What does one of New Zealand’s pioneering hip hop musicians, one of New Zealand’s most renowned visual artists, and the co-owner of the Lucky Taco have in common? They are all Otis Frizzell. You would expect that the son of NZ art icon, Dick Frizzell, would come out a bit creative in a particular field, […]
Woodford Reserve has created a reputation for itself as one of the world’s most innovative bourbons and is also credited for being one of the brands leading the growth and reputation of the American Whiskey industry as a whole. We talk to Woodford Reserve’s Master Distiller, Chris Morris, about how history and innovation can work […]
As a small nation, in the relative scheme of things, we always tend to anchor our global success with a slight irreverence. We do celebrate that we punch above our weight, but even this kind of statement is a little bit limiting. The fact is that across a number of areas, sports like rugby and […]
If you’re the sort of person to get humbled by other people’s over achievements, you probably don’t want to read too far in Justin Vaughan’s background. A former New Zealand cricketer who played six tests and 18 one day internationals, he was also CEO of New Zealand Cricket from 2007-2011. He has held leadership roles […]
Insite AI is one of the latest of a new breed of AI-based startups coming out of New Zealand that looks set to change the world. In this case, the world of retail. While demand forecasting based on historical data is commonly used in the world of retail to make merchandising decisions moving forward, there […]
David Downs is the General Manager of New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, he helps fast growing New Zealand tech companies grow internationally, and leads a cross-government project for the agritech sector. David shares his cancer journey and on the power of positive thinking and optimism. What is your morning routine? My father still has a […]
This won’t be the first time I’ve done it, but I am about to say something that makes me look a bit like an idiot in the context that I say it. I want to make a point about how we don’t celebrate people who create businesses in the same way that we do, say […]
For any successful sportsman, setting goals is all part of the game. If you’re a social soccer player, playing for a local Auckland football team on Saturdays, becoming captain of Manchester United wouldn’t be a foolish dream to have. Or maybe if you play club rugby for, say, Linwood in Christchurch, becoming an All Black […]
Our lofty goal is to half New Zealand’s suicide rate by 2025. You might think that’s not possible. Well, in fact, it is. New Zealand is currently ranked 53rd in suicide and for youth suicide, we’re ranked number one. It’s a shocking stat, showing we need a greater focus on mental health. But there are […]
Talk by Amanda Gilmore, Country Manager New Zealand of Uber about how we can use platforms to create sustainable mobility. On July 24, over 300 engaged attendees invested a whole day to be at the second M2 Success Summit. M2’s biggest event yet, the summit featured 14 speakers from a range of industries, including Blockchain, […]
While there is plenty of media coverage about economic headwind on the horizon, the head of CMC Markets New Zealand, Chris Smith, is optimistic about the future. And he should know, with access to over 10,000 financial products, CMC covers the gamut of the trading world. We talk to Chris about the life of an […]
For a while it seemed like success was all about building a global empire. Of course, there are some benefits to scale but not necessarily if you are a creative agency tuned into the nuances of a local audience. So when the news came out recently that Ogilvy New Zealand’s Managing Director, Greg Partington had […]
In this issue, we run some swanky event photos from our July 24 Success Summit, as well as the beginnings of the insights provided by some of the speakers on the day. While the future of business was an important theme of the day, the event is itself a testament to the evolution of the […]
On July 24, over 300 engaged attendees invested a whole day to be at the second M2 Success Summit. M2’s biggest event yet, the summit featured 14 speakers from a range of industries, including Blockchain, Gig Economy, Tech, Human Performance, AI, Mental Health, Micro Mobility, Tribes & Communities, Meditation, Health & Wellbeing, Marketing, and Finance. […]
Driving southbound on Causeway Road, Waiheke Island, with the windows of your car down, you are welcomed by the airy salt of the sea nearby. The Surfdale beach is close enough you can almost taste it. As you round the next corner, trees either side of you, a stone gate opens out onto a long […]
If you had a passing interest in the vehicle style purchase habits of the New Zealand market, you will know that there has been a shift to SUVs away from sedans over the last few years. I guess this might be down to things like perceived safety being higher and the fact that you can […]
Certain industries seem to create different contexts for age. I have a feeling that if I was working in an engineering firm that specialized in producing hand copper spooled 3 phrase electric motors for industrial lathes, that at 40, I would be one of the workplace young-uns. I imagine that my senior colleagues might rib […]
