Top recommendations this week: Bangalore Watch Company s Manzinus & Earthshine watches launched a month before Chandrayaan 3; The Indians: Histories of a Civilization, a compendium of 100-plus essays spanning 12,000 years; Ardray Whisky, a blend of whiskys from 10 distilleries; Devialet Mania speakers; and Outback’s Austin Convertible bag.
A Scotch whisky finished in Japanese Awamori casks, Georgi Gospodinov’s stellar International Booker-shortlisted work, a men’s fragrance, and the latest from Blues’ it girl Ally Venable.
Climate change is at the core of an ocean-fused Japanese whisky as well as the cuisine of a Parisian fine-dining restaurant. The beauty of the natural world gets a leg-up with International Dark Sky Week, which encourages amateur astronomers and travellers to constellation-gaze. Also on our radar: Rolex’s six new watches and the well-researched Bloomsbury Handbook of Indian Cuisine.