All posts tagged: Touches

This New Watch Delivers Premium Touches at a (Relatively) Accessible Price

This New Watch Delivers Premium Touches at a (Relatively) Accessible Price

Published by Jenni Sidey

Picture the scene. You’re cruising above the Pacific, three and a half hours into a thirteen-hour trip: Sydney to Los Angeles. As you pass above Fiji, the cabin crew announces that you just crossed the international date line, and you’d better remember to set your watch back by a day before you land. You’re no fool: you wore your GMT watch, a piece, typically with an extra hour hand, designed to help you track time in two different places, for exactly this reason. But as you make the necessary adjustments, you realise that having fixed the time, the date’s still wrong. Instant air rage. Admittedly, that might have more to do with your decision to watch Captain America: Brave New World, but your shame as a watch geek for packing the “wrong” kind of GMT will be enduring. If this all sounds fairly ridiculous, that’s because it is, but there is undeniably a hierarchy of travel-time watches. Of course, every watch collector knows of the GMT, but most don’t realize there are two different types …

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Marsh Farm home receives finishing touches in new pictures

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Marsh Farm home receives finishing touches in new pictures

Published by Daniella Wilson

The finishing touches are being completed on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s future Marsh Farm home, where he is due to move once the renovations are concluded, it can be revealed. After being stripped of his royal titles, Andrew, 66, moved out of his 30-room residence at Royal Lodge in Windsor, where he had lived with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, since 2004. In February 2026, Andrew was confirmed to have moved to the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, which is owned by his brother, King Charles. He is temporarily living at Wood Farm while he awaits the completion of renovations at Marsh Farm, which he is due to move into in April. Wood Farm is also where Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office before being released later that day under investigation. Finishing touches are being completed Renovations at Marsh Farm have been taking place over the last month, including the addition of a new security fence, carpet fittings and the installation of Sky TV. In new pictures, a Sky workman can be seen drilling from …

Politics Home Article | Government Puts Final Touches To Digital Communications Overhaul

Politics Home Article | Government Puts Final Touches To Digital Communications Overhaul

Published by Sam Flores

Prime Minister Keir Starmer posing for a selfie during a visit in Yorkshire last year (Alamy) 3 min read1 hr The Labour government is preparing to launch a major overhaul of Whitehall-wide communications as part of its push to reach more voters online. The reforms are expected to see the New Media Unit (NMU), set up by Labour officials following the party’s 2024 general election victory, given expanded capacity. For several months, senior officials have been developing plans to improve the government’s digital communications operation, amid a belief that the way departments promote their messaging is slow, antiquated, and failing to keep pace with how people increasingly get information. James Lyons, who recently served as Keir Starmer’s director of communications in Downing Street, said soon after leaving government that Whitehall communications had “barely changed” since the turn of the century, and that “too many teams” are not equipped for the “modern media environment”. The work to modernise government messaging has been led by David Dinsmore, a former editor of The Sun who was appointed as the permanent secretary for government communications …

Audi is putting the finishing touches on its most affordable EV

Audi is putting the finishing touches on its most affordable EV

Published by skeptic

The A2 e-tron is set to debut soon as a sibling to the Volkswagen ID.3 and Audi’s most affordable EV yet. Unlike the Q4 e-tron, the new entry-level EV has its own unique look. Audi A2 e-tron is coming in 2026 as a new entry-level EV Audi is jumping into the entry-level EV segment with an electric version of the A2. Thanks to its infamous egg-shaped design, the gas-powered A2 was considered one of the most aerodynamic cars of its time. The A2 is making a comeback as an electric vehicle and is set to debut by the end of 2026. Ahead of its big debut, Audi’s entry-level EV has been spotted testing in public, with a design that appears similar to the outgoing A2. According to senior company sources (via Autocar), the new model will likely be named the A2 e-tron upon launch. Unlike the Q4 e-tron, which was essentially a rebadged Volkswagen ID.4, the new entry-level EV is adopting a unique design. Advertisement – scroll for more content The new A2 E-tron will …

Not by nostalgia alone – Singapore’s heritage businesses need modern touches to stay afloat

Not by nostalgia alone – Singapore’s heritage businesses need modern touches to stay afloat

Published by Sam Flores

Over at Say Tian Hng Buddha Shop, where the main business is the handcrafting of Buddhist and Taoist deity statues, it has to compete with mass market, machine-made statues sold at cheaper prices. Instead of seeing it as a direct threat, the family has turned it into an opportunity, since the cheaper, mass-produced idols cannot be returned to the factories for any restoration works should they get damaged. Restoration works for such statues now make up about half of its business, while handcrafting commissioned work accounts for the other half. Mr Ng said that after the shop revamped its website about three years ago, it began receiving orders from overseas as well, as far as the United States, Europe and South America, from devotees or collectors who appreciate craftsmanship.  “It’s a small trickle, just a handful, but it’s still interesting and has potential” he said, adding that this would open up his business to a potential market “multiple fold” in size compared to its current core customers of households and temples in Singapore. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS …