Fresheye Magazine. April Edition 2021

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hat a strange thought, to think that this time last year we had no idea of the life changing 12 months we had ahead of us. The incidents that have occurred resemble the plot of a movie, and definitely not real life as we all knew it. It’s been a time of major lows and rewarding highs, and finally there seems to be a beaming light at the end of this very dark tunnel.

A coronavirus vaccine is now available and is safe and effective in the protection against COVID19. The vaccine has been approved for use in the UK and has met strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness set out by the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory. The role out has been a long time coming; but has been proven to be effective in reducing cases of the virus, minimising hospital admissions and saving people’s lives. In England the vaccine has been offered to hospitals and pharmacies, at local vaccination centres run by GPs and at larger vaccination centres. The vaccine has firstly been offered to people of the age of 65 and

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A matter for your immunity.

over, to those who are at high or moderate risk to the virus and to people who live or work within the health and social care sectors.

The order in which people will be offered the vaccine is based on advice from the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation.

The vaccination is our strongest hope in protecting the most vulnerable from this disease, and these people as well as the elderly have been the most keen when it comes to getting the vaccine, so they can try to return to some kind of normality; whether that be going for a walk outside for the first time in months or being able to do their own shopping, it’s the little things that count at this time.

Of course many people are still sceptical around information on the virus and the vaccination itself. It’s human nature to be cautious and feel unsure when something so unusual has become part of all our everyday lives. However I feel the tide is slowing changing in regards to this. People are growing in confidents when it comes to the success and safety of the vaccine, as now over 15 million people in the UK have had the vaccine with minimum side effects. It’s been a life line for

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many, and having medical advisors and people of importance having the vaccine successfully has also helped to distinguish many anxieties within the public.

We seem to be heading in the right direct, to achieve something that resembles our old ‘normal’. Everyone wants to get back to their lives, however we also have to reflect and appreciate the areas of our lives which have

Moving forward with medicine.

contributed to this virus and given rise to it having the ability to mutate very quickly, causing devastation. The world has learnt a lot as a result of the pandemic. It’s important to take these lessons, and ensure that incidents like this don’t occur again or to this magnitude. The vaccines purpose is to protect, and that’s the new prospective the world now has moving forward.

The COVID-19 vaccinations have been approved by the MHRA, the official UK regulator, like all other medicines and devices.

NHS Foundation Trust.

“I am absolutely not in favor of any compulsory vaccinations.

Vaccination against coronavirus should absolutely not be mandatory.”

Andrzej Duda - President of Poland.

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The reponse to your needs Sony A1 with superb resolution and speed.

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ony continues to challenge the limits of conventional imaging tools with innovative technology that delivers an unprecedented combination of resolution and speed plus intuitive operation. The α1 offers new dimensions of imaging performance as well as efficient workflow, giving the user new creative freedom.

Breathtaking resolution and image quality The new 50.1 MP Exmor RS CMOS sensor delivers high resolution and sensitivity with low noise, plus up to 15 stops of dynamic range. A new image processing engine achieves even better colour accuracy than previous models.

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50.1 megapixels at up to 30 frames/second The α1 offers an extraordinary combination of high resolution and blazing speed. Ultrafast readout from the 50.1 MP sensor allows continuous bursts at up to 30 fps with AF and AE tracking using the electronic shutter.

Perfect for sports or any situation where the critical action is over in an instant.

Flash sync with electronic shutter For the first time in an α camera, electronic shutter flash sync is possible thanks to high readout speed from the stacked CMOS sensor.

All electronic shutter advantages remain available for flash shooting.

Creative Look supports varied expression The Creative Look feature provides 10 presets that can be used unmodified or edited to create a variety of “looks” that can help creators fine-tune the mood of their stills or movies in-camera.

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A fresheye appreciation for vintage style boudoir lengerie...

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oco De Mer’s Seven Dials store is the go-to destination for luxurious lingerie.

