Food & Drink

Three of the best vodkas

Three of the best vodkas

We admit to being a little choosy about our vodka. Snow Queen and Grey Goose continue to be the main contenders in the style and taste stakes, but some new pretenders from around the world are starting to gain ground. 

 

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Books

Highbrow book of the week

Highbrow book of the week

You’ll probably only ever want to read one book on dialectical materialism, says Esquire’s book critic David Mills, so make it The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels (Allen Lane) by Tristram Hunt, out today. [Read more...]

Technology

10 ways to get more out of Google

10 ways to get more out of Google

You spend half your life there so you might as well find out how to do it properly. Here Esquire’s technology columnist, John Lanchester, offers 10 steps to better Googling.

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Music

Best use of office stationery in a pop video

Click to playBest use of office stationery in a pop video

OK, so it’s a bit weird to get fetishy over stationery products, but who doesn’t get a thrill from the first scratchings of a new rollerball pen or cracking open a fresh pack of Post-Its (what is this “email” of which you speak?). It’s a passion obviously shared by Archangel, aka one-man indie/pop/electronica band, Nick Webber. He’s a bit handy – as his music-producing, label-founding track record shows – so we like to think that he drew all these stick-men himself (if you know better, don’t spoil it). His new album is out in the summer, but to give you a flavour here’s a surprisingly successful cover of Steely Dan’s “Do It Again”, out on 11 May.

Shoes,Style,The fashion cupboard

From the fashion cupboard – green deck shoes

From the fashion cupboard – green deck shoes

£175, by Paul Smith

Bars,Restaurants

Bar of the month – The Old Bear

Bar of the month – The Old Bear

Located in Chelsea footballer heartland, a sliced clearance from the training ground, you might find a few of the players enjoying a quiet celebration drink here tonight after yesterday’s first leg shutout in Barcelona. [Read more...]

Behind the scenes,Design

First glimpse of the June issue

First glimpse of the June issue

The first box of June issues have just arrived in the Esquire office – here’s a sneaky look. It’s in the shops from 7 May.

Film,Top Fives

Top five dodgy product placements

Top five dodgy product placements

It was the casual reference to a branded hayfever remedy on the new Art Brut album (Art Brut vs Satan, out now) that led to a protracted office debate about the shady practice of shameless product plugs.

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