Vanity Fair UK – September 2019

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Features

Editor’s Letter Contributors And Finally... Mankind’s Greatest Hour

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Train of Thought BY MONISHA RAJESH The author of Around the World in 80 Tr a i n s takes us on an epic journey and imparts her 10 ultimate railway rules

The Nation’s Favourite Advert BY PETER YORK If you thought you’d escaped 1980s TV, think again—as BA turns 100, we look back at the advert that saved the airline

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True Blue BY RORY ROSS In 2001, all eyes were on Coniston as the legendary Bluebird K7 was raised from its lake. Nearly two decades on, the hydroplane’s future is up in the air

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Landmarque Year BY NICHOLAS FOULKES With Bentley and Citroën joining BA as 2019 centenarians, our editor celebrates by turning back the clock to the 1950s

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Making a Splash Think garden grottos, wellness wonder and trophy trunks as Kit Kemp, Beata Heuman, Tara Bernerd and Rachel Chudley get creative with cruise design

Extra Mile BY FRANCO GUSSALLI BERETTA From Brescia to Rome, and back again—a first-hand account of “the most beautiful race in the world”

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Blue-eyed Girl BY ANGELA HUCKE There’s only one colour that matters for this Bugatti Trust curator and life-long enthusiast of the classic French marque

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Diary of the W Series CEO BY CATHERINE BOND MUIR A personal ref lection on the year in which the dream to create the first all- female racing series became a reality

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Sheer Exhilaration BY JUNE SARPONG PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATT HOLYOAK Under the expert guidance of racing driver Nathalie McGloin, an unlikely candidate gets behind the wheel of the new Lamborghini Huracán EVO

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Torque of the Town BY ERIN BAKER En Route’s woman in the know goes for a spin in the Pininfarina Battista electric hypercar and five brand new, and highly covetable, convertibles

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Along for the Ride News, shopping, auctions and books: everything you need to know about anything that moves, literally

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Showcase

On the Cover Photographed by Matt Holyoak Styled by Hannah Teare Production by Holly Ross

Super Shah, Supercar BY SIMON KIDSTON A mysterious fax, a royal playboy and a Hollywood hero—the Miura SVJ as you’ve never seen it before

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