Luxurious, enticing and empowering, Coco de Mer is the place to indulge the exhilarating limits of your erotic imagination. The Seven Dials boutique collects and curates only the finest lingerie and erotica to inspire exploration, excitement and enjoyment.

In addition, Coco de Mer hosts regular in-store salonswhere you can learn new skills, tricks and techniques to heighten your pleasure in the bedroom.

Just as deluxe chocolates often boast that they contain a high percentage of cocoa, deluxe sex lives may boast that they incorporate an indulgent amount of Coco de Mer. Browse toys, accessories, jewellery and lingerie made from the finest materials: stunning sterling silver nipple shields and gold-gilded clamps; beautiful, subtly sexual rings that double as massage aids; leather reins and harnesses to transform your partner into the dressiest of dressage ponies; and love eggs made from rose quartz and jade. Yes, a lot of this designer decadence comes with a price tag that would turn even Christian Grey’s bank balance deep red, but there are plenty of classy treats that manage to look anything but cheap while being pleasingly affordable.

The back story.

Coco de Mer was originally established by Sam Roddick – daughter of Body Shop founder Anita and although it was bought out by online adult retailer Lovehoney in 2011, it maintains an ethical, artisan-led streak.

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Body & Gift Whether you seek a considerate, sensual gift for a friend or lover, or wish to accessorise and heighten your erotic adventures, the range of luxurious gifts, balms, and books are certain to satisfy.

Peruse erotic fiction, educate yourself in the art of love, or invest in a statement piece of intimate jewellery.

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London’s most glamorous, upmarket erotic emporium. The latest in indulgent luxury lingerie, decadent sex toys and sumptuous bondage play at Coco de Mer.

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Bondage Fetish play with the selection of the best collars, paddles and restraints from the world’s leading masters of kink.

Discover expert designs from the likes of Paul Seville, Sylvie Monthule, Figure of A and Fleet Ilya and become initiated in a hedonistic world of sensual pleasures.

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Empower Coco de Mer and Desert Flower Foundation are working together to support, empower and educate women.

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Sex toys Enhance your pleasure with the finest names in sensual satisfaction.

Including offerings from Lelo, Je Joue, Julian Snelling, and the revered Coco de Mer Pleasure Collection, find indulgent bliss in the selection of sex toys.

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Designers Coco de Mer stocks the finest range of luxury sex toys brands, exquisite designer lingerie collections and hand-crafted erotic gifts from artisans across the UK and abroad.

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Lingerie Reveal your inner temptress and accentuate your feminine sensuality with our selection of the finest couture and designer luxury lingerie. From beloved names like Bordelle to independent ateliers such as Belle et BonBon and our own acclaimed Coco de Mer Icons, browse a wonderland of breathtaking eroticism and delight

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Rega Plana Bringing the purity and simplicity of British technology home by Dennis Sterne.

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he Rega Planar 3, together with its successors, the P3 and RP3, is a wellknown budget audiophile turntable

by British hi-fi manufacturer, Rega Research available since 1977. It was a belt-drive deck that broke from convention, by employing a solid plinth in lieu of the compliantly-suspended chassis or sub-chassis used in many quality turntables since the early 1960s.

The product has lived through several guises and name changes, any of which are often referred to simply as “Rega 3”. It is highly influential, and has made its small British manufacturer’s name synonymous with hi-fi turntables, and gave the company the widest brand recognition in this product sector in the US. Its relative simplicity and affordability made the Rega 3 a “bedrock of analog playback for well over 30 years”.

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In 2016, Rega released its 5th generation of Rega 3 turntables, and returned to its original name, Planar 3. A significant redesign, the 2016 Planar 3 features almost all new parts but still shares its basic engineering with its older siblings.

History The turntable has been through four principal guises: Planar 3 (1977–2000) (2016-), P3 (2000–2007), P3-24 (2007–2012) and RP3 (2012–2016). The first Rega turntable, the Planar 2 was launched in 1975. This was followed by the launch in June 1977 of the Planar 3. The two decks are of identical design but built to different budgets. The Planar 3 turntable established itself as a “threshold” or entry-level for high quality turntables.