What are the top three things on your bucket list? Teach people about cannabis and how it can benefit so many aspects of life. Be financially stable enough to significantly help animals in need. Witness an active volcano, maybe from a helicopter. What advice would you give your 20 year-old self? You’re never too young […]
What’s your morning routine? Coffee, podcast and breakfast with the family. What are the top three things on your bucket list? Snowboard in Verbier, Switzerland. Skydive. This should have been the easiest one – visit Queenstown! What advice would you give your 20 year-old self? Surround yourself with people who can teach you something about […]
What are the top three things on your bucket list? Travel through Europe with my family, no agenda, no time frame. Drive or ride in an open seater race car. Learn to fly. What advice would you give your 20 year-old self? Don’t get onto the debt cycle unless you are buying a house. Save […]
As far as exclusive car brands go, Rolls-Royce takes the cake. But if you want your exclusivity just that bit more exclusive, you’ll be pleased to know that there is a Rolls-Royce Bespoke division. We talk to Gavin Hartley, the Head of Bespoke Design about the growth of luxury personalisation, how one-on-one customer relationships are […]
WHEN I GET A SPARE MOMENT, I LIKE TO LISTEN TO OLD VINYL RECORDS ON A GOLDEN TUBE AMPLIFIER AND A THORENS TD 160 RECORD PLAYER. BOTH CONSIDERED CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY… FOR 1975. IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT I HAVE TROUBLE MOVING WITH THE TIMES. But then again, the future isn’t always what it’s cracked […]
Ferrari is to release the latest in their SF90 Stradale – the world’s first ever front wheel Ferrari (when driving it in EV-only mode). It got its name from the 90th anniversary of the Scuderia Ferrari and its bodywork sits as a 70’s racer and the hybrid technology is a nod to Ferrari’s impeccable Formula […]
As a teenage budding writer, I had on my wall a Henry David Thoreau quote: “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” This constant reminder of that fact that I not only had the life experience of a marine mollusk, plus was also vain, made […]
In the bright lights of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the best MMA fighters in the world meet yearly, all fighting for that prestigious UFC belt. One of those fighters is New Zealand-born Australian fighter, Robert Whittaker. After starting at a Goju-ryu Karate school at age seven, he has risen the ranks through hard-work […]
Claire Robbie is a meditation coach for a number of New Zealand’s leading business individuals and entrepreneurs. She is passionate about making meditation an integral and ‘normal’ part of our community. She now travels around the world teaching meditation and yoga and also speaking on consciousness, shifting habits, alcohol education, meditation and the mind. What […]
Hank Rowe is the New Zealand Launcher for Lime Scooters. Lime is a micro-mobility company committed to improving city living and urban transformation. From working with Lime and previously working for Uber, Hank has gained an ample amount of experience in the ride-share industry and a passion for working towards a cleaner, healthier planet. What […]
Brittany started her career as a lawyer at Haigh Lyon Lawyers but soon realised that being a lawyer was not for her. It was at this point she began to brainstorm business ideas and eventually had the inspired idea for Joblist. She progressed the concept of the platform and then pitched the idea to two […]
Drew Knowles has over 20 years experience in the field of human performance and behaviour, facilitating programmes to over 15,000 people globally. His current company Influence Ecology are the leading business education in Transactional Competence, teaching the fundamentals of human exchange and influence to ambitious business professionals all over the world. What is your morning […]
Greg Cross is the Co-Founder of Soul Machines, a ground-breaking high tech company of AI researchers, neuroscientists, psychologists, artists and innovative thinkers; re-imagining how we connect with machines. Greg also co-founded PowerbyProxi a company that was sold to Apple in 2017. What is your morning routine? Up at 4:30 am, early calls to Northern […]
I am considered in the workplace to be optimistically inclined. I know this because my colleagues take great pleasure in mimicking me by yelling out one of my common catch phrases “It’s going to be great!”. I have a suspicion that they are mocking me, but this is soon overridden by a wave of optimism […]
At the time of this writing, plans are being made for our future by those who lead us. The results of which are tepid climate targets with no repercussions. What these plans lack is any sort of actual change, style, and something everyone wants to get on board with. These are all things Lexus and […]
“Life is not measured by time. It is measured by moments.” ― Armin Houman I didn’t intend to start out a smartphone review with a bit of woo woo. But Amin Houman’s summary of the measurement of life is a very apt context with which to look at the new Huawei P30 Pro. The P30 […]
