Forget about the news of a tree-hugging electric Mini for a second and feast your eyes on this little beast to come out of John Cooper Works, Mini’s dedicated performance arm.

The heavily modified car officially named the John Cooper Works GP Concept is a radical version of the road car made specifically for the track. It will also provide a hint of the carmaker’s future performance-oriented lineup including the production version of the Mini John Cooper Works GP.

So what does a Mini from hell come with?

Whilst the company refrained from releasing details about the powerplant, the current generation JCW Mini boasts a 160kW four-cylinder turbo engine paired to a six-speed manual. Punters can expect to see something more aggressive than this on the GP Concept.

The body of the car is the most audacious feature with massive carbon fibre fins adorning the panels to ensure optimal airflow and downforce at speed. The detail even trickles down to the finer racing appointments like a centrally mounted windscreen wiper. Not that you’d notice given the heavily pumped front and rear guards and that sinister looking red and black paint job. The Union Jack LED tail lights are a quirky touch to a serious piece of kit though.

Speaking of the car’s radical design, BMW Group senior vice president of design, Adrian von Hooydonk, said that “if you know about Mini, you’ll be aware of the brand’s long and successful history in motor sport”.

“The John Cooper Works GP Concept brings together the full suite of defining Mini design elements and showcases them at their sportiest. What we’re looking at here is maximum performance, maximum Mini.”

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Panerai have unveiled the latest quartet of their updated Luminor timepieces with the Luminor Due – the Italian watchmaker’s thinnest watch to date.

Inspired by the Luminor case of the 1950s, the Luminor Due first arrived in 2016 as a working collaboration between the designers and engineers of the Panerai Manufacture.

Luminor Due 3 Days Titanio (PAM00728)

Set in a deep blue hue, PAM00728 features a hand-wound mechanical movement in the P.1000 calibre, an entirely in-house creation. This movement drives the hours, minutes and small seconds counter at 9 o’clock whilst the dial itself is a blue sun-brushed design featuring luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. The watch is set in a 42mm brushed titanium case to ensure lightness whilst boasting a 72 hour power reserve and 30 metres water resistance.

Luminor Due 3 Days Oro Rosso (PAM00741)

The Oro Rosso follows the same technical architecture at the Titanio with the exception of a 42mm case set in 18 carrot polished red gold and a striking ivory dial with contrasting sky blue accents and matching leather strap. Power reserve and water resistance also remains unchanged at 72 hours and 30 metres.

Luminor Due 3 Days Automatic Titanio (PAM00729)

Taking the titanium aesthetic to another level is the Automatic version of the Titanio. This piece features the hand-wound mechanical movement in the P.4000 calibre, another in-house technological creation. The movement drives the hours, minutes, and small seconds which is elegantly displayed on a midnight blue dial featuring a sun-brushed finish and luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. A small seconds counter sits at the 9 o’clock marker. This timepiece is completed with a 45mm titanium case alongside a 72 hour power reserve and 30 metres of water resistance.

Luminor Due 3 Days Automatic Acciaio (PAM00739)

Similar in technical architecture to the Automatic Titanio, the Acciaio differentiates itself with a 45mm case set in AISI 316L polished steel. The dial colour meanwhile is sun-brushed anthracite paired with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. Like the others this piece affords a 72 hour power reserve and 30 metres of water resistance.

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If Bruce Wayne was ever keen on permanently ditching the superhero gig then he’s certainly gone about it the right way.

World, say hello to Christian Bale in 2017. Whilst no one expects the Oscar-winning English actor to be as spritely as he once was in films such as American Psycho, Chris Nolan’s Batman series or Terminator Salvation, it’s still a rather sad sight to see 43-year-old looking more like your least favourite uncle in the world who used to rest his ashtray on your head.

A quick walk down Bale’s movements this year will also show that his wardrobe choices haven’t been too kind to him. With a more portly build, Bale has opted for looser fitting garments (think Sunday morning hangovers) which sadly does no favours for this talented actor’s current physique.

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Even wearing all black and dyed eyebrows at his latest appearance at the Telluride Film Festival didn’t help to cover up the fact that Bale has dropped his style game substantially (we’re not sure what’s going on with those sneakers). And do we really need to talk about those rave/parachute pants that should have seen their last outing at a Y2K party in 99?There is a reprieve though. Bale is notorious for his method acting in Hollywood and his current physical (no excuses for camo cargo pants though) state is due to his upcoming role as American VP Dick Cheney in the biopic, Backseat. Prior to his current filming commitments Bale has seen a much fitter physique in films such as The Dark Knight and American Pyscho whilst dwindling down to a freakishly thin frame for The Machinist.

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In today’s fast-paced world, we’re obsessed with productivity hacks and tricks for beating procrastination. We’re workaholics, sleep deprived, and addicted to our devices. We’ve turned unplugging into the enemy. And it’s ruining our health.

Experts now say something we’ve longed to hear all our lives: wasting time is good for you.

As Alex Soojung-Kim Pan, author of REST: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, writes in Nautilus, “Figures as different as Charles Dickens, Henri Poincaré, and Ingmar Bergman, working in disparate fields in different times, all shared a passion for their work, a terrific ambition to succeed, and an almost superhuman capacity to focus. Yet when you look closely at their daily lives, they only spent a few hours a day doing what we would recognize as their most important work.”

The rest of their hours were spent on personal pursuits – hiking, napping, socialising – or doing nothing at all. Their creativity and productivity were not the result of 80-hour work weeks, but of far more modest “working” hours. Yet they are still remembered as some of history’s most significant and innovative figures. How could they be so accomplished in so little time? What can we learn from their success?

“If some of history’s greatest figures didn’t put in immensely long hours,” writes Pan, “maybe the key to unlocking the secret of their creativity lies in understanding not just how they labored but how they rested, and how the two relate.”