It became hugely popular and is one of the most well-known turntables ever produced.

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A Planar 3 might take centre place in the system of many audiophiles as a “serious turntable” until they could afford the coveted Linn Sondek LP12. It became a reference for simplicity and value, confirming Britain as an important player in the specialist hi-fi industry.

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Design Rega went against conventional wisdom of the time, preferring to make their decks lightweight and rigid as a means of controlling unwanted resonances. Their belief was that mass absorbs energy and results in lost music.

In other senses, the turntables are deliberately minimalistic and neither require nor justify any ‘tweaking’ by users, except adjustment to the vertical-tracking-angle (VTA) of the cartridge. It is a belt-driven design incorporating a driving ‘sub-platter’ mounted on a high quality oil-lubricated bearing, which is fixed directly to a medite (MDF) plinth supported by three simple rubber feet.A heavy

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glass platter sits atop the sub-platter, which is driven by a mechanically-isolated 24V synchronous motor through a rubber belt. A 2mm-thick mat sits on top of the glass platter.

The turntable is without suspension, and the rubber feet provide limited mechanical isolation from floor-transmitted vibrations.

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Japanese London Endulge your Asian persuasion, choose the capital for your Japanese restaurant.

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ny world-renowned city should have culinary diversity represented in its choice of restaurants.

London is most certainly among those cities sighted as being rich in cultural diversity, this is reflected in the restaurants on offer.

As people become better acquainted with what denotes popular dishes of an international variety, Japanese food has attained its rightful recognition for delicious dining and the health benefits that are aligned with its template that has been employed for centuries. Even your layman by now will recognize the terms Bento, Sushi, Noodle, Satay, Soy, Sesame, Ramen, Tempura, Miso, Udon, Katsu, Soba etc. If you don’t, then it’s time to dive into Japanese food.

The time to expand awareness of a broader persuasion around food is always the here and now. fresheye highlights 3 London dining spots

to tempt your Japanese persuasion. Think of the health benefits too of a Sushi meal. Two of the most healthy diets in the world are undisputedly Japanese and Mediterranean.

Both regions reporting the lowest heart disease rate amongst its populations. Fish, fish oil and omega 3 are common in our understanding of good health and diet. Equal to the enjoyment of Japanese food is the dining experience.

When eating within a Japanese inspired interior however traditional or modern, the senses are prompted to experience from a Japanese perspective. Using chopsticks too should authenticate the feel and mood. If you really want to indulge in authenticity then take a few slurps of your favourite soup. The flavours of the noodles and soup are multiplied when slurping. Slurping creates oxygenation which is said to enhance the flavour.

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Restaurants Set within the heart of Piccadilly, Engawa is one of London’s most authentic and traditional Japanese restaurants, specialising in the delicacy of Kobe beef alongside a stunning selection of fresh sushi and sashimi.

2 Ham Yard, London, W1D 7DT

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Engawa - One of just a handful of Japanese restaurants in London to offer Kobe – the most exclusive beef in the world often called the ‘caviar of meat’.

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Top: INKO NITO Broadwick Street, the first UK site, opened its doors in May 2018.

Situated on Broadwick Street, London, the new casual dining hotspot serves unconventional robatayaki Japanese fare in the heart of the Soho community, combining a laid-back setting with innovative flavours. 55 Broadwick Street London W1F 9QS Above: Jugemu - Rustic Japanese barrestaurant offering dishes not commonly found in London. A tiny Japanese restaurant in Soho that feels like you stumbled into .a backstreet cafe in Kyoto.

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Right: Jidori A yakitori restaurant that takes the name from the special breed of free-range chickens renowned for their robust flavour and freshness in Japan. Staying true to this ethos, we use the freshest free-range birds, delivered direct from Yorkshire, utilising every part of the chicken.

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Jidori - A rare London spot dedicated solely to yakitori and the art of the Japanese grilled chicken skewer.

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American Horror Story fresheye arranges an eye catching gallery of costumery that evokes gothic, eccentric and retro glamour.

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Wardrobe American Horror Story (sometimes abbreviated as AHS) is an American anthology horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for the cable network FX. Style note: Lace, Satin and Bowers.

Essential ingredients for costumery that spells decadence.

Above: Jessica Lange - An injection of vintage Hollywood.

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Dressed for The Occasion American Horror Story - Regarded as one of the best horror TV series of all time.

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Wardrobe An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an insane asylum, a witch coven, a freak show circus, a haunted hotel, a possessed farmhouse, a cult, the apocalypse, and a slasher summer camp.

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Fashionable inspirations If you want to capture the true horrific and freaky spirit of Halloween, American Horror Story costumes are definitely where it’s at.

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Wardrobe Creators Murphy and Falchuk began working on American Horror Story before their Fox series Glee began production. Murphy wanted to do the opposite of what he had done previously and thus began his work on the series. He stated: “I went from Nip/Tuck to Glee, so it made sense that I wanted to do something challenging and dark. And I always had loved, as Brad had, the horror genre. So it just was a natural for me.” Falchuk was intrigued by the idea of putting a different angle on the horror genre, stating that their main goal in creating the series was to scare viewers.

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Wear it with style Fashion icons, gothic make-up and Joan Collins. All combined together to form an intoxicating mysterious cocktail.

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Wardrobe American Horror Story largely has been well received by television critics, with the majority of the praise going towards the cast, particularly Jessica Lange, who won two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performances. Kathy Bates and James Cromwell each won an Emmy Award for their performances, while Lady Gaga won a Golden Globe Award.

The series draws consistently high ratings for the FX network, with its first season being the most-viewed new cable series of 2011.

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Fur and Satin Layers and formality Gather your inspiration from tailoring, smooth fabrics and a touch of essential nostalgia.

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Wardrobe The maid: If you don’t have a full on apron set, you can wear a white collar black dress and accessorize with a duster.

Funerial: The colour palette is very simple - Black.

No prizes for guessing what colour your accessories should be come shoes, hats and umbrellas.

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Glam Dress Rock Maybe you dressed up as Lady Gaga a few years ago. Maybe you still want to dress up as Lady Gaga.

Maybe you are Lady Gaga.

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Loafing around fresheye looks at a classic. A slip-on shoe with a low heel and no laces, on paper, doesn’t sound like the smartest. Quite the opposite: it sounds like a slipper. But the loafer is anything but shabby. Along with brogues, Derbies and Oxfords, a quality loafer is an essential addition to any comprehensive formal and casusl shoe collection.

Above: Opumo Penny Loafer - combine well with denim and workwear.

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Right: Gucci leather and fur slipper. The Princetown slipper is fully lined and trimmed with lamb wool then finished with signature Horsebit detail.

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Profile A simple style, they’re often slim in profile and as a result don’t look out of place worn with tailoring.

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Dr Martens Adrian Tassel Loafers.

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Dr Martens Dr. Martens Adrian ‘The Who’ Black Smooth Leather Loafers.

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Louis Vuitton Montaigne Loafer in Brown.

In supple waxed calf leather is a testament to Louis Vuitton’s shoemaking know-how.

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Grenson Brie - Womens Loafers in Black Hi Shine Leather - Grenson Shoes.

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Gucci The Double G antique gold toned hardware is set on a blue/red Web of these low heel leather loafers.

They have a stacked heel and square toe.

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Prada These Prada loafers are an autumn winter cult buy.

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Right: Past performers, Adele, Rakim and John Legend.

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NPR Music offers current and archival podcasts, live concert webcasts, reviews, music lists, news, studio sessions, and interviews to listen to from NPR and partner public radio stations across the country, as well as an index of public radio music stations streaming live on the Internet.

