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HOWARD WALKER Bentley Magazine is the official magazine for owners, enthusiasts, supporters and friends of Bentley Motors Limited. This edition of Bentley Magazine is published by An automotive journalist for SevenC3 (seven.co.uk) on behalf of Bentley Motors Limited, Pyms Lane, Crewe, Cheshire more than 40 years, Howard was CW1 3PL, UK. bentleymotors.com Email: [email protected] editor of Britain’s Motor, What Car? BENTLEY OFFICES WORLDWIDE and Auto Express before moving China: Bentley China, Volkswagen Group Centre IFC, A-8 JianGuoMenWai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. T: +86 400 890 6668 to the US. Fresh from piloting a Dubai: Bentley Motors UAE AVME, Dubai Airport Freezone, East Wing, Building 4E/A, 8th Floor, PO Box 27758, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. T: +971 4 2936 970 Continental Supersports along Europe: Bentley Motors Europe, Sky Gate, Mietbereich 2, Zeppelinstrasse 1-3, the former Space Shuttle landing 85399 Hallbergmoos, Germany. T: +49 89 856349921 Japan: Bentley Motors Japan, 18F Gotenyama Trust Tower, 4-7-35 Kita-Shinagawa, strip at Kennedy Space Center, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. 140-0001. T: +81 (0)355 75 73 48 South Korea: Bentley Motors Korea, 3F Shinyoung Building, 88-5 Cheongdamdong, he stayed in Florida to interview Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea 135-100. T: +82 (0) 2 6009 9501 producer and Bentley owner Mexico: Bentley de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Km. 116 Autopista, Mexico-Puebla, Cuautlancingo, Pue. 72700, Mexico. T: +52 (222) 230-6757 Edward Walson (pages 50 to 56). Americas and Caribbean: Bentley Motors, Inc., 2003 Edmund Halley Dr, Suite 300, Reston, VA 20191, USA. T: +1 703 364 7990 YSENDA MAXTONE GRAHAM Russia: Bentley Motors Russia, Volkswagen Group Russia, Obrucheva St, 30/1, 117485 Moscow, Russia. T: +7 495 258 3901 Ysenda is the author of five books, Singapore: Bentley Motors Singapore, A Division of Audi Singapore Pte Ltd, 8 Kallang Avenue, Aperia Tower 1, #80-01 to 09, Singapore 339509. T: + 65 6718 6000 including Terms & Conditions, UK: Bentley Motors Limited, Pyms Lane, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3PL, UK. T: +44 (0)1270 255 155 a vivid history of life at girls’ EDITORIAL TEAM boarding schools, now out in FOR BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED paperback. She is a journalist and PUBLISHER AND HEAD OF BRAND COMMUNICATIONS Graeme Russell EDITOR AND HEAD OF LIFESTYLE COMMUNICATIONS Julia Marozzi book reviewer, contributing to PROJECT MANAGEMENT Rochelle Macdonald
The Spectator, The Times and the FOR SEVENC3 BUSINESS DIRECTOR Lee Sanderson Daily Mail and regular columnist ACCOUNT DIRECTOR Nathan Eaton-Baudains for Country Life. In this issue, she MANAGING EDITOR Claire Hutchings CREATIVE DIRECTOR Sam Chick visits beautiful Cobblers Cove in ART EDITOR Brigitta Holmár Barbados (pages 84 to 87). EDITOR AT LARGE Nick Swallow SENIOR SUB EDITORS Ian Johns, Christina Ryder JAKE CHESSUM WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS Jack Cornelius, Nick Foulkes, Rachel Garrahan, Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Darius Moss, Jake’s timeless celebrity portaits Anthony Peacock, Julia Pearey, Nick Scott, Nick Swallow, Howard Walker of everyone from Brad Pitt PHOTOGRAPHY & ILLUSTRATION Michał Bednarski, Roger Bool, Jason Bush, Jake Chessum, Sam Chick, Daniel Herendi, and Oprah Winfrey to Hillary Joe McGorty, Richard Pardon, Julian Rentzsch, John Russo
Clinton and Barack Obama, have PREPRINT PRODUCTION appeared in publications that Rhapsody Media include GQ, Esquire, Men’s Journal PRINT Taylor Bloxham and The New York Times. For this edition he has photographed STOCKISTS Motorsport Collection is available at shop.bentleymotors.com and through Hollywood and Broadway authorised Bentley retailers With thanks also to these suppliers for Objects of Desire (pages 82 to 83): producer, and Bentley aficionado, Cru Fine Wine Investment cruwineinvestment.com, The Gilt Club thegiltclub.com, Edward Walson (pages 50 to 55). NetJets netjets.com, SeaNet senetco.com, Sotheby’s sothebys.com, Travel prize courtesy of Cobblers Cove cobblerscove.com NICK SCOTT Although there are too many to name individually, our sincerest thanks and Editor of the UK edition of appreciation go to all who have contributed to Bentley Magazine. Robb Report, Nick is former To our readers: we hope you enjoy this issue of the magazine. While every care has been taken to ensure that the data in this publication is accurate, editor-in-chief at The Rake and neither the publisher nor Bentley Motors Limited, nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliated spent several years as a staffer at companies, can accept, and hereby disclaim, any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause. All Esquire UK and GQ Australia. He rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording is a contributor to How To Spend or otherwise – without prior written permission of the publisher. All material has been It, Hole & Corner and The Rake. published in good faith as having been supplied for publication. Information correct at time of going to press. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher or Bentley Read his interview with Bentley Motors Limited. Every effort has been made to trace the copyright holders of material used in this publication. If any copyright holder has been overlooked, we would be pleased to customer Steve Kirby, who has just make any necessary arrangements. Bentley Motors Limited does not officially endorse any commissioned two Continental advertising material or editorials for third-party products included within this publication. Care is taken to ensure that advertisers follow advertising codes of practice and are of good GT First Editions (pages 40 to 43). standing, but neither the publisher nor Bentley Motors Limited can be held responsible for any errors. Non-credited images are © Bentley Motors Limited. The names ‘Bentley’, MICHAŁ BEDNARSKI ‘Arnage’, ‘Azure’, ‘Bentayga’, ‘Continental GT’, ‘Flying Spur’, ‘Mulliner’, ‘Mulsanne’, the ‘B-in- wings’ device and product names are registered trademarks. Michał is an illustrator and Bentley Motors Limited, VAT number GB 279230739, registered in England under number 992897. graphic designer based in Bentley Magazine is available by subscription. For further information, please contact Bentley Lublin, Poland. His striking Motors Limited. Tel: +44 (0)1270 535 032 Email: [email protected] The cover price of the magazine is £12.00/€15.00/US$20.00 illustrations are inspired by
geometric shapes and BUSINESS ENQUIRIES gentle textures. He has worked BUSINESS DIRECTOR Lee Sanderson SevenC3, 1st Floor, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ, UK. with Variety, AMEX and global T: +44 (0)20 7775 7080 Email: [email protected] ad agency Y&R. You can see
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