Workplace psychologist Michael Guttridge agrees that how we spend our downtime is just as important as how we work. “There’s an idea we must always be available, work all the time,” he told Quartz. “It’s hard to break out of that and go to the park.”

The downside is that we end up forcing ourselves to stay at our desks, mindlessly browsing on our comupters and our smartphones, doing nothing to contribute to our happiness, productivity, or well-being. Both our physical and our mental health suffers as a result.

“People eat at the desk and get food on the computer—it’s disgusting. They should go for a walk, to the coffee shop, just get away,” Guttridge added. “Even Victorian factories had some kind of rest breaks.”

We are 100% not here for Victorian factory life.

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Bad news, wolf pack devotees. Travel site Wotif have conducted a study on the correlation between holidays and work with a dire result: It may be time to ditch the boys trip.

Now why on Earth would any fun-loving man want to do that?

Well according to Wotif’s Travel Yourself Better Report, it has everything to do with your post-holiday satisfaction levels. Whilst the report tossed up some interesting facts like the post-holiday recharge feeling lasting only an average of 3.2 days for 96% of Australians, it was the attack on the sanctum of a wandering wolfpack that really got our attention.

The report found that maximising the satisfaction levels of post-holiday travel was a simple case of going it alone to begin with. In other words, boys trips aren’t as ideal since it found that the post-holiday recharge levels of Australian males had decreased by 11% when they travelled in groups of six or more – and yes, that includes bucks parties.

The audacious claims even found that solo travel had increased a male’s post-holiday recharge levels by a substantial 11%. Not convinced? Wotif went even further, claiming that the satisfaction levels for men are at their highest when they’re travelling alone with a scoring of 7.6/10 and national average of 6.7/10.

These stats could be a psychological effect whereby travelling alone allows one to do whatever they want whenever they want. As a result, the traveller would perceive the trip as a fulfilling one.

Here’s a better suggestion though – maybe just find better friends who have more in common with you and are easy going. Or just be a rebel and check out these five awesome destinations for a bucks party.

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You’ve always had that sneaking suspicion that all your married friends were boring. Well now there’s proof of that. New research suggests that settling down with a significant other tends to change one’s personality in a surprising manner.

This evaluation comes from a recent German study which looked at personality changes among nearly 15,000 people over a period of four years. Within that pool their were 664 participants who got hitched, allowing researchers to study personality traits in comparison to those who weren’t getting married.

What they found was that the wedded participants showed a decrease in the traits of extroversion and openness to experience more things when compared to their peers who weren’t married. Whilst the differences were modest, the findings do provide some evidence that your married friends aren’t what they used to be.

Put your pitchforks down. A similar study from the U.S which dates back to 2000 also suggested that whilst this may be true, newly married men also displayed benefits in the form of higher conscientiousness and lower levels of neuroticism. In other words, married men were more pragmatic and considerate whilst being less drive by emotions and impulse.

It would seem then that whilst a marriage may make you a boring sod, it will also ensure you have the skills to keep a relationship afloat during the most tumultuous times.

If you’re still unsure of whether marriage is for you, then see our 10 signs that you’re not ready for marriage.

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Well isn’t this just fucking fabulous. Tom Ford has just announced its latest fragrance which is named…you guessed it – Fucking Fabulous.

The limited edition perfume marks the arrival of fall (autumn for those outside of America) and will officially debut at Tom Ford’s Spring/Summer 2018 runway show at the upcoming New York Fashion Week which kicks off on September 6. Those keen to get their hands on the cheeky scents featuring minimalist-monochrome aesthetic will have to wait until the next day when they hit Tom Ford boutiques and their online store.

The particular notes that will feature in the new scent includes a blend of stuff no one really understands but will like nonetheless. Think blends of tonka resinoid, almond bitter oil, orris accord and clary sage oil to culminate in a signature Tom Ford aroma with smooth and bold notes.

Getting fabulous with Tom Ford will cost you dearly though. Fucking Fabulous will come in three sizes – a 48ml luxe atomiser eau de parfum for US$495, a 50ml eau de parfum for US$310 and a 250ml for US$630.

Whilst smelling fucking fabulous might sound uncouth to some, Tom Ford isn’t new to controversial adverts which often polarises with its depiction of sexuality on the riskier side. This release will be no different, and that’s exactly why people will buy it.

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Let’s get one thing straight. Jeff Goldblum is 64-years-old. That puts the Independence Day breakout star in the same company as other distinguished seniors like Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson, whilst badass bald guy Bruce Willis is actually a whole two years younger than Goldblum.

Why the comparative age talk? Well the point is that Goldblum dresses like an absolute champion for a man in his golden years. Whilst a many tend to live out their days of retirement in a silk robe and the latest edition of Reader’s Digest, Goldblum is more like a fine wine who simply gets better with age – namely his impeccably curated wardrobe.

So the big question here is: How does a man dress in his golden years?

It’s all about the leather jacket, the finely tailored suits with a hint of 50s rockabilly and modern streetwear touches which pairs bombers with printed shirts, chinos and sneakers. And the signature felt hat which needs an honourable mention.

Watch and learn, young man.

Need More Help From Jeff Goldblum…

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The week’s best dressed men have rolled in and it’s a fresh new pack this time with familiar faces leading the way.

Joe Jonas rocked up to the Guess event in a cool monochrome look which was eclectic but fitting of his popstar persona. Conor McGregor also infiltrated the round up for the 100th time, this time for his insane paisley suit worn after the money fight he had with Mayweather.

Not to be left out of the spotlight is artist and actor Ludacris who went for a fresh hue of green in three-piece format. This look was paired with a white shirt sans the tie and tan leather dress shoes.

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