Ben Branch
January 6, 2013
The iPad is an incredible thing. For the first time in history we can access the sum total of almost all we know about the universe with a click and a swipe. The only thing left to decide on is which case are you going to put it in so it doesn’t break when you clumsily drop it whilst reading The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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Ben Branch
January 4, 2013
The Schoolhouse Electric Supply Co. is one of those stores I always come back to, they’re products have a fascinating, post-steampunk feel to them that you just won’t find anywhere else.
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Ben Branch
January 1, 2013
The rather lengthily named Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione was one of the most important GT racers of its era, it used a specifically developed short wheelbase (based on the standard 250 GT) to improve both overall weight and handling. It was powered by a 290hp…
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Ben Branch
December 30, 2012
This 1965 Shelby Cobra 289 is one of the cleaner, more minimalist examples of the more-famous-than-Elvis car that’s been a poster on every boy’s wall since 1962.
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Ben Branch
December 24, 2012
Every now and then a motorcycle like this, the Triumph Thunderbird 650cc Baby Mine Dragbike, pops up for sale at an auction, this invariably leads to people like you and me questioning which organs we really need and how much we could feasibly get for the superfluous ones on the black market.
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Ben Branch
December 22, 2012
This stunning photograph of the Hindenburg floating past the Empire State Building in 1936 was just too stunning not to share, it’s quite a high resolution image so if you click it you’ll be better able to see the details.
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Ben Branch
December 21, 2012
We featured the new Ruby full face Castel helmets a couple of months ago, since then we’ve grown even more fond of them.
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Ben Branch
December 15, 2012
I’m flying to St Andrews in Scotland over the new year to play some golf and then driving down to Surrey to shoot some clay pigeons with an old shotgun.
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Ben Branch
December 14, 2012
Shaving is one of those things that all men do, but some do better than others. This 3-piece set by Edwin Jagger looks for all the world like the kind of shaving gear you’d find in Sinatra’s backstage dressing room, it takes standard Gillette Mach 3 blades (making replacement blades easy to find) and that brush is made using 100% pure badger hair.
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Ben Branch
December 13, 2012
The 1938 Bugatti 57C Atalante is one of those cars that’s so iconic it almost deserves it’s own entry in the dictionary, the 57C Atalante is widely considered one of the fastest and most beautiful cars ever produced by the Bugatti family. And that’s really saying something.
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Ben Branch
December 11, 2012
The 1959 Lister-Chevrolet is one of those remarkable historical curiosities that most of us have never heard of, the eye-catching design was the work of Frank Costin, a man who is almost certainly the most underrated automotive designer of the last century.
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Ben Branch
December 10, 2012
The Roberu Leather Camera Strap is the first accessory you’ll need when unboxing a new digital SLR. The stock nylon straps that come with modern cameras are usually one or two styling points away from being the sort of thing you’d get given for free with a Happy Meal, and that’s just not up to snuff.
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