On our office wall, we have a line up of the M2 covers. This issue will be the 167th. Each is kind of a captured moment. Each a chapter in a string of months in a string of years. Often covers are representative of events completely unrelated to the cover or the magazine, but just […]
At a networth of USD$194 billion, Elon Musk has always been a confusing man to work out. His mind is filled to the brim with ingenious ideas of the future, being the owner and CEO behind the Tesla car brand and taking the next greatest step in mankind by making a civilization of humans on […]
Michael joined MediaWorks in 2016 from Australia where he was the chairman of Oztam and oOH! Media, and a non-executive Director of Fairfax Australia. Prior to his board tenure, Michael spent seven years as CEO of one of Australia’s largest commercial radio groups, Austereo, and before that as their Group Director of Sales. With Michael […]
Our next guest is Max Arshavsky, the co-founder and Managing Director at ZENNO Astronautics, a space flight systems company based in Auckland. Their focus is to increase commercial viability of the space market, through developing propulsion systems for small satellites – CubeSat, for those in the know – which will extend their time in orbit […]
70 years ago, post war Holland was a pretty tough place. People who had survived the bombings and the Nazi occupation faced the prospect of rebuilding their lives out of the ruins. Businesses had been decimated and the reinstated government couldn’t afford to feed the population on its own. My grandparents were a newly married […]
On Friday 22 February 2019, 130 business minds became part of a community of professionals inspired by fellow New Zealand leaders and visionaries, celebrating success, sharing business insights and building key relationships. Our Editor, Andre Rowell, talked to inspiring business leaders who are executing on a local and global scale, including Sir George Fistonich, Founder […]
To say that Greg Cross seems to have a knack for creating business opportunities out of new ideas and technology is a vast understatement. Think more the creation of industries and you are more on the money. Greg played a lead role in PowerbyProxi, one of the world’s leading wireless power companies based on technology […]
I’m really confused. Confusion isn’t an unusual state for me. But this isn’t the run of the mill confusion. Not the mainstream stuff like why we have an acknowledged shortage of housing but still have a frustrating spider’s web of bureaucracy and cost to navigate in order to build more said houses. But this is […]
New Zealand Business has been great at creating the Bach, the Boat, the Beemer lifestyles so far in general. But as the likes of Xero and Rocket Lab have shown us, there is the potential for a whole lot more. Simeon Burnett, the co-founder of Snowball Effect, talks to us about raising capital for business […]
I’m not quite sure what compelled me to obsessively read the financial section of the newspaper as a 9-year-old. It didn’t really help with being picked on for being quiet nerdy. And for some reason being able to give an accurate update of the market capitalization of Barclays Index was apparently not an alluring quality […]
From humble beginnings, Josh Emett has worked his way up through the world’s greatest kitchens alongside the world’s greatest chefs to become world renowned in his own right. After travelling the world and picking up some Michelin stars on the way with the likes of Gordon Ramsay, he is now a defining influence on the […]
As one of the best big wave surfers in the world, Mark Mathews has made a living from doing what few could imagine. While in Tasmania, fifteen feet in front of a cliff in cold, shark infested waters, Mark hit a reef and instantly blacked out. Terror engulfed every inch of his being. Neck braced […]
There used to be a simpler time. A time when milk was milk and didn’t come from plant derivatives and nuts, a time when men where men and four-wheel drives where rugged and riveted. Life is of course a more nuanced affair these days. Consumers have the power and we want to have our cake […]
From a Foxton Subdivision funded with $200 from his after-school paper round to a mini-golf course in Taupo to Rainbows End, to SKY Television, Craig Heatley is a self-made entrepreneur that has not only created business icons, but has helped shape New Zealand culture. He helped herald in professional rugby, opened our televisions to more […]
There is something almost miraculous in watching a personality form. Taking in inputs, environmental stimulus and experiences and mixing them with inbuilt traits to create an evolving blueprint of motivations and aspirations. Over the last three years, I have watched my daughter do just that. She has grown from an incoherent bundle of hairless flesh […]
From distilling hydrogen peroxide in his Dunedin garage, to raising investment from 3 of the top VC firms in Silicon Valley, to building a rocket company with factories in NZ and the US, Peter Beck and his company Rocket Lab have thrust us into the space race and created jobs for hundreds of New Zealanders […]
