Top Fives

Top five gym changing room no-nos

Top five gym changing room no-nos

We here at Esquire like to keep trim, if only to counteract the endless biscuit and Minstrels supply in the office, but we’ve noticed some astonishingly odd behaviour from fellow male gym-goers once they get in the changing room and out of sight of women. If you do any of the following, you’re making a fool of yourself. Stop it. Now. [Read more...]

What we're listening to

What we’re listening to – The Temper Trap

Click to playWhat we’re listening to – The Temper Trap

Over the years, there have been more than a few bands from the Land Down Under that have been tipped for international recognition yet fallen woefully short of their potential. Think Silverchair, Jet, The Vines – and the jury’s still out on Wolfmother. Here at Esquire we’re keeping everything crossed that things won’t be the same for bonza Melbourne foursome The Temper Trap, who have been touted as the finest Aussie band for the last decade. Judging by the quality of this first single, “Science Of Fear”, we’re quietly optimistic. [Read more...]

Art,Film

Draw with Bashir

Draw with Bashir

A show based around the drawings of Israeli illustrator David Podolosky has just opened at London’s Pilar Corrias Gallery. For anyone who saw Ari Folman’s stunning animated film, Waltz With Bashir, about fighting in the Lebanon War of 1982, they may look a touch familiar… [Read more...]

Design & Technology,Sport

A bat made for lashing

A bat made for lashing

It might look more like a paddle used in the opening credits of Hawaii Five-O but the Mongoose cricket bat is being hailed as “the single most radical change to cricket equipment since 1771.”

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Bars,Food & Drink

The perfect pub lunch…or dinner

The perfect pub lunch…or dinner

Specialising in high-end home comforts – mouth-watering olde English food, a selection of weird and wonderful real ales, a copper double-ended bathtub in one of its six bedrooms – this classic Victorian pub has serviced the needs of workers at London’s Smithfield Market for more than a century. [Read more...]

Style,Top Fives

Top five desert boots

Top five desert boots

We can’t guarantee desert-like heat this summer, but we do recommend you invest in a pair of classic desert boots. Inspired by the crepe-soled boots worn by British officers in World War II, they serve just as well in peace-time as they do for work-time or down-time. [Read more...]

Culture,Design

On the cards

On the cards

As much a staple of our school playground days as conkers and Chinese burns, Top Trumps was one of childhood’s simple pleasures. So when we heard that Mancunian-born designer Rick Banks had developed a font-themed homage to the classic card game, we were naturally keen to get our hands on a deck, serifs and all. [Read more...]

Music

Songs, gongs and pongs

Songs, gongs and pongs

The stars were all out at this year’s Ivor Novello awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel yesterday afternoon: Esquire managed to spot Rolf Harris, ooh ooh Gary Davies, Paul Gambaccini, Mike Rutherford and Sophie Ellis-Bextor. To be fair, there were some more impressive names: Damon Albarn, Duffy and Smokey Robinson. [Read more...]