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Tiny Desk Concert Intimate video performances, recorded live.

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PR Music is a project of National Public Radio, an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization, that launched in November 2007 to present public radio music programming and original editorial content for music discovery. The Tiny Desk is a unique space that presents your favorite artists like you’ve never heard them before.

Since 2008, NPR Music welcomed beloved musicians from across genres — everyone from Adele to Chance The Rapper, from T-Pain to Yo-Yo Ma — to perform behind the desk of Bob Boilen, host of All Songs Considered and creator of the Tiny Desk concert series. Since the launch of the series, more than 900 performances have been recorded at Boilen’s festive workspace at NPR headquarters, which is adorned with years of music mementos and memorabilia.

The new As much as the Tiny Desk is about celebrity, it’s also about discovery. So in 2014, they launched the Tiny Desk Contest: their nationwide search to find the next great undiscovered musician to come play a Tiny

Desk concert. Winners also go on tour with NPR Music, in partnership with NPR Member stations across the country. The previous winners have gone on to sign to major labels, perform across the world and even win Grammy awards.

And while there is only one yearly grand prize winner, every artist who enters the Contest benefits from joining the Tiny Desk Contest community. Entrants are regularly featured on NPR Music’s All Songs Considered blog, at the stops on the Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour and even sometimes in a Tiny Desk concert down the line. No matter what kind of music you make, NPR Music wants to hear it.

Send them a song that’s totally you. https://tinydeskcontest.npr.org/2020/open/ NPR offers a wide range of shows and podcasts (also find on YouTube). Check out what’s featured and what’s offered daily, or browse all NPR shows: news and conversations, storytelling and humor, and music. If you don’t see a show or podcast you’re looking for, it may be produced by your local NPR station or another public media organization.

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The end of lockdown?

A reset in the waiting - Are we at the beginning of a rebirth?

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fter the first stage in March, further lifting of the rules will happen if certain conditions are met - such as the vaccine rollout going to plan. The aim is for all restrictions to be lifted by 21st June at the earliest in the UK. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has also announced details of Scotland’s path out of lockdown, with restaurants and non-essential shops opening on 26 April at the earliest.

Northern Ireland and Wales will outline their plans in the coming weeks.

A need for speed “The mRNA vaccine platform technology (which the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine uses) has been in development for over two decades,” says Dr Zoltán Kis, of Imperial College London.

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The use of platform technologies not only means a vaccine can be rapidly developed, and that more is known about its safety profile from the start, but production is faster and cheaper as existing production processes can be used.

Another consideration is that while in traditional vaccine development the phases of clinical trials are carried out in sequence, in the case of the Covid vaccines they have overlapped, making the process faster.

Exposing inequalities – and an opportunity for renewal This catastrophe has exposed and brought to the fore with great clarity the manifestations and impact of glaring, pre-existing inequalities in our societies, where minorities and others at the bottom of the economic ladder, the frail u

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Stay informed If you want to be part of the change then tune in, turn on and get involved. Follow the #DavosAgenda​

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The pandemic has radically changed the world as we know it, and the actions we take today, as we work to recover, will define our generation.

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WEF The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

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and the sicker, have been hit hardest, while the well-off, although still at risk and working from home, have been able to resist better.

In our daily lives, like in a shipwreck, we have continued to hold on to memories of times past, as a way to recharge and remind ourselves that this too shall pass, and we can look forward to future times when we can hug and laugh with family and friends, work in close proximity to others, and travel and discover other geographies and people, without the fear that COVID-19 is waiting for us just around the corner. But, more importantly, I think, we are realizing and learning to accept that change is needed in our lives and in the existing social contracts of countries and between countries.

Rising to the challenge – and looking forward with solidarity We, as a global collective, have resisted, mounted a strong response, and have seen the potential wonders that cooperation and solidarity can bring to enrich our arsenal against COVID-19. In an unprecedented historical feat, we have new vaccines produced in less than a year (good to keep in mind that the eradication of smallpox through a vaccine took several centuries, while the development of vaccines to deal with measles, influenza, and yellow fever, took several decades), as well as new diagnostics and treatment protocols that have reduced significantly the risk of severity and death among the infected.

