The Goodwood Revival, held at the eponymous circuit on Lord Charles March’s vast estate in Chichester, England, is perhaps the only place in the world one can see so many significant classic racecars gathered together in one place. Unlike the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which takes place earlier in the year, the Goodwood Revival is strictly retro. Cars from the 1940s to the 1960s—often driven by legendary racers—compete against a backdrop that has been painstakingly decorated to evoke the style…

Originally published in the Fall 2015 issue of Robb Report Health & Wellness as “Health Portfolio Fall 2015”

A Neat Feat

When James Bond chases the bad guys in Spectre, the 24th film in the famed spy franchise, he will be doing so while driving an Aston Martin DB10—the only car ever built just for Bond. While celebrating the 50-year relationship between the British marque and Eon Productions (the company responsible for almost all of the films) last September, work was already underway on a singular set of wheels for the latest installment. The acclaimed automaker worked closely with Spectre’s director Sam Mendes to develop a ve…

Originally published in the October 2015 issue of Robb Report Collection as “Turning Point”

William Eggleston’s vibrant print Memphis (Tricycle) first rolled into public view in 1976 as part of a color photography exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Like many works that mark an artistic turning point, it was met with a fair amount of derision: Critics declared its subject banal, its saturated color better suited to advertising, and its composition unforgivably simplistic. 

These quibbles, ho…

Already dialed in on the luxury mobile-phone market, Vertu’s New Signature Touch is not just smart, but brilliant—and with a body to boot. Handmade in England, the phone features a 5.2-inch, high-definition LCD screen with a resolution of 428 pixels per inch and a scratch-resistant, sapphire-crystal face to protect it. Inside, a 4 GB Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor maximizes the speed of the Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system. Capturing images is also a thing of beauty thanks to a built-in, 21-m…