It’s at this point in the magazine, once all of the formalities are done with, that I like to give a little warm up to the issue’s content with a little life lesson or two extracted from something topical or someone who appears within these pages. It’s at this point now that I find myself […]
I know it’s strange to begin a motoring review with a short essay on the nuances of human nature’s desire to balance a spectrum of extremes as summarized by ancient Eastern philosophy. But bear with me for bit as I work to find a segue into the new Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid – something that is […]
You might look at me, the editor of a Men’s Lifestyle magazine, and imagine that my life is all about beard oils, tailored suits and night serum, but I do actually come from humble working stock. In fact, I come from a long line of truck drivers. Even my great grandfather drove the equivalent of […]
Located in the heart of Eden Terrace, the Sid At The French Cafe is a rich tapestry of homegrown flavours fusing alongside different cultures. The fierce heat, the delicious aromas wafting from the stove top and the passions that manifest in it paint a picture like a brush to canvas. Owner of Sid at The […]
There are some memories that just seem to etch themselves into your consciousness for the rest of your life. There are the big memories of course, like swimming in a lagoon and encountering a hammerhead shark or partying with the saxophone player from Jackie Chan’s band. The memories that you just know at the time […]
Welcome to The How to Win issue. Yes, there is a kind of zero-sum game, capitalist overtone to that sentiment. A sentiment that seems a little old hat now. Over the last 10 years since the collapse of the Lehman Brothers and the financial carnage that ensued, certain priorities seemed to shift. Young, educated people […]
To get you going, below I have outlined my 10 most valuable business and life lessons. I wish I knew these back then when I was first starting out. 1 – Process driven vs. energy driven: The reason why McDonald’s is successful is not because the burgers taste great but it’s the system that’s great. […]
Tom Panos has been working with the top 1% of real estate agents across Australia and New Zealand since 1993. As a leading auctioneer, real estate speaker and founder of the Real Estate Gym, he has helped over 19,000 real estate agents to learn what it takes to grow a 7 figure real estate business. […]
Undefeated Kiwi UFC fighter Israel Adesanya is one of the hottest properties in the sport right now. While he is a lethal opponent in the ring he is not the old brutish, masculine definition of tough. He credits some of his success to his dancing background and is even open about being in touch with […]
Robust and water-resistant to 300 metres, this watch — featuring a ceramic uni-directional rotary bezel, with its twelve sides and six studs, screw-down crown, large luminous indications on the indexes and hands for improved visibility and screw-down case back engraved with a diver’s helmet — is immediately recognisable. The TAG Heuer Aquaracer 300m timepiece is […]
The world’s first drive-thru opened in 1947 at Red’s Giant Hamburg on Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri. The concept revolutionized fast food and takeaways. In 71 years, the concept hasn’t really changed much. Drive up to a microphone and give your order. Drive up to another window and pay. Drive on a little bit further […]
Sleep is that time in your life where you go into a short-term coma and escape the horrors of life. It keeps you at the top of your game and gives you time to sort through the challenges of the day. However, it’s delicate and the smallest thing can ruin your sleep. Of course there’s […]
I know you’ve come here to read about inspiring people, big boats, fast cars and technology but let me just stop you for a moment before we get to that. Do you think about legacy? Big question, I know, for so early in the magazine but (I’m not sure if this is down to hormones from the […]
Time to up your watch game? M2 has put together a list of our favourites from 2018, from big names like Tag Heuer, Grand Seiko, Rolex and Cartier. Have a few thousand dollars spare…? The Dan Carter TAG Heuer Aquaracer Special Edition Dan Carter has been a longtime friend TAG Heuer and joined their exclusive […]
Recognised as New Zealand’s most awarded SEO agency and ranked as one of the fastest growing businesses in New Zealand twice in a row, in 2014 and 2015, Pure SEO has come a long way since its birth in 2009, when founder Richard Conway saw a gap in the market for quality SEO. From a shared office space […]
As lamborghini’s new Asia Pacific Ceo Matteo Ortenzi points out, the automotive industry is currently experiencing one of the most exciting times within its history. New technology, consumer expectations and behaviours and trends are creating a pace of change like never before. For a man leading the Asia Pacific region of one of the world’s […]
THE RECENT RELEASES OF VIDAL LEGACY WINES HAVE ACHIEVED LOCAL AND GLOBAL ACCLAIM AND ALSO INFLUENCED THE PROCESS BEHIND VIDAL’S OTHER TIERS, SOLAR, RESERVE AND ESTATE. WE TALK TO VIDAL WINEMAKER, HUGH CRICHTON AT A RECENT TASTING IN AUCKLAND ABOUT HIS APPROACH, A FOCUS ON QUALITY AND BEING PART OF A LEGACY. It is a […]
THE MARVEL EMPIRE’S COLLECTION OF TIGHTLY CLOTHED SUPER HEROES SEEM TO BE TAKING OVER THE BIG SCREEN AT THE MOMENT, BUT IF YOU PREFER YOUR MASKED CRIME FIGHTING CATHARTIC ESCAPISM TO BE OF THE MORE INTERACTIVE KIND, YOU’LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, INSOMNIAC GAMES, AND MARVEL HAVE TEAMED UP TO BRING THE […]
Silicon Valley, the place and the concept has shaped modern culture. It has changed the way we connect with friends and reminisce about the past while arranging future events, it has changed the way that we get from A to B, and it has changed the way that we get our food from A to […]
While Dan Carter has spent the last few years playing in France and become a TAG Heuer ambassador alongside global superstars like Bella Hadid, Tom Brady, Cara Delevingne and Chris Hemsworth, his All Black career is well and truly etched into New Zealand history. While his All Black jersey might not have seen action for […]
On Monday 26th of March 2018 while the April issue of M2 was being printed we learned of a tragedy involving one of our feature profiles, Volvo Ocean Race sailor, John Fisher. His team, Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag reported that John had been lost overboard in gale force conditions whilst the team was racing through the […]
MediaWorks CEO, Michael Anderson has leadership experience honed by years at some of Australia’s largest media companies. He led one of Australia’s largest commercial radio groups, Austereo for seven years, was Chairman of Oztam and oOH! Media and a non-Executive Director of Fairfax Australia. But from an environment that is often still associated with the […]
I know that purpose of editor’s letters are to give some welcome to the magazine, maybe draw on some key features and wrap them up with some of insight. This month I will let you find your own way through the magazine while I use the space as a dedication to someone who means something […]
Even as I near the end of my 30’s, I don’t think I am particularly old, although there are an office full of 20-somethings here that are determined to prove that I am. Mind you, they do have their uses. They have taught me proper Instagram etiquette, and taught me the meaning of “OG” and […]
A talented travel-documentarian, author, personality and all-round-good-guy, Bourdain first rose to prominence with his 2000 bestselling-book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly and then several TV programs followed. Shows like Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, A Cook’s Tour and Parts Unknown (to name a few) helped him become one of the most influential and exciting […]
The 2018 Aston Martin Vantage is here and it’s angry 2005 was a busy year for the world. YouTube was launched, The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles tied the knot, the Xbox 360 gaming console was released and Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith was number 1 at the box office, but more […]
The Journey of the Mazda6 In my final years of university, I owned a secondhand 1989 1.8 litre Mazda 626 Turbo hatchback named Kirk. I don’t know why it was named Kirk, that was a decision of the previous owner, but it seemed right to go with it. It was mostly metallic blue, except for […]
While Al Brown has run a silver service restaurant before, he sees New Zealand’s unique “Ace Card” in our informal, no-fuss style. Just good food, good company and style that celebrates true New Zealand. It’s a philosophy that Al and his team put into books, events, Restaurants, Depot and Federal Deli and the Best Ugly […]
As far as bucket lists go, Joe Naufahu must have a pretty impressive one as he has ticked off a few things that most mortals could only dream about. He has played professional rugby. He is the founder of Ludas Magnus, a gym and a community that has changed the lives of many New Zealanders […]
Nick Cowper joined coffee roasters, Hummingbird as a 16-yearold the day after his parents’ purchased the business in 2000. 18 years later, he is the GM of a company that has a global network of coffee growers with a focus on fair trade and community growth around suppliers, a company that has gone through equity […]
M2 is, of course, a men’s lifestyle magazine, so we haven’t really covered issues around gender diversity and pay equity so much in the past. As men, we tend to be on the winning side of any lack of diversity and equality issues. But are we really? How does limiting perspective and experience at a […]
It might be that I’m a bit more conscious of it lately with our recent focus on company board diversity, but there seems to have been a bit more of a spotlight on the liability of boards of late. The Fletcher situation for a start which resulted sadly in Ralph Norris’ resignation and then Shane […]
There are three things to be aware of when travelling in Boston and talking to locals: 1. Do not under any circumstances attempt to mimic the Bostonian accent; 2. Never attempt the Bostonian accent; and 3. The Bostonian accent is not to be attempted. You will find yourself alone. Fast. You can take this tip […]
Drinks International has for the fourth year in a row named Villa Maria as one of the most admired wine brands in the world and the highest ranking New Zealand winery in this year’s “World’s Most Admired Wine Brands” list. And while Villa Maria has become an icon in the New Zealand wine industry and […]
I’m an optimistic person by nature (probably a little bit too much so when it has come to some past financial investments) lately, though not even my overabundance of positivity is enough to make it through the financial news without coming away with at least a small amount of dread. Concerns about rising debt levels, […]
Over the last 30 years Rob Campbell is on the board of some of our largest companies across our largest industries. Currently Chair of Summerset Group Holdings (NZ) and WEL Energy, and a director of SKYCITY Entertainment Group and Precinct Properties as well a director of or advisor to a number of hedge and private […]
In a world of exponential innovation, disruptive technologies and giddy cryptocurrency speculation a discussion about another KiwiSaver fund might seem a little vanilla. But after a few minutes with Simplicity founder, Sam Stubbs even the most finically unfocused would be hard pressed not to find excitement in compounded interest from saved fees, the growth of […]
In reading through the transcript of the interview with our M2 Champagne Bollinger, Man of the Year for 2017, Peter Burling; I was reminded of something that is becoming more and more a consideration lately. The concept of drive. What is it that really gives us the momentum to push through the pain of training? […]
Simon Moutter is a man who has the livelihood of thousands of New Zealanders on his shoulders, he has control over 100s of millions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure and he has influence over how many of us connect with each other and the world on a daily basis. Yet there is one simple human […]
Spark CEO, Simon Moutter, is leading our largest telco through the one of the most disruptive eras in business and the tech industry. All whilst reinventing the nature and structure of a company that employs thousands of New Zealanders and invests hundreds of millions into infrastructure. This is a process that is helped by the logic and pragmatism of a […]
In a world where comments, shares and reactions are currency and influencers are well, influential, I realise I might sound a little stale if I share a warning about the dangers of too much of an obsession with social media. Before you imagine my words in the voice of your grandmother warning you not to […]
Unless you have been living under a rock without an internet connection, you will no doubt be aware of the tidal wave of #MeToo status updates prompted by the Harvey Weinstein revelations. What was a sordid Hollywood story of power and abuse has opened the door and cast a light on a dynamic that exists […]
M2 Man of the Year has been celebrating New Zealand success since 2007. We have people to be proud of in every sector of society. Mark Ellis was our first Man of the Year, and sportsmen have featured frequently over the years. Sportsmen might bring us international prestige but it’s our local business owners that […]
Over the past few years, we have seen a huge jump in the level of innovation, experience and concepts within the hospitality industry in this part of the world. No longer do we have to jump on a plane to get unique and exciting hospitality experiences. We are creating world-class cafes, restaurants, hotels and developments […]
Prostate. Prostate. Prostate. Sorry, I couldn’t think of a more eloquent way to draw attention to something that still kills too many New Zealand men. I’m sorry, I know you’ve come here to read about success, style, entertainment, tech and Ryan Gosling but we’ll get to that shortly. Every year, around 600 men die in […]
Unless, of course, you are a subscriber to the digital version of this magazine, chances are you’re reading this on good old, glossy 95GSM paper and four-colour ink based on a process that has a direct ancestor in the press that Johannes Gutenberg invented in 1440. Therefore, it would seem that we aren’t possibly in […]
It’s not the most masculine way to start of the editor’s letter of a men’s magazine but the other day I watched Bambi. I was watching it with my 2-year-old daughter so I have an excuse… honestly. Apart from the whole orphaned baby deer thing I was really taken with the technical execution of the […]
The M2 Champagne Bollinger Man of the Year 2016 went to two time gold and one time silver medal winning Paralympian and blade running record breaker Liam Malone. He may have only had three years to prepare for Rio but as he has proven, he moves quickly. On and off the track. And this is […]
Explorers know it well: adventure has no limits. Once you have climbed a new summit, you start thinking of the next challenge. After Legend and Emblem, Montblanc launches a new fragrance that pays tribute to a theme to which it is closely linked: exploration. Montblanc shares the same values as explorers, such as the relentless […]
