The Waiting Game At this point we loathe one another. We have shared our mouldering paperbacks, played cards until the outcome of every game is disputed, glugged...
Obsession: Eagle Low Drag GT Obsession #3: Eagle low drag GT At some point or another who hasn't desired a Jaguar E type? The boffins at Eagle have achieved grand touring...
The Spy Paintings by James Hart Dyke When British artist james Hart Dyke was offered the chance to spend a year as artist in residence with the famed MI6 we wonder if he had any notion...
Meridian- Neither Here Nor There Its the Meridian, that imaginary half of a great circle, curving from pole to pole that has us thinking about our journeys as of late. Where are we...
Journeys Near and Far Far too often we talk about the far-flung and the exotic, but what of the journeys closer to home? The amble down a country lane with a Robin's nest...
Obsessions: 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GT The lines of the Ferrari Dino GT first appealed to me in slot car form as a child. Since then the "budget" Ferrari named after Enzo's son has...
Brothers of the Cloth: M.W. We always love it when we have a visitor at our North American outpost. It provides a great opportunity to sit down and have some in depth talks...
Reynard As a child I came across the fox as most do. The pages of Aesops Fables, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Goethes's Reineke Fuchs, and Reynard the Fox, telling...
Obsessions: Moto Guzzi At this point we are unsure if our Guzzi lust has moved from beyond the realms of mere obsession to something else entirely. Despite the fact...
From an Olive Grove in Marrakech We often talk about the resonance that we feel in moving through a landscape as we search for our one of a kind goods. We immerse ourselves in the...
Traveling & Writing "My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point...
Obsessions: Fleming’s Bond Novels Is there a better beach read than Fleming? It's become a bit of a West Indies habit for us. Chill the Rose´ wade out for a swim, dry off a...
Cortina Our younger selves would cringe if they could see how we have grown to embrace the more refined aspects of mountain culture as we have aged...
Obsessions: Porsche’s Racing History in Posters It should come as no surprise that petrol and style are a heady mix for us here at Imperial Black. On or off the track these amazing machines...
Obsessions: Timepieces We all have a bit of a thing for magnificent timepieces around here. From the simple and timeless of movements to the most elegant and...
What Am I Doing Here? "Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin.” ― Bruce Chatwin, What Am I Doing Here? It's not the worst of things to ask oneself, "What am I...
Worshiping From Afar At some level don't we all want to be worshiped, adored even? One may be loathe to admit it but all of us, even those with the least...
A slow roast for a cold night There's the soft thump of snow outside which offers no sign of abating. Lovely large flakes that spiral down joining the rest on the lawn,...
Why? Force 7 Winds On An Atlantic Crossing If you would know the age of the earth, look upon the sea in a storm. The grayness of the whole...
At What Price Pride The question is often asked "who we are?" or "what do we do?". Quite a bit of confusion abounds over how to get hold of one of our...
The island of French magicians and a question of returning to the past. The roar of the plane is still with us, the buffeting of wind and air as we leave the sky behind, the tear drops of island chains in the blueness,the...
Greeneland As the moon lay heavy on the thick, lapping banks of the Ben Hai, I walked slowly yet purposefully. The day had brought great promise for the...
The long goodbye The wooden ferry lurches forward and a plume of smoke settles over lower town dock. As we pull away we are waving at my mother. The children with...