Since it made its entry on to the world stage, COVID-19 has torn up the existing script of how to govern countries, live with others, and take part in the global economy in a dramatic way.

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IMX Nissan Concept The IMx concept is said to represent the ‘three brand pillars’ that represent Nissan Intelligent Mobility. But behind this newspeak, there’s a genuine desire at Nissan to push electrification and autonomy, and the IMx is the visualisation of this plan.

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3 Pillars of Nissan Intelligent Mobility (Driving, Power, Integration) Available now and in the near future.

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A steering wheel that folds away when autonomous drive is selected, and a 180-degree OLED screen that replaces the traditional dashboard. This is mounted at the base of the windscreen and augments the view into the road, with further information.

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Forward development Nissan has made huge investment into its EV development program, and by 2022, it aims to have a family of 12 EVs on sale,

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The innovative concept vehicle provides a glimpse into the future of Nissan Intelligent Mobility, Nissan’s approach to changing how cars are powered, driven and integrated with society.

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Design synergy It’s designed to strengthen the link between car and driver as a close, reliable partner that delivers a safer, more convenient and more enjoyable drive.

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Nissan intelligent mobility Redefining how we move Imagine a whole new driving experience, moving through life with greater exhilaration, confidence, and connection to the world around you. This is Nissan Intelligent Mobility, and it’s already a reality in Nissan’s you can drive today – in cars that park themselves, watch what’s happening around you, and step in to keep you out of trouble. Now imagine a near future with cars that can actually learn from one another, and Electric Vehicles that recharge as they drive along, no strings attached. Nissan Intelligent Mobility is making all this, and more, part of a bold, bright tomorrow.

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It sits on a bespoke EV platform and is powered by an uprated high-power battery that runs a pair of electric motors, mounted on each axle. The numbers are impressive – 429bhp and 516lb ft.

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Herrera was famous as a beauty, socialite, and constant presence on best-dressed lists long before she became a designer.

Artists from Robert Mapplethorpe to Andy Warhol did her portrait.

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Introducing Carolina Herrera Summer 2021 “Fashion is a way to celebrate the beauty of special moments, and making ordinary moments extraordinary. And right now, I want each piece to be unmistakably Herrera. Colors more saturated. Volumes even more voluminous. Tailoring at its most feminine. Sleeves more dramatic. Polka dots always. Embroideries more luminous.”

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Essence Wes Gordon, who’s about two-and-a-half years into his stint at the label said he’d “doubled-down” on Herrera-isms, like dramatic sleeves, color, polka dots, and prints. It was more so that the attitude of the clothes has shifted. He listed his muses as Mia Farrow, Sade, and Mrs. Herrera herself. Overall, the sensibility is more youthful and casual than usual, while holding onto the grace that is the house founder’s legacy.

While Herrera is modest about her accomplishments, she was honored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America with a lifetime achievement award in 2008.

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“Fashion is healing for the soul. Its freeing and it can make you feel powerful. The women I design for seek beauty in all its forms and this collection is our gift to them.”

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Clothe horses: Herrera’s most famous client in those early days was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis—though the designer never publicized it. Her name recognition, however, did soar after she made a white organza bridal gown with shamrock appliqués for the wedding of Kennedy Onassis’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, in 1986. In more recent years, Herrera’s customers are as likely to be Oscar winners as ladies who lunch. The designer’s clothes, the actress Renée Zellweger has said, “make me feel as though I’m not trying too hard and that I’m telling the truth.”

Resonance In 2017, Herrera hired American designer Wes Gordon as a consultant, and later appointed him to creative director in 2018. Gordon brought a youthful new energy to the house codes of femininity, color, and joie de vivre, and designs both Herrera’s ready-to-wear and bridal collections.

