Music,Top Fives

Top five albums with pencil sketch covers

Top five albums with pencil sketch covers

It’s sometimes hard to work out the science of what makes one CD stand out from the piles on a music reviewer’s desk. Is it a big-name artist? A clever title? A stellar Pitchfork rating? Then we hit it. Just stick a pencil or pen and ink sketch on the cover. [Read more...]

Bespoke,Style

England look the part – well, the new kit does anyway

England look the part – well, the new kit does anyway

When, on Saturday evening, England ran on the pitch at Wembley they looked sharper than they have, well, probably ever.

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Style & Grooming

A couple more reasons to go to UNIQLO

A couple more reasons to go to UNIQLO

Our favourite Japanese-based high street men’s fashion retailer continues to set the standard in the low-cost style stakes with its latest run of projects and collaborations. [Read more...]

Design & Technology,Gadgets,Websites we like

Waking up is hard to do

Waking up is hard to do

We like this LED alarm clock designed by Jonas Damon and available on the AREAWARE website in four other colours. Definitely a better way of starting the day than having a vibrating mobile phone lost somewhere under the duvet. 

Culture,Film,Video clips

Breakfast with Larry Charles

Breakfast with Larry Charles

We got to spend an enjoyable hour with American comedy legend Larry Charles (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Borat) when he was in town to promote his latest project Religulous.  [Read more...]

Style & Grooming,T-shirts

A T-shirt inspired by Cary Grant

A T-shirt inspired by Cary Grant

In last year’s October issue, Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch A Thief made number two in our list of the 20 Most Stylish Films. So you can imagine our interest when Hackett unveiled its

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Design,Esquirewatch,Websites we like

A flick through the pages of Russian Esquire

A flick through the pages of Russian Esquire

We’re kicking off an occasional scan of the international editions of Esquire, with a closer look at the Russian version. [Read more...]

Music,Top Fives

Top five outlandish music press release claims

Top five outlandish music press release claims

We’re lucky enough to read a lot of press releases. And in our experience, it’s the press releases that accompany new CDs which can provide the most nominations for Private Eye’s Pseud’s Corner. Check these out: [Read more...]