pleasing billionaire with poor impulse control rich-splains global security to Congress. The pandemic delayed Black Widow’s arrival until this month, two summers past Spider-Man: Far From Home. But some of the worst years in living memory were already the best years for Marvel Studios. COVID-19 depleted Hollywood’s output in time for WandaVision to become a dominant Disney+ fascination for a content-starved audience. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier followed. And Loki runs right into Widow’s release. Now we’ll have near-bimonthly features until next July’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Even a skeptic bored of greenscreen banter has…

YOU MIGHT BE A BETTER FIT THAN YOU THINK

YOU MIGHT BE A BETTER FIT THAN YOU THINK

When a franchise brand tries attracting new franchisees, they often run into the W same problem: Potential franchisees think they’re not the right fit when in fact, they might be perfect. Why? Because oftentimes, people assume they need a certain kind of background to run a niche franchise brand. They think they need an education background to run a school, for example, or they need a blue-collar background to run a cleaning business. This often isn’t the case, though: Brands want franchisees who understand the business opportunity first, and who are willing and able to learn everything else. So how can a brand get that message across? “You have to make sure your brand is attractive and constantly letting them know why you should be a part of this,” says Celebree School…