Christmas

Wishing you a very Esky Christmas!

Wishing you a very Esky Christmas!

We’re taking a festive break but we’ll back on 4 January. Happy holidays!

Style,The fashion cupboard,Where to buy

The fashion cupboard – Banana Republic scarf

The fashion cupboard – Banana Republic scarf

With the arrival of the English winter — oh, and how — this big grey, cable knit scarf from Banana Republic’s Heritage Collection is the perfect addition to any man’s wardrobe. It looks good with most things and is thick enough to keep that Baltic wind from freezing your windpipe. £45. For stockists, call 0207 758 3550.

Christmas,Design,Where to buy

Esquire gift list No 12

Esquire gift list No 12

You vowed you wouldn’t leave your Christmas shopping this late again and what have you gone and done? You’ve left it this late again. Best get yourself down to Heal’s – or at least advise those shopping for you to get down to Heal’s. [Read more...]

Drink,Motoring,Where to buy

Wine on three wheels

Wine on three wheels

Last night, Esquire found itself in the very agreeable surroundings of The Clarendon, an extremely nice pub located between Holland Park and Ladbroke Grove. We got talking to the owner Mikee, who took us down to his superb wine cellar and cracked open a bottle of cheekily named South African red, Goats Do Roam. And this was when he told us about his souped-up Tuk Tuk… [Read more...]

Christmas,Food & Drink

Hung over? Here’s your Alibi…

Hung over? Here’s your Alibi…

 

You may have blearily uttered the words “Never again” once or twice already this holiday season. If however, you’re willing to embark on another battering that will result in you feeling like your eyes fell out during the night and were nailed back in the wrong way round by Satan himself, may we direct you to Alibi. [Read more...]

Christmas,DVD

Esquire gift list No 11

Esquire gift list No 11

Surely every man should have Laurel and Hardy at his disposal? Well, with this comprehensive 21-disc box set, every man can.  [Read more...]

Culture,Exhibitions,Photography

In Russia’s bleak midwinter

In Russia’s bleak midwinter

Think the last couple of days have been tough? Photographer Simon Roberts’ stunning new exhibition of pictures of winter in northern Russia — at Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery next year — will make you realise that being stuck in an VW Polo on the M62 for a couple of hours is nothing to text home about. [Read more...]

Music,What we're listening to

What we’re listening to: Hell and Bryan Ferry

Click to playWhat we’re listening to: Hell and Bryan Ferry

Two of music’s foremost smoking jacket-favouring nighthawks, DJ Hell and Bryan Ferry, have joined forces for a new text-generation-friendly track, “U Can Dance”. It’s a subtle, silky little number, and while it’s a bit odd hearing a 64-year-old Ferry singing about “raving through the night”, he’s stayed tastefully out of focus in the video (making way for that Roxy Music staple, the bevvy of models), and by 3mins 23secs we’re thoroughly enjoying ourselves. What say you?

“U Can Dance” by Hell featuring Bryan Ferry is out in January (Gigolo)