“When I first started to think about this collection and sketch, it was very emotional. It was in between lockdown and the gradual reopening of our atelier. Every time I came in to the city, to the garment district, to our offices to work with the team, it felt like falling in love with fashion all over again.”

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When asked to describe the aesthetic of her first collection, in 1981, Carolina Herrera says, “It’s my own style.” www.carolinaherrera.com

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Peter Doig The contemporary Scottish artist, fresheye celebrates one of the most important representational painters working today.

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Peter Doig (left) is a British painter. One of the most renowned living figurative painters, he has settled in Trinidad since 2002. In 2007, his painting White Canoe sold at Sotheby’s for $11.3 million, then an auction record for a living European artist.

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Inspiration In the climax to the 1980 American slasher movie Friday the 13th, which would spawn a bloody flurry of sequels, television shows and video games worth more than half-a-billion pounds, a man is decapitated by the film’s heroine, who is in turn suddenly dragged into the depths of a lake by a hideously disfigured aggressor.

In between the two gruesome scenes, there is a brief and startlingly beautiful shot of the resting heroine alone in a canoe, her arm hanging limply towards the water’s crystal-clear surface.

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Early recognition came shortly after his graduation from Chelsea College of Arts in 1991, when he won the Whitechapel Artist Prize, and was given a solo exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.

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Quote - “There exists a tension,” Peter Doig has explained of his work, “between the often generic representation of a pastoral scene and the investment in my own experiences of the landscape.”

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Inspiration continued It was this lyrical interlude, rather than the mayhem enveloping it, that caught the eye of Peter Doig when he saw the movie.

“The film is not worth watching,” Doig tells me dismissively in his east London studio and living space. “But I was so surprised by that scene.

The image stayed with Doig, and it would become a key motif in his later work, most notably in “White Canoe” (199091), a technical tour de force of dramatic abstraction, and more explicitly still in “Canoe Lake” (1997-98), in which it is turned into a menacing tableau of acidic greens.

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Like many of Doig’s late baby-boomer contemporaries - he was born in 1959 - the richness of the era’s music and movies has played as strong a role in his cultural formation as Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin, the painters to whom he is often compared.

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Quote - “All of the paintings have an element of autobiography in them, but I resist making the autobiographical readings overly specific.”

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Egg Hunt A rebirth in the taste of chocolate...

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owever you like your Easter eggs, fresheye makes the hunt a lot easier for you. With our own discerning summary of 5, here is our version of the best chocolate taste test. And of course let us not forget what the Easter period is all about and what it means. Easter, also called Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. 1. Waitrose No.1 hidden truffles egg A thin egg but it has a rich and creamy texture and a pleasant taste, studded with rubbly almonds and a touch of salt. Quite a low-key creation, but the chocolate isn’t sickly sweet and has a good mouthfeel.

2. Rococo eggs Proving that Easter eggs aren’t just for children (you’d better find an extra good hiding place

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for this one), Rococo creates its own, grownup iteration from velvety smooth chocolate that comes in a range of delectable flavours - from sea salt to raspberry or honeycomb (there’s a wholly vegan version, too).

3. Hotel Chocolat Whether you’re looking for a fun twist on an Easter classic, Eggs & Soldiers truffles or want to crack into their ridiculously thick Easter Eggs, look at Hotel Chocolat.

4. Divine A boldly citrus flavour sings out from the softly set chocolate shell (don’t expect a clean snap). No bells and whistles, just a nice basic egg that delivers on all its promises. Simple but successful.

5. Melt chocolate egg Indulge this Easter with handcrafted, luxury Acorn Easter Egg from Melt Chocolates now with completely plastic free packaging.

Exquisite milk and dark chocolate Easter egg with a nutty capule almond rocher.

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Divine Chocolate Limited - is a purveyor of Fairtrade chocolate. It was originally established in the UK in 1998 as a company limited by shares co-owned by the Kuapa Kokoo cocoa farmers’ co-operative in Ghana.

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