Design & Technology,Motoring

Another good reason to own a GTR

Another good reason to own a GTR

We recently had the privilege of getting behind the wheel of the awesome Nissan GTR. Aside from its expected pant-changingly rapid acceleration and sci-fi looks, the surprising discovery was that unlike most marques and models with superpower pretensions, this is a car that engenders genuine goodwill from the passing pedestrian and fellow motorist. [Read more...]

Culture,Music,Women we love

Meet The Veronicas

Meet The Veronicas

Young professional male meets a blonde and brunette in a Kensington hotel. It could be the makings of an MP scandal, the synopsis for an unoriginal porno flick or, just maybe, the start of a beautiful friendship.  

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Bespoke,Style

If the shirt fits

If the shirt fits

From the middle of October, Prada will be entering the made to measure shirt arena with its new personalisation service, available in their Bond and Sloane Street stores and on the ground floor at Harrods. You’ll be able to choose from a range of fabrics, three body shapes, six collar types and five cuff variations, as well as having a say in pocket and pleat detailing. Prada says shirts will take about 4 weeks. From £240 (www.prada.com; 020 7647 5000)

Culture,Film,Video clips

Hanky panky

Hanky panky

The West End goes West Country tonight to celebrate the premiere of mockumentary, Morris: A Life With Bells On, which opens in cinemas on 27 September. There’s promise of hay bales and milk churns in Leicester Square, and yes, a live demonstration by wizened men with bells tied round their knees waving handkerchieves and clanking sticks like their scrumpy depends on it.  [Read more...]

Bars,Restaurants

Your new favourite pub (if you happen to live in Battersea)

Your new favourite pub (if you happen to live in Battersea)

One of the last balmy evenings of the summer took us to the recently relaunched Prince Albert pub in Battersea. [Read more...]

Grooming

A lot of bottle

A lot of bottle

How do you improve on a stylishly-presented, hypnotic fragrance like Aesop’s Mystra? Simple: repackage it as a travel size EDT, roller-ball parfum, and scented balm, of course. The new iterations will be available from November 9, but in the meantime you can lay your hands on the original, 100ml variety of this spicy Mediterranean blend here. 

From £53; +44 207 409 2358

Style,The fashion cupboard

From the fashion cupboard – knitted scarf

From the fashion cupboard – knitted scarf

£45, by Banana Republic

Music,What we're listening to

Shake’n'Mac

Shake’n'Mac

Having founded post-punk Liverpool legends Echo & The Bunnymen as a teenager, Ian McCulloch split them up after five albums, arguably on the verge of stardom. After a nine-year hiatus, they reformed in the midst of Britpop, and ironically have now outlasted Oasis, who arguably lifted the gobby Northern front man blueprint from the ever-confident ‘Mac’.   [Read more...]